COURSE INTRODUCTION AND APPLICATION INFORMATION

Course Name
Surgical Wards Nursing I
Code
Semester
Theory
(hour/week)
Application/Lab
(hour/week)
Local Credits
ECTS
HINT 411
Fall
2
10
7
11
Prerequisites
None
Course Language
Turkish
Course Type
Required
Course Level
First Cycle
Mode of Delivery -
Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course Discussion
Group Work
Problem Solving
Case Study
Q&A
Critical feedback
Application: Experiment / Laboratory / Workshop
Lecturing / Presentation
Course Coordinator
Course Lecturer(s)
Assistant(s)
Course Objectives At the end of this course, students are aimed to integrate the theoretical knowledge based on the current evidence obtained in the surgical field to the patient in clinical practice.
Learning Outcomes The students who succeeded in this course;
  • collect data fromhealthy/illperson and their family using appropriate communication skills
  • make a nursing diagnosis to the patients he/he cared for
  • explain the reasons for nursing diagnoses
  • apply appropriate nursing interventions
  • evaluate the results of nursing interventions applied
  • give health education to healthy / sick individual and family
  • use current evidence-based practices in patient care

Course Description This course covers the development of nursing care management in surgical clinics and its relation with theoretical knowledge.
Related Sustainable Development Goals

 



Course Category

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

 

WEEKLY SUBJECTS AND RELATED PREPARATION STUDIES

Week Subjects Required Materials
1 Course and hospital orientation Professional Practice
2 Operating Room Nursing Case Discussion Professional Practice
3 Wound Care Nursing Case Discussion, Professional Practice
4 Case Discussion, Professional Practice
5 Preoperative patient preparation Nursing approaches in the prevention and management of postoperative complications Case Discussion, Professional Practice
6 Enhanced Recovery ... Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Safe operating room environment Patient safety in surgery (prevention of wrong patient and wrong side surgical applications-foreign body forgetting) Case Discussion, Professional Practice
7 Employee safety in surgery (laser, radiation, latex allergy) Employee safety in surgery (surgical smoke) Nursing care in cesarean section and hysterectomy Case Discussion, Professional Practice
8 Case Discussion, Professional Practice Delivery Room Nursing
9 Intensive Care Nursing Case Discussion, Professional Practice Midterm Exam
10 Venous thromboembolism prevention, treatment and the role of the nurse Nursing care after amputation Case Discussion, Professional Practice
11 Nursing care for burns Hypovolemic shock, anaphylactic shock Case Discussion, Professional Practice
12 Positions and nursing care in trauma patients Case Discussion, Professional Practice
13 Geriatric surgery and nursing care Special surgical practices and the role of the nurse (minimally invasive surgery, video technology, laser surgery, electrosurgery, ultrasonic surgery, robotic surgery) Case Discussion, Professional Practice
14 Case Discussion, Professional Practice
15 Course review
16 Final Exam
Course Notes/Textbooks

*Karadakovan A, Eti Aslan F. (2020). Dahili ve Cerrahi Hastalıklarda Bakım I-II. 4. Baskı, Akademisyen Kitapevi, 5. Basım, Ankara, Cilt 1,2; ss: 1-1414.  ISBN:  9786052585290.

*Eti Aslan F. (2016). Cerrahi bakım vaka analizleri ile birlikte. Ankara, Akademisyen Kitabevi, ss:1- 956. ISBN: 9786059354394
Suggested Readings/Materials

·       Consensus statement for perioperative care in total hip replacement and total knee replacement surgery: Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS®) Society recommendations.

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/17453674.2019.1683790?needAccess=true

·       Guidelines for Perioperative Care in Elective Colorectal Surgery: Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Society Recommendations: 2018. https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s00268-018-4844-y.pdf

·       Guidelines for enhanced recovery after lung surgery: recommendations of the Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERASVR ) Society and the European Society of Thoracic Surgeons (ESTS). 2018. https://academic.oup.com/ejcts/article/55/1/91/5124324

·       Bariyatrik Cerrahi Kılavuzu. Türkiye Endokrinoloji ve Metabolizma Derneği, 2018. http://www.temd.org.tr/admin/uploads/tbl_gruplar/20180618095001-2018tbl_gruplar1b2cd981a1.pdf

·       DSÖ 2018- GLOBAL GUIDELINES FOR THE PREVENTION OF SURGICAL SITE INFECTION. https://www.who.int/gpsc/ssi-guidelines/en/

·       NICE 2019- Surgical site infections: prevention and treatment. https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng125

·       CDC 2017- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Guideline

for the Prevention of Surgical Site Infection.      https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamasurgery/fullarticle/2623725

·       NPIAP 2019. Prevention and Treatment of Pressure Ulcers/Injuries. https://internationalguideline.com/guideline

·       Periferik Arter ve Ven Hastalıkları Ulusal Tedavi Kılavuzu 2016.

http://www.e-bem.com/public/uploads/files/pdf/Periferik_Arter_ve_Ven_Hastaliklari_Ulusal_Tedavi_Kilavuzu.pdf

·       Management of Postoperative Pain: A Clinical Practice Guideline. 2016.American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine. https://www.asra.com/advisory-guidelines/article/7/management-of-postoperative-pain-a-clinical-practice-guideline

·       2017 ESPEN guideline: Clinical nutrition in surgery.  https://www.espen.org/files/ESPEN-guideline_Clinical-nutrition-in-surgery.pdf

·       2016. Guidelines for the Provision and Assessment of Nutrition Support Therapy in the Adult Critically Ill Patient: Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) and American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (A.S.P.E.N.) . https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1177/0148607115621863

 

EVALUATION SYSTEM

Semester Activities Number Weighting
Participation
1
5
Laboratory / Application
1
40
Field Work
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
Portfolio
Homework / Assignments
Presentation / Jury
1
10
Project
Seminar / Workshop
Oral Exam
Midterm
1
15
Final Exam
1
30
Total

Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade
4
70
Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade
1
30
Total

ECTS / WORKLOAD TABLE

Semester Activities Number Duration (Hours) Workload
Course Hours
(Including exam week: 16 x total hours)
16
2
32
Laboratory / Application Hours
(Including exam week: 16 x total hours)
16
10
Study Hours Out of Class
11
3
33
Field Work
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
Portfolio
Homework / Assignments
Presentation / Jury
1
27
Project
Seminar / Workshop
Oral Exam
Midterms
1
30
Final Exams
1
48
    Total
330

 

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.

 X
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.

 X
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.

 X
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.
9

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

 X
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.

 X
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