Course Information

Course Information
Course Title Code Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
Public Health Nursing HMF403 7. Semester 6 + 10 11.0 12.0
Prerequisites HMF303 - Children's Health and Diseases Nursing
HMF301 - Obstetric And Women's Health Nursing
Language of Instruction Turkish
Course Level Undergraduate
Course Type
Mode of delivery Lecture, Visual Presentation, Discussion, Case Discussion
Course Coordinator Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nuriye YILDIRIM
Instructors Nuriye YILDIRIM
Assistants Merve ÇAKAR
Goals This course educates knowledge and practice on the public health nurse’s basic roles and responsibilities about different groups of community Te objective of course to educate knowledge and in to the practice about the nurse’s services to individual, family and community by the philosophy of primary care services for protection, promotion and treatment of health.
Course Content In the course content; public health / public health nursing, organization of health services, registration systems used in primary care, community identification, family health nursing, health promotion, nursing process, home visits, public health nurse family recognition process (case management) counseling, community communication, health education, guidance and counseling early diagnosis and screening, environmental health intercultural nursing, health education practice, school health nursing, health promotion, discussion of community recognition data occupational health nursing, role and functions of public health nurse in risky groups in society role and functions of public health nurse in infectious diseases community mental health nursing, age periods (student presentations), 0-12 months baby follow-up, 1-6 years child follow-up, 7-12 years school-age follow-up, 13-24 years san, 25–64 age adult male follow-up, 25-64 age adult female follow-up, 65-year-old elderly follow-up, the role and functions of public health nurse in elderly health / old age role and responsibilities of public health nurse in the management of chronic diseases and nursing in unusual situations home care is included.
Learning Outcomes - The student recognizes individual, family and community in their life places
- The student describes basic concepts, principles and methods with community health nursing
- The student comprehends importance of concepts and principles with community health nursing
- The student comprehends fundamentals philosophy of community health nursing
- The student comprehends roles and functions of community health nursing
- The student learns to take nursing services all the groups at community as a community health nurse
Weekly Topics (Content)
Week Topics Learning Methods
1. Week Information- Public Health Nursing, Organization of Health Services, Population, health and health inequalities Verbal Expression Course Hours Preparation, After Class Study Other Activities
2. Week Health Promotion, Family Health Nursing, Nursing Process Preparation, After Class Study Other Activities Verbal Expression Course Hours
3. Week Home Visiting Course Hours Other Activities Preparation, After Class Study Verbal Expression
4. Week Recognition of Community, Age Classes Course Hours Preparation, After Class Study Verbal Expression Research
5. Week Environmental Nursing, Transcultural Nursing, Early Diagnosis and Screenings Verbal Expression Course Hours Preparation, After Class Study Other Activities
6. Week Role and Functions of Public Health Nurses in Risky Groups in Society The Role and Functions of Public Health Nurses in Infectious Diseases Community Mental Health Nursing Preparation, After Class Study Verbal Expression Course Hours Other Activities
7. Week School Health Nursing, Public Health Nursing in Contagious Diseases and Chronic Diseases Course Hours Preparation, After Class Study Other Activities Verbal Expression
8. Week Exam Other Activities Preparation, After Class Study
9. Week Role and Functions of Public Health Nurses in Elderly Health, Nursing in Unusual Situations, Home Care Course Hours Other Activities Verbal Expression Preparation, After Class Study
10. Week Nursing process- Case Discussion Course Hours Preparation, After Class Study Research Verbal Expression Practice
10. Week Nursing process- Case Discussion Course Hours Research Verbal Expression Preparation, After Class Study Practice
11. Week Nursing process- Case Discussion Course Hours Preparation, After Class Study Practice Research Verbal Expression
12. Week Discussion of community recognition data (Student presentations) Research Verbal Expression Course Hours Preparation, After Class Study Practice
13. Week Age classes (Student Presentations) 0-12 Months Baby Tracking 1-6 years Child Monitoring 7-12 Years Old School Child Monitoring 13-24 Year Adolescent Follow-up 25-64 Year Old Adult Male Follow-up 25-64 Year Old Adult Female Follow-up Over 65 Years Old Practice Preparation, After Class Study Research Verbal Expression Course Hours
14. Week Sustainable Developmental Goals Course Hours Preparation, After Class Study Other Activities Verbal Expression
Recommended Sources
Emiroğlu, O.N., Yıldız, A.N. (2001). İşyeri Hemşireliği, Hasak&Sağlık ve Yardım Vakfı, Teknik Rapor,No:6
Lundy, K.S., Janes, S. (2001). Community Health Nursing: Caring For The Public’s Health , Jones and Bartlet Pub
Özvarış, Ş.B. (2001). Sağlık Eğitimi ve Sağlığı Geliştirme, Ankara: Hacettepe Halk Sağlığı Vakfı.
Spradley, B.W., Allender, C.A. (2001). Community Health Nursing Conceps and Practice Fifth Edit. US Lippincott Publisher
Güler, Akın, A. (2006). Halk Sağlığı Temel Bilgiler, Ankara: Hacettepe Üniversitesi Yayınları.
Erkin, Ö., Kalkım A., Göl, İ. (2021). Halk sağlığı hemşireliği. Adana: Çukurova Nobel Tıp Kitabevi
Relations with Education Attainment Program Course Competencies
Program Requirements Contribution Level DK1 DK2 DK3 DK4 DK5 DK6 Measurement Method
PY1 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 40,60
PY2 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 40,60
PY3 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 40,60
PY4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 40,60
PY5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 40,60
PY6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 40,60
PY7 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 40,60
PY8 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 40,60
PY9 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 40,60
PY10 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 40,60
PY11 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 40,60
*DK = Course's Contrubution.
0 1 2 3 4 5
Course's Level of contribution None Very Low Low Fair High Very High
Method of assessment/evaluation Written exam Oral Exams Assignment/Project Laboratory work Presentation/Seminar
ECTS credits and course workload
Event Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Course Hours 14 16 224
Preparation, After Class Study 2 14 28
Research 2 14 28
Other Activities 1 14 14
Midterm 1 1 1 1
Midterm 2 1 1 1
Homework 1 1 8 8
Final 2 1 2
Total Workload 306
ECTS Credit of the Course 12.0