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 develop the skill to use the knowledge that he/she achieves during the courses of Fundamentals of Nursing I and II, during the education and evaluation of the students taking the course of Fundamentals of Nursing. Within the scope of the course the student is expected to participate in laboratory practice with the lecturer along with other student who are participating in the Clinical Practice for the first time and achieve the skill of evaluation associated with the laboratory and the clinical practice.

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 will examine paradigms used for nursing research, analysis of research in areas of interest to nursing, critical appraisal of research methods and data to discuss evidence to be used in practice, determine a research topic, and conduct research.

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.

This course focuses on health-care management of the child and the adolescent using specific theory and research outcomes for the protection, promotion and regainment of health. The students are expected to develop the skills to practice and conduct research in this field.

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 understand the basic principles and importance of genetic counseling, to comprehend common gene disorders, their hereditary characteristics and the importance of prenatal diagnostic tests in genetic disease, to learn the standard symbols, representations and terms used in pedigrees and to be able to perform a complete pedigree, and to perform risk assessment and counseling in hereditary cancers (breast,ovarian,-colorectal cancer, etc.).

In this course the student will examine the thematic and theoretical evolution of qualitative research in health and social sciences, the contribution of qualitative research to scientific progress, and the importance of the ethical dimension in qualitative research. The student is expected to develop the skills to plan, conduct and write a final report for a qualitative research project.

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.

Principles of ethics in biomedical research including studies on experimental animals, human and patient rights, ethics in clinical research and publication ethics will be discussed, together with national and international examples.

Methods for measurements on physiological systems. Fundamental concepts of electricity, transducers, bioelectric amplifiers, monitoring and recording systems, errors in instrumental measurement, interference by 50 Hz and its prevention, physiological effects of electrical current and prevention of electric shocks, computerized data-acquisition systems and signal analysis.

Basic terminology related to the human anatomy, configuration of the bodily systems such as musculoskeletal, cardiovascular, respiratory, gastrointestinal, urinary, reproductive and nervous systems. Includes laboratory practice.

The natural and acquired defense mechanisms of the host, structure and function of the immune cells and organs together with other factors involved. Immune system disorders and their consequences will also be discussed in general.

Research methodology including epidemiology and biostatistics. Development of scientific hypothesis, study design, data collection and management, descriptive and analytic statistics, correlation, multivariate analysis, and meta-analysis. Methodology in preparing scientific publications.

Basic information on structure, classification and pathogenity mechanisms of microorganisms which cause diseases in humans.

The basic epidemiological concepts, epidemiological research designs, analysis and evaluation of research results, analysis of the epidemic.

Rules in microbiology laboratories, bio-safety, properties of various types of microscopes and microbiological examination of microorganisms. Includes laboratory work.

The main objective of this course is to provide the students with practical skills on the main subjects of physiology and integrate theoretical and practical knowledge during medical physiology education. At the same time, the course will focus on teaching and practicing the methodologies that are widely used in the field of physiology research such as electrophysiology, western blot, immunofluorescence and rt-PCR as well as on learning the basics and implications of a number of applications including in vitro cell culture, in vivo animal models, and electrophysiology techniques on human beings.