HYT715 - ETHICS IN NURSING
| Course Name | Code | Semester | Theory (hours/week) |
Application (hours/week) |
Credit | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ETHICS IN NURSING | HYT715 | 2nd Semester | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| Prequisites | None | |||||
| Course language | Turkish | |||||
| Course type | Must | |||||
| Mode of Delivery | Face-to-Face | |||||
| Learning and teaching strategies | Lecture Discussion Case Study | |||||
| Instructor (s) | Prof Leyla Dinç | |||||
| Course objective | Ethics in Nursing course includes the knowledge base on major ethical concepts and theories, the assessment of ethical issues specific to the field of nursing practice and ethical decision making in order to provide the basis for professional ethics in nursing. | |||||
| Learning outcomes |
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| Course Content | 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, and explication of care ethics with nursing, and ethical decision making in nursing practice. | |||||
| References | 1.Fry ST, Johnstone MJ. Ethics in Nursing Practice. Blackwell Publishing. Oxford, 2008. 2.Pieper A. Etiğe Giriş. Çeviren: Veysel Ataman, Gönül Sezer. Ayrıntı Yayınları, İstanbul, 1994. 3.Changeux JP. Etiğin Doğal Temelleri. Doruk Yayımcılık, Ufuk Matbaası, İstanbul 2002. 4.Tschudin V. Ethics in Nursing: The Caring relationship. Butterworth-Heinemann. Elsewier Limited. London, 2003. 5.Goldim, J. R. (2009). Revisiting the beginning of bioethics: The contributions of Fritz Jahr (1927). Perspect Biol Med, Sum, 377-380. Journal of Business Ethics 17: 391-409. 6.Babür, S. (Çev) Nikomakhosa Etik. Bilgesu Yayıncılık, Ankara 2012. 7.Bozkurt, N. (Çev) .Kant. Say Yayınları, İstanbul, 2010 . 8.Kucuradi, I, Etik. Türk Felsefe Kurumu, Ankara 1999 . | |||||
Course outline weekly
| Weeks | Topics |
|---|---|
| Week 1 | Introduction, The concept of ethics and scope of bioethics |
| Week 2 | Relevance of ethics with philosophy, culture and laws |
| Week 3 | Moral development theories |
| Week 4 | Ethical theories that guide ethical decision making in nursing practice: virtue ethics, teleological theories |
| Week 5 | Midterm exam |
| Week 6 | Ethical theories that guide ethical decision making in nursing practice: deontology, principled ethics |
| Week 7 | Ethical theories that guide ethical decision making in nursing practice: Care ethics |
| Week 8 | Care ethics and Nursing |
| Week 9 | Ethical problems in health care and nursing practice (seminar presentations) |
| Week 10 | Midterm exam |
| Week 11 | Hospital ethical committees and nurses? role |
| Week 12 | Codes of ethics for nurses |
| Week 13 | Ethical decision making in nursing |
| Week 14 | Case Analyses |
| Week 15 | Final Exam (Book review) |
Assesment methods
| Course activities | Number | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance | 0 | 0 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 |
| Application | 0 | 0 |
| Field activities | 0 | 0 |
| Specific practical training | 0 | 0 |
| Assignments | 1 | 10 |
| Presentation | 0 | 0 |
| Project | 0 | 0 |
| Seminar | 1 | 10 |
| Midterms | 2 | 30 |
| Final exam | 1 | 50 |
| Total | 100 | |
| Percentage of semester activities contributing grade succes | 0 | 50 |
| Percentage of final exam contributing grade succes | 0 | 50 |
| Total | 100 | |
WORKLOAD AND ECTS CALCULATION
| Activities | Number | Duration (hour) | Total Work Load |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Duration (x14) | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Application | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Specific practical training | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Field activities | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Study Hours Out of Class (Preliminary work, reinforcement, ect) | 14 | 5 | 70 |
| Presentation / Seminar Preparation | 1 | 20 | 20 |
| Project | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Homework assignment | 1 | 20 | 20 |
| Midterms (Study duration) | 2 | 24 | 48 |
| Final Exam (Study duration) | 1 | 40 | 40 |
| Total Workload | 33 | 112 | 240 |
Matrix Of The Course Learning Outcomes Versus Program Outcomes
| D.9. Key Learning Outcomes | Contrubition level* | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1. Explicates the theory, concepts, principles and methods specific to Fundamentals and Management of Nursing | X | ||||
| 2. Maintains a systematic approach towards nursing care and management | |||||
| 3. Produces original findings for his / working field by interacting with other disciplines | |||||
| 4. Evaluates current developments on nursing services based upon the needs of society and professional values, principles | X | ||||
| 5. Offers resolutions towards the problem that may arise in nursing education, management and practice | |||||
| 6. Leads innovations and changes for patient safety and quality care. | X | ||||
| 7. Adapts information and caring technologies into nursing education, practice and management | |||||
| 8. Conducts an independent, ethical and scientific research on issues relevant to fundamentals and management of nursing. | X | ||||
| 9. Disseminates the research results in scientific meetings and publishes | |||||
| 10. Performs leadership for nursing education, management and practice in accordance to the legal, scientific and ethical principles and regulations | X | ||||
| 11. Takes an active role in the development of organizational, national and international health care politics | |||||
| 12. Develops vision by evaluating the professionalization process of nursing with a critical perspective | |||||
| 13. Reflects the philosophy on nursing care, education and management to professional activities | X | ||||
| 14. Leads the development of nursing profession and empowerment of nurses | |||||
*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest