Information Package / Course Catalogue
Surgical Intensive Care Nursing
Course Code: CHH622
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: Third Cycle (Doctorate 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 is intented to explain the basic concepts of intensive care nursing, to know the monitoring in the intensive care unit, to know the underlying problems in patient care in intensive care units, to establish the relationship between the ethical principles and the intensive care, to have knowledge and skills in the nursing managment of surgical intensive care patient.

Course Content

Design and Organization/Applications of the Intensive Care Unit, Intensive Care Unit Patient Acceptance / Applications, Physiological and Psychological Changes/ Applications In Intensive Care Patient, Hemodynamic Monitoring / Applications In Intensive Care Patient, Intensive Care in a Patient with Delirium / Applications, Intensive Care Unit Patient Transfer / Practice, The Patient's Discharge /Applications In Intensive Care Unit, Invasive and Noninvasive Mechanical Ventilation Applications, Care Patients In Mechanical Ventilation / Practice, Infections in the intensive Care Unit / Practice, Nursing Care in Multiple Organ Failure/Application, Requirements of the Patient and Family In The Intensive Care Unit Nursing / Practice

Name of Lecturer(s)
Assoc. Prof. Nurdan GEZER
Learning Outcomes
1.Be able to define the basic concepts and principles related to the intensive care unit.
2.Be able to evaluate ICU patients as comprehensive.
3.Be able to define the needs of critically ill, can analyze and synthesize priorities, plan maintenance
4.Be able to understand the role of the nurse in the intensive care team.
5.Be able to understand the role of the nurse in the intensive care team.
6.Be able to understand and apply the current knowledge and skills necessary for critical care nursing practice.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Çelik S. (ed).Erişkin Yoğun Bakım hastalarında Temel Sorunlar ve Hemşirelik Bakımı, Nobel Tıp Kitabevi,İstanbul,2014
2.Akpir K., Tuğrul S.(eds). Klinik Yoğun Bakım. İstanbul Tıp Kitabevi, İstanbul, 2009
3.Akyolcu N, Aksoy G, Kanan N. (eds). Cerrahi Hemşireliği Uygulama Rehberi. İstanbul Tıp Kitabevi, İstanbul, 2011.
4.Anğ Ö, Derbentli Ş. İnfeksiyon Kontrolü: Temel Kavramlar ve Eğitim. 2. Baskı, Nobel Tıp Kitabevi; 2003
5.Doğanay M, Ünal S. Hastane İnfeksiyonları. Hastane İnfeksiyonu Derneği Yayın No:1, Bilimsel Tıp Kitabevi, 2003.
6.Erdemir F. Hemşirelik Tanıları El Kitabı. Nobel Tıp Kitabevi, İstanbul, 2005
7.Erdil F, Bayraktar N. Hemşireler İçin Sıvı-Elektrolit ve Asit Baz Dengesinin ABC’si. Aydoğdu Ofset, Ankara, 2004.
8.Şahinoğlu H. Yoğun Bakım Komplikasyonları. Nobel Tıp Kitabevleri, İstanbul, 2008.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Design And Organization Of The Intensive Care Unit
Week 2 - Theoretical
Intensive Care Unit Patient Acceptance
Week 3 - Theoretical
Physiological And Psychological Changes In The Intensive Care Patient
Week 4 - Theoretical
Hemodynamic Monitoring In Intensive Care Patient
Week 5 - Theoretical
Delirium In The Intensive Care Patient
Week 6 - Theoretical
Transfer Of Intensive Care Unit Patient
Week 7 - Theoretical
Transfer Of Intensive Care Unit Patient
Week 8 - Theoretical
Invasive And Noninvasive Mechanical Ventilation Applications/Midterm
Week 9 - Theoretical
Patient's Care In The Mechanical Ventilation
Week 10 - Theoretical
Infections In The Intensive Care Unit
Week 11 - Theoretical
Nursing Care In Multiple Organ Failure
Week 12 - Theoretical
Discharge Of The Patient From The Intensive Care Unit
Week 13 - Theoretical
Requirements Of Patient And Family In The Intensive Care Unit
Week 14 - Theoretical
Ethical Issues And Approaches In The Intensive Care Unit Nursing
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory140228
Assignment210224
Midterm Examination115217
Final Examination125227
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)96
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Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026