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Description of Individual Course Units

Code Name Type Year Semester ECTS
1010006012014 Health Diagnostics Zorunlu 1 1 6.00

Objectives of the Course

Objectives of this course are to introduce basic knowledge for conducting health assessment of individuals and help students developing skills and attitudes for assessing all dimensions of health and human body’s responses associated with health disorders.

Name of Lecturer(s)

Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Betül GÜVEN

Learning Outcomes

1 Define the basic components of health assessment.
2 Explain the basic principles of obtaining a health history and interviewing.
3 Describe the physical examination techniques within the scope of health assessment.
4 Perform the individual's physical examination.
5 Interpret the physical examination findings.
6 Use and reflect the skills for obtaining health history and performing physical assessments within nursing care.

Mode of Delivery

Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Betül GÜVEN

Prerequisites and co-requisities

None

Recommended Optional Programme Components

Course Contents

This course covers the basic concepts for health assessment, interviewing process and obtaining history and practices of physical examination. The course includes knowledge and practices for obtaining a health history, principles of physical examination, vital signs, pain assessment, assessment and physical examination of the body systems, physical examination of head and neck, skin, hair and nails and breast examination techniques.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

1 Introduction to health assessment
2 Collecting subjective data and collecting objective data
3 Assessment of the skin, hair, and nails
4 Assessment of the head and neck
5 Assessment of the eyes
6 Assessment of the ear, nose, mouth, and throat
7 Midterm exam week
8 Midterm exam week
9 Assessment of the thorax and lungs
10 Assessment of heart and peripheral vascular system
11 Abdominal assessment
12 Assessment of the breasts and axillae
13 Assessment of the neurological system
14 Assessment of the neurological system
15 Final exam week
16 Final exam week

Recommended or Required Reading

1. Görgülü RS. Hemşireler için Fiziksel Muayene Yöntemleri. İstanbul Tıp Kitabevi. 1. Baskı, İstanbul, 2014.2. Kuyurtar F. Klinisyen/Öğrenci Hemşire ve Ebeler için Fizik Muayene. Nobel Tıp Kitabevleri. İstanbul, 2013.3. Weber, J., Kelley, J. H. (2014) Health Assessment in Nursing. Wolters Kluwer Health | Lippincott Williams & Wilkins4. Hogan-Quigley, Beth (2017) Bates' nursing guide to physical examination and history taking, Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer5. Klinik Beceriler Sağlığın Değerlendirilmesi, Hasta Bakımı ve Takibi. Sabuncu N, Akça Ay F. (editör). Nobel Tıp Kitabevleri. İstanbul, 2010.6. Dahili ve Cerrahi Hastalıklar Hemşireliği - Medical-Surgical Nursing with “Nursıng Reviews ve Rationales”). Editörler M Hogan, N Dentlinger, V Ramdın. Çev. Editörleri S Çelik, Ö Usta Yeşilbalkan. Nobel Akademik Yayıncılık Eğitim Danışmanlık Tic. Ltd. Şti. 3. Baskıdan Çeviri, İstanbul Nisan 2015. Eds: Karadakovan A, Eti Aslan F, Dahili ve Cerrahi Hastalıklarda Bakım, Adana, Nobel Tıp Kitabevi, 2011.

Assessment Methods and Criteria

Yarıyıl (Yıl) İçi Etkinlikleri 40
Yarıyıl (Yıl) Sonu Etkinlikleri 60
100

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Count WORKLOAD (hours) TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)
Ara Sınav 1 2 2
Final Sınav 1 2 2
2 2 4
Derse Katılım 13 2 26
Bireysel Çalışma 4 3 12
6 18 108
2 10 20
174