IPLUSO 19220

Adult Nursing

• ApresentaçãoPresentation

  The Adult Nursing Curricular Unit aims to provide students with solid scientific, technical, human and cultural training in the field of medical-surgical nursing, enabling them to: Practise professionally in accordance with ethical, deontological and legal frameworks; Act in accordance with the principles of care delivery and care management; Contribute to health promotion; Use the Nursing Process; Establish effective communication and interpersonal relationships; Promote a safe environment; Promote interprofessional healthcare; Value and develop themselves professionally.
• ProgramaProgramme

  1- Nursing interventions for adults and their families experiencing specific medical conditions affecting the gastrointestinal, respiratory, cardiovascular, urinary and renal, immune, endocrine, haematological, central nervous and musculoskeletal systems; 2-Nursing interventions for adults and their families undergoing specific surgical procedures involving the gastrointestinal, respiratory, cardiovascular, urinary and renal, immune, endocrine, haematological, central nervous and musculoskeletal systems; 3-Nursing interventions related to the assessment and management of signs and symptoms, with particular consideration of their impact on self-care, patient safety, emotional well-being and the adult's reintegration into the community.
• ObjectivosObjectives

  Understand the ethical-deontological principles underlying nursing interventions in the adult client. Integrate and apply the knowledge of Medical-Surgical Nursing in the corresponding Clinical Training Unit and later. Knowing the nursing focus on the adult client with changes in the different body systems. Analyze the necessary data to be able to elaborate Nursing Diagnoses. Identify and mobilize resources for nursing interventions. Use available scientific evidence. Understand the need for adult client preparation | family for nursing intervention. Understand the need to comply with the adult customer response | family to the situation experienced. Understand the need for evaluation of nursing interventions. Analyze the tools needed to evaluate the effectiveness of care.
• BibliografiaBibliography

  Harding, M. M., Kwong, J., Hagler, D., & Reinisch, C. (2026). Lewis's medical-surgical nursing: Assessment and management of clinical problems (13th ed.). Elsevier. Hinkle, J. L., Cheever, K. H., Overbaugh, K., & Bradley, C. E. (2025). Brunner & Suddarth's textbook of medical-surgical nursing (16th ed.). Wolters Kluwer. Ignatavicius, D. D., Rebar, C. R., & Heimgartner, N. M. (2023). Medical-surgical nursing: Concepts for clinical judgment and collaborative care (11th ed.). Elsevier. Potter, P. A., Perry, A. G., Stockert, P. A., Hall, A., & Ostendorf, W. R. (2025). Fundamentals of nursing (12th ed.). Elsevier. Perry, A. G., Potter, P. A., Ostendorf, W. R., & Laplante, N. (2024). Clinical nursing skills & techniques (11th ed.). Elsevier. Herdman, T. H., Kamitsuru, S., & Lopes, C. T. (Eds.). (2024). NANDA International nursing diagnoses: Definitions and classification, 2024-2026 (13th ed.). Thieme.  
• MetodologiaMethodology

  In this curricular unit, the Team-based learning (TBL) methodology is used, with tasks carried out in small groups, allowing the development of the ability to analyze and apply theoretical concepts.
• LínguaLanguage

  Português
• TipoType

  Semestral
• ECTS

  5
• NaturezaNature

  Mandatory
• EstágioInternship

  Não