COURSE UNIT TITLE

: NURSING ENGLISH I

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ELECTIVE

Offered By

Nursing

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR MERLINDA ALUŞ TOKAT

Offered to

Nursing

Course Objective

This course aims at developing students' medical vocabulary, listening, writing, reading and speaking skills

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Being able to understand medical texts.
2   Having sufficient communication skills to use in the field.
3   Being able to write texts properly

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to the course
2 Who is nurse and what are responsibilities of nurse
3 Professional nursing roles
4 Professional nursing roles
5 Critical thinking in nursing
6 Patient-nurse communication
7 Patient-nurse communication
8 Midterm exam
9 Parts of human body
10 Parts of human body
11 Basic patient evaluation
12 Basic patient evaluation
13 Most common nursing diagnosis
14 General assesment

Recomended or Required Reading

Allum, V., McGarr, P. (2010). Cambridge English for Nursing Intermediate Plus.Cambridge University Press, The Edinburgh Building.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

lecture, translation, discussion and comprehension, listening

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 VZ Ara Sınav
2 FN Final
3 FSB Final Sonu Başarı Değerlendirmesi VZ *0.50 +FN * 0.50
4 BUT Bütünleme
5 BSB Bütünleme Sonu Başarı Değerlendirmesi VZ *0.50 +BUT * 0.50


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Mid-term exam: 2 homework will be given during the semester. Midterm grade will consist of 50% of the average of homework grades and 50% of the exam grade.
Course Success Grade: Course success grade is the sum of 50% of midterm grade and 50% of final or resit exam grade.
Minimum Course Success Grade: It is 60 points out of 100.
Minimum Final and Resit Exam Grade: It is 50 points out of 100.

Assessment Criteria

The students will understand the terminology related to their field.
The students will translate the text related to their fields into required language.
Students will learn the basic grammar rules in English.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules


Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Assoc.Prof.Merlinda Alus Tokat
e-mail: merlinda_alus@yahoo.com
Phone: 4124770
Assistant Prof. Hande Yağcan
e-mail: hande.yagcan@gmail.com
Phone: 4124776

Office Hours

14:15 - 14:30

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Tutorials 0 0 0
Tutorials 0 0 0
Lectures 14 2 28
Preparation before/ after weekly lectures 14 1 14
Preparation for midterm exam 1 1 1
Preparation for final exam 1 1 1
Final 1 2 2
Mid term 1 2 2
Quiz etc. 2 1 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 50

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15
LO.15
LO.2
LO.355

CONTACT INFORMATION
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