
Rehabilitation Nursing
Rehabilitation Nursing
Programme Content
The present cycle of studies is proposed in association, therefore it will be taught alternately in the associated High Education Institutions according to the following sequence:
- Santarém Higher School of Health;
- São Francisco das Misericórdias Higher School of Nursing; and,
- Leiria Higher School of Health
Programme Introduction
The Master in Rehabilitation Nursin aims to train specialized practice in rehabilitation nursing, developing scientific, technical and human skills to:
- Caring for the person with special needs throughout the life cycle, in all contexts, empowering the person with disability, mobility restriction and/or participation restriction for reinsertion and citizenship exercise, maximizing their functional capacity;
- To apply the Nursing Process in solving complex problems, designing, implementing and evaluating rehabilitation nursing care;
- To promote decision making based on scientific evidence and ethical and deontological standards, taking into account the continuous improvement and quality care;
- To promote the construction and dissemination of knowledge of rehabilitation nursing;
- To integrate multidisciplinary teams and stimulate processes of change and innovation in the light of scientific knowledge and research;
- Knowing the strategies of management.
The Master’s programme offers two possibilities for academic training:
- Master’s degree in rehabilitation nursing with clinical practice: through this program it is possible to obtain the Title of Specialist recognized by the Ordem dos Enfermeiros. Master’s students must complete the UC of Professional Internship I and Professional Internship II with Report;
- Master’s degree in rehabilitation nursing without clinical practice: this possibility does not allow obtaining the recognized Specialist Title by the Ordem dos Enfermeiros because master’s students do not complete the UC of Internship of a professional nature I and the UC of Internship of a professional nature of nature II. In this trajectory, master’s students carry out the dissertation and the dissertation project.
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Objectives
- Demonstrate knowledge and understanding about the conceptual, ethical and deontological framework of rehabilitation nursing (RN);
- Develop knowledge about the fundamentals of RN and the environmental, social and family responses to the person with disabilities;
- Develop knowledge and skills of clinical assessment of the person with body processes commitments, formulating RN diagnoses;
- Plan, implement and evaluate specialized nursing interventions according to the diagnoses identified in different contexts of intervention;
- Critically judge the scientific production with a view to decision making in clinical practice;
- Plan and carry out research projects and improvement in the area of rehabilitation;
- Develop and apply knowledge about care management according to the standards of quality care in rehabilitation nursing;
- Demonstrate skills of lifelong learning in a fundamentally self-directed and autonomous way.
Study Plan
- 1. Year (common-core syllabus)
- 1. Year (programme with clinical practice)
- 1. Year (programme without clinical practice)
- 2. Year (programme with clinical practice)
- 2. Year (programme without clinical practice)
ID | Name | Semester | ECTS | Length |
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Human Kinesiology | 1S | 5 | 50 h | |
CP1.Biomechanics and movement analysis | ||||
Anatomo-physiopathological processes in rehabilitation nursing | 1S | 6 | 60 h | |
CP1.Neurological Area | ||||
Advanced nursing | 1S | 6 | 60 h | |
CP1. Conceptual framework of nursing care | ||||
Management in Health | 1S | 3 | 32 h | |
CP1. Management and organization of health care | ||||
Ethics and deontology | 1S | 2 | 32 h | |
CP1 – Ethical principles in health care | ||||
Environmental, social and family responses to the person with disability | 1S | 3 | 37 h | |
CP1.Introduction to the models of social and family intervention, social responses and institutional models | ||||
Rehabilitation nursing fundamentals | 1S | 4 | 40 h | |
1.2 The history of health and disease, its connection with the RN taking into account the promotion of the person’s autonomy and social | ||||
Nursing research | 1S | 3 | 30 h | |
CP1 – Evidence Based Practice (EBP) | ||||
Rehabilitation nursing and sexuality | 2S | 3 | 42 h | |
CP1 Human Sexuality | ||||
Option | 2S | 3 | 37 h | |
Students must choose one of the following curricular units:
CP1. Prevention of musculoskeletal injuries and massage therapy
CP1. Concepts of innovation, entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial process; | ||||
Rehabilitation nursing care process | 2S | 9 | 90 h | |
CP1 Diagnostic Judgment |
ID | Name | Semester | ECTS | Length |
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Professional Internship I | ||||
CP1. Fundamentals of rehabilitation nursing |
ID | Name | Semester | ECTS | Length |
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Dissertation project | 2S | 15 | 65 h | |
CP1 Planning a research study. |
ID | Name | Semester | ECTS | Length |
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Professional Internship II with Report | S | 30 | ||
CP1 Fundamentals of RN; CP2 Environmental, social and human responses to the person with disabilities; CP3 Human kinesiology; CP4 Anatomo-physiopathological processes; CP5 Process of care; CP6 RN and sexuality; CP7 RN: classic and complementary techniques; CP8 Innovation and entrepreneurship: current trends in RN; CP9 Advanced nursing; CP10 Research in nursing; CP11 Management; CP12 Ethics and deontology. CU of 622 H. 311H of contact (50%): comprise 162H in cardiorespiratory process [respiratory (40%) and cardiac (40%)]; 95H in orthotraumatologic process [orthopedic/reumatologic (40%) and traumatologic (40%)]. 54H (20%) for therapeutic option and techniques. Of the 188 OT, 182H are for completion of the Final Report and 6H for clinical supervision. The Report covers the clinical component of the course (Internship I and II) emphasizing the research in RN totaling 200 OT for the completion and discussion of the report. |
ID | Name | Semester | ECTS | Length |
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Dissertation | S | 30 | 205 h | |
CP1 – Operationalization of a research study in the area of rehabilitation nursing. |
Entry Requirements
- Holders of a license or legal equivalent, in Nursing;
- Holders of a foreign higher academic degree conferred following a 1st cycle of studies in Nursing organized according to the principles of the Bologna Process by a country adhering to this Process;
- Holders of a foreign higher academic degree in Nursing or holders of a scientific or professional curriculum that have their degree / curriculum previously recognized by the Conselho Técnico Científico (Article 17 of Decree Law No. 74/2006, of 24 March, with subsequent changes). This recognition only has effect for accessing the cycle of studies leading to the master degree. It does not confer on its holder the equivalence to the license degree.
To obtain the title of Specialist Nurse by the “Ordem dos Enfermeiros” (Portuguese Nursing Council), the candidate must additionally:
be the holder of the Professional title of Nurse and have at least two years of professional experience as a nurse in Portugal.
- Holders of a license or legal equivalent, in Nursing;
- Holders of a foreign higher academic degree conferred following a 1st cycle of studies in Nursing organized according to the principles of the Bologna Process by a country adhering to this Process;
- Holders of a foreign higher academic degree in Nursing or holders of a scientific or professional curriculum that have their degree / curriculum previously recognized by the Conselho Técnico Científico (Article 17 of Decree Law No. 74/2006, of 24 March, with subsequent changes). This recognition only has effect for accessing the cycle of studies leading to the master degree. It does not confer on its holder the equivalence to the license degree.
To obtain the title of Specialist Nurse by the “Ordem dos Enfermeiros” (Portuguese Nursing Council), the candidate must additionally:
be the holder of the Professional title of Nurse and have at least two years of professional experience as a nurse in Portugal.
Accreditation
State: Accredited
Nº years of Accreditation: 6
Dateof Publication: 05-01-2024
Accreditation A3ES
State: Accredited
Nº years of Accreditation: 6
Dateof Publication: 05-01-2024
Accreditation A3ES
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ACCREDITATION OF ACADEMIC TRAINING
Since the cycle of studies is proposed in association by the Escola Superior de Saúde de Leiria, the Escola Superior de Saúde de Santarém and the Escola Superior de Enfermagem São Francisco das Misericórdias, the accreditation of academic training and professional experience of the candidates/students will be carried out by applying the regulations of accreditation of academic training and professional experience of the HEI, which at a given moment will publish the notice of opening and admission of vacancies to the cycle of studies.
Contacts
E-mail: studywithus@ipleiria.pt
ACCREDITATION OF ACADEMIC TRAINING
Since the cycle of studies is proposed in association by the Escola Superior de Saúde de Leiria, the Escola Superior de Saúde de Santarém and the Escola Superior de Enfermagem São Francisco das Misericórdias, the accreditation of academic training and professional experience of the candidates/students will be carried out by applying the regulations of accreditation of academic training and professional experience of the HEI, which at a given moment will publish the notice of opening and admission of vacancies to the cycle of studies.
Contacts
E-mail: studywithus@ipleiria.pt
Application Fee
60€
60€
Enrolment Fee
General contingent: 50 €
International student contingent: 100 €
General contingent: 50 €
International student contingent: 100 €
Tuition Fee
General contingent 2.000 €
International student contingen 3.000 €
General contingent 2.000 €
International student contingen 3.000 €