Sociology for nursing NURS251
Course content
Unit I : Introduction to sociology (Ch.1 Neeraja)
Definition of sociology
Nature & scope of sociology
Relationship of sociology with nursing
Sociological research methods (survey, case study, opinion poll, questionnaire, observation, interview)
Unit II : Individual and society (Ch. 2 Neeraja)
Individualization
Society
Relationship between individual and society
Role of the nurses in Saudi society
Unit III : Culture and society (Ch. 3 Neeraja)
Definition of culture
Characteristics and types of culture
Differences between culture and civilization
Cultural beliefs and food beliefs
Social groups
Unit IV : Social institutions (Ch.11 Neeraja)
Definition, structure, function of social institutions
Marriage
Family
Religion
Education
Unit V : Social organization (Ch.12 Neeraja)
Definition, element and characteristics of social organization
Social pathology:
Social problems: nature, classification
Unit VI : Sociology of health and illness (Ch. 1 & 2 Clarke, Ch. 1, 2, 3 Nettleton)
Introduction to disease, illness, and health
Lay perspective to health, illness, disease
Illness behavior
Illness as deviance
Unit VII : Inequalities in health care (Ch. 7 Nettleton, Ch. 4 Clarke, Ch. 9 Macionis & Plummer)
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Sociology for nursing NURS251
Ways to measure health
Social class and life expectancy, mortality, morbidity
Reasons for health inequalities
Gender inequalities in health
Ethnic inequalities in health
Unit VII : Aging and society (Ch. 6 Clarke)
Aging population
Theoretical perspectives on old age
Physical effects of aging
Role of the nurse in aging society
Unit IX : Death and dying and bereavement (Ch. 7 Clarke)
The end of the life course
Death as a fact of life
Attitude to death and dying
Theories of death and dying
Islamic perspectives on death & dying
Unit X : Sociology changes and environment (Ch. 25 Macionis & Plummer)
Nature and patterns of social changes
Theories of social changes
Effect of social changes
Role of the nurse in social changes
Unit XI: sociology and social policy
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