Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code:

SHM041

Course Name:

Health Assessment

Semester:

Spring

Course Credits:

ECTS

Language of instruction:

Turkish

Course Condition:

Does the Course Require Work Experience?:

Type of course:

Departmental Elective

Course Level:

Array

TR-NQF-HE:Array. Master`s Degree

QF-EHEA:Array

EQF-LLL:Array. Master`s Degree

Mode of Delivery:

Face to face

Course Coordinator:

Öğr. Gör. ABDULLAH GERGİN

Course Lecturer(s):

Lecturer Abdullah Gergin

Course Assistants:

Course Objective and Content

Course Objectives:

The aim of this course is to provide students with;
1. Assess all body systems from head to toe and detect abnormal conditions and make clinical decisions
2. Taking the health history of healthy/sick individuals and interpreting it
3. Knowing and applying physical examination methods
4. Knowing and diagnosing subjective and objective findings
5. Ability to detect and record data on activity, sleep, rest, mental health, child and elderly health promotion, and health
6. To gain necessary knowledge and skills related to ethnic and cultural evaluation.

Course Content:

This course includes teaching physical examination methods on the basis of requests and general evaluation of health.

The content of this course; Basic Concepts, Evaluation of Subjective and Objective Data, Taking History; Physical Examination Methods/Tools: Examination, Palpation, Auscultation, Smell; Vital Signs, Pain and Anthropometric Measurements; Evaluation of Skin and Its Attachments; Head and Neck Assessment; Abdominal Gastrointestinal System Evaluation; Evaluation of Cardiovascular and Peripheral Vascular System; Evaluation of Thorax and Lungs; Evaluation of Genito-urinary Organs; Evaluation of Activity, Sleep and Rest; Evaluation of Child Health; Covers the topics of Evaluation of Mental Health.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
1) Adopts the importance of health assessment for health care.
2) Knows the concepts of health and disease.
3) Knows the necessary preparations for physical assessment.
4) Gains the ability to take the health history of sick/healthy individuals.
5) Knows, applies and interprets physical examination methods and instruments.
6) Assesses the patient's vital signs.
7) Gains the ability to make a systemic assessment of the individual with a holistic approach.
8) Gains the ability to determine the patient's care needs and interpret abnormal situations.
9) Knows the role of cultural differences in health assessment.
10) Assesses of the data obtained from physical examination.

Course Flow Plan

Week	Subject	Related Preparation
1)	Course Description, Introduction to Health Assessment, Purpose and Learning Objectives	Students are expected to come to class prepared by reading these documents.
2)	Basic Concepts, Assessing Subjective and Objective Data, Taking Health History	Students are expected to come to class prepared by reading these documents.
3)	Physical Examination Methods/Tools: Inspection, Palpation, Auscultation, Olfaction	Students are expected to come to class prepared by reading these documents.
4)	Assessment of Vital Signs, Pain and Anthropometric Measurements	Students are expected to come to class prepared by reading these documents.
5)	Assessment of Skin and Its Attachments	Students are expected to come to class prepared by reading these documents.
6)	Assessment of Head and Neck	Students are expected to come to class prepared by reading these documents.
7)	Assessment of the Abdominal Gastro-Intestinal System	Students are expected to come to class prepared by reading these documents.
8)	MIDTERM
9)	Assessment of Cardiovascular and Peripheral Vascular System	Students are expected to come to class prepared by reading these documents.
10)	Assessment of Thorax and Lungs	Students are expected to come to class prepared by reading these documents.
11)	Assessment of the Genitourinary System	Students are expected to come to class prepared by reading these documents.
12)	Assessment of Activity, Sleep and Rest	Students are expected to come to class prepared by reading these documents.
13)	Assessment of Child Health	Students are expected to come to class prepared by reading these documents.
14)	Assessment of the Mental Health	Students are expected to come to class prepared by reading these documents.

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks:

1. Eti Aslan F. (2017) Sağlığın Değerlendirilmesi ve Klinik Karar Verme. Akademisyen Kitabevi, Ankara.
2. Görgülü S (2014) Hemşireler için fiziksel muayene yöntemleri, İstanbul Tıp Kitapevi.
3. Weber JR, Kelley JH (2014). Health Assessment in Nursing. Fifth Edition. Wolters Kluwer Lippincott Williams and Wilkins.
4. Weber JR (2014). Nurses, Handbook of Health Assessment. Ninth Edition. Wolters Kluwer Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
5. Konu ile ilgili ulusal/uluslararası güncel makaleler

References:

1. Eti Aslan F. (2017) Evaluation of Health and Clinical Decision Making. Academician Bookstore, Ankara.
2. Görgülü S (2014) Physical examination methods for nurses, İstanbul Medicine Bookstore
3. Weber JR, Kelley JH (2014). Health Assessment in Nursing. Fifth Edition. Wolters Kluwer Lippincott Williams and Wilkins.
4. Weber JR (2014). Nurses, Handbook of Health Assessment. Ninth Edition. Wolters Kluwer Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
5. Current national/international articles on the subject

Course - Program Learning Outcome Relationship

Course Learning Outcomes	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Program Outcomes

Course - Learning Outcome Relationship

No Effect	1 Lowest	2 Average	3 Highest

Program Outcomes

Level of Contribution

Assessment & Grading

Semester Requirements	Number of Activities	Level of Contribution
Midterms	1	% 40
Final	1	% 60
total		% 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK		% 40
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK		% 60
total		% 100

Workload and ECTS Credit Calculation

Activities	Number of Activities	Workload
Course Hours	16	32
Midterms	2	2
Final	1	1
Total Workload		35