2024
Community Health
Name: Community Health
Code: ENF14458L
6 ECTS
Duration: 15 weeks/156 hours
Scientific Area:
Nursing
Teaching languages: Portuguese
Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese
Regime de Frequência: Presencial
Presentation
The integral contents of the UC allow us to understand the current dynamics of community nursing.
Sustainable Development Goals
Learning Goals
Understand the current dynamics of community nursing
Acquire knowledge that enhances the capacity for designing and providing care in the community
Understand the organization of CSP integrated in the NHS
Understand the need, nature and scope of health promotion and education programs
Know the priority health programs
Acquire knowledge about nutrition and dietetics and its influence on the health/disease process throughout the life cycle
Knowing the PNV and central issues of vaccination
Develop capacity for planning, executing, and evaluating the nursing consultation
Use the technical guidelines of the DGS in providing care in the community
Know the basic principles of occupational health nursing
Deepen critical thinking skills in analyzing and solving community health problems
Develop self-learning skills and use the evidence available in response to community care
Acquire knowledge that enhances the capacity for designing and providing care in the community
Understand the organization of CSP integrated in the NHS
Understand the need, nature and scope of health promotion and education programs
Know the priority health programs
Acquire knowledge about nutrition and dietetics and its influence on the health/disease process throughout the life cycle
Knowing the PNV and central issues of vaccination
Develop capacity for planning, executing, and evaluating the nursing consultation
Use the technical guidelines of the DGS in providing care in the community
Know the basic principles of occupational health nursing
Deepen critical thinking skills in analyzing and solving community health problems
Develop self-learning skills and use the evidence available in response to community care
Contents
1.Current Dynamics of Community Nursing
2. Primary Health Care in the Portuguese National Health System
3. Health promotion and disease prevention
4. Health education
5. Health Planning and Community Intervention
6. The National Health Plan
7. Priority Health Programs
8. Nutrition and dietetics: Food and Nutrients, Nutrition in the life cycle and its influence on health/disease process. Nursing in nutritional intervention: normal nutrition and dietetic modifications
9. Vaccination, PNV and extra PNV vaccines
10. The nursing consultation
11. The technical guidelines of the DGS
12. Community resource management
13. Occupational health nursing
2. Primary Health Care in the Portuguese National Health System
3. Health promotion and disease prevention
4. Health education
5. Health Planning and Community Intervention
6. The National Health Plan
7. Priority Health Programs
8. Nutrition and dietetics: Food and Nutrients, Nutrition in the life cycle and its influence on health/disease process. Nursing in nutritional intervention: normal nutrition and dietetic modifications
9. Vaccination, PNV and extra PNV vaccines
10. The nursing consultation
11. The technical guidelines of the DGS
12. Community resource management
13. Occupational health nursing
Teaching Methods
Methodologies will be selected that encourage the acquisition of knowledge and skills by students, based on a research work, reflection, critical questioning and continuous analysis.
Individual and group work spaces will also be created, within each block of subjects, using guided reading techniques, classroom debates and bibliographic research. Laboratory practical classes will be scheduled in due time. The method used in these classes will be the simulation of the nursing consultation and the development of Health Education sessions.
The assessment regime includes continuous assessment and examination regime in accordance with the Academic Regulation of the University of Évora (RAUE).
For students who opt for the continuous assessment regime, two assessment moments are foreseen (Written test: 70%; Laboratory Practical classes assessment: 30%)
Students who do not obtain a grade equal to or greater than 9,5 points are subject to examination.
Individual and group work spaces will also be created, within each block of subjects, using guided reading techniques, classroom debates and bibliographic research. Laboratory practical classes will be scheduled in due time. The method used in these classes will be the simulation of the nursing consultation and the development of Health Education sessions.
The assessment regime includes continuous assessment and examination regime in accordance with the Academic Regulation of the University of Évora (RAUE).
For students who opt for the continuous assessment regime, two assessment moments are foreseen (Written test: 70%; Laboratory Practical classes assessment: 30%)
Students who do not obtain a grade equal to or greater than 9,5 points are subject to examination.
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