Relatório de estágio

Abstract

The report was developed as part of the Master in Pediatric Nursing from Portuguese Catholic University’s Institute of Health Sciences of Lisbon. Child obesity is an alarming problem and a global concern so it is important to establish strong measures in health prevention and promotion in order to contest its increasing values and epidemic status. Thus, the subject that guided the internship roadmap was the prevention of child obesity, following the line of thought of Health Promotion developed by Nola Pender which grounded the entire journey and activities. This report aims to: a) expose a systematic review of the literature regarding the chosen subject; b) present the internship contexts, projects and enrolled activities; c) describe the strategies and knowledge applied from author’s professional practice towards skills development at personal and professional level, and d) identify key acquired and developed skills regarding to the activity scope of pediatric nursing; and e) critically analyze the entire pathway developed. The internship took place in child/family assistance units, such as a primary care unit (PCU), a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) and a pediatric emergency department (PED). The report contains a description of the enrolled activities in the different modules, from which stands out in Module I (PCU ACES IX Rio de Mouro) the conduction of education for health sessions for children in preschool and school ages; in Module III both (NICU) the promotion of breastfeeding and (PED Hospital Fernando Fonseca) the promotion of healthy eating behaviors to children/family. Finally, it was completed a critical review on mobilized knowledge and developed skills, from which stands out as relevant the following: "assist child/young with the family, in their health maximization" and "provides specific care in response to lifecycle and children/young development needs "(Order of Nurses, 2010b: p.2)

Date of Award	2014
Original language	Portuguese
Awarding Institution	Universidade Católica Portuguesa
Supervisor	Margarida Lourenço (Supervisor)