Basic Information
Course Name:
Deontology and Ethics in Nursing
Language of Instruction:
Turkish
Instructor:
Prof. Dr. Ayla GÜRSOY
Course Objectives
The course aims to enable nursing students to comprehend the historical development of the nursing profession; to acquire knowledge of nursing-related laws, regulations, and ethical concepts; to develop awareness and sensitivity towards ethical issues they will encounter in professional practice; and to analyse ethical problems and explain ethical decision-making processes.
Course Content
The philosophy and historical foundations of the nursing profession, the roles and responsibilities of nurses, the legal responsibilities of nurses, malpractice, ethical principles, ethical values, nursing codes of ethics, human/child and patient rights, ethical decision-making processes, ethical dimensions in new treatment interventions, and the interdisciplinary team approach.
Prerequisites / Corequisites
There are no prerequisites for this course.
Course Books / Materials / Recommended Resources
1. Akdur, R., & Aydın, E. (2003). Tıbbi etik ve meslek tarihi (2. baskı). Feryal Matbaacılık.2. Alpar, Ş. E., Bahçecik, N., & Karabacak, Ü. (Çeviri Ed.). (2013). Çağdaş hemşirelikte etik. İstanbul Tıp Kitabevi.3. Erdemir Demirhan, A., Oğuz, Y., Elçioğlu, Ö., & Doğan, H. (2001). Klinik etik. Nobel Tıp Kitabevi.4. Fry, T. S. (2000). Hemşirelik uygulamalarında etik (B. Bağ, Çev.). Aktif Yayınevi.5. Karadağ, A., Çalışkan, N., & Baykara, Z. G. (Ed.). (2017). Hemşirelik teorileri ve modelleri. Akademi Basım ve Yayıncılık. 6. Sucu, G., Dicle, A., & Saka, O. (2012). Hemşirelikte klinik karar vermeyi etkileyen etmenler ve karar verme modelleri. Hemşirelikte Eğitim ve Araştırma Dergisi, 9(1), 52-60.7. 7. Terakye, G., & Ocakçı, F. (2013). Etik konulardan seçmeler. İstanbul Tıp Kitabevi. 8. Türk Hemşireler Derneği. (2015). Hemşireler için etik ilke ve sorumluluklar. http://www.turkhemsirelerdernegi.org.tr/Upload/hemsire%20brosur.pdf
Academic Integrity and Artificial Intelligence
Academic integrity violations are not limited to cheating. They also include unauthorised citation, fabricating information, assisting others in acts of academic dishonesty, submitting a previously used work without the instructor's knowledge, and interfering with other students' academic work. Any of the actions listed above constitutes a serious academic violation and will result in disciplinary action.In addition, submitting content generated by artificial intelligence tools (ChatGPT, Claude, etc.) as assignments, case analyses, or examination work without proper attribution is considered academic fraud. When AI tools are utilised, this must be explicitly stated in the work, specifying at which stage and in what manner the AI was used. Since the development of ethical reasoning and critical thinking — which are core learning outcomes of the nursing ethics course — requires the production of original work, excessive reliance on artificial intelligence also poses a serious risk to professional competence.