2024
Pathophysiology, Wounds and Quality of Life
Name: Pathophysiology, Wounds and Quality of Life
Code: ENF14779O
6 ECTS
Duration: 15 weeks/156 hours
Scientific Area:
Nursing
Teaching languages: Portuguese
Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese
Regime de Frequência: Presencial
Sustainable Development Goals
Learning Goals
Objectives:
• To know the anatomy and physiology of the skin;
• Understand the processes of healing;
• Knowing the methods of nutritional status assessment and the role of different nutrients in the development of the healing process;
• Understand the role of prevention in wound treatment
• Recognize the role of education and promotion of self-care for people with complex wound
• Know indicators of Quality of Life in the person with chronic wound and their caregivers.
Skills:
• Demonstrates skills of reflection on the importance of promotion of self-care of the Person with complex wound and their caregivers.
• Develops capacity for analysis and reflection about the impact of the chronic wound on the quality of life of the person and family/caregivers.
• Characterizes the structures of the skin and Describes the wound healing processes;
• Describes the parameters for the assessment of the chronic wound
• Explains the importance of nutrition in the treatment of the chronic wound
• To know the anatomy and physiology of the skin;
• Understand the processes of healing;
• Knowing the methods of nutritional status assessment and the role of different nutrients in the development of the healing process;
• Understand the role of prevention in wound treatment
• Recognize the role of education and promotion of self-care for people with complex wound
• Know indicators of Quality of Life in the person with chronic wound and their caregivers.
Skills:
• Demonstrates skills of reflection on the importance of promotion of self-care of the Person with complex wound and their caregivers.
• Develops capacity for analysis and reflection about the impact of the chronic wound on the quality of life of the person and family/caregivers.
• Characterizes the structures of the skin and Describes the wound healing processes;
• Describes the parameters for the assessment of the chronic wound
• Explains the importance of nutrition in the treatment of the chronic wound
Contents
• The skin and integumentary system
• Cells as intervenient in the healing process
• Healing process
• Evaluation of wounds (TIME acronym);
• Nutrition and wound healing
• Stress and Wounds
• Aging and wounds
• Lymphoedema and wounds
• Pain Management in the person with wound
• Quality of life in person with Chronic Wound and their carers
• Education and promotion of self-care in the person with complex wound
• The role of prevention in wound care
• Cells as intervenient in the healing process
• Healing process
• Evaluation of wounds (TIME acronym);
• Nutrition and wound healing
• Stress and Wounds
• Aging and wounds
• Lymphoedema and wounds
• Pain Management in the person with wound
• Quality of life in person with Chronic Wound and their carers
• Education and promotion of self-care in the person with complex wound
• The role of prevention in wound care
Teaching Methods
Strategies will be selected to stimulate the acquisition of knowledge and skills by students, coresponsability of them by teaching learning process and participatory methodologies, with special emphasis on cases from real contexts, with discussion in the classroom. The hours of tutorials will be managed in person or remotely, individually or in groups, to facilitate the development process and students skills consolidation.
Assessment
The assessment is continuous and includes the active participation of students in the different activities proposed. For students who opt for continuous assessment is planned to carry out a valuation point corresponding to 100% of the final grade. Failure to do this time of evaluation involves the automatic change to the final exam.
Students scoring less than 10 points, are subject to review, in accordance with the academic regulations of the University of Evora.
Students scoring less than 10 points, are subject to review, in accordance with the academic regulations of the University of Evora.
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