Information Package / Course Catalogue
Nursing Informatics
Course Code: HES543
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 provide the acquisition of knowledge and skills about the use of health informatics and information technologies in nursing practices, data processing, sharing and management

Course Content

Informatics and basic informatics terminology, health information systems, nursing informatics, informatics nursing, competencies, roles and training of nurses, use of informatics in nursing, electronic health records, telehealth, telemedicine, tele-nursing, developments of affecting nursing informatics, applications of nursing informatics in management, applications of nursing informatics in education, applications of nursing informatics in research, legal, political and ethical situations affecting health information systems, the future of informatics and nursing informatics in an international perspective

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.Examine the basic concepts of informatics and nursing informatics
2.Understands the importance of information technologies in the health system
3.Understands the importance of using information technologies in nursing
4.Knows the use of areas the nursing informatics.
5.Understands the competencies, roles and education of the informatics nurse.
6.Knows electronic health records
7.Uses basic information technology in nursing practices
8.Knows the legal, political and ethical situations regarding health information systems.
9.Knows nursing information applications in the international platform
Recommended or Required Reading
1.1. Göktuna, G., Arslan, G. G., & Özden, D. (2020). Türkiye'de Hemşirelik Bilişimi Üzerine Yapılan Araştırmalar: Bir Literatür İncelemesi (Researches on Nursing Informatics in Turkey: A Lıterature Review). Medical Sciences, 15(4), 99-110.
2.2. Kırkbir Buçan, İ., Kurt, T. (2020). Hemşirelik Bilişimi ve Karar Verme Sürecinde Klinik Karar Destek Sistemlerinin Önemi. (The Impotance of Clinical Decision Support Systems in Nursing Informatics and Decision Making), Hemşirelik Bilimi Dergisi, 3(3), 28-32
3.3. Olgun, Ş. (2019). Türkiye’de ve Asya-Avrupa ülkelerinde bilişim hemşireliği (Informatics Nursing in Turkey And Asian-European Countries). Van Sağlık Bilimleri Dergisi, 12(3), 35-40.
4.4. Massoudi, B. L., Marcial, L. H., Tant, E., Adler-Milstein, J., & West, S. L. (2016, June). Using health information exchanges to calculate clinical quality measures: A study of barriers and facilitators. In Healthcare (Vol. 4, No. 2, pp. 104-108). Elsevier.
5.5. Mutluay, E., & Özdemir, L. (2014). Sağlık Bilişim sistemleri kapsamında hemşirelik bilişiminin kullanımı (Use of Nursing Informatics within the Scope of Health Information Systems). Florence Nightingale Hemşirelik Dergisi, 22(3), 180-186.
6.6. Özel Özkul H., Ürkmez Özdemir D., Demiray S., Cebeci Z. (2014) Hemşirelik Bilişimi ve Hastane Bilgi Yönetimi Sistemi (Nursing Informatics and Hospital Management System), Okmeydanı Tıp Dergisi, 30(3): 158-160
7.7. Bilgiç Ş., Şendir M. (2014). Hemşirelik Bilişimi (Nursing Informatics), Cumhuriyet Hemşirelik Dergisi, 3(1): 24-28
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Informatics and basic informatics terminology
Week 2 - Theoretical
Health information systems
Week 3 - Theoretical
Nursing informatics
Week 4 - Theoretical
Informatics nursing, competencies, roles and training of nurses
Week 5 - Theoretical
Use of informatics in nursing
Week 6 - Theoretical
Electronic health records
Week 7 - Theoretical
Telehealth, telemedicine, telenursing
Week 8 - Theoretical
Developments of affecting nursing informatics (Midterm exam)
Week 9 - Theoretical
Applications of nursing informatics in management
Week 10 - Theoretical
Applications of nursing informatics in education
Week 11 - Theoretical
Applications of nursing informatics in research
Week 12 - Theoretical
The ethical situations affecting health information systems
Week 13 - Theoretical
The legal and political situations affecting health information systems
Week 14 - Theoretical
Applications of nursing informatics in research
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Presentation1%20
Midterm Examination1%20
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory142256
Individual Work52220
Midterm Examination1819
Final Examination110111
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)96
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026