Nursing Basics and Ethics I

1) Identify the main characteristics that influence the development of nursing as a profession and knowledge discipline
2) Discuss the different concepts of the nursing metaparadigm according to different nursing theories and models
3) Relate the different regulatory instruments of the profession with the practice of nursing care in different contexts
4) To problematic the practice of nursing from an ethical and deontological perspective
5) Describe the stages of the nursing process as a professional action methodology for nurses

1. Historical perspective of nursing care
1.1. Florence Nightingale's legacy to the profession
1.2. Nursing development in Portugal
2. The Nursing Metaparadigm
2.1. Epistemology and nursing discipline
2.2. Nursing metaparadigm concepts
3. Nursing Theories and Models
3.1. Hildegard Peplau's "interpersonal nursing"
3.2. "Independence in meeting fundamental needs" by Virginia Hendersen
3.3. Dorothea Orem's "self-care model"
3.4. Nancy Rooper's "Theory of Activities of Daily Living"
3.5. "Theory of transpersonal care" by Jean Watson
3.6. "Theory of transitions" Afaf Meleis
4. Professionalization of Nursing
4.1. Regulation of the nursing profession in Portugal
5. Ethics and Deontology in Nursing
5.1. Ethics, Moral, Bioethics, Law, Deontology, Man / Person
5.2. Values and principles underlying nursing
5.3. Rights and duties of healthcare customers
5.4. Code of ethics for nurses
6. Critical thinking in nursing and the methodology for professional action
6.1. Critical thinking and clinical reasoning in nursing
6.2. Nursing Process

In addition to a few hours of theoretical nature that allow framing and exploring the main concepts that relate to nursing as a subject and profession, this courses focus will be in both theoretical and practical approaches using participatory methods and assets, so that students may: i) gather relevant information on a topic, ii) reflect on its suitability to the contents studied; iii) discuss and question the information selected incorporating their grounded perspective. 

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Tomey, A., &, Alligood, M. (2004). Teóricas de Enfermagem e a Sua Obra (Modelos e Teorias de Enfermagem), 5º ed. Loures: Lusociência.

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