Information Package / Course Catalogue
Alternative Birth Places
Course Code: EB704
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 0
Credit: 2
Lab: 0
ECTS: 4
Objectives of the Course

The aim of the course, with the alternative birth environments, is to ensure the comfort of births, pregnant women and newborns, to maximize the health of both of them.

Course Content

Birth and delivery method, spontaneous vaginal delivery, cesarean delivery, invasive delivery, natural childbirth, pain-free birth, home birth, water birth.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.To be able to carry out an act of birth in a clean and safe in different environments,
2.To be able to give high a quality and culturally sensitive care during delivery
3.To be able to keep the level of delivery comfort at the highest
4.To be able to keep the level of health of women and newborns at the highest
Recommended or Required Reading
1.2. Taşkın L. (2005), Doğum ve Kadın Sağlığı Hemşireliği, VII. Baskı, Sistem Ofset Matbaacılık, Ankara.
2.11. Şirin A., Kavlak O. (2008) Kadın Sağlığı. Bedray Matbaacılık, İstanbul.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Opening And Meeting Course Expectations, Course Objectives And Targets Exams
Week 1 - Preparation Work
Reading, research
Week 2 - Theoretical
Types of Birth -Vaginal -Cesarean Birth
Week 2 - Preparation Work
Reading, research
Week 3 - Theoretical
Vaginal Delivery Spontaneous Vaginal Delivery Symptoms Of-Birth -Birth Stages -Labor Pain How To Reduce The -Breathing Techniques During Birth
Week 3 - Preparation Work
Reading, research
Week 4 - Theoretical
Spontaneous Vaginal Delivery Symptoms Of-Birth -Birth Stages -Labor Pain How To Reduce The -Breathing Techniques During Birth
Week 4 - Preparation Work
Reading, research
Week 5 - Theoretical
Spontaneous Vaginal Delivery Symptoms Of-Birth -Birth Stages -Labor Pain How To Reduce The -Breathing Techniques During Birth
Week 5 - Preparation Work
Reading, research
Week 6 - Theoretical
On Invasive Birth Episiotomy Application Of Induction Vacuum
Week 6 - Preparation Work
Reading, research
Week 7 - Theoretical
Natural Birth
Week 7 - Preparation Work
Reading, research
Week 8 - Preparation Work
Reading, research
Week 8 - Intermediate Exam
MİDTERM EXAM
Week 9 - Theoretical
Painless Birth
Week 9 - Preparation Work
Reading, research
Week 10 - Theoretical
Painless Birth (continued)
Week 10 - Preparation Work
Reading, research
Week 11 - Theoretical
Home birth
Week 11 - Preparation Work
Reading, research
Week 12 - Theoretical
home Birth (continued)
Week 12 - Preparation Work
Reading, research
Week 13 - Theoretical
water birth
Week 13 - Preparation Work
Reading, research
Week 14 - Theoretical
water birth (continued)
Week 14 - Preparation Work
Reading, research
Week 15 - Theoretical
assessment
Week 15 - Preparation Work
Reading, research
Week 16 - Preparation Work
Reading, research
Week 16 - Final Exam
final exam
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%70
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory143270
Midterm Examination114115
Final Examination114115
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)100
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
PÇ-2
PÇ-3
PÇ-4
PÇ-5
PÇ-6
PÇ-7
PÇ-8
OÇ-1
5
OÇ-2
5
5
OÇ-3
5
OÇ-4
5
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