COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PATIENT SAFETY DEVELOPMENT

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

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

Offered By

Surgical Nursing

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ÖZLEM BILIK

Offered to

Surgical Nursing
Fundamentals of Nursing

Course Objective

This course aims to instruct students about patient safety in clinical environment where surgical patient is under care in accordance with the evidence-based sopurces, standards and actual guides by being aware of the professional tasks and importance of surgical nurse in providing patient safety.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   The student identifies the professional task and importance of surgical nurse in providing patient safety
2   The student specifies the aims and applications of national and international institutions about patient safety.
3   The student explains the principles of patient safety.
4   In the operating room, surgical clinics, central sterilization unit and intensive care unit the sutednt discusses the importance of patient safety.
5   The student explains the control systems about patient safety.
6   During the clinical practice the students shows awareness of ethic and legal issues

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction of Patient Safety Course and Its Patient Safety Concept and Its Importance Medical Errors and Its Types The factors which may cause the violation of patient safety Patient Safety Development Patient Safety Culture and Suggestions to form
2 National and International Studies for Patient Safety Culture -Announciation about procedures and principles concerning the providing and preservation of the patient and employee safety in healthcare institutions. - Performance and quality instruction in healthcare - WHO safe surgical control list - Service quality standards guide and basic objevtives for patient safety
3 JCI 2011 patient safety objectives and practice - Correct identification of patients - Increase in effective communication - Improving the safety of high risk medicines - Providing the correct side, correct application and correct patient surgery
4 Patient safety objectives and applications of important health organizations about healthcare in the world - WHO patient safety objectives and applications - CDC patient safety objectives and applications - AORN patient safety objectives and applications
5 Patient safety commitees in Turkey, legal regulations and practice examples - Mission and responsibilities of patient safety comitees - Regulations concerning providing patient and employee safety -patient safety practice examples in healthcare institutions in Turkey
6 Safe Environment Formation - Reservation and storage of medicines -Preventing falling - Fire safety - Waste management - Medical equipment safety - Physical environment safety
7 Evidence-based applications in formation of physical environment
8 1. MIDTERM
9 Patient safety practices in operating room Formation of a safe environment in operating room - physical limits of operating room - architectural structure of operating room - Airconditioning systems, medium cultures and hygiene - Heat and moisture controlling - Safety of the fabrics to be used in operating room - Device and electricity safety
10 Evidence-based applications in patient safety in operating room
11 Applications aimed at the objectives in operating room - Correct identification of patient - development of effective communication - development of high risk medicine safety - Certainty of the correct side, correct application and correct patient surgery
12 Evidence-based applications aimed at objectives in operating room
13 Control systems in providing patient safety - Organization (institution and committees) - education and proficiencies of employees - Quality indicators - Event feedback systems
14 Evidence-based applications in control systems in providing patient safety

Recomended or Required Reading

- http://www.performans.saglik.gov.tr/content/files/duyurular_2011/2011/09_ocak_2011/0901guvenlicerrahi.pdf, Güvenli cerrahi, ET: 25.02.2012
- DAS (Dezenfeksiyon Asepsi Sterilizasyon Derneği), http://www.das.org.tr/kitap2011/ICINDEKILER.pdf, 7. Ulusal Dezenfeksiyon ve Sterilizasyon Kongresi, ET: 25.02.2012
- Patient Safety and Quality: An Evidence-based Handbook for Nurses, www.ahrq.gov/qual/nurseshdbk, ET: 25.02.2012
- http://www.ttb.org.tr/mevzuat/index.php option=com_content&view=article&id=864:hasta-ve-calian-guevenlnn-salanmasina-dar-yoenetmelk&catid=2:ymelik&Itemid=33, Hasta ve çalışan güvenliğinin sağlanmasına dair yönetmelik, ET: 25.02.2012
- http://www.resmi-gazete.org/ara/hasta-guvenligi/sayfa-1.html, Hasta güvenliği, ET: 25.02.2012

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Visually supported presentation
Questions-Answers
Group discussion
Brainstorming
Case discussion

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 PAR PARTICIPATION
4 FIN FINAL EXAM
5 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.25 +ODV * 0.25 + PAR* 0.20 + FIN*0.30
6 RST RESIT
7 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.25 +ODV * 0.25 + PAR* 0.20 + RST*0.30


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

In the exams interpretation, recalling, deciding, explaining, classifying and integrating knowledge skills will be assessed.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 5 70
Preparation for midterm exam 1 6 6
Preparation for final exam 1 6 6
Preparing assignments 4 4 16
Preparing presentations 4 5 20
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 150

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.155
LO.25
LO.3555
LO.45
LO.55555
LO.655

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