Issues in regional and global practice and developments related to medical nursing are oriented to meet individual student needs.

This course aims to provide the student with the knowledge and skills on epidemiology, risk factors, physiopathology, classification, treatment methods and early diagnosis of cancer as well as care of the cancer patient, symptom control, and support of the patient and the family. The student will examine epidemiology, the definition and historical developments of cancer around the world and in Türkiye, carcinogenesis and classification of cancers, the systemic examination, precipitating factors, symptoms, diagnosis, rehabilitation, care and treatment methods of cancer, symptom control and care in cancer patients, preventive health services, current progress and nurses? responsibilities, cancer emergencies, self-care and quality of life in cancer patients, protecting caregivers of cancer patients, problems of terminally-ill cancer patients and relatives, and case presentations.

In this course the student will examine the prevention of health problems within the framework of internal medical nursing through the promotion of healthy life-style behavior, early diagnosis, effective treatment and management of illness.

Issues in global and country-wide developments and current practices in women?s health nursing are oriented to meet individual student needs.

The aim of this course is to help the student develop the skill to assess and provide care during and after the labour and delivery process, perform delivery, and provide the mother and newborn with preliminary post-natal care. The student is expected to gain theoretical knowledge about normal labor & delivery processes, assess cervical dilatation and effacement, monitor the infusion of induction, assess fetal positioning, presentation and engagement, assess uterine contractions during labour, monitor and evaluate NST (non-stress test)/OCT (oxytocin challenge test), perform delivery, newborn, and perineum care, provide breastfeeding guidance, uterine involution follow-up and physical assessment of the newborn.

This course aims to provide the student with the knowledge and skills in the fields of prevention, early diagnosis and effective management of diabetes.

The student is expected to gain teaching experience in pediatric nursing within the scope of basic concepts, principles and methods of clinical training and education in the field.

In this course the student will examine the role of the pediatric nurse as care-giver, counselor and educator: nursing diagnosis of the physical, emotional and social responses of the family and the child to acute and chronic health problems, and the planning and application of nursing care towards the needs of the family and the child.

In this course the student will examine global and regional aspects of child health, children?s health education, basic health services, child health nursing, current status, dependent and independent functions, crisis situations and the child, nursing and the family, needs of hospitalized children, chronically ill children and the family, multidisciplinary and family-centered approaches.

In this course the student will examine nursing care in relation to reproductive health: adolescence, prevention, treatment and care of sexually transmitted diseases, common infections in women, miscarriage and women?s health, menopause, cancer in women, women in old-age health and nursing care, and osteoporosis. The student is also expected to learn current knowledge in topics related to women?s place in society such as gender roles, women?s health in Türkiye, international meetings about women?s issues and reflections on Türkiye, women?s rights, health issues in women, violence and women, women in politics, religion, urbanization and the workplace.