Description of Individual Course Units
Course Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleType of Course UnitYear of StudySemesterNumber of ECTS Credits
22110070101PUBLIC HEALTH NURSINGCompulsory4710
Level of Course Unit
First Cycle
Objectives of the Course
Health policies and systems affecting public health nursing, models used in public health nursing, the role of the public health nurse as a change agent, its relationship with global health and public health nursing, community mental health, tourism health, social violence, war and terrorism, supportive medicine methods. It teaches public health nursing, Universal and local level Public Health Nursing education, research and practice areas, Public Health Nursing working groups, age groups and special groups, Public Health Nursing and home visits, new practice models.
Name of Lecturer(s)
Öğr. Gör. Zeynep YILDIRIM
Learning Outcomes
1Develops the concepts and principles of the health service to be provided by identifying the health-related problems of the individual, family and society.
2Comprehensively plans and implements care services to be offered to families in the community.
3Have up-to-date information on public health services.
4Interprets and analyzes the information obtained for public health services
5Be able to do original scientific research in the field of public health nursing.
Mode of Delivery
Daytime Class
Prerequisites and co-requisities
The prerequisite for taking the Public Health Nursing course is to be successful in the Child Health and Diseases Nursing and Obstetrics and Gynecology Nursing courses.
Recommended Optional Programme Components
Course Contents
Health policies and systems affecting public health nursing, models used in public health nursing, the role of the public health nurse as a change agent, its relationship with global health and public health nursing, community mental health, tourism health, social violence, war and terrorism, supportive medicine methods. public health nursing, Universal and local level Public Health Nursing education, research and practice areas, Public Health Nursing working groups, age groups and special groups, Public Health Nursing and home visits, new practice models
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTheoreticalPracticeLaboratory
1Health policies and systems affecting public health nursingPractice lesson
2Models used in public health nursingPractice Lesson
3The role of the public health nurse as a change agentPractice Lesson
4Global health and its relationship with public health nursingPractice lesson
5Public health nurse as change agent and leaderPractice Lesson
6Getting to Know the CommunityPractice Lesson
7Mother Child HealthPractice Lesson
8School HealthPractice Lesson
9Adolescent HealthPractice Lesson
10Elderly HealthPractice Lesson
11Community Mental HealthPractice Lesson
12Health tourismPractice Lesson
13Health Inequalities, Poverty and WarsPractice Lesson
14Globalization and its effects on society and environmental healthPractice Lesson
Recommended or Required Reading
Özüm E., Kalkım A., Göl İ. Public Health Nursing. Çukurova Nobel Medicine Bookstore, 2021. Erci, B. Public Health Nursing, 2016 Yılmaz, M. Home Care Nursing , 2019
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
Midterm Examination1100
SUM100
End Of Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
Final Examination1100
SUM100
Term (or Year) Learning Activities40
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities60
SUM100
Language of Instruction
Turkish
Work Placement(s)
Practice course
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesNumberTime (hours)Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination122
Final Examination122
Makeup Examination122
Quiz166
Practice11818
Laboratory12020
Question-Answer12020
Team/Group Work12020
Project Preparation12020
Project Presentation12020
Role Play/Dramatization11010
Writing Paper11010
Self Study12020
Individual Study for Mid term Examination12020
Individual Study for Final Examination13030
Reading11010
Oral Examination12020
Performance13030
Homework12020
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)300
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