2023

Rehabilitation nursing in Community

Name: Rehabilitation nursing in Community
Code: ENF14517M
3 ECTS
Duration: 15 weeks/81 hours
Scientific Area: Nursing

Teaching languages: Portuguese
Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese
Regime de Frequência: Presencial

Sustainable Development Goals

Learning Goals

- To Discuss determinants of health and illness with reflection on the process of continuity of care to the person with disability
- To understand the adaptation process to community environment
- To analyse policies, programs and community resources, available to the reinsertion of person
-To evaluate social and environmental conditions for transition into the community.
-To understand family dynamics and their impact on rehabilitation and social reintegration
-To understand informal care provided to persons with disability
- To understand rehabilitation nurse´s participation in intra and interdisciplinary teams

Contents

1.Introduction
2. Adaptation process of the person with disabilities to community environment.
- Policies, programs and resources
- Determinants of health-illness with reflection on the process of continuity of care to the person with disability
-Transition to the new condition of health and to the community environment
-Rehabilitation Nursing: a resource on continuity of care.
3.The family of the person with disabilities
- Situational crises, family assessment, intervention
- Empowering family caregivers and training programs
- The caregiver role and caregiver burden
4. Rehabilitation nursing in the community setting
- Home consultation/intervention/health programs and projects
- Strategies for intervention at home
-Complementarity of interdisciplinary intervention
- The RNCCI as a health and social response
5. Legislation, accessibility/barriers, and assessment of contexts for people with disabilities

Teaching Methods

Methodologies are focused on student learning process in expositive and participative classes and in individual and group work. Analysis of texts will determine critical sense and discussion will be used to criticize and discuss projects of intervention. The patient-family is the partner who must be trained and monitored. The appeal to the professional and personal experience of students will be request in their participation.
The discussion of cases is assumed.
The evaluation could be in the continuous process of learning or final exam
Continuous assessment - group work (60% written work+40% presentation and discussion)
Exam - individual written test (100%)

Teaching Staff