Information Package / Course Catalogue
Safe Medication Practices
Course Code: HES530
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 is to provide maximum patient safety by understanding the purpose and importance of drug administration

Course Content

The purpose and importance of safe drug administration, the factors affecting safe medication administration, strategies and methods of safe medication administration, safe oral and parenteral medication administration, safe subcutane medication administration, safe intramuscular medication administration, safe intravenous medication administration

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.Examines the basic concepts of safe drug administration
2.Understands the purpose and importance of safe drug administration
3.Be aware of the factors affecting safe drug administration
4.Understands the strategies of safe drug administration
5.Be ready to provide maximum patient safety for each drug application
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Potter AP, Perry GA, Stockert AP, Hall MA, Fundamentals of nursing. 8nd Ed. Canada: Mosby, an Imprint of Elsevier Inc; 2013. p.908-911.
2.Phillips DL, Gorski L. Manual of I.V. Therapeutics, evidence-based practice for ınfusion therapy. 6nd Ed. Philadelphia: F.A. Davis Company; 2014. p.545-561.
3.Naomi PO, Mary A, Lillian AB, E. Patchen D, Jeffrey G, Stephen OH, Pamela AL, Henry M, Leonard AM, Michele LP, Issam IR, Adrienne GR, Mark ER, Sanjay S, the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC) (Appendix 1). Guidelines for the prevention of intravacular catheter-related infections. published by Oxford University press on behalt of the infectious diseases society of America. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2011; 52(9): 1087-1099337(7662): 122–123
4.Atabek Aşti T, Karadağ A. Hemşirelik esasları, hemşirelik bilim ve sanatı. İstanbul: Akademi Basın ve Yayıncılık. 2012. p.487-535.
5.Nicol N, Bavin C, Cronin P, Rawlings-Anderson K, Cole E, Hunter, J Essential Nursing Skills. Fourt edition. Mosby Elsevier, 2012
6.Craven, R. F. , Hirnle, C. & Jensen, S. (2015). Hemşirelik esasları insan sağlığı ve fonksiyonları (7). ( N. Uysal ve E. Çakırcalı, Çev. ). Ankara: Palmiye Yayınevi.
7.Ulusoy S, Görgülü S (2001). Hemşirelik Esasları- Temel Kuram Kavram, İlke ve Yöntemler. 5. Baskı, Cilt 1. TDFO Ltd. Şti, Ankara
8.ürk G.,Denat Y. (Ed.) (2017)Hemşirelik Bakımında Temel Beceriler, Akademi Basım, İstanbul, 2017.
9.Karagözoğlu Ş., Demiray A.Doğan P. (ed) Temel Hemşirelik Uygulama İçin Esaslar. Ankara Nobel Tıp Kitabevleri, Ankara, 2023
10.erman A., Snyder S., Fransen G. Kozier&Erb’s Fundamentas of Nursing Concepts Process and Practice. Thenth Edition New Jersey: Pearson Inc; 2016.
11.orski, L. Phillips's Manual of I.V. Therapeutics Evidence-Based Practice for Infusion Therapy Eighth Edition. USA: F.A. Davis Company:2023.
12.Türkiye İlaç ve Tıbbi Cihaz Kurumu. (2021). İlaç Kullanımı ve Güvenliği.https://www.titck.gov.tr/ilac-kullanimi-ve-guvenligi
13.ürkiye Cumhuriyeti Sağlık Bakanlığı. (2013). Sağlık Hizmetlerinde İlaç Uygulamaları Hakkında Yönerge. https://www.mevzuat.gov.tr/File/GeneratePdf?mevzuatNo=19578&mevzuatTur=KurumVeKurulusYonetmeligi&mevzuatTertip=5
14.erry, P. Ve Hall, S. Fundamentals Of Nursing 9. Edition. Kanada: Elsevier, 2017.
15.NCC MERP. About Medication Errors. https://www.nccmerp.org/about-medication-errors
16.Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP). (2018). ISMP Safety Posters.http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ismp.org%2Fresources%2Fismp-safety-posters&date=
17.Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP). (2015). Draft Guidelines for Safe Communication of Electronic Medication Information. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ismp.org%2Fguidelin es%2Fsafe-communication-electronic-medication-information-draft&date=
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Basic Concepts of Safe Drug Administration
Week 2 - Theoretical
Purpose And İmportance of Safe Drug Administration
Week 3 - Theoretical
Basic Factors Causing Medication Errors
Week 4 - Theoretical
Types of Medication Errors and Classification of Errors
Week 5 - Theoretical
Strategies of Safe Medication Administration
Week 6 - Theoretical
Strategies of Safe Medication Administration
Week 7 - Theoretical
Safe Medication Preparation and Safe Oral Medication Practices
Week 8 - Theoretical
Safe Local Drug Applications (Midterm Exam)
Week 9 - Theoretical
Safe Paranteral Medication Administration
Week 10 - Theoretical
Safe Intradermal and Subcutaneous Drug Applications
Week 11 - Theoretical
Safe İntramuscular Medication Administration
Week 12 - Theoretical
Safe İntramuscular Medication Administration
Week 13 - Theoretical
Safe İntravenous Medication Administration
Week 14 - Theoretical
Safe İntravenous Medication Administration
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Presentation1%20
Midterm Examination1%20
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory140228
Midterm Examination124125
Final Examination148149
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)102
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Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026