Nursing is an indispensable healthcare system around the world, encompassing a series of interrelated and organized steps to provide patient care. This role requires flexibility in working, good thinking, and effective communication with patients to understand their needs and interests, and then organizing their treatment. The nurse is responsible for planning and executing the necessary healthcare for each patient individually and is also responsible for monitoring developments and changes that affect the patient’s health and taking them into account when providing service.
If you want to be a successful nurse, you must continuously stay updated on technological advancements in this field and develop your effective communication skills while adhering to the ethical principles of the profession.
The duration of nursing studies at Turkish universities is four years, during which students gain the latest knowledge and practical skills through hands-on application and professional training within university hospitals.
Mission of Nursing Graduates
Providing care, rehabilitation, and prevention services for complications that threaten patients’ lives, helping them recover and return to their normal lives, thereby reducing mortality and contributing to the rapid recovery of patients. Nurses are active members of the healthcare team in various hospitals, institutions, and health centers.
Curriculum for Nursing
The academic content of the nursing program varies from one university to another, so please review the academic content by visiting the website of the university where you wish to study to learn the details. Here is the academic content according to one of the Turkish universities.
First Academic Year
- Basic Concepts of Nursing, Health, and Environment
- Courses in Anatomy
- Biology
- Clinical Applications
- Biological Basis of Behavior
- Psychology and Communication Skills
Second Academic Year
- Skills and Fundamentals of Nursing Process
- Professional Communication Issues and Common Health Problems
- Microbiology and Microbial Formation
- Physiology
- Metabolism
- Genetics and Classification of Microorganisms
- Disease Classification and Diagnosis
- Patient Treatment Acceptance Methods
- Preparation of Patient Units and Infection Control
Third Academic Year
- Healthcare
- Issues Facing Patients and Their Families
- Basic Healthcare Skills for Patients
- Nursing Ethics
- Genetic Studies
- Reproductive Health
- Biostatistics
- Entrepreneurship and Project Culture
Fourth Academic Year
- Issues Affecting the Individual, Family, and Community
- Health Prevention
- Treatment and Rehabilitation
- Nursing Staff Management
- Legal and Ethical Issues in Management
Career Opportunities for Nursing Graduates
Graduates have many job opportunities in public and private health institutions both domestically and internationally, with many countries, especially Arab countries, requiring large numbers of skilled nurses to provide preventive, therapeutic, and rehabilitative health services to patients in:
- Hospitals
- Health centers
- Schools and universities
- Sports institutions
