Curricular Unit:			Code:
Prevention and Protection of Workers' Health and Safety			1076PPSS
Year:	Level:	Course:	Credits:
1	Postgraduate	Nursing in the Workplace	3 ects
Learning Period:		Language of Instruction:	Total Hours:
		Portuguese/English	39
Learning Outcomes of the Curricular Unit:
Assess risks in the workplace; •Instill strategies to eliminate or reduce risks existing in the workplace; •Design, implement and evaluate programs that aim to reduce professional risks; •Influence organizational management in promoting a safe and healthy work environment; •Promote the active participation of workers in health and well-being activities;
Syllabus:
•Risks associated with the workplace •Effects on workers' health and exposure control measures •Professional risk assessment methodologies and techniques present in the workplace •The work environment as a salutogenic contexto •Education in and for workers' health: stages of the model;
Demonstration of the Syllabus Coherence with the Curricular Unit's Objectives:
The programmatic contents reflect an approach located in the context of healthy working environments, bearing in mind organizational policies, the participation of the working community, personal and collective responsibility, health determinants and education in and for the health of the worker. It is noted that the contents are in accordance with the objectives of the UC, allowing the Labor Nurse to develop differentiated and integrated knowledge, respecting the ethical, legal and deontological values and principles in guaranteeing a social commitment to health, safety and well being -being of the worker.
Teaching Methodologies (Including Evaluation):
Use of expository, demonstrative and participatory methodology, valuing the student's involvement in the teaching / learning process. Students will prepare a case study in a company, phased by different UCs, which make up the Study Plan, based on the stages of Risk Management. The continuous evaluation will consist of the elaboration, presentation and discussion of a Group work, with a weighting of 100%, evidencing the Methodology of professional risk assessment, with emphasis on the promotion of salutogenic environments. The attendance is mandatory to the UCs of theoretical teaching, theoretical and practical in at least 50% of the workload and 80% of Laboratory Practice, to have access to continuous assessment, according to the UFP Regulation. Exam: students who do not obtain approval in continuous assessment, can take the exam consisting of 1 written test, with a weighting of 100%.
Demonstration of the Coherence between the Teaching Methodologies and the Learning Outcomes:
Teaching methodologies are guided in coherence and articulation with the defined learning objectives. Taken together, they constitute an essentially interactive strategy centered on the student, with a focus on work that encourages reflection and values processes of a cognitive and interpersonal nature, properly oriented and framed in the theoretical, theoretical / practical and laboratory practices of the curricular unit. With the implementation of the methodologies considered, it is assumed that the student is actively involved in its evolution and outlines efforts in the search for updated information, which supports the work to be carried out and fosters the intended learning results.
Reading:
•Cabral, Fernando. (2011). Segurança e Saúde do Trabalho-Manual de Prevenção de Riscos Profissionais. Editora Verlag-Dashofer, Lisboa. •Inspeção Geral das Atividades em Saúde (IGAS). (2018). Manual de Segurança e Saúde no Trabalho DGR/. •OMS (2014). O Enfermeiro do trabalho na Gestão em Saúde Ocupacional Trabalho. 2ª ed. Lisboa: Edições Sílabo,. 730p. ISBN 978-972-618-618-2. •Organização Internacional do Trabalho. (2019). Segurança e Saúde no Centro do Futuro do Trabalho. 1ª ed. Genebra. •Portugal. Diário da república. (2009). Lei n.º 102/2009. D.R. I Série. 176 (2009-09-10) 6167-6192 •Portugal. Direção Geral de Saúde. Programa Nacional de Saúde Ocupacional (PNSOC) – extensão 2018/2020. Disponível em: https: //www. dgs. Pt •Portugal. Ministério da Saúde. Administração Regional de Saúde de Lisboa e Vale do Tejo (2010). Gestão dos Riscos Profissionais em Estabelecimentos de Saúde. Orientação Técnica Nº 1 – DSP