Advanced Nursing Instrumentation in General Surgery, Laparoscopy, and Robotics

Code: ENF16110O

1 ECTS

Duration: 1 weeks/26 hours

Scientific Area: Nursing

Teaching languages: Portuguese

Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese

Sustainable Development Goals

3. Saúde de qualidade - Assegurar uma vida saudável e promover o bem-estar para todos, em todas as idades.

4. Educação de qualidade - Assegurar a educação inclusiva, e equitativa e de qualidade, e promover oportunidades de aprendizagem ao longo da vida para todos.

Learning Goals

Develop skills in instrumentation nursing, with a focus on safety and monitoring during anesthetic procedures.
To train nurses to work with excellence in the perioperative environment, promoting safety, quality and efficiency in the care of surgical patients using high technology.
Encourage practice based on scientific evidence, in line with national and international protocols, to ensure standardization and safety in surgical procedures.
To prepare professionals to be part of multidisciplinary teams in the operating room, with communication, collaboration and decision-making skills in critical situations.
Promote ethical and humanized development in perioperative care, considering the physical, emotional and cultural needs of patients.

- Specialised surgical instruments
- Placement and organisation techniques in laparoscopic and robotic surgery
- Specific surgical procedures in laparoscopic and robotic surgery
- Principles of instrumentation in laparoscopic and robotic surgery
- Infection prevention and control
Intraoperative management of materials and equipment.
- Intervention of the scrub nurse in the multidisciplinary team.

Teaching Methods

This course, supported by the MedTech-Next Project, includes the use of advanced technological resources, namely digital environments and technological platforms applied to training.
The teaching methodology will be interactive lectures (T), complemented by practical examples (TP) applied in a face-to-face context.
Different teaching resources will be used, including interactive teaching materials, practical cases and simulations, allowing the knowledge acquired to be applied to real situations in clinical practice.