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HEM 462 - Community Health Nursing Internship

Faculty of Health Sciences · Nursing · Undergraduate

ECTS: 18 T+P+L: 3+27+0 Departmental Elective
Coordinator: Arş. Gör. Zehra KARTOĞLU
Prerequisites: HEM 118 - Fundamentals of Nursing, HEM 335 - Nursing Education, HEM 451 - Mental Health and Psychiatric Nursing, HEM 455 - Public Health Nursing, HEM 120 - Fundamentals of Nursing Practice, HEM 241 - Internal Diseases Nursing, HEM 243 - Internal Medicine Nursing Application, HEM 231 - Assessment of Health, HEM 236 - Surgical Nursing, HEM 238 - Cerrahi Hastalıkları Hemşireliği Uygulaması, HEM 339 - Obstetrics and Gynocology Nursing, HEM 341 - Obstetrics and Gynocology Nursing Practicing, HEM 343 - Teaching in Nursing Practise, HEM 350 - Child Health and Disease Nursing, HEM 352 - Child Health and Disease Nursing Practice, HEM 449 - Mental Health and Psychiatric Nursing Practice, HEM 447 - Public Health Nursing Application

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to enable the student to use the theoretical knowledge acquired in the field of public health nursing in field applications, to gain the ability to plan, implement and evaluate protective, developmental and rehabilitative nursing services by determining the health needs of the individual, family and society.

Course Content

This course contains; It covers the evaluation of factors affecting public health in line with the basic principles and concepts of public health nursing, the roles and responsibilities of the public health nurse in primary health care services, preventive and developmental health services for risk groups, field applications, home visits, community diagnostic studies, health education and teamwork. Within the scope of the course, it is aimed to develop the professional knowledge and skills of the student through internship practices.

Core Area Distribution

(72) Health%100

Teaching Methods

ExpressionQuestion-AnswerDiscussionCase StudyExperiment - Test / Lab/ Workshop / Field Practice

Assessment & Evaluation

HomeworkPerformance Assignment ( Lab / Workshop / Field Work / Seminar / Presentation / Completion Study / ThesisTesting (Essay / Tests: True-Falls, multiple-choice, short answer, matching)

ECTS / Workload

ActivityQuantityDuration (h)Total Workload
Course Duration (Including Exam Week)15345
Out of Class Study Period15115
Midterm155
Quiz000
Assignment21530
Practice1427378
Final11010

Course Schedule

WeekSubjectPreparation
1Orientation and field presentation
2Community assessment, observation and data collection
3Community health needs analysis
4Psychosocial assessment and mental health
5Vaccine tracking and immunization program practices
6Scanning program applications
7Health education practice (Individual/Group)
8Home visits
9Ara SınavAra Sınav
10Chronic disease management and monitoring
11Reproductive health and family planning services
12Occupational health screening and monitoring practices
13School health screening and monitoring practices
14Disability health monitoring and care practices
15Environmental health practices
16Final SınavıFinal Sınavı