Information Package / Course Catalogue
Health Assesment Methods
Course Code: HES534
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

In this course students obtain data identify to individual's actual and potential health problems and to determine nursing diagnoses and intended to do health assessment with obtained data.

Course Content

Overview to health assesment, data collection, physical examination methods, general assesment,, assesment of skin, hair, nail, eye, head and neck, ear-noise assesment, breast assesment, lungs ve respiratory assesment, cardiovasculer system assesment, abdomen assesment, muskuloskletal system assesment, neurologic system assesment,

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.Understanding the basics of medical diagnosis
2.Know the methods of data collection
3.Know the methods of physical examination
4.Be able to general evaluation of the individual
5.Be able to examine the individual's skin, hair and nails
6.Be able to examine the individual's eye, head and neck, ear, nose and throat to assess
7.Be able to examine breast
8.Be able to examine the thorax and lungs
9.Be able to examine cardiovascular system
10.Be able to examine abdomen
11.Be able to examine musculoskeletal
12.Be able to examine neurological system
Recommended or Required Reading
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Overview to health assesment and Data collection
Week 2 - Theoretical
Physical examination methods
Week 3 - Theoretical
Genereal assesment
Week 4 - Theoretical
Skin, hair, nailassesment
Week 5 - Theoretical
Eye, Head and neck , Ear-noise assesment
Week 6 - Theoretical
Eye, Head and neck , Ear-noise assesment
Week 7 - Theoretical
Breast Assesment
Week 8 - Theoretical
Lungs ve respiratory assesment (Midterm exam)
Week 9 - Theoretical
Lungs ve respiratory assesment, Cardiovasculer system assesment
Week 10 - Theoretical
Cardiovasculer system assesment
Week 11 - Theoretical
Abdomen assesment
Week 12 - Theoretical
Abdomen assesment
Week 13 - Theoretical
Muskuloskletal system assesment
Week 14 - Theoretical
Neurologic system assesment
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Presentation1%20
Midterm Examination1%20
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory142256
Midterm Examination115217
Final Examination125227
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)100
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Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026