Principles of Nursing I

Fundamentos de Enfermagem I

Curse code:9500101

Luis Manuel Pinto Miranda

Learning outcomes of the curricular unit:

• Objectives: Learn the historical and epistemological path of Nursing, providing its comprehension as a subject and profession; Develop basic instruments, in order to promote a relationship of trust with the client; Identify personal and professional competences in the development as a citizen; Acquire competences in the development of training projects.

• Competences: Explains the historical and epistemological evolution of Nursing, according to the social evolution; Describes central concepts, currents and schools of thought in Nursing; Reflects on theories and theoretical models of Nursing and on their contribution to the care practice; Ascertains fundamental instruments in Nursing care; Ascertains communication principles in the relationship with the client and family; Demonstrates ways of construction of the therapeutical relationship with the client and family; Defines the nurses’ inherent qualities as a person; Ascertains the importance of concepts such as: self-conscience, motivation, attitude, intelligence, learning, memory, personality, creativity, among others; Reflects on himself and on the other in the actual social context; Describes fundamental elements in the structure and presentation of academic works; Uses informational and communicational techniques in the development of the academic trajectory.

Syllabus:

1. HISTORY AND ESPISTEMOLOGY OF NURSING
   History of nursing.
   Epistemology of nursing.
2. NURSING BASIC INSTRUMENTS
   The communication.
   The client-nurse relationship.
   The interview.
   The observation.
   The team work.
   The records.
   The evaluation.
3. PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
   Personal development (concept).
   The subject in project.
   The reflection and construction of the personal and professional knowledge.
   The nurse in the self-relationship.
   The team work.
   The nurse in the relationship with the other.
4. EDUCATION AND PEDAGOGY
   Learning as an assential of the educational process.
   Mechanisms of research and information.
   Academic paperworks.
   The nurse in the self-relationship.

Suggested Bibliography:

• Amendoeira B (2006) Uma biografia partilhada em Enfermagem, Coimbra: Formasau.
• Buresh B & Gordon S (2014) Do silêncio à voz. O que as enfermeiras sabem e precisam de comunicar ao público, 2nd ed., Loures: Lusociência.
• Colliére M (1989) Promover a vida, Lisboa: Sindicato dos Enfermeiros Portugueses.
• Colliére M (1999) Promover a vida: Da prática das mulheres de virtude aos cuidados de enfermagem, Lisboa: Lidel.
• Donahue M (2010) Nursing, the finest art: an illustrated history, 3rd ed., Philadelphia: Mosby, Inc./Elsevier.