Information Package / Course Catalogue
Innovative Approaches in Nursing
Course Code: HF311
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 complexity of the nursing and health care system, the need to focus on patient safety at the national level, the desire to improve patient care outcomes, and the need to reduce the cost of the health care system are leading nursing and health care organizations to demand more innovative nursing practices and health care. For this reason, the course aims to educate students with knowledge, skills and attitudes that will increase the productivity and quality of the aimed health care services, offer the best service to the conditions of the day, meet the changing expectancies of the patients / customers, will not repeat the same things that others do.

Course Content

Includes change and health management, creativity and creative thinking, innovation in the globalizing world, innovation process, entrepreneurship and innovation, leadership and innovation, corporate innovation, information technology and simulation, simulation in nursing education, useful models and patent development.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Prof. Emine GERÇEK ÖTER
Learning Outcomes
1.To be able to define change, to explain the importance of health services in management
2.To be able to define creative thinking, comprehend importance in nursing education and practices
3.To be able to explain the basic elements of entrepreneurship and to interpret the importance of nursing profession
4.To be able to interpret the innovation process
5.Relevant comprehension between innovation and leadership
6.Understanding the importance of simulation applications in nursing education
7.To be able to explain useful model or patent development for nursing care
8.To be able to define health information technology
9.Comprehension of Interprofessional education/understanding the multidisciplinary work approach
10.Understanding the importance of adapting an idea
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Luecke R. Innovation and Creativity in Business. T. Parlak (Eds). İstanbul: Turkey Isbank Cultural Publications; 2008. s. 3-9.
2.Dil S, Uzun M, Aykanat B. Innovation in nursing education. International Journal of Human Sciences, 9(2): 1217-1228
3.Ertuğ N, Kaya H. An examination of nursing students' individual innovativeness profiles and their obstacles to innovation. Journal of Education and Research in Nursing, 2017; 14 (3): 192-197
4.Arslan H, Konuk-Şener D. A new and important concept in nursing: Entrepreneurship. İstanbul University Florence Nightingale Journal of Nursing, 2012; 20 (2): 140-145.
5.Gür-Erdoğan D, Zafer-Güneş D. The Relationship between Individual Innovatiness and Change Readiness Conditions of Students Attending Faculty of Education. Procedia – Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2013; 106: 3033-3040.
6.Yamaç K. What is the innovation? Journal of Science, Education and Thought, 2001; 1 (3): 6-8.
7.Kert SB, Tekdal M. Comparison of individual innovativeness perception of students attending different education faculties. Gaziantep University Journal of Social Sciences. 2012; 11(4):1150-1161.
8.Reed PG, Shearer NBC. Nursing knowledge and theory innovation advancing the science of practice. Second Edition, Springer Publishing Company: New York, 2018, p. 35-46.
9.Demiralay R, Bayır EA, Gelibolu MF. An examination of the relationship between individual innovativeness of learners and their readiness to learn online. Journal of Education and Training Researches, 2016; 5 (1): 161-168.
10.Houstan SM, Dieckhaus T, Kirchner B, Rookwood R. An introduction to nursing informatics evaluation & innovation. CRC Press: Taylor & Francis Group: USA, 2015 p. 33-65.
11.International Council of Nurses. Delivering quality, serving communities: nurses leading care innovations 2009. http://www.icn.ch/publications/2009-delivering-quality-serving-communities-nursesleading-care-innovations/ Erişim tarihi: 20 Ağustos 2016.
12.Uys LR, Gwele NS. Curriculum development in nursing process and innovation. Taylor & Francis Group: USA, 2005 p. 112-195.
13.Yuksel I. Rogers’ diffusion of innovation model in action: Individual innovativeness profiles of pre-service teachers in Turkey. Croatian Journal of Education. 2015; 17(2):507-534.
14.De Witte, K., Van Muijen, JJ. (1999). Organizational culture: Critical questions for researchers and practitioners. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 8(4): 383-395.
15.Sabuncuoğlu, Z., Tüz, M. (2009). Organizational Psychology. Bursa: Alfa Aktüel Publishing Company.
16.Aydıntan, B. (2006). Organizational Intelligence and Management. Ankara: Seçkin Publishing Company
17.Bastable, S. (2003). Nurse as educator: Principle of teaching and learning for nursing practice. USA, Barlett Publishers.
18.Best, M., Thurston, E. (2004). Measuring nurse job satisfaction. Journal of Nursing Administration, 34(6): 283-290.
19.Bayuo, J., Turkson, R., Aggor, R. (2024). Effects of a nurse-led aftercare telehealth programme on anxiety, depression, and sleep among adult burn survivors. Journal of Burn Care & Research. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1093/jbcr/irae078
20.Ibrahim, A. M., Alharbi, A., & Alzahrani, M. (2025). A comparison of nurse-led education and telehealth interventions on mental health outcomes in ambulatory patients. BMC Nursing, 24, 137. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12912-025-03789-0
21.Mørk, G., Eika, M., Brattebø, G. (2024). 360° virtual reality with peer debriefing to strengthen social–emotional learning in undergraduate health care education. JMIR Medical Education, 10, e56844. https://doi.org/10.2196/56844
22.JMIR Editorial Team. (2025). Digital health intervention effect on physical activity in older adults living alone with chronic disease. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 27, e63168. https://doi.org/10.2196/63168
23.Bayuo, J., Turkson, R., Aggor, R. (2024). Effects of a nurse-led aftercare telehealth programme on anxiety, depression, and sleep among adult burn survivors. Journal of Burn Care & Research. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1093/jbcr/irae078
24.Koo, T. H., Kim, D. H., ; Lee, J. (2024). Systematic review of the application of artificial intelligence in nursing care. Healthcare, 12(15), 3041. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare12153041
25.Mai, A., et al. (2025). Implementation of a digital nurse to improve the use of digital therapeutics (DiGA): A multicenter randomized superiority trial protocol. Trials, 26, 88. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-025-08809-7
26.Labkoff, S. E., et al. (2024). Recommendations for AI-enabled clinical decision support to improve patient care. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, 31(11), 2730–2742. https://doi.org/10.1093/jamia/ocae167
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Meeting, presentation of the course, goals and learning objectives/Change management: planning, organizing, change in health
Week 2 - Theoretical
Critical and Analytical Thinking
Week 3 - Theoretical
Creativity, entrepreneurship
Week 4 - Theoretical
Problem Solving Skills / Clinical Decision Making
Week 5 - Theoretical
Innovation, innovation process and creating a new idea
Week 6 - Theoretical
Nursing and innovation
Week 7 - Theoretical
Information and Communication Technologies
Week 8 - Theoretical
Health information technologies (electronic health records, e-health and tele-health applications) (Midterm exam)
Week 9 - Theoretical
Health information technologies (electronic health records, e-health and tele-health applications) (Evaluation of the Midterm Exam)
Week 10 - Theoretical
System-based applications, use of simulation in nursing education
Week 11 - Theoretical
Web-Based and Artificial Intelligence-Based Applications in Nursing
Week 12 - Theoretical
Innovation and interprofessional education/multidisciplinary work in healthcare services
Week 13 - Theoretical
Biodesign
Week 14 - Theoretical
Patent and Utility Model / Industry 5.0-6.0 and Health 5.0-6.0/Creating a peer-to-peer project
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory141242
Assignment116218
Midterm Examination114115
Final Examination124125
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)100
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Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
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