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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
ISH 5003	OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALT NURSING I	COMPULSORY	2	4	0	8

Offered By

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH NURSING

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

Offered to

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH NURSING

Course Objective

To train professional nurses who has extensive knowledge for providing a healthy and safe workplace, develops programs in health care management, contributes to the field by doing scientific research, and takes the lead in solving problems

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	S/he explains occupational health and the aims of occupational health nursing services
2	S/he explains the parties related to occupational health
3	S/he explains the history and development of occupational health and nursing
4	S/he explains the national and international legal regulation related to occupation and occupational health
5	S/he explains the relationship between occupation and health
6	S/he can define the risks it the workplaces and apply proper practices
7	S/he can plan health protection and improvement programs for workplaces
8	S/he discusses several factors affecting the practice of occupational health nursing by using the occupational health nursing conceptual model
9	S/he explains and discusses the roles and functions of occupational health nurses.
10	S/he knows the privileged risk groups and the necessary precautions
11	S/he can develop solutions stemming from workplaces by using nursing process.
12	S/he explains the significance of records in occupational health services
13	S/he explains the ethical principles of occupational health nursing practices

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week	Subject	Description
1	Occupational Health The aims of Occupational Health services
2	Related parties in Occupational Health services
3	Occupational Illnesses and Protection
4	Occupational Accidents and Protection
5	The history of Occupational Health Nursing
6	The roles of Occupational Health Nurses
7	The privileged labour force in Occupational Health
8	1st Midterm
9	Developing health in the workplace
10	Evidence based workplace health development programs
11	Risk evaluation in the workplace
12	Records in Occupational Health Services
13	2nd Midterm
14	Research in Occupational Health Nursing-Ethics in Occupational Health Nursing

Recomended or Required Reading

AAOHN 01/04/1999
Archives of Environmental & Occupational Health 01/01/2005-
International Archives of Occupational And Environmental Health 1997-
International Journal of Occupational And Environmental Health 01/01/2002-
International Journal of Occupational Medicine And Environmental Health 01/01/2006-
Journal of Occupational Health 2002-
Journal of Occupational Health And Safety, Australia And New Zealand 01/02/2005-
Journal of Occupational Health Psychology 01/07/2003-
Occupational Health 01/07/2002-
Occupational Health & Safety 01/01/1992-
Occupational Safety & Health Journal 01/04/2006-

BOOKS
1. ICOH, SCOHN (1996). Education and Training of Occupational Health Nurses. Report No: 7th International Commission on Occupational Health, Scientific Committee on Occupational Health Nursing.
2. Salazar M (2001). Core Curriculum for Occupational Environmental Health Nursing, Second ed. Saunders Company.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Presentation, Discussion, Question-answer, Literature review, Self-learning, Field Practices

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER	SHORT CODE	LONG CODE	FORMULA
1	MTE	MIDTERM EXAM
2	ASG	ASSIGNMENT
3	FIN	FINAL EXAM
4	FCG	FINAL COURSE GRADE	MTE* 0.25 + ASG* 0.25 + FIN* 0.50
5	RST	RESIT
6	FCGR	FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT)	MTE* 0.25 + ASG* 0.25 + RST* 0.50

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

The students are assessed through the skills of interpreting, recalling, deciding, explaining, and integrating knowledge.

In the assignments, the student s skill of researching, analysing, comparing, including evidence based practices, writing, and expressing herself or himself are assessed.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Prof .Zuhal Bahar
02324124751
zuhal.bahar@deu.edu.tr
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ayşe Beser
02324124752
ayse.beser@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures	14	2	28
Case study	14	4	56
Preparations before/after weekly lectures	14	2	28
Preparation for midterm exam	1	8	8
Preparation for final exam	1	14	14
Preparing assignments	3	15	45
Preparing presentations	3	5	15
Final	1	2	2
Midterm	2	2	4
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			200

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO	PO.1	PO.2	PO.3	PO.4	PO.5	PO.6	PO.7	PO.8	PO.9	PO.10	PO.11	PO.12	PO.13	PO.14	PO.15	PO.16
LO.1	5	5
LO.2		5		5
LO.3	5	5
LO.4	5													5
LO.5	5	5	5	5				5			5			5	5
LO.6	5		5	5	5	5	5	5		5	5	5	5		5	5
LO.7	5		5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5		5				5
LO.8	5							5
LO.9	5	5			5		5	5	5	5	5	5			5
LO.10	5						5	5	5	5	5
LO.11	5		5	5			5	5	5	5
LO.12													5		5
LO.13						5	5								5

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Description of Individual Course Units

Offered By

Level of Course Unit

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Course Objective

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

Recomended Optional Programme Components

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Assessment Criteria

Language of Instruction

Course Policies and Rules

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Office Hours

Work Placement(s)

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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