Course Information


Course Information
Course Title Code Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
(ELDERLY CARE POLICY AND PRACTICE I) YBH135 1. Semester 2 + 2 3.0 4.0

Prerequisites None

Language of Instruction Turkish
Course Level Associate's Degree
Course Type Compulsory
Mode of delivery Lecture, question answer, visual presentation, practice
Course Coordinator
Instructors Yeşim ÇETİNKAYA ŞEN
Assistants
Goals The aim of this course,necessary information about care services, to create the ability to provide maintenance services for integrating skills and values.
Course Content The medical team and professional roles, professional code of ethics, patient safety and ensuring patient safety in the elderly, definitions related to aging and old age, Homeostasis, basic needs and activities of daily living elderly, the basic rules for the conduct of treatments in the elderly, evaluation by elderly care technician of the elderly and physical examination, care plan implementation, healthy hospital environment and elderly units, vital signs, temperature, pulse, blood pressure, respiratory measurement and recording, old skin and self-care practices, old movement requirements, mobilization and body mechanics, bed making, comfortable hospitalization positions, Asepsis, antisepsis and hospital infections.
Learning Outcomes 1) Explain and discuss the basic concepts related to health profession.
2) Explain and discuss the basic needs of the elderly.
3) Discuss applications for the elderly care and make plans.
4) Monitoring of vital signs of elderly individuals, registration, health professionals are involved in the transmission of abnormal findings.
5) In all matters relating to elderly care pay attention to cleanliness and hygiene.
6) Assume responsibility for their maintenance equipment.
7) It ensures conformity of the care given environment, makes the control and inspection.

Weekly Topics (Content)
Week Topics Teaching and Learning Methods and Techniques Study Materials
1. Week The medical team and professional roles, ethical principles Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming
Storyline 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
2. Week Ensuring patient safety and patient safety in elderly Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming
Storyline 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
3. Week Aging and definitions related to old age Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming; Colloquium; Large Group Discussion
Brain Based Learning 		Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
4. Week Homeostasis, basic needs and activities of daily living elderly Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming; Workshop
Problem Based Learning; Case Based Learning 		Homework Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
5. Week The basic rules for the conduct of the elderly in nursing practice Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion; Case Study; Role Play
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool; Colloquium
Case Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.) Practice (Teaching Practice, Music/Musical Instrument Practice, Statistics, Laboratory, Field Work, Clinic and Polyclinic Practice)
6. Week Maintenance plan applications Lecture; Question Answer; Problem Solving; Discussion; Case Study
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool; Colloquium
Case Based Learning 		Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.) Practice (Teaching Practice, Music/Musical Instrument Practice, Statistics, Laboratory, Field Work, Clinic and Polyclinic Practice)
7. Week Maintenance plan applications Lecture; Question Answer; Problem Solving; Discussion; Case Study
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool; Large Group Discussion
Problem Based Learning; Case Based Learning 		Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.) Practice (Teaching Practice, Music/Musical Instrument Practice, Statistics, Laboratory, Field Work, Clinic and Polyclinic Practice)
8. Week Midterm Exam

9. Week Hospital setting and elderly unit Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion; Demonstration
Brainstorming; Large Group Discussion
Problem Based Learning; Case Based Learning 		Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.) Practice (Teaching Practice, Music/Musical Instrument Practice, Statistics, Laboratory, Field Work, Clinic and Polyclinic Practice)
10. Week Vital signs, temperature, pulse, blood pressure, respiratory measurement and recording Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion; Role Play
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool; Colloquium
Problem Based Learning; Case Based Learning 		Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.) Practice (Teaching Practice, Music/Musical Instrument Practice, Statistics, Laboratory, Field Work, Clinic and Polyclinic Practice)
11. Week Vital signs, temperature, pulse, blood pressure, respiratory measurement and recording Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion; Role Play
Brainstorming; Colloquium
Problem Based Learning; Case Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.) Practice (Teaching Practice, Music/Musical Instrument Practice, Statistics, Laboratory, Field Work, Clinic and Polyclinic Practice)
12. Week Skin and self-care practices in elderly Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion; Case Study
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool
Problem Based Learning; Case Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.) Practice (Teaching Practice, Music/Musical Instrument Practice, Statistics, Laboratory, Field Work, Clinic and Polyclinic Practice)
13. Week Movement requirements, mobilization and body mechanics in elderly Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion; Case Study
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool; Large Group Discussion
Problem Based Learning; Case Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.) Practice (Teaching Practice, Music/Musical Instrument Practice, Statistics, Laboratory, Field Work, Clinic and Polyclinic Practice)
14. Week Beds made, comfortable reclining position Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion; Role Play
Large Group Discussion
Problem Based Learning; Case Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Practice (Teaching Practice, Music/Musical Instrument Practice, Statistics, Laboratory, Field Work, Clinic and Polyclinic Practice)
15. Week Asepsis, antisepsis and hospital infections Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool; Large Group Discussion
Problem Based Learning; Case Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.) Practice (Teaching Practice, Music/Musical Instrument Practice, Statistics, Laboratory, Field Work, Clinic and Polyclinic Practice)
16. Week Final Exam


Sources Used in This Course
Recommended Sources
Kaptan G., Dedeli, Ö. (2012). Teoriden uygulamaya temel iç hastalıkları hemşireliği kavram ve kuramlar. Güneş Kitabevi.
Reed, J. Clarke, C., & Macfarlane, A. (2015). Nursing older adults. Yaşlı bakımı hemşireliği. Nobel Akademik Yayıncılık.
Akça, F. (2015). Sağlık uygulamalarında temel kavramlar ve beceriler. Nobel Tip Kitabevi.
Bektaş, H.A., Gökdoğan, F., Karadakovan, A., Pınar, R. ve ark. (2007) Hemşirelik bakım planları (Dahiliye-Cerrahi Hemşireliği ve Psikososyal Boyut). (Edt. Nalan Akbayrak, Sibel Erkal, Gülsüm Ançel, Ayla Albayrak) Alter Yayıncılık, 1. Basım, Ankara. ISBN: 978-975-9007-43.
Karadakovan A. (2014). Yaşlı sağlığı ve bakım. Güneş Kitabevi.
Sabuncu, N., Akça, F. (2009). Klinik beceriler. Nobel Tip Kitabevi.

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ECTS credits and course workload
Event Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Course Duration (Total weeks*Hours per week) 14 6
Work Hour outside Classroom (Preparation, strengthening) 4 3
Midterm Exam 1 1
Time to prepare for Midterm Exam 3 3
Final Exam 1 1
Time to prepare for Final Exam 3 4
Total Workload
Total Workload / 30 (s)
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