Fundamentals of Lifestyle Nursing: A New Health Paradigm
Curso de Formação
Ano Letivo 2024/2025

Course Overview

The course aims to train nursing professionals in an innovative approach to health promotion. This training will highlight the importance of lifestyle as a determining factor in the prevention and management of chronic diseases, reinforcing the role of nurses in adopting evidence-based practices to improve the quality of life of individuals and communities.
Throughout the course, students will delve into the essential concepts of Lifestyle Nursing, exploring its seven fundamental pillars: healthy eating, physical exercise, mental health, healthy relationships, spirituality, sleep and minimizing harmful substances and behaviours. Intervention methodologies that promote sustainable changes in behavior will be covered, combining theory and practice through workshops, case studies and interactive teaching resources.

Organic Unit: S. João de Deus School of Nursing

Duration: 3 Weeks/3 ECTS credits ( required in curricular units)

Language: Portuguese

Regime: B-learning

CNAEF Areas:

Nursing and caring (723)

Study Plan

For Whom

Nurses

Datas de Realização do Curso

1st Phase (1º Momento de Oferta)

Begin: 12/05/2025
End: 17/05/2025

2.ª feira (17h-21h) (online- sessão síncrona)
4.ª feira (17h-21h) (online- sessão síncrona)
Sábado (9h-18h) (presencial)

Vacancies and Applications

Initial Places: 30

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Applications and Enrollment Dates

1st Phase (1º Momento de Oferta)

Applications: 04/04/2025 to 21/04/2025
Results: until 30/04/2025
Enrollment: 30/04/2025 to 04/05/2025

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Tuition Fees

Annual Tuition Fees

Students from EU countries

150 €

This course is covered by the PRR's Adult Impulse. Students can receive two prizes: the participation prize, equal in value to the course fee, and the completion prize (according to Regulation), to be paid into a bank account held by the student.