Nursing

Bachelor’s Programme

The Nursing Degree aims to train nurses able to perform functions of provision and management of general nursing care to the community, at different levels of prevention and treatment of the disease.

Programme Coordinator

Catarina Cardoso Tomás
coord.e.ess@ipleiria.pt

Reference

9500

School

Health Sciences

City

Leiria

Language

Portuguese

Type

Morning & Afternoon

Length

8 semesters

Vacancies

General contingent: 85
International student contingent: 2

DGES certification

Link to Registration

Objectives

Programme

The main goals are:

Develop independent nursing care, integrated in multidisciplinary teams;
Provide, manage and communicate nursing care in its promotional, preventive, curative, rehabilitative and continued nature;
Demonstrate skills to assess, justify and develop nursing care to individuals throughout the life cycle;
Cooperate with the healthy or ill person, as well as with its contexts and other professionals, regardless of ethnic, cultural and religious nature towards health promotion;
Develop and participate in research, and be responsible for the application of the results, respecting the ethical and deontological principles;
Motivate for lifelong learning, both in the professional and personal development.

1st Year
ID	Name	Semester	ECTS	Length
9500301	Anatomy and Physiology I	1st Semester	5	90 h
9500302	Social and Developmental Psychology	1st Semester	5	90 h
9500303	Anthropology and Sociology of Health	1st Semester	3	54 h
9500304	Bioquimistry and Biophics	1st Semester	3	36 h
9500305	Nutrition	1st Semester	2	36 h
9500306	Microbiology and Infectious Diseases	1st Semester	2	27 h
9500307	Research in Nursing I	1st Semester	2	36 h
9500308	Epistemology of Nursing	1st Semester	3	45 h
9500309	Nursing Fundamentals I	1st Semester	5	54 h
9500310	Anatomy and Physiology II	2nd Semester	3	54 h
9500311	Ethics and Personal and Professional Development I	2nd Semester	2	27 h
9500312	Nursing – Communication and Relation	2nd Semester	2	27 h
9500313	General Pathology	2nd Semester	2	27 h
9500314	Pharmacology	2nd Semester	2	36 h
9500315	Public Health Nursing	2nd Semester	4	72 h
9500316	Nursing Fundamentals II	2nd Semester	4	72 h
9500317	Clinical Practice I – Basic Skills in Nursing	2nd Semester	11	168 h

2nd Year
ID	Name	Semester	ECTS	Length
9500318	Education and Training in Nursing	1st Semester	3	32 h
9500319	Ethics and Personal and Professional Development II	1st Semester	3	32 h
9500320	Nursing Management I	1st Semester	3	27 h
9500321	Nursing to Adults and Elderly People – General Clinical Processes	1st Semester	3	54 h
9500322	Nursing cares for adult and elderly patients with cardiovascular, respiratory, urologic and hematologic disorders	1st Semester	4	72 h
9500323	Nursing cares for adult and elderly patients with endocrine, metabolic, gastrointestinal and soft tissue disorders	1st Semester	5	81 h
9500324	Nursing the adult and elderly with neurological and musculoskeletal disorders	1st Semester	7	126 h
9500325	Elective I a)	1st Semester	2	27 h
a) The curricular units are defined each school year
9500326	Clinical Practice II – Nursing to adult and elderly	2nd Semester	30	540 h

3rd Year
ID	Name	Semester	ECTS	Length
9500327	Ethics and Personal and Professional Development III	1st Semester	2	27 h
9500328	Mental Health Psychiatric Nursing	1st Semester	7	126 h
9500329	Nursing Care of Children and Adolescents	1st Semester	7	126 h
9500330	Nursing of Women in Reproductive Cycle	1st Semester	6	90 h
9500331	Community and Family Health Nursing	1st Semester	3,5	45 h
9500332	Research in Nursing II	1st Semester	2,5	36 h
9500333	Statistics applied to health	2nd Semester	2	36 h
9500334	Clinical Practice III – Nursing to Women in Reproductive Cycle	2nd Semester	7,5	135 h
9500335	Clinical Practice IV – Nursing Care of Children and adolescents	2nd Semester	7,5	135 h
9500336	Clinical Practice V – Mental Health and Psychiatric Nursing	2nd Semester	7,5	135 h
9500337	Clinical Practice VI – Community and Family Health Nursing	2nd Semester	7,5	135 h

4th Year
ID	Name	Semester	ECTS	Length
9500338	Research Project	1st Semester	1,5	22 h
9500339	Integration to Professional Life	1st Semester	1,5	22 h
9500340	Nursing Management II	1st Semester	2	36 h
9500341	Palliative Care Nursing	1st Semester	1,5	27 h
9500342	Nursing care to people in critical situation	1st Semester	2,5	45 h
9500344	Clinical Practice VII – Nursing Care to People in Critical Situation	1st Semester	21	360 h
9500345	Final Work	2nd Semester	2	23 h
9500346	Clinical Practice VIII – Integration to Professional Life	2nd Semester	28	504 h

Entry Requirements

For further information about international students’ applications,
please see International Applicants
or contact the International Students’ Office by email at: estudante.internacional@ipleiria.pt

Accreditation

State: Accredited

Number of years of accreditation: 6

Publication date: 29/12/2016

A3ES Accreditation

Application Fee

60€

Enrolment Fee

General contingent: 30€
International student contingent: 100€

Tuition Fee

General contingent: 697 €
International student contingent: 3000€