COURSE INTRODUCTION AND APPLICATION INFORMATION

Course Name
Public Health Nursing
Code
Semester
Theory
(hour/week)
Application/Lab
(hour/week)
Local Credits
ECTS
HEM 312
Spring
4
0
4
5
Prerequisites
None
Course Language
Turkish
Course Type
Required
Course Level
First Cycle
Mode of Delivery face to face
Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course Discussion
Group Work
Case Study
Q&A
Lecturing / Presentation
Course Coordinator
Course Lecturer(s)
Assistant(s) -
Course Objectives At the end of this course, students learn the basic knowledge, concepts and principles of community health nursing, and use in the direction of the basic system of the country; and can learn professional nursing roles by addressing the development of health in all areas where individuals of all age groups live and work
Learning Outcomes The students who succeeded in this course;
  • The students who succeeded in this course;
  • Describe the concept of community health
  • Describe the health organization of the country,
  • Describe nursing services that should be done to protect
  • Individual, family and community health
  • List the effects of health on the environment,
  • Describe risky groups for health and the nursing services that should be done to protect the health of these groups
  • Explain the principles and practices related to school health and worker health,
  • Describe health protection programs.
Course Description This course covers the concepts of community health, community health and diagnosis, roles of nurses in developing specific health for different ages and genders, family health nursing, home care nursing, school health nursing and occupational health nursing that are subjects of public health nursing
Related Sustainable Development Goals

 



Course Category

 Core Courses
X
Major Area Courses
Supportive Courses
Media and Managment Skills Courses
Transferable Skill Courses

 

WEEKLY SUBJECTS AND RELATED PREPARATION STUDIES

Week Subjects Required Materials
1 -Course Introduction -Historical Development of Public Health - Erci B (2016). Halk Sağlığı Hemşireliği, Nobel Tip Kitabevi. ss:5-8 - Bertan M., Güler Ç, (1997). Halk Sağlığı - Temel Bilgiler. Ankara: Hacettepe Yayınları. ss:1-13
2 Public Health Nursing in the World and Turkey - Erci B (2016). Nobel Tip Kitabevi. ss:29-40
3 Health Organization in Turkey Social Determinants of Health Gender - Erci B (2016). Nobel Tip Kitabevi. ss:9-28
4 Getting to Know the Community - Erci B (2016). Nobel Tip Kitabevi. ss:65-77 - Bertan M., Güler Ç, (1997). Ankara: Hacettepe Yayınları. ss:421-433
5 Family Health Nursing Home Visits - Erci B (2016). Nobel Tip Kitabevi. ss:41-51
6 Health Protection and Promotion Health Education - Erci B (2016). Nobel Tip Kitabevi. ss:166-201
7 Infant and Child Health - Erci B (2016). Nobel Tip Kitabevi. ss:78-91 - Bertan M., Güler Ç, (1997). Ankara: Hacettepe Yayınları. ss:157-185
8 Adolescent Health School Health Nursing İmmunization - Erci B (2016). Nobel Tip Kitabevi. ss:92-117 - Bertan M., Güler Ç, (1997). Ankara: Hacettepe Yayınları. ss:187-222
9 Men's Health Women's Health and Family Planning - Erci B (2016). Nobel Tip Kitabevi. ss:78-91, 118-132 - Bertan M., Güler Ç, (1997). Ankara: Hacettepe Yayınları. ss:117-155
10 Elderly Health Early Diagnosis in Chronic Diseases - Erci B (2016). Nobel Tip Kitabevi. ss:53-63, 133-155.
11 Midterm
12 Occupational Health and Nursing - Erci B (2016). Public Health Nursing, Nobel Medical Bookstore. pp:202-217 - Bertan M., Guler C, (1997). Public Health - The Basics. Ankara: Hacettepe Publications. pp:263-283
13 Environmental Health, Waste Management - Erci B (2016). Nobel Tip Kitabevi. ss:243-246 - Bertan M., Güler Ç, (1997). Ankara: Hacettepe Yayınları. ss:225-262
14 • Globalization • Inequalities in Health • Evaluation of Vulnerable Groups in Society • Nursing in Emergency Situations - Erci B (2016). Halk Sağlığı Hemşireliği, Nobel Tip Kitabevi. ss:257-272, ss:156-165
15 Semester Review
16 Final Exam
Course Notes/Textbooks
  1. Erci B. (2016). Public Health Nursing, Nobel Medical Bookstore. ISBN:9786058392816
  2. Bertan M, Guler C. (1997). Public Health - The Basics. Ankara: Hacettepe Publications. ISBN: 975746726X
Suggested Readings/Materials
  1. Holland S. (2015). Public Health Ethics. Cambridge; Malden, MA: Polity Press. ISBN: 978-0-7456-6218-3
  2. Erkin Ö, Kalkım A, Göl İ. (2021). Public Health Nursing, Çukurova Nobel Medicine. ISBN: 9786052369371
  3. Guler C, Akin L (2015). Public Health - The Basics (3 Books). Ankara: Hacettepe Publications. ISBN: 9789754913446.
  4. Öztürk Y, Günay O. (2011) Erciyes University Press, Kayseri. ISBN: 9786051252742.
  5. My Eye is S. (Ed). (2016). Improving the Health of Children in School Period. Visa Publishing, Ankara. ISBN:9786059278058
  6. 6. Şahinöz, T. (Ed). (2017). Public Health Practice Book, Nobel Medicine Bookstores. ISBN:9786053355779

 

EVALUATION SYSTEM

Semester Activities Number Weighting
Participation
Laboratory / Application
Field Work
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
Portfolio
Homework / Assignments
1
10
Presentation / Jury
1
20
Project
Seminar / Workshop
Oral Exam
Midterm
1
30
Final Exam
1
40
Total

Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade
3
60
Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade
1
40
Total

ECTS / WORKLOAD TABLE

Semester Activities Number Duration (Hours) Workload
Course Hours
(Including exam week: 16 x total hours)
16
4
64
Laboratory / Application Hours
(Including exam week: 16 x total hours)
16
Study Hours Out of Class
16
0
Field Work
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
Portfolio
Homework / Assignments
1
6
Presentation / Jury
1
10
Project
Seminar / Workshop
Oral Exam
Midterms
1
30
Final Exams
1
40
    Total
150

 

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES AND PROGRAM QUALIFICATIONS RELATIONSHIP

#
 Program Competencies/Outcomes
* Contribution Level
1
2
3
4
5
1

To be able to have basic theoretical and practical knowledges in line with scientific developments in the field of nursing and health sciences for family and community health and well-being

 X
2

To be able to use the basic theoretical and practical knowledges to meet the health care requirements of family and community with holistic approach.

 X
3

To be able to follow the evidence-based practices and new approaches by performing nursing practices.
4

To be able to maintain responsibility of improving by itself while adopting the importance of lifelong learning and following scientific, technological and current practices.
5

To be able to communicate effectively with individuals, families, communities and healthcare team in applications.

 X
6

To be able to occur on the professional platforms having the individual study skills, ability to decide independently, and aware of their legal rights and responsibilities.
7

To be able to do team working in disciplinary and interdisciplinary.

 X
8

To be able to organize the projects and events for the living social environment with social responsibility and to apply them.

 X
9

To be able to evaluate the applicability of research results, use in nursing practices, identify new problem areas and think critically.
10

To be able to act according to the social, scientific and ethical values in nursing, during the period of data collection, interpretation, implementation of initiatives and evaluation of results.
11

To be able to collect data in the areas of Nursing and communicate with colleagues in a foreign language.

*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest