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Pain Management In Nursing

Course Code	: YBH523
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	: 3

Objectives of the Course

The purpose of this course is to enable nurses to better understand the experience of pain, to provide appropriate assessment and ethical interventions for pain, and to consider issues related to opioid use.

Course Content

Basic concepts of pain, types of pain, nursing care

Name of Lecturer(s)

Lec. Süreyya BULUT

Learning Outcomes

1.	Understand the basic theoretical concepts of pain and its nature
2.	General state of health of the individual's pain can describe the relationship between efficacy and disease
3.	Know pharmacological and non-pharmacological pain related applications and apply to the profession
4.	Know the types of pain, plans for painful individuals and families with the necessary training and practice
5.	Know the types of pain.

Recommended or Required Reading

1.	Eti Aslan F. Ağrı Doğası ve Kontrolü. I. Basım, Avrupa Tıp Kitapçılık Ltd. Şti. İstanbul, 2006
2.	Knopp-Sihota, J. A., MacGregor, T., Reeves, J. T. H., Kennedy, M., & Saleem, A. (2022). Management of Chronic Pain in Long-Term Care: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 23(9), 1507–1516.e0. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jamda.2022.04.008
3.	Management Association, I. (Ed.). (2020). Alternative Pain Management: Solutions for Avoiding Prescription Drug Overuse. IGI Global. http://doi:10.4018/978-1-7998-1680-5
4.	Management Association, I. (Ed.). (2020). Alternative Pain Management: Solutions for Avoiding Prescription Drug Overuse. IGI Global. http://doi:10.4018/978-1-7998-1680-5
5.	Zambelli Z, Halstead EJ, Iles R, Fidalgo AR, Dimitriou D. The 2021 NICE guidelines for assessment and management of chronic pain: A cross-sectional study mapping against a sample of 1,000* in the community. Br J Pain. 2022 Aug;16(4):439-449. doi: 10.1177/20494637221083837.
6.	WHO Guidelines for the pharmacological and radiotherapeutic management of cancer pain in adults and adolescents (https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789241550390)

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week 1 - Theoretical

Pain İn Historical Period, Pain Control And Perception And Affecting Factors

Week 2 - Theoretical

Pain Epidemiology

Week 3 - Theoretical

Pain Mechanism

Week 4 - Theoretical

Classification Of Pain

Week 5 - Theoretical

Pain Assessment

Week 6 - Theoretical

Pharmacological And Non-Pharmacological Methods Of Pain Treatment

Week 7 - Theoretical

Cancer pain and management

Week 8 - Theoretical

Pain Control Methods(Midterm)

Week 9 - Theoretical

Diagnosis And Treatment Procedures Related Pain, Postoperative Pain

Week 10 - Theoretical

Pain İn Special Cases, (chest pain, Trauma, Burns And Etc.)

Week 11 - Theoretical

Pain in special age periods (child, elderly, pregnancy, etc.)

Week 12 - Theoretical

Case Study

Week 13 - Theoretical

Case Study

Week 14 - Theoretical

Case Study

Assessment Methods and Criteria

Type of Assessment	Count	Percent
Midterm Examination	1	%40
Final Examination	1	%60

Workload Calculation

Activities	Count	Preparation	Time	Total Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory	13	2	1	39
Midterm Examination	9	1	1	18
Final Examination	9	1	1	18
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)				75

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	4	4	4	4	4	2	4	4
OÇ-2	4	4	4	4	4	2	4	4
OÇ-3	4	4	4	4	4	2	4	4
OÇ-4	4	4	4	4	4	2	4	4
OÇ-5	4	4	4	4	4	2	4	4

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