Rehabilitation Nursing: Pathophysiological Processes

Code: ENF14559M

6 ECTS

Duration: 15 weeks/162 hours

Scientific Area: Nursing

Teaching languages: Portuguese

Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese

Sustainable Development Goals

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

• Know the main pathophysiological processes at motor, sensory, cognitive, cardiorespiratory level;
• Identify syndromes of pathophysiological processes at motor, sensory, cognitive, cardiorespiratory;
• Evaluate the functionality and diagnose pathophysiological changes that determine activity limitations and disabilities at motor, sensory, cognitive, cardiorespiratory, elimination and sexual
• Identify and define the complementary diagnostic and therapeutic means used at motor, sensory, cognitive, cardiorespiratory level;
• Know the medical and surgical treatment of the main pathophysiological processes.

• Respiratory and cardiac pathophysiology
• The person with obstructive and restrictive respiratory affections
• The person with heart, arterial and venous affections
• The child with respiratory and cardiac affections
• Neurological pathophysiology
• Neurological exam
• The person with cerebrovascular disease
• The person with demyelinating affections
• The person with degenerative central nervous system affections
• The person with traumatic brain injury and spinal cord affections
• The child with neurological affections
• Pathophysiology Ortho trauma
• The person with musculoskeletal trauma and osteoarthritis
• The person and the degenerative muscular and joint affections
• The child with Ortho traumatic affections

Teaching Methods

The curricular unit is organized in theoretical classes to enable not only the acquisition of knowledge, but also the mobilization of active methodological strategies. The expository method will be used, in which the theoretical exposition will be associated with the students' experiences in an articulated way. The theoretical approach will be complemented with a presentation of slides and videos.
Continuous assessment during direct contact teaching sessions will allow the analysis of various theoretical components and reflection on the various themes, to find the most appropriate answers. The evaluation will be carried out through three (3) individual written tests, lasting two hours each test. On examination: individual written test.