Course Information
SemesterCourse Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleT+P+LCreditNumber of ECTS CreditsLast Updated Date
2HEM125Nursing Fundamentals4+4+06802.11.2026
Course Details
Language of Instruction Turkish
Level of Course Unit Bachelor's Degree
Department / Program Nursing
Type of Program Formal Education
Type of Course Unit Compulsory
Course Delivery Method Face To Face
Objectives of the Course The purpose of this course is to ensure that students adopt the basic concepts, knowledge and skills related to patient care, and the basic principles and practices of the nursing process.
Course Content The course covers the following topics: asepsis, antisepsis, and isolation methods; movement, exercise, and positioning; the processes of patient admission, transfer, and discharge, as well as patient safety; personal hygiene needs; assessment of vital signs; pain management and the application of heat and cold; safe medication administration and injection techniques; fluid-electrolyte balance and IV therapy; care related to respiratory needs; nursing interventions for nutrition and the digestive system; nursing interventions for the excretory system; and nursing care in the context of palliative care and the end-of-life process.
Course Methods and Techniques Theoretical instruction, laboratory practices, and active learning activities
Prerequisites and co-requisities None
Course Coordinator None
Name of Lecturers Asist Prof.Dr. Ezgi DİRGAR ezgi.dirgar@gmail.com
Assistants None
Work Placement(s) No

Recommended or Required Reading
Resources Erdemir F. (2013). Hemşirelik Tanıları El Kitabı (Carpanito LJ. Handbook of Nursing Diagnosis) (çeviri) Nobel Tıp Kitabevi, İstanbul.
Bektaş H (2015). Lynn P. Taylor’s Clinical Nursing Skills - A Nursing Process Approach (translation). Nobel Academic Publishing, Ankara.
Potter, P.A., Perry, A.G., Stokert, P.A., Hall, A.M., (2013) Fundamentals of Nursing, 8th ED içinde, Elseiver Mosby, Canada
Potter, P.A and Perry A.G (2009). Fundamentals of Nursing 7th Edition, Mosby Company, Canada
Kozier B, Erb G, Berman AJ & Burke K (2012) Fundamentals of Nuring Concepts, Process and Practice. 9th ed. Prentice Hall Health, New Jersey.
Sabuncu.N, Akça Ay F. (2010).Klinik Beceriler Sağlığın Değerlendirilmesi, Hasta Bakım ve Takibi. Nobel Tıp Kitapevleri İstanbul.
Akça Ay F. (2016). Fundamental Concepts and Skills in Health Practice, Ay Akça F., Ed., Istanbul, Nobel Medical Bookstores, Istanbul.
Course Notes Course notes are distributed to all students at the beginning of the semester via the class representative.
Documents Ders Kitabı ve/veya Kaynaklar 1. Akça Ay F. (2016). Sağlık Uygulamalarında Temel Kavramlar ve Beceriler, Ay Akça F., Ed., İstanbul, Nobel Tıp Kitabevleri, İstanbul. 2. Sabuncu.N, Akça Ay F. (2010).Klinik Beceriler Sağlığın Değerlendirilmesi, Hasta Bakım ve Takibi. Nobel Tıp Kitapevleri İstanbul. 3. Kozier B, Erb G, Berman AJ & Burke K (2012) Fundamentals of Nuring Concepts, Process and Practice. 9th ed. Prentice Hall Health, New Jersey. 4. Potter, P.A and Perry A.G (2009). Fundamentals of Nursin

Course Category
Health %100

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Activities are given in detail in the section of "Assessment Methods and Criteria" and "Workload Calculation"

Assessment Methods and Criteria
In-Term Studies Quantity Percentage
Mid-terms 1 % 40
Quizzes 1 % 20
Final examination 1 % 40
Total
3
% 100

 
ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload
Activities Quantity Duration Total Work Load
Course Duration 14 4 56
Assignments 14 10 140
Laboratory 14 4 56
Total Work Load   Number of ECTS Credits 8,5 252

 
Course Learning Outcomes: Upon the successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
NoLearning Outcomes
1 Lists the basic principles of nursing care.
2 Learns the basic methods and techniques used in patient care, based on scientific justifications.
3 Apply basic nursing skills used in patient care under the supervision of faculty members.
4 Emphasizes the rights and values ??of the individual, family, and society when providing nursing care.
5 Identifies the needs and problems of the individual, family, and society when providing nursing care.
6 Discusses the nursing care requirements appropriate to the patient's condition and justifies them within the framework of evidence-based nursing practice.

 
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTopicsStudy MaterialsMaterials
1 Asepsis, Antisepsis and Isolation Methods: Asepsis and antisepsis, Sterilization methods, Use of personal protective equipment Relevant textbook chapters (see Course references) Akça Ay F. (2016). Sağlık Uygulamalarında Temel Kavramlar ve Beceriler, Ay Akça F., Ed., İstanbul, Nobel Tıp Kitabevleri, İstanbul.
2 Mobility and Exercise: Body mechanics, Positioning the patient, Transferring and transporting the patient, Care of the bedridden patient Relevant textbook chapters (see Course references) Sabuncu N, Akça Ay F. (2010). Klinik Beceriler Sağlığın Değerlendirilmesi, Hasta Bakım ve Takibi. Nobel Tıp Kitapevleri, İstanbul.
3 Patient Admission, Transfer and Discharge Process, Patient Safety Relevant textbook chapters (see Course references) Kozier B, Erb G, Berman AJ & Burke K (2012) Fundamentals of Nursing: Concepts, Process and Practice. 9th ed. Prentice Hall Health, New Jersey.
4 Personal Hygiene Needs: Assessment of skin and mucosa, Importance of personal hygiene, Hygienic nursing practices, Oral care Relevant textbook chapters (see Course references) Potter, P.A and Perry A.G (2009). Fundamentals of Nursing, 7th Edition, Mosby Company, Canada.
5 Vital Signs: Body temperature / thermoregulation: importance, influencing factors, assessment, Respiration: influencing factors, assessment, Blood pressure: influencing factors, assessment, Pulse: influencing factors, assessment Relevant textbook chapters (see Course references) Potter, P.A., Perry, A.G., Stokert, P.A., Hall, A.M. (2013) Fundamentals of Nursing, 8th ED, Elsevier Mosby, Canada.
6 Pain and Pain-Related Nursing Practices, Hot and Cold Applications: Factors affecting tolerance to hot and cold application, Effects of hot and cold applications on the body and nursing care Relevant textbook chapters (see Course references) Bektaş H (2015). Taylor Klinik Hemşirelik Becerileri - Bir Hemşirelik Süreci Yaklaşımı (Lynn P. Taylor ` s Clinical Nursing Skills - A Nursing Process Approach) (çeviri). Nobel Akademik Yayıncılık, Ankara.
7 Medication Administration 1: Mechanism of drug action, Factors altering drug effects, Safe medication administration, medication orders, Dose calculation and routes of administration (oral, parenteral, topical) Relevant textbook chapters (see Course references) Erdemir F. (2013). Hemşirelik Tanıları El Kitabı (Carpanito LJ. Handbook of Nursing Diagnosis) (çeviri). Nobel Tıp Kitabevi, İstanbul.
8 MIDTERM EXAM Relevant textbook chapters (see Course references) Akça Ay F. (2016). Sağlık Uygulamalarında Temel Kavramlar ve Beceriler, Ay Akça F., Ed., İstanbul, Nobel Tıp Kitabevleri, İstanbul.
9 Medication Administration 1: Mechanism of drug action, Factors altering drug effects, Safe medication administration, medication orders, Dose calculation and routes of administration (oral, parenteral, topical) Relevant textbook chapters (see Course references) Sabuncu N, Akça Ay F. (2010). Klinik Beceriler Sağlığın Değerlendirilmesi, Hasta Bakım ve Takibi. Nobel Tıp Kitapevleri, İstanbul.
10 Medication Administration 2: Dose calculation, preparing the medication card, Preparing and administering oral medication, Withdrawing medication from ampoules/vials, Intramuscular, intravenous, intradermal, subcutaneous injections, Dermal, ophthalmic, otic, nasal administration, inhalation, vaginal, rectal administration Relevant textbook chapters (see Course references) Kozier B, Erb G, Berman AJ & Burke K (2012) Fundamentals of Nursing: Concepts, Process and Practice. 9th ed. Prentice Hall Health, New Jersey.
11 Maintaining Fluid and Electrolyte Balance: Monitoring fluid intake and output, Monitoring IV flow rate, initiating IV therapy, Blood products and transfusion, blood sampling, Peripheral and central venous catheters, IV catheter care Relevant textbook chapters (see Course references) Potter, P.A and Perry A.G (2009). Fundamentals of Nursing, 7th Edition, Mosby Company, Canada.
12 Respiratory Needs: Auscultating lung sounds, deep breathing and coughing exercises, Sputum sample / throat culture collection, pulse oximetry, Oxygen delivery methods (mask, nasal cannula, nasopharyngeal catheter), Postural drainage, oral/nasal/tracheal aspiration, tracheostomy care Relevant textbook chapters (see Course references) Potter, P.A., Perry, A.G., Stokert, P.A., Hall, A.M. (2013) Fundamentals of Nursing, 8th ED, Elsevier Mosby, Canada.
13 Nutritional Needs and Gastrointestinal Nursing Practices: Assessment of nutritional needs, Enteral and total parenteral nutrition, Bowel elimination (enema), colostomy care Relevant textbook chapters (see Course references) Bektaş H (2015). Taylor Klinik Hemşirelik Becerileri - Bir Hemşirelik Süreci Yaklaşımı (Lynn P. Taylor ` s Clinical Nursing Skills - A Nursing Process Approach) (çeviri). Nobel Akademik Yayıncılık, Ankara.
14 Elimination System Nursing Practices: Assessment of urine, Management of urinary incontinence and urinary catheters Relevant textbook chapters (see Course references) Erdemir F. (2013). Hemşirelik Tanıları El Kitabı (Carpanito LJ. Handbook of Nursing Diagnosis) (çeviri). Nobel Tıp Kitabevi, İstanbul.
15 Palliative Care and End-of-Life Nursing Practices Relevant textbook chapters (see Course references) Akça Ay F. (2016). Sağlık Uygulamalarında Temel Kavramlar ve Beceriler, Ay Akça F., Ed., İstanbul, Nobel Tıp Kitabevleri, İstanbul.

 
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 P6 P7 P8 P9 P10 P11
C1 5 5 4 3 3 5
C2 5 5 5 5 3 5
C3 5 5 5 5 4 5
C4 5 4 5 3 4 4 4 5 4
C5 5 5 5 4 3 4 3
C6 5 5 5

  Contribution: 1: Very Slight 2:Slight 3:Moderate 4:Significant 5:Very Significant