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
12
8
11
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
Problem Solving
Case Study
Q&A
Critical feedback
Application: Experiment / Laboratory / Workshop
Lecture / 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 from healthy/ill person and their family using appropriate communication skills in surgical units
  • 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

  • act in accordance with legal and ethical issues in their practices
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, -Birth Room Nursing -Intensive Care Nursing -Wound Care Nursing -Roles and Responsibilities of Informatics Nursing Professional Practice
3 -Patient care during surgery Case Discussion, Professional Practice
4 -Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Case Discussion, Professional Practice
5 -Safe operating room environment -Patient safety in surgery (prevention of wrong patient and wrong side surgical procedures - forgetting a foreign body) -Worker safety in surgery (laser, radiation, latex allergy) -Worker safety in surgery (surgical smoke) Case Discussion, Professional Practice
6 -Enteral-Parenteral nutriton and nursing care Case Discussion, Professional Practice
7 -Oncological Surgery, Radiolotherapy, -Chemotherapy and Patient Outcomes in -Mid-term feedback Surgical Patients Case Discussion, Professional Practice
8 Midterm
9 -Nursing care during cesarean operations and hysterectomy -Venous thromboembolism prevention, treatment and the role of the nurse Case Discussion, Professional Practice Midterm Exam
10 -Positions and nursing care in trauma patients -Nursing care after amputation Case Discussion, Professional Practice
11 -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
12 -Nursing care for burns -Hypovolemic shock, anaphylactic shock Case Discussion, Professional Practice
13 -Opioids use disorders 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
Laboratory / Application
1
45
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
3
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

Has the fundamental theoretical and practical knowledge, attitudes, and behaviours in nursing and health science for the health and well-being of the individual, family, and public.

X
2

Uses nursing skills with a holistic approach to meet the health care needs of the individual, family, and public.

X
3

Follows evidence-based practices and current approaches while performing nursing practices.

X
4

Follows scientific and technological improvements by adopting the importance of lifelong learning.

X
5

Communicates effectively with individuals, families, communities and healthcare teams in practice setting.

X
6

Makes multidisciplinary teamwork.

X
7

Participates in scientific research, projects, and activities in the field of nursing.

X
8

Uses problem-solving and critical thinking skills in nursing practice.

9

Acts in accordance with legal and ethical values in nursing practice.

X
10

Communicate with colleagues, patients, and their relatives using at least one foreign language.

X

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