Graduate Education Institute · Internal Medicine Nursing · Master
Course Objective
It is aimed to define, implement and evaluate the nursing care services that the patient / healthy individual and his family need in the environment where they live.
Course Content
This course includes home care services, historical development of home care, legal regulations and political dimension, duties, powers and responsibilities of home care team, duties, powers and responsibilities of home care nurse, home care services and current situation in the world and in our country, home care services in terms of health law, transition services, home visit, diagnostic tools used in home care, quality standards in home care services, needs assessment of home care nurse, communication in maintaining home care, nursing models used in home care and home care management in chronic diseases.
Required Resources
1. Martinson IM, Wıdmer AG, Portillo CJ: Home Health Care Nursing. Second Edition . WB. Saunders Company. 2002.
2. Nies MA. McEwen M; Community Health Nursing, Promotıng Health Populations. WB Saunders Company, 2001.
Recommended Resources
3. Noll L. Youssef F: Handbook Of Community Based And Home Health Nursing Practice, Tools 3.For Assessment Interventıon, And Edocation. Mosby 2000.
4. Rice R: Home Care Nursing Practice Concepts And Application. Fourth Edition. Mosby Elseiver, 2006.
5. Stanhope M, Lancaster J: Foundation of Nursing in the Community Community-Oriented Practice, Second Edition, Mosby Elsevier, 2006.
Course Learning Outcomes
- Explains the concept of home care.
- Knows the scope of home care services.
- Knows the diagnostic tools used in home care.
- Identifies the needs of the individual cared for at home.
- Understands the importance of home care nursing
- Knows the nursing models used in home care.
- Manages the care of the chronically ill individual at home.
- Manages the care of an acutely ill individual at home.
- Manages end-of-life care at home.
Core Area Distribution
Teaching Methods
Assessment & Evaluation
ECTS / Workload
| Activity | Quantity | Duration (h) | Total Workload |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Duration (Including Exam Week) | 16 | 3 | 48 |
| Out of Class Study Period | 16 | 4 | 64 |
| Midterm | 1 | 25 | 25 |
| Quiz | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Assignment | 1 | 20 | 20 |
| Practice | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Final | 1 | 35 | 35 |
Course Schedule
| Week | Subject | Preparation |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Course Introduction | Reading, researching |
| 2 | Home care and history | Reading, researching |
| 3 | Home care team, roles and responsibilities | Reading, researching |
| 4 | Organization of home care services | Reading, researching |
| 5 | World examples in home care | Reading, researching |
| 6 | Home care situation in our country | Reading, researching |
| 7 | Institutions and organizations providing home care services (official, voluntary, united, hospital based and private establishments | Reading, researching |
| 8 | Mid-term Exam | Mid-term Exam |
| 9 | Legal, Ethical and Political Issues in Home Care | Reading, researching |
| 10 | Home Care Providers' Problems (Informal And Formal) | Reading, researching |
| 11 | Heart Care at Home | Reading, researching |
| 12 | Home Care of the Oncology Patient | Reading, researching |
| 13 | Elderly Home Care | Reading, researching |
| 14 | Pre-natal and Post-natal Home Care | Reading, researching |
| 15 | Assessment of home care services | Reading, researching |
| 16 | final exam | final exam |