Description of Individual Course Units
Course Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleType of Course UnitYear of StudySemesterNumber of ECTS Credits
20110030113TRANSCULTURAL NURSING Elective233
Level of Course Unit
First Cycle
Objectives of the Course
Developing an intellectual perspective in students' approach to humanism-based values, sensitive to intercultural differences.
Name of Lecturer(s)
Öğr. Gör. Hanım Duru YÜCE BAŞARAN
Learning Outcomes
1Define cultural terms
2Ability to interpret cultural differences
3To be able to describe the effect of culture on health and health behaviors
4Effective use of intercultural care skills in nursing care
5Ability to apply culturally adequate approaches in nursing research
Mode of Delivery
Daytime Class
Prerequisites and co-requisities
There are no prerequisite courses.
Recommended Optional Programme Components
none
Course Contents
•Relationship between culture, health, illness, health behavior •Intercultural differences •Models related to intercultural care •Cultural skills and competencies •Intercultural nursing care •Intercultural nursing education •Culturally adequate approach to nursing research
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTheoreticalPracticeLaboratory
1health and culture
2Nursing and culture
3Intercultural nursing and its historical development
4Basic concepts in intercultural nursing
5Intercultural nursing models
6Ethics in cross-cultural nursing
7Culturally competent approach to nursing research
8Reproductive health and intercultural approach
9Intercultural approach in prenatal and postnatal period
10Infertility and intercultural approach
11Intercultural approach to child care and diseases
12Intercultural approach to chronic diseases and their care
13Intercultural approach to psychiatric diseases and their care
14Intercultural approach to pain
Recommended or Required Reading
Sevig Ü., Tanriverdi G. (2014). Intercultural Nursing, Akademi Publishing, 1st Edition, Istanbul. Leininger M., McFarland MR. (2002). Transcultural Nursing, Copyrighted Material, 3rd edition, USA.
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)
none
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesNumberTime (hours)Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination111
Final Examination111
Attending Lectures11515
Discussion11010
Case Study11515
Individual Study for Mid term Examination11515
Individual Study for Final Examination11515
Oral Examination11010
Performance11010
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)92
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