Iğdır University Lifelong Learning Programme

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type of Course Unit	Year of Study	Semester	Number of ECTS Credits
20110070104	PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION IN NURSING	Elective	4	7	3

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle

Objectives of the Course

This course focuses on students' understanding of the importance of professional relationship in nursing, recognizing various communication problems encountered during clinical practice, learning various nursing intervention methods that can be applied to solve these problems and using them in their professional and private lives.

Name of Lecturer(s)

Learning Outcomes

1	Realize the importance of communication in nursing care
2	Realize the importance of creating and developing professional relationships in nursing.
3	Explain the knowledge of how to establish, develop and terminate a professional relationship with the patient
4	To be able to evaluate themselves in terms of self-knowledge, anger control, and coping with stress,

Mode of Delivery

Daytime Class

Prerequisites and co-requisities

none

Recommended Optional Programme Components

none

Course Contents

Communication and its importance Self-knowledge and its importance Professional relationship characteristics-being professional Therapeutic relationship definition, purpose, importance Therapeutic communication techniques non-therapeutic techniques Stages of patient-nurse relationship Discussion of interaction examples Empathy and empathy techniques Introduction to psychosocial responses to illness Problematic patient behaviors and approaches-1 (crying patient, introverted patient, dependent patient, rejecting patient, patient displaying sexually explicit behaviors) Problematic patient behaviors and approaches-2 (patient with impaired body image) Anger and anger management Coping with stress and approaches to the patient with ineffective coping Communication with the team Communication and its importance

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Theoretical	Practice	Laboratory
1	Communication and its importance
2	Self-knowledge and its importance
3	Professional relationship characteristics-being professional
4	Therapeutic relationship definition, purpose, importance
5	Therapeutic communication techniques
6	non-therapeutic techniques
7	Stages of patient-nurse relationship
8	Discussion of interaction examples
9	Empathy and empathy techniques
10	Introduction to psychosocial responses to illness
11	Problematic patient behaviors and approaches-1 (crying patient, introverted patient, dependent patient, rejecting patient, patient displaying sexually explicit behaviors)
12	Problematic patient behaviors and approaches-2 (patient with impaired body image)
13	Anger and anger management
14	Coping with stress and approaches to patients with ineffective coping Communication with the team communication and its importance

Recommended or Required Reading

Kaya, F. (2011). Communication and Empathic Skills of Nurses Nursing Care of Patients with Levels Comparison of Perceptions, Mersin University Health Sciences Institute. Ozcan, A. (1996). Nurse-Patient Relationship and Communication. Palace Publishing, Izmir, 20-31.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods and Criteria

Term (or Year) Learning Activities	Quantity	Weight
Midterm Examination	1	100
SUM		100
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities	Quantity	Weight
Final Examination	1	100
SUM		100
Term (or Year) Learning Activities		40
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities		60
SUM		100

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

none

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination	1	1	1
Final Examination	1	1	1
Quiz	1	5	5
Attending Lectures	1	10	10
Team/Group Work	1	5	5
Self Study	1	10	10
Individual Study for Mid term Examination	1	20	20
Individual Study for Final Examination	1	20	20
Performance	1	10	10
Oral Examination	1	10	10
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			92

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

	PO 1	PO 2	PO 3	PO 4	PO 5	PO 6	PO 7	PO 8	PO 9	PO 10	PO 11	PO 12	PO 13	PO 14	PO 15
LO1	4	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	2	4	3	3	4	4	4
LO2	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	2	4	3	4	4	4	4
LO3	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	2	4	3	4	4	4	4
LO4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	4	3	4	4	4	4

* Contribution Level : 1 Very low 2 Low 3 Medium 4 High 5 Very High