Information Package / Course Catalogue
Pediatric Emergency Nursing
Course Code: ÇSH624
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

Aims of this course to gain current knowledge to manage emergency nursing care of child acute or chronic health problems according to the family-centered approach and ethical principles

Course Content

This course includes general standards of the pediatric emergency units, pediatric nurses' roles and responsibilities, managing care of the child with emergency or critical problems, analyzing data for solving the patient's problem, legal and ethical principles at emergency patient management.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.To define the critical care needs
2.To manage the emergency patient care as needed
3.To follow the new approach to emergency care
4.To define the critical care needs
5.To manage the emergency patient care as needed
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Null (2003). Core Curriculum for Pediatric Emergency Nursing. Jones & Bartlett Learning.
2.Karaböcüoğlu M, Uzel N, Yılmaz L (2004). Çocuk Acil Tıp Kitabı. Çapa Tıp Kitabevi, İstanbul.
3.Curley MAQ, Moloney-Harmon PA. (2001) Critical Care Nursing, 2nd Edition, Saunders, Philadelphia.
4.McKinney ES, James SR, Murray SS, Ashwill JW. (2009). Maternal-Child Nursing. Saunders, Philadelphia.
5.Fleisher GR, Ludwig S, Henretig FM. Textbook of Pediatric Emergency Medicine. Lippincott, 4th ed., Philadelphia, 1999.
6.Pillitteri A. Child Health Nursing (Care of Child and Family), 1. Ed., Lippincott. Comp, Philadelphia, New York Baltimore. 1999.
7.Wong DL, et al. Wong’s Essentials of Pediatric Nursing. Mosby, 6th ed., St. Louis, 2001.
8.Cartwright, C.C., Wallace, D.C. (2017). Nursing Care of the Pediatric Neurosurgery Patient. Springer International Publishing AG.
9.Ertuğrul S, Yolbaş İ. (2021). Pediatrik Acil Tıp. İstanbul: İstanbul Tıp Kitabevleri.
10.Sönmez Düzkaya, D., Uysal, G., Bozkurt, G. (2023). Çocuk Sağlığını Değerlendirme. Ankara: Ankara Nobel Tıp Kitapevleri.
11.Burns, C.E., Dunn, A.M., Brady, M.A., Starr, N.B. et al. (2016). Pediatric Primary Care, 6th Edition. Elsevier.
12.Sönmez Düzkaya, D., Kuğuoğlu, S. (2021). Çocuk Acil Hemşireliği. 1. baskı. Ankara: Ankara Nobel Kitabevleri.
13.Jeffries, D., Visser, L.S. (2021). Access Guide for Pediatric Emergencies Providing Expert Nursing Care. (E-Book). Springer publishing.
14.Kışlal, F.M. (2019). Çocuk Acile Hızlı Bakış. Akademisyen Kitabevi.
15.Kahriman, İ., Karadeniz, H., Şahin, A., Tatlı, Ö. (2018). Çocukluk Çağı Kazalarına Acil Yaklaşım. Ankara: Akademisyen Kitabevi.
16.Polat, S., Şener Taplak, A. (2022). Pediatrik Olgular ve Hemşirelik Bakımı. Antalaya: Antalya Nobel Kitabevi.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Standards and specifications of the Pediatric Emergency unit, the roles and responsibilities of pediatric nurses at emergency unit
Week 2 - Theoretical
Basic and advanced life support in children
Week 3 - Theoretical
Child patient's respiratuary emergency issues and nursing care
Week 4 - Theoretical
Child patient's cardiovascular emergency issues and nursing care
Week 5 - Theoretical
Child patient's neurological emergency issues and nursing care
Week 6 - Theoretical
Child patient's GIS and GUS emergency issues and nursing care
Week 7 - Theoretical
Emergency management of children with trauma
Week 8 - Theoretical
Emergency management of children with trauma (continued)
Week 9 - Theoretical
Child patient's endocrine emergency issues and nursing care
Week 10 - Theoretical
Child patient's hemato-oncology emergency issues and nursing care
Week 11 - Theoretical
Emergency treatment of poisoning children
Week 12 - Theoretical
Identify and approach the child abuse and neglect
Week 13 - Theoretical
Ethical issues in pediatric emergency unit
Week 14 - Theoretical
Patient safety in pediatric emergency unit
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Presentation1%10
Assignment1%10
Midterm Examination1%10
Final Examination1%70
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory142256
Assignment28220
Presentation 18210
Midterm Examination1628
Final Examination18210
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)104
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
PÇ-2
PÇ-3
PÇ-4
PÇ-5
PÇ-6
PÇ-7
PÇ-8
PÇ-9
OÇ-1
2
2
1
3
1
1
OÇ-2
1
1
2
2
1
OÇ-3
1
OÇ-4
3
2
3
2
1
OÇ-5
2
2
1
2
3
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026