FUNDAMENTALS of NURSÄ°NG
Second Cycle Programmes
(Master's Degree)

D.1. General Information about Program

Along with other Nursing departments in our institution, Fundamentals of Nursing Department has been established according to the 27th November 1990 Executive decision of Turkish Higher Council. In 2 October 1998, it offered graduate programs, including master and PhD in Nursing, under the Health Sciences Institute of Hacettepe University.  

D.2 Qualification Awarded

Master's Degree

D.3. Level of Qualification

QF-EHEA: 2
EQF-LLL: 7

D.4. Provisions for Registration

To have a Bachelor of Nursing Diploma.

To have ALES (SAY / EA) score type and ALES and Foreign Language base score determined by the Health Sciences Institute Board and approved by the Hacettepe University Senate http://www.saglikbilimleri.hacettepe.edu.tr/en/menu/ales_foreign_language_scores-252

To meet the application requirements of Hacettepe University Graduate Education and Examination Regulations and Institute of Health Sciences.

D.5. Qualification Requirements and Regulations

Students must complete the 60 AKTS credits (21 national credits) compulsory and selective courses and 60 AKTS credits for thesis work in order to graduate.

D.6. Specific Arrangements for Recognition of Prior Learning

Regulations of Hacettepe University Health Sciences Institute for graduate programs must be complied.

D.7. Goals and Objectives

Aims of this program are that the students develop a professional consciousness, acquire the ability to reach the relevant information specific to Fundamentals of nursing and to the basic concepts, theories, principles and methods of this subject, gain expertise in teaching fundamentals of nursing course by developing an educational philosophy regarding with the teaching of Fundamentals of nursing and acquiring the ability to use the teaching principles and methods.

D.12. Occupational Profiles of Graduates with Examples

We conducted a qualitative study using the interview technique to explore the views of ten graduates of Fundamentals of Nursing master's program. One of the graduates is working as research assistant in Fundamentals of Nursing department, and still continues on her PhD study. Four of our graduates are working as research assistant at nursing departments of various universities of our country, while two are employed as instructor, and three are working either as supervisor nurse or educator at hospitals.

All of our graduates reported that this master's program enabled them to develop a professional consciousness, and to acquire the information about the basic concepts, theories, principles and methods of Fundamentals of nursing, which regarded by them as essential for all fields of nursing. They expressed that this program provided them the ability to conceptualize the philosophy of nursing, to access, analyze and synthesis knowledge by literature review, and to develop the skill of using principles and methods of teaching for fundamentals of nursing course.

D.13. Access to Further Studies

QF-EHEA: 3
EQF-LLL: 8

D.14. Profile of the Programme

Nursing Fundamentals Master's program has 2 years (4 semesters) of education. The Principles of Nursing are carried out by the faculty members and staff of the Department. In the master's program, the rate of compulsory courses is 50%, and the rate of elective courses is 50%. In this program, the student can take more than the minimum credits if deemed necessary or requested. In the master's program, the student can take the minimum credit he has to take, by spreading the first 2 semesters as he wishes and starts his thesis work from the third semester. A minimum of 120 ECTS must be completed for graduation.

D.15. Examination Regulations, Assessment and Grading

Assessment is made according to the regulations of Hacettepe University Health Sciences Institute for graduate programs http://www.saglikbilimleri.hacettepe.edu.tr/tr/menu/kanun_ve_yonetmelikler-219

D.16. Graduation Requirements

Students must complete the 60 AKTS credits (21 national credits) compulsory and selective courses and 60 AKTS credits for thesis work in order to graduate.

D.17. Education Type

1. Full Time Education

D.18. Programme Director

Professor Leyla Dinç

Hacettepe University

Faculty of Nursing

Fundamentals of Nursing Department

Phone: 0312 3051580 /145

Fax: 0312 3127085

E-mail: leylad@hacettepe.edu.tr