Information Package / Course Catalogue
Ethical Approaches in Newborn, and Child Health Nursing
Course Code: ÇSH628
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 in this course to provide information about the ethical and legal issues affecting newborn, children and adolescents, ethical problems and decision-making.

Course Content

This course includes the ethical and legal issues affecting newborn, children and adolescents, (parent's rights, child rights, privacy, etc.), ethical problems and decision-making.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.To discuss the ethical problems in newborn and child health nursing.
2.To examine newborn’s, child's and the patient’s rights.
3.To explain the receiving principles of informed consent the age group of children.
4.To explain the ethical principles in pediatric research.
5.To advocate for children and families in solving the ethical problems during the diagnosis, treatment and nursing care.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.McKinney ES, James SR, Murray SS, Ashwill JW. (2009). Maternal-Child Nursing. Saunders, Philadelphia.
2.Fleisher GR, Ludwig S, Henretig FM. Textbookof Pediatric Emergency Medicine. Lippincott, 4th ed.,Philadelphia, 1999.
3.Pillitteri A. Child Health Nursing (Care of Child and Family), 1. Ed.,Lippincott. Comp, Philadelphia, New York Baltimore. 1999.
4.Wong DL, et al. Wong’s Essentials of PediatricNursing. Mosby, 6th ed., St. Louis, 2001
5.Adams ED, Towle MA. (2009). Pediatric Nursing Care. Pearson Ed. Inc., New Jersey
6.Civaner M (Çeviriren). Dünya Hekimler Birliği Tıp Etiği Elkitabı. Dünya Hekimler Birliği, 2005.
7.sökmen A, Tarakçıoğlu S. Mesleki Etik: Etik – Yönetsel Etik – Sosyal Sorumluluk. Detay Yayıncılık, 2013.
8.Stapledon W.O. A Modern Theory of Ethics: A study of the Relations of Ethics and Psychology. eBooks@Adelaide, 2009.
9.www.unicef.org.tr
10.Kutbay, G., & Alan, S. (2020). Yenidoğan Ünitelerinin İşleyişinde Ortaya Çıkan Etik Durumlar. Mersin Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Lokman Hekim Tıp Tarihi Ve Folklorik Tıp Dergisi, 10(1), 37-46. https://doi.org/10.31020/mutftd.642376
11.Pek H. Yenidoğan ve çocuk hemşireliğinde yenilikçi yaklaşımların etik boyutu. Pek H, editör. Yenidoğan ve Çocuk Hemşireliğinde Yenilikçi Yaklaşımlar. 1. Baskı. Ankara: Türkiye Klinikleri; 2023. p.71-82.
12.Türk, G., Yılmaz, M., Kuğuoğlu, S., Avcı, Ö. (2023). Hemşirelik ve Pediatri Hemşireliğinde Etik: Ulusal Hemşirelik Tezleri Kapsamında Sistematik Derleme. Kırşehir Ahi Evran Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Dergisi, 7(1), 40-57.
13.Özbey H, Caner N, Özcan M. Yenidoğan etiği. Bayat M, editör. Yenidoğan Hemşireliği. 1. Baskı. Ankara: Türkiye Klinikleri; 2021. p.86- 91.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Nursing code of ethics
Week 2 - Theoretical
National programs affecting the Health of Children
Week 3 - Theoretical
Philosophical Foundations of Ethics Newborn
Week 4 - Theoretical
Neonatal Clinic Researches
Week 5 - Theoretical
Neonatal rights
Week 6 - Theoretical
Ethical issues in fetal-neonatal
Week 7 - Theoretical
Ethical issues in fetal-neonatal/MİDTERM
Week 8 - Theoretical
Children's rights and participation
Week 9 - Theoretical
Parental rights and participation
Week 10 - Theoretical
Privacy / confidentiality
Week 11 - Theoretical
Informed consent
Week 12 - Theoretical
Legal and ethical situations affecting young people - Pregnancy / Abortion / marriage / drug use
Week 13 - Theoretical
Cases and Ethic’s analysis
Week 14 - Theoretical
Cases and Ethic’s analysis / Course evaluation
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
2
2
2
2
OÇ-2
2
2
1
1
2
1
OÇ-3
1
OÇ-4
1
1
OÇ-5
1
1
1
1
1
2
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026