| Course Unit Title | Course Unit Code | Type of Course Unit | Level of Course Unit | Year of Study | Semester | ECTS Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Public Health Nursing | SBH412 | Elective | Bachelor's degree | 4 | Spring | 12 |
Name of Lecturer(s)
Lecturer Sena TARI KUL
Lecturer Tuba YILMAZ BULUT
Research Assistant Dr. GIZEMNUR TORUN
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
1) Knows the basic concepts of public/community health and nursing science
2) Reflects the basic concepts of public/ community health and nursing science to their practices.
3) Cognizes the structure and the operations of the national health care system, volunteer and social health resource
4) Knows health care and nursing roles in unusual situations
5) Explains the roles of public / community health nurses in the fields of public health nursing practice (family health, school health, occupational health, elderly health, community mental health and home care)
6) Knows the changing health care needs of the public/ community
7) Identifies priority health problems of public/ community.
8) Plans and applies nursing interventions at individual, family and community level.
9) Can take measures to reduce public health risks
10) Plans health programs that protect and improve health
11) Can make health education and counseling at individual and community level
12) To collaborate with other disciplines, collegues, and community leaders client
Program Competencies-Learning Outcomes Relation
| Program Competencies | |||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | ||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||||||
| 1 | High | Middle | Middle | Middle | Middle | High | High | High | High | High | Middle | High | |
| 2 | High | High | High | Middle | High | High | High | High | Middle | High | High | High | |
| 3 | High | High | High | High | High | High | High | High | High | Middle | Middle | High | |
| 4 | High | High | Low | High | High | High | High | High | High | No relation | No relation | High | |
| 5 | High | High | High | High | High | High | High | High | High | High | High | High | |
| 6 | High | High | High | High | High | High | High | High | High | High | Middle | High | |
| 7 | High | High | High | High | High | High | High | High | High | High | High | High | |
| 8 | High | High | Middle | Middle | High | High | Middle | Middle | High | High | Middle | Middle | |
| 9 | High | High | High | High | High | High | High | High | High | High | High | High | |
| 10 | High | High | High | High | High | High | High | High | High | High | High | High | |
| 11 | High | High | High | High | High | High | High | High | High | High | High | Middle | |
| 12 | High | High | High | High | High | High | High | High | High | High | High | High | |
Mode of Delivery
Face to Face
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites
1) Women Health and Diseases Nursing Completing the following course succesfully:
2) Pediatric Nursing Completing the following course succesfully:
3) Mental Health and Psychiatric Nursing Completing the following course succesfully:
4) Public Health Nursing Completing the following course succesfully:
Recommended Optional Programme Components
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Course Contents
This course focus on protecting and improving the health of the individual, family, and the community groups in accordance with the basic concept and theories of the public health and public health nursing science. It defines the roles and the functions of the public health nursing basic practice areas (such as family, school, work place, elderly care and home health care).
Weekly Schedule
1) Introduction, Introduction, Course Description Historical Development of Public Health2) Primary Health Nursing Definition, Roles and Service Areas, Historical Development of Health Services in Turkey, Transformation in Health
3) Health Organization in Turkey, Family Health Nursing, Public Health Nursing in Home Care
4) Community and Community Recognition, Health Screenings and Early Diagnosis, Mother-Child Health
5) Men's and Women's Health, Family Planning and Counseling Services
6) Elderly Health, Rehabilitation Nursing
7) Midterm
8) Health Education and Counseling in Health, Disadvantaged Groups in Public Health Nursing
9) Health Promotion and Healthy Living, Occupational Health Nursing
10) Health Economics and Basic Concepts, Medical Tourism Nursing
11) Environmental Health, Informatics in Public Health, Health Literacy Chronic Diseases
12) Community nutrition, Infectious Diseases and Care with its Social Dimension, Epidemiology in Public Health
13) Cultural Differences and Community Based Nursing Practices Prison and Prison Nursing
14) Environmental Health and Waste Management Public Health Nursing in Disasters
15) Evaluation
Recommended or Required Reading
1- Erci B (2016). Halk Sağlığı Hemşireliği, Nobel Tip Kitabevi. ss:5-8
2- Bertan M., Güler Ç, (1997). Halk Sağlığı - Temel Bilgiler. Ankara: Hacettepe Yayınları. ss:1-13
3- Holland S. (2015). Public Health Ethics. Cambridge; Malden, MA: Polity Press. ISBN: 978-0-7456-6218-3
4- Erkin Ö, Kalkım A, Göl İ. (2021). Halk Sağlığı Hemşireliği, Çukurova Nobel Tıp. ISBN: 9786052369371
5- Şahinöz, T. (Ed). (2017). Halk Sağlığı Uygulama Kitabı, Nobel Tıp Kitabevleri. ISBN:9786053355779
6- Gözüm S. (Ed). (2016). Okul Dönemindeki Çocukların Sağlığının Geliştirilmesi. Vize Yayıncılık, Ankara. ISBN:9786059278058
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1) Lecture
2) Question-Answer
3) Question-Answer
4) Question-Answer
5) Discussion
6) Discussion
7) Discussion
8) Drill and Practice
9) Drill and Practice
10) Drill and Practice
11) Group Study
12) Group Study
13) Group Study
14) Group Study
15) Simulation
16) Brain Storming
17) Brain Storming
18) Brain Storming
19) Case Study
20) Lab / Workshop
21) Lab / Workshop
22) Lab / Workshop
23) Lab / Workshop
24) Self Study
25) Self Study
26) Self Study
27) Problem Solving
28) Problem Solving
29) Problem Solving
30) Problem Solving
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Contribution of Practices to Course Grade |
60% |
|---|---|
Contribution of Final Examination to Course Grade |
40% |
Total |
100% |
Language of Instruction
Turkish
Work Placement(s)
Not Required