Information Package / Course Catalogue
Complementary and Alternative Therapies
Course Code: HF129
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

To develop knowledge of nursing students on infections and common infectious diseases and their prevention and control.

Course Content

This courses includes informations about complications, manifestations, prevention of spread, modes of transmission, risk factors and definition of common infectious diseases

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.Learning of cycle of infection and the main concepts of prevention and control of infection
2.To gain information about complications, manifestations, prevention of spread, modes of transmission, risk factors and definition of common infectious diseases
3.Knowing the methods used in complementary and alternative therapies for protection, treatment and promotion of individual health
4.Knowing the methods used in complementary and alternative therapies for protection, treatment and promotion of individual health
5.Knowing the methods used in complementary and alternative therapies for protection, treatment and promotion of individual health
Recommended or Required Reading
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Foundation for complementary and alternative treatment
Week 2 - Theoretical
What is complementary and alternative treatment?
Week 3 - Theoretical
Use of complementary and alternative medicine in the world and Turkey and legal regulations
Week 4 - Theoretical
Manipulative approaches in complementary and alternative treatments
Week 5 - Theoretical
Biological approaches in complementary and alternative therapies
Week 6 - Theoretical
Energy approaches in complementary and alternative therapies
Week 7 - Theoretical
Cognitive approaches in complementary and alternative therapies
Week 8 - Theoretical
Cognitive approaches in complementary and alternative therapies (Midterm Exam)
Week 9 - Theoretical
Mental, body and spirit therapies
Week 10 - Theoretical
Body based therapies in complementary and alternative therapies
Week 11 - Theoretical
Application in complementary and alternative therapies
Week 12 - Theoretical
Training in complementary and alternative therapies
Week 13 - Theoretical
Research in complementary and alternative therapies
Week 14 - Theoretical
Examples of nursing research related to complementary and alternative therapies and their evaluation
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory140228
Midterm Examination130232
Final Examination138240
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)100
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes