Information Package / Course Catalogue
Emergency Nursing
Course Code: HF252
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

It aims to ensure rapid assessment of patients in emergency situations or presenting to the emergency service due to acute and chronic diseases, achievement of triage by adhering to professional ethics and values, the importance of teamwork in emergency interventions and understanding of evidence-based care in accordance with the nursing process.

Course Content

Presentation of emergency service, communication, legal and ethical issues, triage, physical assessment, basic and advanced life support, infection control, evaluation of criminal cases, polytrauma patients, some of the acute medical emergencies.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.To be able to state the primary and secondary evaluation of patients presenting to the emergency room
2.To be able to state how to perform triage using appropriate classifications and adhering to professional ethical principles
3.To be able to understand the importance of teamwork in emergency interventions
4.To be able to relate pathophysiological mechanism in emergency injuries (bleeding, burns, fractures, etc.) and in emergency situations (hypothermia, hyperthermia, choking, bites, etc.).
5.To be able to list the principles of emergency interventions in emergency injuries (bleeding, burns, fractures, etc.) and in environmental emergency situations (hypothermia, hyperthermia, choking, bites, etc.)
6.To be able to comprehend emergency situations of chronic diseases (asthma attacks, diabetic ketoacidosis, hypoglycemia, etc.) and the importance of implementing evidence based individual nursing care of a patient who presents to the emergency service due to acute diseases (AMI, ARDS, stroke, etc.) in accordance with the nursing process
Recommended or Required Reading
5.Sayek İ., Çoker A., Sökmen S (2001) Cerrahi infeksiyon, Güneş Kitabevi, Ankara
6.Woodrow P. (2006) Intensive Care Nursing Second Edition,Routledge, Newyork.Rothrock C.J., Alexander’s Care of the Patient in Surgery , twelfth edition, Mosby USA, 2005
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
General Information on Emergency Service
Week 2 - Theoretical
Application Procedures anad Principles of Emergency Services
Week 3 - Theoretical
Legal and Ethical Responsibilities in emergency
Week 4 - Theoretical
Comunication at Emergency care
Week 5 - Theoretical
Triage: Determining priorities in emergency care
Week 6 - Theoretical
Physical Diagnostics of Patients in emergency service
Week 7 - Theoretical
Ensuring Basic and Advanced Life Support
Week 8 - Theoretical
Infection Control for Emergency Care ( Midterm )
Week 9 - Theoretical
Forensic Case Assessment and Forensic Nursing at Emergency Department
Week 10 - Theoretical
Forensic Case Assessment and Forensic Nursing at Emergency Department
Week 11 - Theoretical
Emergency Care at Polytrauma
Week 12 - Theoretical
Emergency situations on Cardiovascular , Neurological -Endocrine and Respiratory System
Week 13 - Theoretical
Emergency situations on Cardiovascular , Neurological -Endocrine and Respiratory System
Week 14 - Theoretical
Emergency situations on Cardiovascular , Neurological -Endocrine and Respiratory System
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory140228
Midterm Examination130131
Final Examination140141
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)100
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026