Objetivos

Formar enfermeiros com um perfil sólido nas ciências da enfermagem alinhado com as competências definidas pela Ordem dos Enfermeiros (OE) para o exercício profissional do enfermeiro de cuidados gerais,concretizando-se em:

  • formação técnico-científica sustentada em conhecimentos e aptidões ao nível do planeamento, execução e avaliação dos cuidados de enfermagem à pessoa saudável ou doente, ao longo do ciclo vital, à família, grupos e comunidade em todos os níveis de prevenção;
  • fundamentação da prática em métodos e técnicas adequados, baseados na evidência científica;
  • trabalho em equipa multiprofissional, tendo como meta o bem-estar dos clientes;
  • respeito pelos compromissos éticos e legais;
  • aquisição de competências humanistas, culturais e sociais em complemento às científicas e técnicas, que permitam desenvolver uma gestão eficaz de diferentes situações profissionais, a aprendizagem ao longo da vida, contribuir para a investigação científica e desenvolvimento da profissão.

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Silves (Algarve)

Goreti Batista

Coordinator
Undergraduate degree in Nursing

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Vila Nova de Gaia (Oporto)

Neide Feijó

Neide Feijó

Coordinator
Undergraduate degree in Nursing

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Viseu

Providência Marinheiro

Coordinator
Undergraduate degree in Nursing

1st Year

UC – 1st Semester CH  ECTS   UC – 2nd Semester CH  ECTS
Nursing Fundamentals I 100 T |10 TP | 40 PL | 10 OT 10 Nursing Fundamentals II 110 T | 20 TP | 40 PL | 10 OT 11
Ethics, Deontology and Epistemology of Nursing 40 T | 20 TP | 10 OT 4 Anatomophysiology II 70 T | 20 TP 5
Anatomophysiology I 70 T | 20 TP 5 General Pathology 60 T | 10 TP 4
Biochemistry and Biophysics 30 T | 30 TP 4 Microbiology and Parasitology 30 T | 20 TP 3
Developmental Psychology: Epigenesis and Life Cycles 30T | 10 TP 3 Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy 40 T | 30 TP 4
Communication and Therapeutic Relationship in Nursing 60 TP 4 Anthroposociology and Fieldwork 20 T | 30 TC 3

2nd Year

UC – 1st Semester CH  ECTS   UC – 2nd Semester CH  ECTS
Clinical Teaching: Nursing Fundamentals 20 S | 384 E | 20 OT 21 Clinical Teaching: Community and Family Nursing 20 S | 240 E | 20 OT 14
Community and Family Nursing 70 T | 30 TP | 20 PL | 10 OT 6 Maternal and Obstetrical Health Nursing 40T | 20 TP | 10 PL | 10 OT 4
Elderly Health Nursing 20 T | 20 TP | 4 OT 3 Health Education 20 T | 10 TP | 10 OT 3
Research Methods 30 TP | 10 OT 3
Clinical Teaching: Elderly Health Nursing 6 S | 120 E | 8 OT 6

3rd Year

UC – 1st Semester CH  ECTS   UC – 2nd Semester CH  ECTS
Clinical Teaching: Maternal and Obstetrical Health Nursing 10 S | 176 E | 10 OT 8 Clinical Teaching: Medical-Surgical and Speciality Nursing 20 S | 456 E | 20 OT 22
Medical-Surgical and Speciality Nursing 180 T | 60 TP | 30 PL  | 10 OT 15 Child Health and Pediatric Nursing 40 T | 20 TP | 4 OT 4
Personal Portfolio 40 O 3 Mental Health and Psychiatric Nursing 40 T | 20 TP | 4 OT 4
Health Psychology and Group 40 T | 20 PL | 10 OT 4

4th Year

UC – 1st Semester CH  ECTS   UC – 2nd Semester CH  ECTS
Research in Nursing 10 T | 10 PL | 10 S| 20 OT 3 Clinical Teaching: Professional Integration I 10 S | 400 E | 20 OT 22
Clinical Teaching: Child Health and Pediatric Nursing 10 S | 224 E | 20 OT 12 Clinical Teaching: Professional Integration II 10 S |176 E | 10 OT 8
Clinical Teaching: Mental Health and Psychiatric Nursing 10 S | 224 E | 20 OT 12
Management and Administration in Nursing 30 T | 20 TP 3

UC – Curricular Unit | CH – Workload | ECTS – ECTS Credits | T – Theoretical | TP – Theoretical/Practical | PL – Practical and Laboratory | OT – Tutorial | O – Other | E – Internship | S – Seminar

Admission requirements

Successful applicants are admitted through one of the following competitions:

  • Institutional Competition: completed secondary education and one of the following entrance exam groups:
    • Biology and Geology
    • Biology and Geology + Physics and Chemistry
    • Biology and Geology + Portuguese

Diploma Requirements

A successfully concluded Undergraduate Degree in Nursing requires completion of a study program of 240 mandatory ECTS credits.

Consequently, Licenciado degree holders in Nursing acquire the skills and competences necessary to:

  • Provide and manage nursing care to the person, throughout the life cycle, to the family and community groups, at different levels of prevention;
  • Plan, execute and evaluate nursing care using scientific methodology;
  • Formulate care plans, whenever possible in collaboration with patients and/or caregivers;
  • Use health promotion strategies appropriate to individuals and groups, respecting individual differences;
  • Apply knowledge and skills adequate to the circumstances;
  • Ensure the safety of administration of therapeutic substances and techniques;
  • Participate in the management of care, services, units or health facilities;
  • Plan, organize and conduct training activities and actions of in-service education;
  • Implement and participate in research studies in nursing in particular and health in general;
  • Plan, develop and collaborate on projects to improve quality of nursing care;
  • Decide and act according to ethical principles and respect for the ethical code;
  • Develop education for health;
  • Contribute to a multidisciplinary and effective team work, maintaining collaborative relationships;
  • Develop behaviors that value the profession.

Accreditation / Evaluation

Silves

V. N. Gaia

Viseu

Career opportunities

Career opportunities for Licenciado degree holders in Nursing include jobs and positions in:

  • Hospitals;
  • Clinics;
  • Health centres;
  • Units and teams of integrated continuous care;
  • Sports centres and organizations;
  • Institutions of social support;
  • Business companies.

 

Professional Title

The qualification is recognized by the Ordem dos Enfermeiros.

The professional title of Nurse requires registration with the Ordem dos Enfermeiros.

Jean Piaget Higher School of Health of Vila Nova de Gaia

Registered at the Directorate-General of Higher Education (DGES – Direção-Geral de Ensino Superior) with n. R/A-Ef 178/2011/AL02, and published in the Official Journal (Diário da República), Notice 635/2018, dated January 10, 2018.

Jean Piaget Higher School of Health of Silves

Registered at the Directorate-General of Higher Education (DGES – Direção-Geral de Ensino Superior) with n. R/A -Cr 76/2018, and published in the Official Journal (Diário da República), Ministerial Order 7190/2018, dated July 27, 2018.

Jean Piaget Higher School of Health of Viseu

Registered at the Directorate-General of Higher Education (DGES – Direção-Geral de Ensino Superior) with n. R/A-Ef 182/2011/AL02, and published in the Official Journal (Diário da República), Notice 2951/2018, dated March 2, 2018.

4 years / 8 semesters • Total = 240 ECTS Credits

 

Further studies

Undergraduate degree in Nursing gives access to postgraduate studies in terms and under the conditions of the currently valid legislation.

 

Study area

Nursing

 

Assessment

The purpose of the student’s assessment is to evaluate his/her achievements in the acquisition and development of knowledge and competences defined in the Curricular Units syllabi.

Thus, assessment methods and instruments are adapted to the specific objectives, characteristics and contents of the corresponding Curricular Unit, and assessment is carried out in accordance with the currently valid Attendance and Assessment Regulations.

There are two main types of assessment: Continuous Assessment, which assesses the student’s work over an academic period (semester / quarter / year), e.g. his/her participation in the Curricular Unit activities, individual and/or group assignments, oral and written tests, etc., and Assessment by Exam, which assesses only the student’s performance at the exam he/she sits for.

RAZÕES PARA ESTUDAR ENFERMAGEM

  • Estágios curriculares incluídos na propina;
  • Acesso especial para detentores de CTeSP ou CET;
  • Bolsas de estudo:
    • Para estudantes com baixos rendimentos;
    • Para estudantes com média acima dos 14 valores;
  • Qualidade reconhecida em Portugal e na Europa por empregadores e mais de 5.000 enfermeiros formados;
  • V. N. Gaia: Transfer Gratuito entre comboio e o campus

Índice de Empregabilidade (1)

  • Silves: 100%
  • V. N. Gaia: 95%
  • Viseu: 95%

(1) Fonte: Ministério da Educação, “Dados e Estatísticas de Cursos Superiores”

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