COURSE UNIT TITLE

Offered By

Nursing

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR BURCU AKPINAR SÖYLEMEZ

Offered to

Nursing

Course Objective

In the course of Geriatrics Nursing, it is aimed to enable the student to comprehend the importance, roles and responsibilities of Geriatrics nursing and obtain the knowledge and skills that would render the services of Geriatrics nursing in every area, where healthcare services are rendered.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Leuckenotte AG. Gerontologic Nursing. 2nd edition, Mosby, 2000.
2. Phipps WJ, Sands JK, Marek JF, Medical Surgical Nursing Concept and Clinical Practice, Mosby Year Book, Philidelphia, 1999.
3. Lacroix A. Therapeutic Education of Patients. 2nd edition, Mosby, 2003.
4. Özçelik E. Metabolic Controls of the Training provided for Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus and its Effect on Self Care, 2001.
5. Küçükgüçlü Ö., Examination of the Validity and Reliability of the Caregiver Burden Inventory for the Turkish Society, Ege University Institute of Medical Sciences, Doctoral Thesis.
6. Fadıloğlu Ç, Argon G, Esen A, Karadakovan A, Akyol AD, Care in Chronic Diseases II, II Ege Internal Medicine Days, Izmir, 2003.
7. Birol L, Akdemir N, Internal Diseases and Nursing Care, 1st Edition, Vehbi Koç Foundation, Istanbul, 2003.
8. Yılmaz C, Fadıloğlu Ç, Çetinkalp Ş, Handbook of the Diabetes Nurse, Izmir, 2002.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Presentation, discussion, brainstorming, homework, question answer.

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Midterm grade: 2 homework will be given throughout the semester, 50% of the average homework grades + 50% of the exam grade
Midterm grade: Midterm grade
Course Success Grade: 50% of the semester grade + 50% of the final or make-up exam grade
Minimum course grade: 60 out of 100 full grades
Minimum final and make-up exam grade: 50 out of 100 full marks

Assessment Criteria

The exams assess the skills of; interpretation, recall, decision-making, explanation, classification and combination of knowledge.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

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Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Assoc. Prof. Burcu AKPINAR SÖYLEMEZ burcu.akpinar@deu.edu.tr
0090 232 412 4783

Office Hours

Students can meet with the instructure with oppointment

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes