Information Package / Course Catalogue
Communication Skills in Nurse-Patient Relations
Course Code: HRS528
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: Second Cycle (Master's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 0
Credit: 2
Lab: 0
ECTS: 4
Objectives of the Course

The purpose of this course, communication the basic concepts, communication in nursing theories, main features of the nurse patient relationship, nursing intervention on issues such as the behavior of the patient in the face of blocking communications have knowledge of and ability to apply to acquire a therapeutic communication techniques.

Course Content

In this course, the basic concepts of communication, communication theories in nursing, nurse patient relationship in individuals with impaired basic features of Mental Health, communication barrier nursing intervention the patient's behavior, attitudes and behaviors that improve communication, assisting the process of interactionmental health impaired individuals are examined and analyzed with the principles and techniques of interviewing.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Prof. Hülya ARSLANTAŞ
Learning Outcomes
1.Communicate with the patient with a therapeutic use basic interviewing techniques.
2.To know the basic features of the patient-nurse relationship between mental disorder.
3.Able to do the interview with a therapeutic in patients with mental disorders.
4.Interact with a therapeutic gain awareness.
5.Communication techniques with a therapeutic application.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Birckhead LM. Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing. JB. Lippincott Company, Pennsylvania, 1989.
2.Carson VB, Arnold EN. Mental Health Nursing. Saunders Company, London, 1996.
3.Cook JJ, Fontaine KL. Essentials of Mental Health Nursing. Addison-Wesley, California, 1991.
4.Fortinash KM, Holoday-Worret PA. Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing. Mosby Company, Boston, 1996.
5.Janosik EH, Davies JL. Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing. Second Edition, Jones and Bartlett Publishers, United States of America, 1989.
6.Johnson BS. Adaptation and Growth Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing. Lippincott Company, Newyork, 1997.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Basic concepts of communication
Week 2 - Theoretical
Communication Theories in Nursing
Week 3 - Theoretical
Key features of the relationship between patient-nurse
Week 4 - Theoretical
Nursing intervention in patients with obstructive behavior in the face of communication.
Week 5 - Theoretical
Factors affecting patient-nurse relationship
Week 6 - Theoretical
Therapeutic communication techniques
Week 7 - Theoretical
Therapeutic communication techniques
Week 8 - Theoretical
Interviews with patients with disorders of thought and perception (Midterm Exam)
Week 9 - Theoretical
Interviews with patients with disorders of thought and perception
Week 10 - Theoretical
Interview with the patient
Week 11 - Theoretical
Counseling skills
Week 12 - Theoretical
Interview with the patient
Week 13 - Theoretical
The interview with the furious patient.
Week 14 - Theoretical
The interview with the furious patient.
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination2%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory142256
Midterm Examination210428
Final Examination118220
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)104
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
PÇ-2
PÇ-3
PÇ-4
PÇ-5
PÇ-6
PÇ-7
PÇ-8
OÇ-1
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
OÇ-2
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
OÇ-3
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
OÇ-4
5
5
5
4
5
5
5
5
OÇ-5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
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