Curricular Unit:			Code:
Design of Nursing Practice			1099CPEF
Year:	Level:	Course:	Credits:
1	Postgraduate	Clinical Nursing Supervision	2 ects
Learning Period:		Language of Instruction:	Total Hours:
		Portuguese/English	26
Learning Outcomes of the Curricular Unit:
- Recognize the conception of students and professionals about Nursing practices - Identify the stages of the Nursing process - Recognize the importance of the Nursing process in the teaching-learning process - Recognize classified language as an instrument for evaluating and improving nursing care - Identify the characteristics of Nursing actions that are configured as good practices
Syllabus:
1 - Students' conception of nursing practices 2 - Conception of professionals about nursing practices 3 - The Nursing process and classified language 4 - Good practices in the provision of nursing care
Demonstration of the Syllabus Coherence with the Curricular Unit's Objectives:
The syllabus contents of this course are designed to allow the introduction of fundamental concepts on the provision of nursing care. This contact will allow to acquire skills related to generic issues related to the discipline and profession of Nursing, in interconnection with the curricular unit "Training and Personal and Professional Development".
Teaching Methodologies (Including Evaluation):
The curricular unit is developed in contact hours and in the student's autonomous working time and is organized in theoretical classes. In the course unit several pedagogical methods will be combined, namely expository, demonstrative, interrogative. The continuous assessment regime consists of a written assignment and respective presentation and defense in the classroom with a weighting of 100%. UFP Academic Regulations apply to all items.
Demonstration of the Coherence between the Teaching Methodologies and the Learning Outcomes:
In a first phase, the need to analyze and reflect on new concepts implies the use of expository and interrogative methods. In a second phase, the demonstration of examples enables the acquisition of knowledge that is essential to the knowledge of Nursing as a discipline and profession. The exemplification of practical cases allows the consolidation of competences for the analysis and reflection on Nursing practice.
Reading:
Almalkawia I., Jesterb R. & Terrya L. (2018) Exploring mentors' interpretation of terminology and levels of competence T when assessing nursing students: An integrative review. Nurse Education Today 69 (2018) 95–103. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2018.07.003 Bryant-Lukosius D., Dicenso A., Browne G. & Pinelli J. (2004) of Advanced Nursing 48(5), 519–529 Cassidy S. (2009) Using counselling skills to enhance the confidence of mentors’ decision making when assessing pre-registration nursing students on the borderline of achievement in clinical practice. Nurse Education in Practice (2009) 9, 307–313. doi:10.1016/j.nepr.2008.08.006 Cassidy S., Coffey M. & Murphy F. (2017) ‘Seeking authorization’: a grounded theory exploration of mentors’ experiences of assessing nursing students on the borderline of achievement of competence in clinical practice. Journal of Advanced Nursing 00(0), 000–000. doi: 10.1111/jan.13292