Information Package / Course Catalogue
Wound Care Nursing
Course Code: HF210
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

This course aims to have knowledge about diagnosis of wounds, assessment of wounds, stages of wound healing, complications of wound healing, wound care products, developments in wound care. This course also aims to apply methods of wound care nursing management.

Course Content

Wound care types and nursing care, general wound care principles, new technologies in wound care, wound care types and nursing care, wound care procedures, factors affecting wound healing, wound care nursing's place, priority, world and turkish status, texture of skin and physiology, definition of wound

Name of Lecturer(s)
Lec. Büşra ŞAHİN
Learning Outcomes
1.To make the student more knowledgeable and competent in the field of wound care nursing
2.To provide knowledge and skills that can provide student wound care nursing services
3.To develop and deepen knowledge of the level of expertise in wound care nursing in protecting and improving the health of individuals in the field of wound care of the subject
4.Ensure that the student gives an integrated care to the patient / individual in the acute or chronic wounds in the direction of the nursing process.
5.To be able to discuss legal and ethical issues during wound care
Recommended or Required Reading
1.ANDSOY, I. I. (Ed.). (2024). Cerrahi Hemşireliği ve Bakım En İyi Bakım Uygulamaları. Akademisyen Kitabevi.
2.Baktıroğlu S, Aktaş Ş (2013) Kronik Yarada Güncel Yaklaşımlar, İstanbul Tıp Fakültesi, İstanbul.
3.Çelik,S(Ed.) Cerrahi Hemşireliğinde Güncel Uygulamalar, Adana; Çukurova Nobel Tıp Kitabevi, 2021.
4.Taylor Klinik Hemşirelik Becerileri Bir Hemşirelik Yaklaşım Süreci.Hicran Bektaş (Çeviri Ed.). Ankara. Nobel Akademik Yayıncılık, 2015.
5.İlhan SE. (2017). Yara Bakım Hemşireliği. Alter Yayıncılık.
6.Akyolcu N, Kanan N. (2015). Yara ve Stoma Bakımı. Nobel Tıp Kitabevi
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Definition Of Wound Care Nursing, History, Situation In Turkey And In The World
Week 2 - Theoretical
Deep Structue And Physiology
Week 3 - Theoretical
Definition And Classification Of Wound
Week 4 - Theoretical
Wound Healing Process, Types Of Wound Healing
Week 5 - Theoretical
Factors Affecting Wound Healing
Week 6 - Theoretical
Basic Principles In Wound Care
Week 7 - Theoretical
Basic Principles In Wound Care
Week 8 - Theoretical
Wound Healing Complications /Midterm Exam
Week 9 - Theoretical
Wound Care Products
Week 10 - Theoretical
Pressure Wound And Nursing Care
Week 11 - Theoretical
Diabetic Foot And Nursing Care
Week 12 - Theoretical
Surgical Injuries And Nursing Care
Week 13 - Theoretical
Burn Injury And Nursing Care
Week 14 - Theoretical
Current Approaches To Wound Care
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
PÇ-1
PÇ-2
PÇ-3
PÇ-4
PÇ-5
PÇ-6
PÇ-7
PÇ-8
PÇ-9
PÇ-10
OÇ-1
5
4
4
3
1
2
2
OÇ-2
4
4
4
1
1
2
OÇ-3
4
4
4
2
1
3
2
2
1
OÇ-4
5
3
4
2
2
3
1
OÇ-5
1
1
3
5
3
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026