| Course Content |
Fundamentals of Nursing; It is a course where the basic concepts, principles, methods, and practice skills of nursing are taught. Nursing, History of Nursing, Nursing Process, Critical Thinking Skills, Health System, Healthy Hospital Environment, Patient Safety, Determination of Basic Human Needs, Nursing Care and Interventions, Physical Assessment and Evaluation of Systems, Vital Signs, Medication Administration, Fluid-Electrolyte Balance, Blood Transfusion, Perioperative Patient Care, Wound Care, Death-Loss-Mourning Concept. |
| Course Outline |
| Week |
Topics |
| 1. Week |
Nursing, Historical Process of Nursing and Nursing in the 21st Century, Basic Concepts in Nursing, Health Care System, Roles of the Health Team and the Nurse, Skills Laboratory, Clinical Practice |
| 2. Week |
Ethics in Nursing, Scientific Problem Solving, Nursing Process, Holistic Approach and Nursing Models, Nursing Care, Skills Laboratory, Clinical Practice |
| 3. Week |
Patient Safety, Providing a Safe Environment, Nosocomial Infections, Prevention of Infections, Infection Control Principles and the Roles of the Nurse, Surgical and Medical Asepsis, Basic Disinfection and Sterilization Methods. Skills Laboratory, Clinical Practice |
| 4. Week |
Physical Evaluation and Vital Signs, Individual Hygiene, Skin Evaluation, Hygiene Practices (Oral, Eye, Hair and Body Care, Bed Bath and Lice Treatment), Assessment of Movement, (Body Posture, Body Mechanics, Protective and Therapeutic Positioning of the Patient, Mobilizing and Transportation of the Patient, Exercise, Massage), Skills Laboratory, Clinical Practice |
| 5. Week |
Safe Drug Practices and Drug Administration Techniques (Oral Drugs, Parenteral Drugs, Topical-Local Drugs) Intramuscular Injection, Intravenous Injection, Intracutaneous Injection, Subcutaneous Injection, Drug Administration by Inhalation, Drug Administration to the Vagina, Drug administration to the Rectum Practice, Skills Laboratory, Clinical Practice |
| 6. Week |
Safe Drug Practices and Drug Administration Techniques (Oral Drugs, Parenteral Drugs, Topical-Local Drugs) Intramuscular Injection, Intravenous Injection, Intracutaneous Injection, Subcutaneous Injection, Drug Administration by Inhalation, Drug Administration to the Vagina, Drug administration to the Rectum Practice, Skills Laboratory, Clinical Practice |
| 7. Week |
Blood and Blood Products Transfusion, Blood Collection Training, Maintaining Fluid-Electrolyte Balance, Intravenous Fluid Therapy, Skills Laboratory, Clinical Practice |
| 8. Week |
Evaluation of Systems: Respiratory System (Oxygenation, Maintenance of Respiration, Tracheostomy Care), Evaluation of Digestion (Nutrition, Nasogastric/Gastrostomy/Jejunostomy and their Care), Skills Laboratory, Clinical Practice |
| 9. Week |
Evaluation of the Excretory and Urinary System (Evaluation and Care of Intestinal Excretion), Evaluation of the Urinary System (Evaluation of the Urinary System, Catheterization Application and Care), Skills Laboratory, Clinical Practice |
| 10. Week |
Perioperative Care, Pain Management, Discharge and Health Education, Skills Laboratory, Clinical Practice |
| 11. Week |
Wound Care, Skills Laboratory, Clinical Practice |
| 12. Week |
Waste Management, Skills Laboratory, Clinical Practice |
| 13. Week |
Evaluation of Sleep and Rest, Communication and Health Communication, Skills Laboratory, Clinical Practice |
| 14. Week |
Loss, Death, Mourning and Nursing, Skills Laboratory, Clinical Practice |
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| Course Book (s) and/or References |
1- Akça Ay F (Ed), Sağlık Uygulamalarında Temel Kavramlar ve Beceriler, Nobel Tıp Kitabevleri, Geliştirilmiş ve Güncellenmiş 7. Baskı, İstanbul, 2019.
2-Atabek Aştı T., Karadağ A, Hemşirelik Esasları: Hemşirelik Bilimi ve Sanatı, Akademi Basın ve Yayıncılık, İstanbul, 2016.
3- Uysal N, Çakırcalı E (Ed), Hemşirelik Esasları İnsan Sağlığı ve Fonksiyonları, Lippincott Williams Author Wilkins, Constance Hirnle, Palme Yayıncılık, 2014.
4- Görgülü Selma, Hemşireler için Fiziksel Muayene Yöntemleri, İstanbul Tıp Kitabevi, 2014.
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