O abandono de crianças em hospital

Abstract

This report aims to describe and critically analyze the journey during the internship and theactivities conducted aiming at developing specialized skills and competencies, as definedby the programme of the 13th Master's Degree in Pediatric Nursing, at the Institute ofHealth Sciences of the Universidade Católica Portuguesa.This report is grounded on the theme concerning the children-at-risk, more specifically theneglected child who is abandoned during hospitalization and the impact on nursing care.To increase the phenomena comprehension a brief historical contextualization was neededas complement to the scoping review that was performed before. Also, the Jean Watson’sCaring Theory was used to provide the theoretical background needed to the understandingof the theme but also to the transfer into internships, keeping an advanced nursingapproach.The internship occurred during fifteen weeks, in Pediatric Ward, NICU (NeonatalIntensive Care Unit) and Pediatric Emergency Room, according to the requirements tospecialized skills and competencies.Nonetheless, the Covid-19 pandemic has influenced all this period and demanded forconstant reorganization not only in choosing the setting but also in my role as masterstudent.

Date of Award	30 Sept 2021
Original language	Portuguese
Awarding Institution	Universidade Católica Portuguesa
Supervisor	Sílvia Caldeira (Supervisor)