2023

Complex Processes of the Person in a Critical Situation

Name: Complex Processes of the Person in a Critical Situation
Code: ENF14496M
9 ECTS
Duration: 15 weeks/243 hours
Scientific Area: Nursing

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

Sustainable Development Goals

Learning Goals

The student is expected to:
• Demonstrate a high level of understanding about the principles of the pathophysiology of the person in a critical situation.
• Relate the knowledge of pathophysiology to signs and symptoms of the person in critical condition.
• Identify the main areas of intervention in the therapeutic support and substitution in the treatment of the person in a critical situation.
• Conduct research on good practices for people in critical situations, based on the available scientific evidence and on the grounded critical assessment of clinical practice.
• Systematize the main results about the research area.

Contents

• Air and Respiratory Pathways
• Cardiovascular
• Neurological
• Musculoskeletal
• Gastrointestinal
• Genitourinary and nephrological
• Endocrine and Metabolic
• Immuno Haematological
• Applied anatomy and physiology
• Biophysics and biochemistry applied
• Applied microbiology and epidemiology
• Applied pharmacology
• Nutrition of the high-risk patient

Teaching Methods

Active participatory method, with discussion of the themes, valuing the students' experience in the analysis, reflection and discussion of the themes. Reflection that values cognitive and interpersonal processes will be stimulated, advocating the acquisition and development of concepts, problem solving, based on diagnostic assessment, planning and intervention, constant research and practical work where aspects of intervention are clearly identified. nursing therapy. The use of e-learning will be used in order to complement the other methodologies.
The evaluation will be carried out as follows:
- Conducting a written test - 50%
- Group work - 25%
- Oral presentation of group work - 25%
- Weighted average final evaluation of the different evaluation moments

Assessment by Exam, will be carried out through written test.

Teaching Staff