Bursa Uludag University
Faculty of Health Sciences
About the Nursing Department
Nursing is an applied health discipline that integrates theory and practice for the purpose of protecting, maintaining, developing health and improving it in cases where health is impaired, has managed to renew itself with social, cultural, scientific and technological changes from the past to the present, approaches the patient and his/her family with a holistic approach, and provides health services to the individual, family and society. Nursing is a profession consisting of health science and art that deals with the physical, psychological, sociological, cultural and cultural aspects of the individual. Nurses are members of the profession who contribute to science with their scientific research in the field of health, practice their profession within the framework of ethical principles and legal regulations, and play a role in the formation and development of the country's health policies.
Bursa Uludağ University Nursing Department started its undergraduate education activities within the School of Health in 1996 with the decision of the Council of Ministers. Later, it was included in the Faculty of Health Sciences, which was established as a result of the closure of the School of Health with the decision of the Council of Ministers published in the Official Gazette dated 03.08.2016 and numbered 8969. In this department, a four-year undergraduate education is provided to provide professional knowledge and skills. In the first three years of the program, basic medical sciences, theoretical and practical courses specific to the field of nursing are given. In order to ensure that our students transfer the theoretical knowledge they have acquired in previous years to practice, to integrate theory and practice, and to prepare them for their professional lives after graduation, an internship application is carried out in the final year. The education program is carried out with the classical education model. In the laboratory applications of Fundamentals of Nursing, the theoretically explained knowledge is reinforced with active learning methods compatible with cognitive, affective and behavioral learning areas. Especially in the applications of practical courses in environments suitable for the student's learning objectives, learning is supported by using active learning methods.
In our university and our Nursing Department, all arrangements regarding the Bologna process have been completed and our graduates are also given an English diploma supplement that is valid at an international level. In addition to national and international student exchange programs, our students are offered the opportunity to benefit from double major and minor programs. In addition, there are Nursing Master's and Nursing Doctorate programs conducted by our faculty members at the Health Sciences Institute.
Our faculty has a faculty that follows scientific and technological developments, transfers the knowledge they have acquired to education and training processes, constantly improves themselves, has experience in education and training processes, and an administrative staff that contributes to the effective continuation of education and training processes of this staff. Our faculty's Nursing Department applied to HEPDAK (Association for Evaluation and Accreditation of Nursing Education Programs) in January 2022 for the evaluation and monitoring of undergraduate nursing education programs in line with continuously developing standards and continues its work in this direction. Our faculty's Nursing Program aims to train nurses who are aware of their duties and responsibilities towards their country, respectful of Atatürk's Principles and Revolutions, able to lead their environment, committed to ethical rules, respectful of human and patient rights, protecting and improving the health of individuals, families and society, providing professional nursing care and conducting scientific research at the end of the education and training process.
Aysel ÖZDEMİR, PhD, Professor
Head of Nursing Department
