Information Package / Course Catalogue
Operating Room Nursing
Course Code: HF261
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

Inform related on concepts and principles of operation room and gain awarness related on applications in operation room.

Course Content

Design of operation room, sterilization-disinfection methods, , infection control methods, preparing of surgery team, preparing of operation room and steril equipments, surgery positions, surgery enstruments, suture materials, responsibility of circulate-scrub nurse tasks, ethics and legal topics in operation room.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Assoc. Prof. Sultan ÖZKAN
Learning Outcomes
1.Gains knowledge about the operating room.
2.Can define the basic concepts and practices of operating room nursing.
3.Can describe the characteristics of operating room nurses.
4.Can describe the organization and management of the operating room.
5.Can identify patient positions in the operating room.
6.Can define the duties, authorities, and responsibilities of the operating room nurse
7.Can explain patient and staff safety in the operating room.
8.Can explain ethical principles and legal issues in the operating room.
9.Knows waste management in the operating room.
10.Can explain nursing care in special surgical procedures.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Van Gıerabergen M., Kaymakçı Ş. Ameliyathane Hemşireliği.Meta basım matbaacılık hizmetleri, İzmir, 2015
2.Karadakovan A, Aslan E. F. Dahili ve Cerrahi Hastalıklarda Bakım, Geliştirilmiş 3. Akademisyen Tıp Kitapevi, Ankara, 2014
3.AORN güncellemeleri (2022): https://aorn.org/Guidelines/About-AORN-Guidelines
4.Bektaş, S. Kahraman Esen, H. Ameliyathane Hizmetleri El kitabı. Akademisyen Yayınevi, Ankara, 2021.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
History of operating room (OR) nursing
Week 2 - Theoretical
Organisation in Operation Room and Management
Week 3 - Theoretical
Design and Structure of Operation Room
Week 4 - Theoretical
Sterilization and Disinfection Methods in Operation Room
Week 5 - Theoretical
Tasks, Authority and Responsibilities of Circulate-Scrub Nurse
Week 6 - Theoretical
Preparation of Suregery Team (Surgical Hand Washing, Wearing of Shirt and Gloves)
Week 7 - Theoretical
Preparation of operation room, surgery area and steril equipment
Week 8 - Theoretical
Surgery Positions (Midterm Exam)
Week 9 - Theoretical
Surgery enstruments
Week 10 - Theoretical
Suture Materials
Week 11 - Theoretical
Patient and Operartion Room Personel Safety
Week 12 - Theoretical
Ethics and Legal Responsibilities in Operation Room
Week 13 - Theoretical
Waste management in the operating room
Week 14 - Theoretical
Special surgical practices
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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2
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3
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4
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2
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OÇ-10
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026