Information Package / Course Catalogue
Nursing Care in the Sleep Pattern
Course Code: HF274
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 aim of this course is to have information about sleep hygiene and the importance of sleep for health, to raise awareness about sleep disorders and related health problems.

Course Content

Examining the basic concepts and characteristics of sleep, the relationship between sleep and health, sleep hygiene and affecting factors, recognition and evaluation of sleep disorders and nursing care.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.To know the basic concepts about sleep.
2.To be able to comprehend the importance and relations of sleep in the protection and development of health.
3.To know healthy sleep, sleep hygiene and influencing factors.
4.To have information about sleep disorders and related conditions and sleep assessment methods.
5.To be able to plan the nursing care of the individual with sleep disorder using evidence-based information in line with the holistic nursing process.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Yılmaz, H. Tuncel, D. (2014). Uyku Bozukluklarında Tedavi Rehberi. Türk Nöroloji Derneği, Ankara
2.Keskin N. , Tamam L. Uyku Bozuklukları: Sınıflama ve Tedavi. aktd. 2018; 27(2): 241-260. American Academy of Sleep Medicine. International classification of sleep disorders, 3rd ed. Darien, IL: American Academy of Sleep Medicine, 2014.
3.Dobing S, Frolova N, McAlister F, Ringrose J. Sleep quality and factors influencing self-reported sleep duration and quality in the general internal medicine inpatient population. PLoS One 2016;11:e0156735
4.Wesselius HM, van den Ende ES, Alsma J, Ter Maaten JC, Schuit SCE, Stassen PM, de Vries OJ, Kaasjager KHAH, Haak HR, van Doormaal FF, Hoogerwerf JJ, Terwee CB, van de Ven PM, Bosch FH, van Someren EJW, Nanayakkara PWB; “Onderzoeks Consortium Acute Geneeskunde” Acute Medicine Research Consortium. Quality and quantity of sleep and factors associated with sleep disturbance in hospitalized patients. JAMA Intern Med 2018;178:1201-8.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Definition and history of sleep
Week 2 - Theoretical
Neural mechanisms in the sleep-wake cycle, the circadian system, the place and importance of sleep in the life cycle
Week 3 - Theoretical
Physiological changes in sleep, sleep deprivation and its effects
Week 4 - Theoretical
Evaluation of sleep (scales used to evaluate sleep duration and quality)
Week 5 - Theoretical
Sleep hygiene and influencing factors
Week 6 - Theoretical
Approach to the patient with sleep-related complaints (insomnia, snoring, abnormal movements at night, excessive daytime sleepiness)
Week 7 - Theoretical
Sleep disorders and nursing care (Insomnias)
Week 8 - Theoretical
Sleep disorders and nursing care (Parasomnias) (Midterm Exam)
Week 9 - Theoretical
Sleep disorders and nursing care (Sleep related respiratory disorders)
Week 10 - Theoretical
Sleep disorders and nursing care (Circadian sleep rhythm disorders)
Week 11 - Theoretical
Sleep disorders and nursing care (Sleep-related movement disorders)
Week 12 - Theoretical
Sleep in neurological diseases (epilepsy and sleep, neurodegenerative diseases and sleep, neuromuscular diseases and sleep, headache and sleep, cerebrovascular diseases and sleep)
Week 13 - Theoretical
Sleep in special cases (elderly, heart diseases, children, etc.)
Week 14 - Theoretical
Sleep in special cases (elderly, heart diseases, children, etc.)
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Attending Lectures1%5
Quiz1%5
Midterm Examination1%30
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory141242
Quiz110010
Midterm Examination115217
Final Examination125227
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)96
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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OÇ-1
4
3
3
4
4
3
3
4
2
4
OÇ-2
4
4
4
4
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3
3
4
2
4
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4
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4
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4
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3
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3
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4
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4
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4
2
4
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026