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Bachelor	TR-NQF-HE: Level 6	QF-EHEA: First Cycle	EQF-LLL: Level 6

Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code:

NUR201

Course Name:

Internal Medicine Nursing

Semester:

Fall

Course Credits:

ECTS

Language of instruction:

English

Course Condition:

Does the Course Require Work Experience?:

Type of course:

Compulsory Courses

Course Level:

Bachelor

TR-NQF-HE:6. Master`s Degree

QF-EHEA:First Cycle

EQF-LLL:6. Master`s Degree

Mode of Delivery:

Face to face

Course Coordinator:

Dr. Öğr. Üy. SERPİL TOPÇU

Course Lecturer(s):

Gizem Yağmur Yalçın

Course Assistants:

Course Objective and Content

Course Objectives:

The aim of this course is to integrate the knowledge, attitudes, and skills acquired by the student during their education with the fundamental roles and functions of nursing. Within the scope of medical-surgical nursing, the course aims to equip students with the necessary knowledge, attitudes, and skills to protect and promote the health of adult individuals and to provide evidence-based care in situations where health is compromised.

Course Content:

The course covers common chronic diseases, fluid and electrolyte balance, pain management, elderly health, cardiovascular, respiratory, gastrointestinal, renal, neurological, neoplastic, endocrine, hematological, and infectious diseases, as well as the nursing care associated with these conditions, both globally and in our country.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
1) To be able to know the concepts, principles and rules related to internal medicine nursing
2) To be able to synthesize the knowledge gained in other courses along with the theoretical knowledge gained in the field of Internal Medicine Nursing
3) To be able to see the individual with internal diseases as a whole as a physical, psychological and social whole
4) To be able to use the nursing process effectively in the care of the individual with internal diseases problem
5) To be able to use problem solving skill effectively in cases requiring nursing care in internal diseases

Course Flow Plan

Week	Subject	Related Preparation
1)	Introduction to Internal Medicine Nursing and Basic Concepts Health approaches and health system in our country Anamnesis and Physical Diagnosis	-
2)	Homeostasis Liquid - Electrolyte Acid-Base Balance Shock and nursing care	-
3)	Chronic Diseases	-
4)	Oncological Diseases and Nursing Care	-
5)	Respiratory System Diseases and Nursing Care	-
6)	Cardiovascular System Diseases and Nursing Care	-
7)	Hematological Diseases and Nursing Care	-
8)	Midterm	-
9)	Urinary System Diseases and Nursing Care	-
10)	Gastrointestinal System Diseases and Nursing Care	-
11)	Endocrine System Diseases and Nursing Care	-
12)	Neurological System Diseases and Nursing Care	-
13)	Joint-Connective Tissue Diseases and Nursing Care	-
14)	Immune System Diseases and Nursing Care	-
15)	Final exam	-

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks:

References:

• Harding MM, Kwong J, Roberts D, Hagler D, Reinisch C. Lewis's Medical-Surgical Nursing E-Book:
• Assessment and Management of Clinical Problems. Canada: Mosby, 2020.
• Akdemir N, Birol L. İç Hastalıkları ve Hemşirelik Bakımı. Güncellenmiş 8. Baskı. Ankara: Akademisyen Kitabevi, 2023
• Honan L. Focus on Adult Health: Medical-Surgical Nursing. 2nd Edition. USA: Wolters Kluwer, 2018.
• Nurten A, Anğ Ö. Basitleştirilmiş klinik patofizyoloji İstanbul, Nobel Tıp Kitabevleri, 2016.
• Durna Z. Kronik Hastalıklar ve Bakım. Nobel Tıp Kitabevleri, İstanbul, 2012.
• Smeltzer SC, Bare BG, Hinkle JL, Cheever KH (Eds). Brunner & Suddarth’s Textbook of
• Medical-Surgical Nursing. 12th Edition. China: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2010.
• World Health Organization (WHO). Noncommunicable Diseases. Access:https://www.who.int/health-topics/noncommunicable-diseases#tab=tab_1
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP). Access: https://www.cdc.gov/chronicdisease/index.htm
• Academy of Medical-Surgical Nurses. Access: https://www.amsn.org/
• American Medical Association. Access https://www.ama-assn.org/

7. Arıoğlu S. Geriatri ve Gerontoloji. Nobel Tıp Kitabevi, Ankara, 2010.
8. Durna Z. İç Hastalıkları Hemşireliği Uygulama Rehberi. Cinius Yayınları, İstanbul, 2009.
9. Akbayrak N, İlhan Erkal S, Ançel G, Albayrak A. Hemşirelik Bakım Planları (Dahiliye, Cerrahi Hemşireliği ve Psiko-Sosyal Boyut), Alter Yayıncılık, Ankara, 2007.
10. Can G. Onkoloji Hemşireliğinde Kanıta Dayalı Semptom Yönetimi, 3P-Pharma Publication Planning, Mavi İletişim Danışmanlık, Ankara, 2007.
11. Birol L. Hemşirelik Süreci. Etki Matbaacılık, İzmir, 2007.
Erdemir F. Hemşirelik Tanıları El Kitabı. Nobel Tıp Kitabevleri, Ankara, 2005.

Course - Program Learning Outcome Relationship

Course Learning Outcomes	1	2	3	4	5
Program Outcomes
1) Understand the concepts and concepts related to the field of health at the undergraduate level, and have advanced theoretical and practical knowledge supported by textbooks, application tools and other sources of current information in the field of health.
2) Knowledge of nature, source, limits, accuracy, reliability and validity of knowledge.
3) Uses advanced theoretical and factual knowledge acquired at the undergraduate level.	1
4) Interprets, evaluates, identifies, analyzes, shares information and makes teamwork with scientifically proven data by using the advanced knowledge and skills acquired in the field of health.
5) Uses computer programs, related technologies and educational tools in the field of health.
6) Carries out a study independently by using its advanced knowledge in the field of health and takes responsibility as a team member in cooperation with other professional groups working in this field.
7) Takes responsibility individually and as a team member to solve unforeseen complex problems encountered in the practices related to the field of health.
8) Plans, manages, and monitors and evaluates the activities for the development of employees in a project.
9) Evaluates the advanced knowledge and skills acquired in the field of health with a critical approach.		2
10) Determines learning needs and learning resources, directs learning function by using resources effectively.
11) Develops a positive attitude towards life-long learning and turns it into behavior.			3
12) Informs the related persons and institutions about the health field; conveys his / her thoughts and solution suggestions in writing and orally, and receives the opinions, requests and expectations of the relevant persons and institutions.				2
13) With the awareness of social responsibility, organizes and implements projects and activities in cooperation with other professional groups for the social environment in which he lives.					2
14) Follow the information in the field and communicate with colleagues by using a foreign language at least at B1 General Level of European Language Portfolio.
15) Express themselves effectively in verbal and written.
16) Uses information and communication technologies together with computer software required by the field at least at the Advanced Level of European Computer Driving License.
17) Monitors and evaluates the events / developments on the agenda of the society and the world in the field of health.
18) Acts and participates in accordance with Quality Management and Processes.
19) They cooperate with people from related disciplines and acts in accordance with social, scientific, cultural and ethical values in the stages of collecting, interpreting, applying and announcing the results related to health field.
20) Have enough consciousness about individual and community health, environmental protection and occupational safety.

Course - Learning Outcome Relationship

No Effect	1 Lowest	2 Average	3 Highest

	Program Outcomes	Level of Contribution
1)	Understand the concepts and concepts related to the field of health at the undergraduate level, and have advanced theoretical and practical knowledge supported by textbooks, application tools and other sources of current information in the field of health.	2
2)	Knowledge of nature, source, limits, accuracy, reliability and validity of knowledge.	2
3)	Uses advanced theoretical and factual knowledge acquired at the undergraduate level.	2
4)	Interprets, evaluates, identifies, analyzes, shares information and makes teamwork with scientifically proven data by using the advanced knowledge and skills acquired in the field of health.	1
5)	Uses computer programs, related technologies and educational tools in the field of health.
6)	Carries out a study independently by using its advanced knowledge in the field of health and takes responsibility as a team member in cooperation with other professional groups working in this field.	2
7)	Takes responsibility individually and as a team member to solve unforeseen complex problems encountered in the practices related to the field of health.
8)	Plans, manages, and monitors and evaluates the activities for the development of employees in a project.	2
9)	Evaluates the advanced knowledge and skills acquired in the field of health with a critical approach.	3
10)	Determines learning needs and learning resources, directs learning function by using resources effectively.	2
11)	Develops a positive attitude towards life-long learning and turns it into behavior.	3
12)	Informs the related persons and institutions about the health field; conveys his / her thoughts and solution suggestions in writing and orally, and receives the opinions, requests and expectations of the relevant persons and institutions.	2
13)	With the awareness of social responsibility, organizes and implements projects and activities in cooperation with other professional groups for the social environment in which he lives.
14)	Follow the information in the field and communicate with colleagues by using a foreign language at least at B1 General Level of European Language Portfolio.	3
15)	Express themselves effectively in verbal and written.	1
16)	Uses information and communication technologies together with computer software required by the field at least at the Advanced Level of European Computer Driving License.	2
17)	Monitors and evaluates the events / developments on the agenda of the society and the world in the field of health.
18)	Acts and participates in accordance with Quality Management and Processes.
19)	They cooperate with people from related disciplines and acts in accordance with social, scientific, cultural and ethical values in the stages of collecting, interpreting, applying and announcing the results related to health field.
20)	Have enough consciousness about individual and community health, environmental protection and occupational safety.	2

Assessment & Grading

Semester Requirements	Number of Activities	Level of Contribution
Application	1	% 20
Midterms	1	% 30
Final	1	% 50
total		% 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK		% 50
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK		% 50
total		% 100

Workload and ECTS Credit Calculation

Activities	Number of Activities	Workload
Course Hours	12	48
Application	12	96
Study Hours Out of Class	6	72
Homework Assignments	5	60
Midterms	2	24
Final	1	12
Total Workload		312