2024

Sleep Health

Name: Sleep Health
Code: ENF15787O
3 ECTS
Duration: 8 weeks/78 hours
Scientific Area: Nursing

Teaching languages: Portuguese
Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese
Regime de Frequência: B-learning

Sustainable Development Goals

Learning Goals

1. Understand the impact of sleep on health and well-being and recognize its relationship with lifestyle and the practice of integrative nursing.
2. To guide effective interventions, identify factors influencing sleep quality, including stress, diet, and physical activity.
3. Apply strategies to promote healthy sleep: use evidence-based techniques such as cognitive-behavioral therapy and integrative practices.

Contents

Physiology of sleep and its importance for health
Most common sleep disorders and their clinical implications
Factors that interfere with sleep
Relationship between sleep and stress
Strategies to improve sleep quality
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia
- Relaxation techniques and sleep hygiene
- Yoga for nurses (Theoretical-Practical Module)

Teaching Methods

The teaching methodology will be interactive expository (T), complemented by practical examples (TP) applied in a face-to-face context (workshops) and online (asynchronous sessions).
Different pedagogical resources will be used, including:
? Interactive teaching materials, developed to support online and offline learning.
? Practical cases and simulations, allowing the application of acquired knowledge, focusing on the assessment of sleep quality and the impact of sleep on health.
? Explanatory videos, exercises and quizzes, with formative feedback to reinforce knowledge.

Assessment

The assessment will take place at the end of the micro-credential with the presentation of a communication as part of a cycle of conferences entitled ?Lifestyle Nursing: Integrative Intervention?.
Success in the UC depends on obtaining a grade ? 9.5 points.