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Description of Individual Course Units| Course Unit Code | Course Unit Title | Type of Course Unit | Year of Study | Semester | Number of ECTS Credits | | HEM729 | FORENSIC NURSING | Elective | 3 | 5 | 2 |
| | Level of Course Unit | | First Cycle | | Objectives of the Course | | This course aims to use the knowledge of nursing and forensic sciences in the evaluation and care of individuals in physical, psychological and social violence and trauma. | | Name of Lecturer(s) | | | Learning Outcomes | | 1 | Defines the basic concepts of forensic medicine and forensic nursing practice | | 2 | Knows the legal regulations about health and nursing | | 3 | Knows the practice areas of forensic nursing and the roles and responsibilities of the nurse. | | 4 | Explains legal problems in individual, family and community health and health practices (Violence, forensic events against risky groups, malpractice). | | 5 | Explain the process of systematic collection of forensic evidence (gathering evidence, maintaining evidence integrity, recording, reporting) | | 6 | Explain the elements of medical and forensic examination (history taking from the patient, physical examination, genital examination, forensic evidence collection) |
| | Mode of Delivery | | Formal Education | | Prerequisites and co-requisities | | - | | Recommended Optional Programme Components | | - | | Course Contents | | Lesson; forensic knowledge, nursing responsibilities in forensic cases, evaluation, support and care of the individual in violence and trauma, crime scene investigation, forensic evidence collection, storage, transmission to the relevant units and forensic records. | | Weekly Detailed Course Contents | |
| 1 | Basic concepts in forensic science | | | | 2 | Concepts related to forensic nursing practice | | | | 3 | Regulations on forensic medicine and nursing | | | | 4 | Regulations on forensic medicine and nursing | | | | 5 | Historical development of forensic nursing and working areas, roles and responsibilities of forensic nursing | | | | 6 | The concept of violence: Definitions, types, risky groups and forensic nursing practice | | | | 7 | Forensic problems and nursing in health practice: Malpractice | | | | 8 | Forensic issues and nursing in health practice: Cases related to patients in emergency units. | | | | 9 | Forensic problems and nursing in individual, family and community health: Identification of risky groups
Forensic events related to children and adolescents | | | | 10 | Forensic cases related to elderly individuals | | | | 11 | Systematic collection of forensic evidence and maintaining its integrity | | | | 12 | Systematic collection of forensic evidence and maintaining its integrity | | | | 13 | Registration and reporting of forensic health issues | | | | 14 | course evaluation | | |
| | Recommended or Required Reading | | Amar AF, Sekula LK (2016). A Practical Guide to Forensic NursingSigma Teta Tau International. Indianapolis USA.
Lynch, V, A (2005) Forensic Nursing. Elsevier Health Sciences, USA
American Nurses association (2009). Forensic Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice. Silver Spring, MD: Nursesbookks.org
Virginia A. Lynch, V, A. , Janet Barber Duval J, B. (2011) . Forensic Nursing Science. 2 edition. Mosby , USA4-Hammer, R. (2005), Forensic Nursing: A Handbook for Practice. 1 edition Jones & Bartlett Publishers, USA
Potter AP, Perry AG, Stockert PA, Hall AM, Ostendorf WR, eds. (2017). Fundamentals of Nursing. 9th ed. St Louis, Missouri: Elseiver.
Weber JN, Kelley JH (2018). Health Assessment in Nursing. Sixth Edition. Wolters Kluwer Health.New York. | | Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods | | | Assessment Methods and Criteria | |
| Midterm Examination | 1 | 100 | | SUM | 100 | |
| Final Examination | 1 | 100 | | SUM | 100 | | Term (or Year) Learning Activities | 40 | | End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities | 60 | | SUM | 100 |
| | Language of Instruction | | | Work Placement(s) | | - |
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| Midterm Examination | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Final Examination | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Report Preparation | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Individual Study for Mid term Examination | 5 | 2 | 10 | | Individual Study for Final Examination | 14 | 2 | 28 | |
| Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes | | LO1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | LO2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | LO3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | LO4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | LO5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | LO6 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | |
| | * Contribution Level : 1 Very low 2 Low 3 Medium 4 High 5 Very High |
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