Information Package / Course Catalogue
Community Mental Health Nursing and Aging
Course Code: HTR539
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

To instruct about Old age and the aging process and to develop different viewpoint about care, treatment and rehabilitation for elderly individual.

Course Content

There are aging, aging-related theories, models, the aging process, common stressor factors in old age subjects in this course.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.Have knowledge about the aging process, Aging, aging-related theories, models.
2.Able to diagnose and determine the level of psychosocial problems of the elderly
3.Locate a common stressor factors and mental health problems in old age
4.Grasp the role of the nurse in the development and protection mental health family's of the individual elderly
5.To know about policies in the world and our country associated with agedness and to contribute the creation of these policies
6.To know about Ethical practices in old age
7.Nursing care for an elderly individual can do.
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 Nursing Care Plans, Mosby Company, Boston, 1995.
5.Fortinash KM, Holoday-Worret PA. Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing. Mosby Company, Boston, 1996.
6.Janosik EH, Davies JL. Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing. Second Edition, Jones and Bartlett Publishers, United States of America, 1989.
7.Johnson BS. Adaptation and Growth Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing. Lippincott Company, Newyork, 1997.
8.Marriner A. Nursing Theorists and Their Work. Mosby Company, St. Louis, United States of America, 1986.
9.McFarland GK, Thomas MD. Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing. Lippincott Company, London, 1991.
10.Güleç C, Köroğlu E. (1997) Psikiyatri Temel Kitabı. 1 nci basım, Hekimler Yayın Birliği, Ankara
11.Güleç C, Köroğlu E. (1998) Psikiyatri Temel Kitabı. 2 nci basım, Hekimler Yayın Birliği, Ankara.
12.Amerikan Psikiyatri Birliği. (1994) Mental Bozuklukların Tanısal ve Sayımsal El Kitabı. Dördüncü Baskı (DSM IV). Amerikan Psikiyatri Birliği, Washington DC, (Çeviren: E. Köroğlu), Hekimler Yayın Birliği, Ankara.
13.Öztürk O. (2004) Ruh Sağlığı ve Bozuklukları. Feryal Matbaacılık, Ankara.
14.Kozacıoğlu G. (1995) Bireyden Topluma Ruh Sağlığı, Alfa Basın Yayın Dağıtım, İstanbul.
15.Köroğlu E. (2004) Psikonozoloji/ Tanımlayıcı Klinik Psikiyatri, Ankara.
16.Özcan A.(1996) Hemşire- Hasta İlişkisi ve İletişim. Saray Tıp Kitabevi, İzmir.
17.Pektekin Ç. (1992) Psikiyatri Hemşireliği, Açık Öğretim Fakültesi Yayınları, Eskişehir.
18.Tomruk, NB, Kutlar, MT, Canbek, Ö, Soysal, H. (2007) Elektrokonvulsif Tedavi Klinik Uygulama El Kitabı, Ece Matbaacılık, İstanbul
19.Velioğlu P. (1993) Psikiyatri Hemşireliğinde Yaklaşımlar, İstanbul.
20.Yüksel N. (2006) Ruhsal Hastalıklar,3. baskı, Özyurt Yayıncılık, Ankara.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
The concept of old age, aging-related theories, aging-related models
Week 2 - Theoretical
The aging process and Subtle changes in the aging process
Week 3 - Theoretical
Identification of an elderly individual psychosocial
Week 4 - Theoretical
Psychosocial problems in old age
Week 5 - Theoretical
A common stressor factors in old age
Week 6 - Theoretical
Elderly individuals with mental health problems seen in
Week 7 - Theoretical
Elderly individuals with mental health problems seen in
Week 8 - Intermediate Exam
Preventive factors in maintaining mental health in an elderly individual (Midterm Exam)
Week 9 - Theoretical
The old nurse's role in the development of individual mental health
Week 10 - Theoretical
Nurse's role in the protection of the family of an elderly individual mental health
Week 11 - Theoretical
Policies in the world and our country about old age
Week 12 - Theoretical
Ethical practices in old age
Week 13 - Theoretical
Nursing care of elderly individual
Week 14 - Theoretical
Nursing care of elderly individual
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination2%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory143270
Midterm Examination29222
Final Examination1628
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
OÇ-1
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
OÇ-2
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
OÇ-3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
OÇ-4
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
OÇ-5
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
OÇ-6
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
OÇ-7
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
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