Theoretical and Conceptual Perspectives in Nursing

4 ECTS / Semester / Portuguese

Syllabus

1. Nursing Development
1.1 From the organization of teaching to professional autonomy
1.2 Professional Development
1.3 Quality Standards for Skilled Nursing Care
1.4. Nursing and law

2. Concepts and Conceptual Development
2.1 Terminology: levels of knowledge structure;
2.2. Analysis methodology and conceptual development;

3. The Structure of the Discipline
3.1. Nursing Knowledge Standards
3.2. Nursing Information Systems;
3.3. Terminological classifications: NANDA-I, NIC, NOC, ICNP®, ICF and their use in planning and evaluating care.

4. The guiding paradigms of nursing development
4.1. Different schools of thought
4.2. Theoretical Conceptions of Nursing
4.3. Nursing theory assessment models

 

Faculty

Associate Professor
Bachelor in Nursing (1985). Worked at the Casa de Saúde da Boavista and at the IPO (Portuguese Oncology Institute). Nursing professor since 1987. Taught at…