EMU FACULTY OF HEALTH SCIENCES
NURSING (ENGLISH)
COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
NURS201 Basic Concepts in Nursing
Basic knowledge about concepts, nursing, holistic view and human beings, environment and human beings, health and illness, patient safety, stress, anxiety, and adaptation, sleep and rest, pain.
Credits: ( 3 / 1 / 0 ) 3 Prerequisites: None ECTS: 4
Abbreviated Title:Basic Concepts Category: Area Core Teaching Language: English
Keywords: Concepts, Holistic View, Health and Illness
NURS203 Fundamentals of Nursing
The content of this course include; the knowledge and skills on basic theories, concepts, principles and methods of nursing care and includes skin integrity, administration of medications, hygiene, movement, oxygenation, fluid, nutrition, elimination (urinary and bowel elimination) needs of the healthy individual and patient, perioperative care, loss and grief, death, systematic approach to nursing and practice.
Credits: ( 4 / 3 / 7) 6 Prerequisites: None ECTS: 9
Abbreviated Title: Fundamentals of Nursing Category: Area Core Teaching Language: English
Keywords: Nursing Care, Nursing skills
NURS205 Communication in Nursing
The contents of this course cover basic elements of the patient-nurse interaction and the importance of it in development and maintenance of the quality of nursing care, as well as therapeutic or non-therapeutic methods affecting this process and discussions on the particulars of patient-nurse interaction in the scope of special clinical cases such as a patient with cancer, a patient refusing treatment and care, a patient approaching death, etc.
Credits: ( 2 / 2 / 0 ) 3 Prerequisites: None ECTS: 4
Abbreviated Title: Communication Category: Area Core Teaching Language: English
Keywords: Human relations, Therapeutic communication
NURS207 Patient Education
The content of this course includes; basic concepts in patient education, objectives and principles of patient education, affecting factors of patient education, the disease coping process, nurse patient educator role, determination of requirements in the patient education, planning patient education, implementation of patient education, evaluation of patient education.
Credits: ( 2 / 2 / 0 ) 3 Prerequisites: None ECTS: 5
Abbreviated Title: Patient Education Category: Area Core Teaching Language: English
Keywords: Coping process, Basic concepts in patient education
NURS202 Medical Nursing
Improving students’ ability of practice and knowledge regarding improving health, keeping healthy, early diagnosis of illnesses, treatment, care and rehabilitation, knowledge of the patient and family. Throughout the course, students will be engaging with nursing process, fluid-electrolyte balance, acid-base equilibrium and imbalance, shock and nursing care, system diseases and nursing care and practice.
Credits: ( 4 / 3 / 7) 6 Prerequisites: HMSR203 ECTS: 9
Abbreviated Title: Medical Category: Area Core Teaching Language: English
Keywords: Disease, Treatment, Care
NURS204 Surgical Nursing
Within the scope of primary health care consideration, basic principles of surgery, surgical illnesses of systems, gaining required ability of application, knowledge and practicing nursing regarding pre-during-post surgery for improving patient’s physical, psychological and social conditions.
Credits: ( 4 / 3 / 7) 6 Prerequisites: HMSR203 ECTS: 9
Abbreviated Title: Surgical disease Category: Area Core Teaching Language: English
Keywords: Surgical, Operating room
NURS206 Health Assessment
The content of this course include; health assessment for nursing care, health history for nursing care, physical assessment skills, preparation for physical assessment, general assessment of the individual, physical examination of the physiological systems.
Credits: ( 2 / 2 / 0 ) 3 Prerequisites: None ECTS: 6
Abbreviated Title: Health Assessment Category: Area Core Teaching Language: English
Keywords: Health History for Nursing Care, Physical Assessment in Nursing
NURS208 Radition Safety in Healthcare Institution
The content of this course include; the harm of radiation on human health and environment, harms of radiation on pregnants and children, radiation accidents, precautions for radiation accidents, personal precautions for radiation safety, institutional precautions for radiation safety, types of radiation.
Credits: ( 2 / 0 / 0 ) 2 Prerequisites: None ECTS: 3
Abbreviated Title: Radition Safety Category: Area Core Teaching Language: English
Keywords: Harms of radiation, Precautions for radiation safety
NURS210 History of Nursing and Health Legislation
The course includes the topics of health related beliefs and practices in the historical process, historical developments of nursing profession in the world , historical developments of nursing profession in TRNC and TR, nursing and health laws, rules and regulations in TRNC and TR.
Credits: ( 2 / 0 / 0 ) 2 Prerequisites: None ECTS: 3
Abbreviated Title: History of Nursing and Legislation Category: Area Core Teaching Language: English
Keywords: Nursing History, Nursing Law
NURS301 Women Health and Gynecology Nursing
The course aims to improve students’ knowledge about women, baby’s and family’s health care from infancy to elderliness and nursing care of gynecological illnesses. It includes, women’s health and gynecology nursing, reproduction health and nursing roles, normal and risky neonatal, pregnancy, nursing care in pre and post birth, reproduction system diseases, nursing care and practice.
Credits: ( 4 / 3 / 7) 6 Prerequisites: HMSR203 ECTS: 9
Abbreviated Title: Women Health and Gynecology Category: Area Core Teaching Language: English
Keywords: Gynecology, Obstetrics
NURS303 Child Health and Disease Nursing
This course enables students to evaluate a child’s normal and abnormal growth and development characteristics (from birth until the end of adolescence) according to the systems within the framework of holistic nursing approach. The status of child health in the world and in our country, basic concepts in pediatric nursing, immunization, growth- development and disorders, nutrition, systems and nursing care and practicing.
Credits: ( 4 / 3 / 7) 6 Prerequisites: HMSR203 ECTS: 9
Abbreviated Title: Child Health Nursing Category: Area Core Teaching Language: English
Keywords: Growth- development, Child Health
NURS305 Clinical Nursing Skills Practice - I
This course focuses on nursing care practice in national and/or international health care settings. It continues 35 working days (8 hours / day) and a total of 280 hours.
Credits: ( 0 / 0 / 0 ) 0 Prerequisites: None ECTS: 4
Abbreviated Title: Summer Practice - I Category: Area Core Teaching Language: English
Keywords: Nursing care, clinical skills
NURS302 Mental Health and Psychiatric Nursing
Protection of mental health and mental health variables that affect physical, social, and mental health problems, the course gives preventive, curative, rehabilitative nursing skills and teaches individuals to cope with problems practically. Psychiatric nursing philosophy, purpose, basic concepts in the field of mental health and illness, theories and laws, adult and child mental health problems, treatment and nursing care and practice.
Credits: ( 4 / 3 / 7) 6 Prerequisites: HMSR203 ECTS: 9
Abbreviated Title: Mental Health Nursing Category: Area Core Teaching Language: English
Keywords: Psychiatric Nursing, Mental Health
NURS304 Community Health Nursing
Individuals, family and community approach to primary health care nursing services at home and non-hospital institutions using the necessary knowledge, skills and behaviors. The course covers the organization of health services in the world, TRNC and Turkey, basic health care and philosophy, public health nurse's role and duties, home care, maternal and child health, environmental health, occupational health, school health services, nurse’s role in the public health and practicing.
Credits: ( 4 / 3 / 7) 6 Prerequisites: HMSR203 ECTS: 9
Abbreviated Title: Community Health Category: Area Core Teaching Language: English
Keywords: Primary health care, Home care
NURS306 Nursing Research
Science and research, using of the scientific problem solving method in the field of nursing research process, the importance of research in nursing, nursing research and using in practice, research designs, sampling, data collection methods, writing and presenting of research report, ethical responsibilities of researchers and evidence based nursing.
Credits: ( 3 / 0 / 0 ) 3 Prerequisites: None ECTS: 4
Abbreviated Title: Nursing Research Category: Area Core Teaching Language: English
Keywords: Research methods, Evidence based nursing
NURS308 Geriatric Care
The course provides knowledge in the field of geriatrics and identifies problems of elderly individuals care. The course covers definition and classification of age, assessment of elderly individual and physiological changes in old age, nutrition, pain and dementia / Alzheimer in old age, occurring accidents and ways of protection, psychosocial problems, quality of life and home care, elder abuse, geriatric nursing issues.
Credits: ( 3 / 0 / 0 ) 3 Prerequisites: None ECTS: 4
Abbreviated Title: Geriatric Care Category: Area Core Teaching Language: English
Keywords: Geriatric nursing, Elderly
NURS401 Ethics in Nursing
The content of this course includes basic information on ethical concepts and scope of bioethics, the social and cultural context of ethics, philosophical basis and relevance of ethics with laws, major ethical theories, code of nursing ethics, and explication of care ethics with nursing, and ethical decision making in nursing practice.
Credits: ( 2 / 0 / 0 ) 2 Prerequisites: None ECTS: 2
Abbreviated Title: Ethics in Nursing Category: Area Core Teaching Language: English
Keywords: Ethical concepts, Care ethics
NURS403 Education in Nursing
The course aims to provide knowledge and practice , skills and attitudes to students in activities related to the planning, implementation and the evaluation of teaching-learning process.The role, importance and principles of education in nursing, concepts of teaching and learning, factors affecting learning, process of teaching-learning, group training, orientation and in-service training, adult education, health education and practice in nursing education.
Credits: ( 4 / 2 / 0 ) 5 Prerequisites: None ECTS: 6
Abbreviated Title: Education in Nursing Category: Area Core Teaching Language: English
Keywords: Teaching, Learning
NURS405 Nursing Profession Courses Practice - I
This course focuses on providing experience in comprehensive nursing interventions in the primary, secondary and tertiary national and/or international health care settings for prepare students to the profession.
Credits: ( 0 / 0 / 24 ) 3 Prerequisites: HMSR203, 206, 208, 305, 307, 306, 308 ECTS: 10
Abbreviated Title: Profession Courses Practice - I Category: Area Core Teaching Language: English
Keywords: Skills improvement, Professional Nursing
NURS407 Clinical Nursing Skills Practice - II
This course focuses on nursing care practice in national and/or international health care settings. It continues 35 working days (8 hours / day) and a total of 280 hours.
Credits: ( 0 / 0 / 0 ) 0 Prerequisites: None ECTS: 4
Abbreviated Title: Summer Practice - II Category: Area Core Teaching Language: English
Keywords: Nursing care, Clinical skills
NURS402 Emergency Nursing
Improving students’ knowledge and ability about saving lives of patients who suffer from acute disease, accident, natural disasters or war. The course includes knowledge about natural disasters and taking measures, standards of interferences in natural disasters, basic principles of first aid and first aid in emergency cases and practicing.
Credits: ( 2 / 2 / 0 ) 3 Prerequisites: None ECTS: 5
Abbreviated Title: Emergency Nursing Category: Area Core Teaching Language: English
Keywords: Emergency Care, First Aid
NURS404 Epidemiology for Nursing
Health level of community, frequencies and distribution of diseases, cause and effect relationships of diseases and basic concepts of epidemiology are the subjects of the course. It includes definition of epidemiology, basic concepts, principles and methods of epidemiology, measuring health and demographic data, pace and rates of epidemiology, epidemiology of infectious diseases.
Credits: ( 2 / 0 / 0 ) 2 Prerequisites: None ECTS: 4
Abbreviated Title: Epidemiology Category: Area Core Teaching Language: English
Keywords: Epidemiology, Health
NURS406 Management in Nursing
The course aims to provide knowledge, skills and attitudes to students in nursing services planning, organization, implementation, evaluation and coordination activities related to the management. The course covers the definition of management, purpose, theories, nursing management, functions of nurse manager, management process, organizational structure, motivation, job satisfaction, power, authority, problem solving, decision making, ethics and management, legal issues, providing quality and practicing.
Credits: ( 4 / 2 / 0 ) 5 Prerequisites: None ECTS: 7
Abbreviated Title: Management in Nursing Category: Area Core Teaching Language: English
eywords: Administration, Nursing Services Organization
NURS408 Nursing Profession Courses Practice - II
This course focuses on providing experience in comprehensive nursing interventions in the primary, secondary and tertiary national and/or international health care settings for prepare students to the profession.
Credits: ( 0 / 0 / 24 ) 3 Prerequisites: HMSR203, 206, 208, 305, 307, 306, 308 ECTS: 10
Abbreviated Title: Profession Courses Practice - II Category: Area Core Teaching Language: English
Keywords: Skills improvement, Professional Nursing
ALL COMPULSORY COURSES OFFERED BY OTHER ACADEMIC UNITS
HIST280 Atatürk’s Principles and History of Turkish Reforms
The topics of the collapse of the Ottoman Empire, Tanzimat and Islahat, I. and II. Constitutional Period, World War I and the entry of the Ottoman Empire, the Armistice of Mudros, Atatürk’s personality and his departure to Samsun, congresses period and the Independence War, the Abolition of the Sultanate, the Lausanne Peace Treaty, the principles and reforms of Atatürk and modern Turkey.
Credits: ( 2 / 0 / 0 ) 2 Prerequisites: None ECTS: 2
Abbreviated Title: Atatürk’s Principle and Turkish Reforms Course Category: University Core Teaching Language: English
Keywords: History, revolution
Department offering the course: Ataturk Research Center
ENGL191 Communication in English - I
ENGL 191 is a first semester freshman academic English course. It is designed to help students improve the level of their English to B1 level, as specified in the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. The course connects critical thinking with language skills and incorporates learning technologies such as Moodle. The purpose of the course is to consolidate students? knowledge and awareness of academic discourse, language structures and lexis. The main focus will be on the development of productive (writing and speaking) and receptive (reading) skills in academic settings.
Credits: ( 3 / 1 / 0 ) 3 Prerequisites: None ECTS: 4
Abbreviated Title: English - I Category: University Core Teaching Language: English
Keywords: Common European Framework of Reference for Languages, A1
Department offering the course: Modern Languages
ENGL192 Communication in English - II
This course is designed to further help students improve their English to B2 level, as specified in the Common European Framework of References for Languages. The course aims to reconsolidate and develop students? knowledge and awareness of academic discourse, language structures, and critical thinking. The course also incorporates use of technologies such as MOODLE. The course will focus on reading, writing, listening, speaking and introducing documentation, and will also focus on presentation skills in academic settings.
Credits: ( 3 / 1 / 0 ) 3 Prerequisites: ENGL171 ECTS: 4
Abbreviated Title: English - II Category: University Core Teaching Language: English
Keywords: Common European Framework of Reference for Languages, A1
Department offering the course:Modern Languages
ITEC105 Computer - I
This course is an introduction to the world of Computing and Information Technology (IT). Today, we are all part of an exploding Information Society and in this dynamic new society people at homes, schools, institutions and businesses are engaged in an ever- growing partnership with computers. Computers and Information Technology are part of just about everything we do at work and at home. And the fact is that, computers will play an even greater role in our lives in the years to come. The course presents the basic description of information technology concepts, basic computer system hardware and software components, common terminology in information technology, application areas, and integration of computer system components.
Credits: ( 2 / 2 / 0 ) 3 Prerequisites: None ECTS: 2
Abbreviated Title: Introduction to Computer Course Category: University Core Teaching Language: English
Keywords: Computer, program
Department offering the course: Department of Technology of Computer and Informatic Systems
HLTS 141 Anatomy
General anatomical principles, upper limb, lower limb, cranial bones, facial region, parotid region and neck, thorax, nose, larynx, heart, great vessels, general circulation, gastrointestinal system, urogenital system, central nervous system, eye, visual pathway, ear, auditory pathway, endocrine system.
Credits: ( 3 / 3 / 0 ) 4 Prerequisites: None ECTS: 6
Abbreviated Title: Anatomy Course Category: Area Core Teaching Language: English
Keywords: Human body,Organs
Department offering the course: Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation
HLTS142 Pathology
Introduction to pathology, methods and techniques, mechanisms of cellular adaptation, stem cells, mechanisms of cellular injury, necrosis and apoptosis, inflammation and cellular repair mechanisms, immunopathology, pathology of infectious diseases, pathology of genetic diseases, hemodynamic disorders, neoplasia.
Credits: ( 2 / 0 / 0 ) 2 Prerequisites: None ECTS: 3
Abbreviated Title: Pathology Course Category: Area Core Teaching Language: English
Keywords: Inflammation, Mechanism of Diseases
Department offering the course: Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation
HLTS143 Physiology
Cellular physiology, physiology of the muscle, central nervous system physiology, peripheral nervous system physiology, sensory organs physiology, physiology of the blood, physiology of the heart, circulatory physiology, respiratory system physiology, digestive system and metabolism physiology, excretory system physiology, endocrine system physiology.
Credits: ( 3 / 0 / 0 ) 3 Prerequisites: None ECTS: 6
Abbreviated Title: Physiology Course Category: Area Core Teaching Language: English
Keywords: Homeostasis, Body systems
Department offering the course: Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation
HLTS144 Clinical Microbiology
General properties and classification of microorganisms, feeding and reproduction of microorganisms, relations with the host – microorganism, sterilization and disinfection, microorganisms and their infections, infectious diseases, hospital infections, properties of the immune system, vaccines, immune serums.
Credits: ( 2 / 2 / 0 ) 3 Prerequisites: None ECTS: 6
Abbreviated Title: Microbiology Course Category: Area Core Teaching Language: English
Keywords: Microorganism, Parasit
Department offering the course: Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation
HLTS145 Histology
Inroduction to cell structure and the cell membrane, the cytoplasmic organels, histology of epithelial tissue, connective and supportive tissues, cartilage, bone, muscle tissue, blood, nervous tissue.
Credits: ( 2 / 0 / 0 ) 2 Prerequisites: None ECTS: 5
Abbreviated Title: Histology Course Category: Area Core Teaching Language: English
Keywords: Cell, Tissue
Department offering the course: Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation
HLTS146 Pharmacology for Nursing
The aim of this course is to enable nursing students to learn the basic concepts of pharmacology and toxicology, drugs and drug interactions. This course includes introduction to pharmacology, drug interactions, drug abuse and dependence, pharmacological properties and side effects of drugs acting on organ systems.
Credits: ( 3 / 0 / 0 ) 3 Prerequisites: None ECTS: 7
Abbreviated Title: Pharmacology for Nursing Course Category: Area Core Teaching Language: English
Keywords: Drugs, Addiction
Department offering the course: Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation
PSYC104 Psychological Science
The course is designed to introduce students to the subjects and themes of psychology as a science. This course provides a basic general introduction to the main fields of psychological enquiry, the major theoretical systems within each field and their practical applications. The areas covered include psychological research, learning, memory, motivation, consciousness, and industrial, and health, social, counselling and clinical psychology.
Credits: ( 3 / 0 / 0 ) 3 Prerequisites: None ECTS: 5
Abbreviated Title: General Psychology Course Category: Area Core Teaching Language: English
Keywords: Psychology, Human Behavior, Cognitive Processes, Learning
Department offering the course: Psychology
NUTD103 Introduction to Nutrition
The course provides information about nutrition principles and properties, the definition and importance of nutrition, food items and functions, nutrition in special period (pregnant- lacting ,0-1-year- old baby, school age, adolescent , elderly , etc.).
Credits: ( 2 / 0 / 0 ) 2 Prerequisites: None ECTS: 2
Abbreviated Title: Introduction to Nutrition Course Category: Area Core Teaching Language: English
Keywords: Nutrition, Food
Department offering the course: Nutrition and Dietetics
BIOL222 Biochemistry
This course is for nursing; located in chemicals and live a life in human nature it is to examine a chemical process that lingers throughout. In addition to contributing to the course it aims to transfer knowledge of molecular genetics and biotechnology issues. Students, biochemistry, and molecular genetics comprehensive techniques peculiar to learn the principles and applications. These issues are targeted to support them to grow as they are equipped and informed nursing.
Credits: ( 2 / 0 / 0 ) 2 Prerequisites: None ECTS: 3
Abbreviated Title: Biochemistry Course Category: Area Core Teaching Language: English
Keywords: Biochemical Process, Molecular Genetics
Department offering the course: Biological Sciences
MATH212 Biostatistics
Introduction to statistics and biostatistics, usage of statistics in health sciences and related investigations, data collection, descriptive statistics, tables and graphs, probability and probability distributions, sampling, hypothesis testing, regression and correlation analysis, basic concepts of statistics and descriptive statistics, statistical comparison methods, statistical analyses, research design, data collection tools, inspection of sufficiency and reliabilities, scaling and preparation of scientific reports
Credits: ( 2 / 0 / 0 ) 2 Prerequisites: None ECTS: 4
Abbreviated Title: Biostatistics Course Category: Area Core Teaching Language: English
Keywords: Sampling, Statistical Analyses, Hypothesis Testing
Department offering the course: Mathematics
MATH135 Basic Mathematics for Health Sciences
Basic terminologies of mathematics, arithmetic operations on different number systems. Rational numbers, irrational numbers, real numbers, algebraic expressions. Functions, definition of functions, methods of building functions, graphs of linear functions. Ratio and ratio problems. Conversion between units in metric system, length, weight, area and volume measurements, surface area calculations. Matrices, matrix types, determinant concept. Linear equation systems and solutions.
Credits: ( 3 / 0 / 0 ) 3 Prerequisites: None ECTS: 5
Abbreviated Title: Basic Math Course Category: Area Core Teaching Language: English
Keywords: Arithmetic, Ratio And Proportion, Metric System
Department offering the course: Mathematics
