Relatório de estágio

Abstract

As part of the Master Program of Professional Nature in the area of Specialization in Medical Surgical Nursing, are defined three practical modules which aims to "develop skills for advanced nursing care to adult and elderly patients with severe disease, and is especially directed to assistance to the patient in critical condition." (General Regulations, UCP-ICS / ESPS, Masters in Nursing of professional nature, p.8). The respective training modules were developed as follows in chronological order: Module I, Emergency Services, held at North Lisbon Hospital Centre - Hospital de Santa Maria, where he outlined the following objectives, to provide specialized care to the person/family experiencing the situation emerging complex processes of critical illness and / or organ failure in the resuscitation room and promote the prevention and control of infections crossed, acting under the basic precautions. Module III, Option - held in the Committee of Hospital Infection Hospital Center Lisbon North - Hospital Pulido Valente. Where were outlined the following objectives: to develop skills in the area of prevention and control of infection associated with health care, under the assistance of the nurse specialist in medical-surgical nursing, the Commission infection control; Promoting good practice to patient with catheter, in the workplace, to prevent urinary infection; promote good practice in the evaluation of intra-abdominal pressure. Module II, Intensive Care / Intermediate was credited me for my professional experience in the area. This report is intended to convey any walk held along this route practical. Every reflection on practice helps knowledge already acquired to grow and make change behaviors. Aims to be explicit about how the steps were taken to achieve the objectives, the difficulties and obstacles that lead to falls and subsequent uprisings to continue the hard way. To complement this report the first chapter inserts a systematic review of literature on my main theme and that became my guiding principle, the Prevention and Control of Hospital Infection

Date of Award	2014
Original language	Portuguese
Awarding Institution	Universidade Católica Portuguesa
Supervisor	Patrícia Pontífice-Sousa (Supervisor)