| Course Unit Title | Course Unit Code | Type of Course Unit | Level of Course Unit | Year of Study | Semester | ECTS Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| School Health Nursing | SBH405 | Elective | Bachelor's degree | 4 | Fall | 4 |
Name of Lecturer(s)
Assistant Prof. Dr. Sinem YALNIZOĞLU ÇAKA
Lecturer Tuba YILMAZ BULUT
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
1) To assessment of the school-age children’shealth (asessment according to functionalhealth patterns, physical examintaion) withstandarts
2) To explain nursing process of school agechildren’s physiological, psychological andsocial needs and problems
3) To discuss primary, secondary and tertiaryprevention measures in school age childrenand adolescents health risks and probems.
4) To compare the physical conditions of schoolenvironment with standarts
5) To discuss the health records used in theschool health units and theirs speacialities
6) To discuss the effectiveness of school healthnurses interventions in the school healthservices.
Program Competencies-Learning Outcomes Relation
| Program Competencies | |||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | ||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||||||
| 1 | High | High | High | High | High | High | High | High | High | High | High | High | |
| 2 | High | High | High | High | High | High | High | High | High | High | High | High | |
| 3 | High | High | High | High | High | High | High | High | High | High | High | High | |
| 4 | High | High | High | High | High | High | High | High | High | High | High | High | |
| 5 | High | High | High | High | High | High | High | High | High | Middle | Middle | High | |
| 6 | High | High | High | High | High | High | High | High | High | High | Middle | High | |
Mode of Delivery
Face to Face
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites
None
Recommended Optional Programme Components
.
Course Contents
History of school health services and school health nursing, the place of the school health service in the world and Turkey and its importance, the roles and responsibilities of the school health nurse, frequent health problems in school-age children,the general characteristics of children of school age, the positive health behaviors in school-age children Responsibilities of health nurse,assessment of health in school-aged children (observation, monitoring, screening and follow-up forms, etc.), risk behaviors in schoolchildren (smoking, alcohol use and drug use, malnutrition, inadequate physical activity), preventive mental health studies in the school ( bullying ) safe schools and the specialities of safe school school health units, the specialities of health units the examples of school health studies, the examples of health promotion in the school program, a school health nurse (guest) to share their experiences
Weekly Schedule
1) School Health Services, School Health Team, School Health Nurses Directive2) School Health Nursing
3) General characteristics of school-age children
4) Monitoring in School Health, Vision Health, Hearing Health, Speech, Oral and Dental Health, Scans
5) Health Protection and Improvement in School Health, Smoking, Alcohol and Substance Use
6) Combating Infectious Diseases in School Health and health problems seen in school children
7) Approach to Emergency Situations in School Health
8) Infectious Diseases in School Health
9) Nutrition-Related Diseases in School Health, Healthy Nutrition Recommendations
10) Nursing Care for Skin Diseases in School Health
11) Urogenital System Diseases and Nursing Care in School Health
12) Approach to special health problems in School Health (physical-physiological)
13) Approach to specific health problems in School Health (psychosocial-behavioral)
14) Approach to sports injuries in school health nursing
15) school health records
16) Course Evaluation
Recommended or Required Reading
1- Akın L., Güler Ç. (2012) Halk Sağlığı Temel Bilgiler, Hacettepe Üniversitesi
Yayınları, I, II, III. Cilt, 1. Baskı, Ankara.
2- Halk Sağlığı Günleri 2. Ulusal Okul Sağlığı Sempozyum Kitabı (2012)” Güvenli
Okul Sağlıklı Öğrenci” Çukurova Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Halk Sağlığı Anabilim
Dalı, Adana
3- Kılıççı Y.(1992)Okulda Ruh Sağlığı, Anı Yayıncılık, 2. Baskı, Ankara
4- Lewis KD, Bear BJ.(2002). Manual of School Health, Second Edition, Saunders
5- Nies MA, McEwen M. (2001). Community Health Nursing, Promoting Health
Populations, WB Saunders Company
6- Nies MA, McEwen M. (2001). Community Health Nursing, Promoting Health
Populations, WB Saunders Company
7- Stone-Clemen S. Mcguire SL.Eigsti DG. (2002). Comprehensive Community
Health Nursing, Family, Aggregate&Community Practice, Sixth Edition, Mosby
8- Watkins D. Edwards J. Gastrell P. (2003). (Eds)Foreward By. Joan Higgins:
Community Health Nursing, Framworks for Practice.Bailliere Tindall,
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1) Lecture
2) Question-Answer
3) Discussion
4) Simulation
5) Brain Storming
6) Six Hat Methods
7) Case Study
8) Problem Solving
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Contribution of Midterm Examination to Course Grade |
40% |
|---|---|
Contribution of Final Examination to Course Grade |
60% |
Total |
100% |
Language of Instruction
Turkish
Work Placement(s)
Not Required