In this course the student will examine the evolution of the concept of quality, the process of quality management, standardization of quality i.e. ISO and JCHO accreditation systems, participatory management approach, the concept of total quality management (TQM), the importance, basic principles, organizational structure, process; quality circle, quality management in nursing services and education, concepts related to change (power, authority, impact, authority), types and factors affecting change, needs assessment for change, change process, the role of a change agent, strategies of change, and the process of change in nursing management.

The aim of this course is to improve the students' leadership and management skills related to the implementation of the data collection, planning, organization, directing and control phases of the management process.

This course aims to provide the students with the capacity to discuss basic definitions and historical development of public health and public health nursing concepts, the role of the public health nurse, economic and cultural factors that affect health, environmental health issues, public health policies and various organizational models regarding the provision of health services.

This course discusses basic principles of epidemiology, application areas of epidemiological methods, data collection instruments, reporting and surveillance systems, infectious disease epidemiology, epidemiological criteria, field research, case control studies, cross-sectional studies, cohort studies and intervention studies.

This course discusses demographic population dynamics, demographic transformation, the effect of religion on health, globalization and its effect on nursing care, migration and effects on health, shanty housing, urbanization and health effects.

In this course, it is aimed for the student to understand the concept of ethics in nursing, its principles, declarations, laws and regulations, development process of ethics in nursing, ethics of nursing care, ethical dimension of researches and publications, properties of ethical dilemmas, the process of making ethical decisions. In the course, concepts related to ethics, bioethics, health ethics, ethical values in nursing, development of ethics in nursing, ethics of care, national/international declarations, laws and regulations related to nursing, ethical principles in nursing, research and publication ethics, properties of ethical dilemmas and the process of ethical decision making are focused on

This course provides a broad introduction to child abuse together with child neglect. In addition, the roles of families in child abuse and neglect will be covered along with active discussions on these topics. Other topics include discussions of investigations, reporting and treatment; as well as the nurses’ role in prevention and care of child abuse and neglect. Finally, students will be required to write projects on the overall knowledge gained on prevention of child abuse and neglect.

During this course, the basic characteristics of the nervous system,and the basic physiological processes of sensations of seeing, hearing, learning, emotional processes, eating, sleeping and sexual behaviours are discussed related with psychopathological content. Students are expected to prepare and present a case formulation and nursing intervention related to neurophysiological processes underlying patients’ behaviors and symptoms. Students will have discussions on mental disorders defined in DSM-V. Additionally, psychopharmacological agents prescribed for mental disorders and their effects on these physiological processes are evaluated. Students are expected to define the nurses’ roles and responsibilities during psychopharmacological treatments. By the end of the class, students will have a comprehension of the relationships between physiological processes and psychopathological symptomatology. The success is determined by a final examination.

In this course the student will develop the skills to apply nursing theories into practice, learn the epistemology and ontology of nursing, conduct literature reviews, and prepare critiques.

In this course the student willdiscuss the scientific evolution of nursing, philosophies of nursing theorists, nursing models, and explain the state of nursing over time.

Students will develop the skills and knowledge to apply nursing models into the fields of nursing education, management, practice and research, critically evaluate the models and conduct a clinical study based on a nursing model.

In this course the student will discuss the effects of the nature of knowledge underlying epistemological and ontological assumptions, laws, culture and gender roles on the old, current and future theories of women?s health nursing based on scientific research. In this course the students are expected to develop their own points of view in line with the theory.

This course aims to provide the student with the skills and knowledge to perform a biophsychological evaluation and to provide nursing care for the individual with infertility problems.

The aim of this course is to help students understand methods of using public health theories and models in research, applications and education; to enable students to develop appropriate solutions to problems in public health nursing by using these theories and models; to help them conduct critical evaluations of research and plan an original study.

The dissertation involves specialty level synthesis of the student?s knowledge and proficiency in defining the problem, methodological design, literature review, data collection and evaluation, statistical analysis of the data, submission of systematic progress reports and presentation of the completed study conducted in adherence to scientific ethical principles.

Main objective of this course is to teach the role of the endocrine system in controlling all systems of the body, with coordination with the nervous system. The similarities and the differences between the nervous and the endocrine systems with regard to the control of homeostasis will be analyzed. This class will focus on glandular secretions, the major endocrine glands and hormone-producing tissues and how their hormones govern body activities, metabolism and energy balance, control growth and development, and regulate operation of reproductive systems. This class aims to give an essential basic knowledge of endocrine physiology. On completion of this course the students will be aware of the effect of each hormone on its targeted tissue. The students will be able to explain negative and positive feedback mechanisms of hormones.

This course is non-credit and aims to increase the scientific interaction between students and improve their presentation skills with the participation of students from all interdisciplinary programs. The Seminar course which is consisting of presentation of the studies and researches in front of the community within the framework of the techniques determined with the guidance of the advisor, and question and answer part are graded each semester.

The structure of male and female reproductive systems at macroscopic and microscopic levels. Formation of the organs during the development of a human embryo. Lectures will be complemented by laboratory work.

Theoretical and practical aspects of working in a cell culture laboratory. Maintenance of a cell culture laboratory; problems and solutions.

Stem cells, which have potential to develop into many different cell types. Recent studies related to these cells. Clinical importance and laboratory applications.

This course is non-credit and aims to increase the scientific interaction between students and improve their presentation skills with the participation of students from all interdisciplinary programs. The Seminar course which is consisting of presentation of the studies and researches in front of the community within the framework of the techniques determined with the guidance of the advisor, and question and answer part are graded each semester.

Chief themes and events in modern history, roughly since 1848. Industrialization, the American Civil War, start of true globalization. The spread of westernization, the rivalries of the Great Powers, World War I. The spread of Americanization, the rise of Communism, the Russian Revolution; the peace-treaties of the period 1919, 1923 (Versailles to Lausanne).

The history, archaeology, art and architecture of societies and civilizations of the Mediterranean region from the prehistory until the 15th century AD. Focusing on the examination, discussion and analysis of the art, architecture, history and religion of various civilizations in Anatolia, Near East, the Levant, Northern Africa, Greece and western Mediterranean countries. Some basic questions such as exchange, continuity and discontinuity, trade, migration, traditions and innovations.