Information Package / Course Catalogue
Ethical Practices in the Field of Mental Health
Course Code: HTR551
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

Develop viewpoint About Ethical concepts and rules, laws and regulations, ethical issues in the field of mental health to live in. In this course, theories of ethics, professional ethics codes, ethical dilemmas, ethical decision, legal responsibilities, legal and ethical decision-making issues studied.

Course Content

This course includes associated with ethical and moral concepts, nursing approaches to ethical dilemmas, ethical decision-making process, the nurse's rights and responsibilities of psychiatric patients.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.To knowledge about The historical process of ethics in the field of mental health nursing.
2.To knowledge about ethics and ethics-related concepts, theories, principles.
3.To see ethical problems.
4.To use ethical decision-making process in ethical decision-making process
5.To realize Ethical dilemmas in the field of mental health and to do intervention required.
6.To interfere Misapplication in the field of psychiatry.
7.Keeping patients' rights in psychiatric patients.
8.Knowledge about Ethical legal issues in the field of mental health.
9.Contributing policy-making about Ethical legal issues in the field of mental health.
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.
7.McFarland GK, Thomas MD. Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing. Lippincott Company, London, 1991.
8.Öztürk O. (2004) Ruh Sağlığı ve Bozuklukları. Feryal Matbaacılık, Ankara.
9.Kaplan & Sadock. (2005) Klinik Psikiyatri, Çev: Aydın H, Bozkurt A. Güneş Kitabevi, İstanbul.
10.Kum N.(2000) Psikiyatri Hemşireliği El Kitabı Vehbi Koç Vakfı Yayınları, II.Baskı, İstanbul..
11.Barker PJ. Altschul AT. (1999) The Philosophy and Practice of Psychiatric Nursing, Churchill Lıvıngstone, Edinburg.
12.Barry PD. (2002). Mental Health and Mental İllness. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia.
13.Isaacs A. (2001) Mental Health and Psychiatric Nursing. 3rd Ed. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia
14.Shives LR. (1986) Basic Concepts of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia.
15.Stuart GW, Laraia MT. (1998) Principles Practice of Psychiatric Nursing. Mosby Company, London
16.Varcarolis EM (eds). (1998) Foundations of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing. 3rd Ed. WB Saunders Company, Philadelphia.
17.Videbeck SL. (2004) Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing. 2nd Ed. Lippincott Williams&Wilkins, Philadelphia.
18.Tepe H, (2000) Etik ve Meslek Etikleri, Türk Felsefe Kurumu Yayını, Ankara.
19.Erdemir D,Öncel O, Aksoy S (2003) Çağdaş Tıp Etiği, Nobel Tıp Kitapevi, İstanbul.
20.Cevizci A (2002) Etiğe Giriş, Engin Yayıncılık, İstanbul
21.I. Uluslararası & V. Ulusal Hemşirelik Eğitimi Kongre Kitabı ( 2001) Özlem Matbaacılık, İstanbul.
22.Tosun H, (2005) Sağlık Bakım Uygulamalarında Deneyimlenen Etik İkilemlere Karsı Hekim ve Hemşirelerin Duyarlılıklarının Belirlenmesi, İstanbul Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Enstitüsü, Doktora Tezi, Danışman Babadağ K, İstanbul.
23.Orak (Şahin) N, (2005) İstanbul İlindeki Hemşirelerin Profesyonel Hemşirelik Değerleri ve Etkileyen Faktörlerin Analizi. Marmara Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Enstitüsü, Doktora Tezi, Danışman; Alpar, Ş E, İstanbul.
24.Terakye G, (1995) Seçmeler, Aydoğdu Ofset, Ankara.
25.Şentürk. Erhan S, (1983) Tıbbi Etik ve Meslek Tarihi, İstanbul.
26.Eren N., Uyer G, (1993) Sağlık Meslek Tarihi ve Ahlakı, Hatiboğlu Yayınları, Ankara.
27.Demirhan A.E ve Ark., (2003) Çağdaş Tıp Etiği, Nobel Tıp Kitapevleri, İstanbul.
28.Bulut H, (2006) Kişilik Hakları ve Kişilik Haklarına Saldırıdan Kaynaklanan Hukuk Davaları, Beta Yayınları,İstanbul.
29.Sütlaş M, (2000) Hasta ve Hasta Yakını Hakları, Berdan Matbaacılık, İstanbul
30.Velioğlu P, Babadağ K, (1992) Hemşirelik Tarihi ve Deontolojisi, Anadolu Üniversitesi Yayınları, Eskişehir.
31.Tepe H, (1998) Bir Felsefe Dalı Olarak Etik, Doğu Batı Düşünce Dergisi, Yıl:1, Sayı:4.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
The historical process of ethics
Week 2 - Theoretical
The historical process of ethics in the field of mental health nursing
Week 3 - Theoretical
The importance of ethics in the field of mental health nursing
Week 4 - Theoretical
Ethics and ethics-related concepts
Week 5 - Theoretical
Ethical Principles, theories
Week 6 - Theoretical
Ethical Problems
Week 7 - Theoretical
Ethical decision-making process
Week 8 - Theoretical
Ethical issues in special circumstances related to mental health
Week 9 - Theoretical
Ethical issues in special circumstances related to mental health (Midterm Exam)
Week 10 - Theoretical
Ethical dilemmas in the field of mental health
Week 11 - Theoretical
Malpractice or negligence in the field of psychiatry
Week 12 - Preparation Work
Patients' rights in psychiatric patients
Week 13 - Theoretical
Ethical legal issues in the field of mental health
Week 14 - Theoretical
Ethical practices of psychiatric nursing
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
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