A incerteza na pessoa em situação crítica

Abstract

The nurse's role in caring for the person has always been recognized as preponderant, namely due to the skills that this professional mobilizes. It is in pursuit of these competencies, specifically those inherent to the specialized care, that the present document is built in the light of a humanization´s philosophy that was the driving force for the need to examine the experience of uncertainty in the person in critical situation. Caring for the person experiencing complex processes associated with their critical state is a central specialized skill, in accordance with the current paradigm of transformation that calls for a rethinking of nursing. And if the restructuring of this thought is portrayed, it is also evident the personal affirmation in the course of the internships in Intensive Care, Emergency Service and Prehospital context. If module II was the beginning of the course, encompassing new knowledge, the manifest need for practice based on evidence, focusing on critical thinking and embracing the experience of the person in critical situation, module I allowed to mobilize care for the trauma area, consolidate a rapid clinical judgment and focus on culturally sensitive care, culminating with the module III that encouraged the uprooting of the hospital, providing a comprehensive view of nursing care, and where management skills have gained special importance, particularly those related to the management of emergency intervention teams. It is the reflection of the skills put into action, alongside the path with the person in critical situation and their uncertainty along the different valences of their care, that are closed here as drivers of the acquisition of technical, scientific and human competence for the provision of specialized care in medical-surgical nursing.

Date of Award	21 Mar 2018
Original language	Portuguese
Awarding Institution	Universidade Católica Portuguesa
Supervisor	Patrícia Pontífice-Sousa (Supervisor)