Relatório de estágio

Abstract

Under the Master's degree in nursing, in the area of Specialization in Child Health Nursing and Pediatrics at the Portuguese Catholic University - Institute of Health Sciences, this internship report evidences in a reflexive form, the process of acquiring and developing the necessary skills for a Nurse Specialist in Youth and Children Health during the internship course. The report summarizes the work that was done during the internship, which includes experiences in three specific contexts of clinical practice, represented by the modules of Child Health (Sra. Da Hora Health Center), Medical Services and Surgery in the context of acute and chronic illness (Pediatric Service of the Pedro Hispano Hospital) and the Pediatric Emergency Services and Neonatology (Neonatology Service of the Pedro Hispano Hospital), each of these modules has a duration hundred and eighty contact hours and seventy hours of individual work. It is descriptive of the route evolution over the different contexts internship that led to the acquisition of skills required for the provision of skilled nursing care in the area of Child Health and Pediatrics, for an advanced nursing care to newborns, children, youths and their families, especially directed to the promotion of development and adaptation to the processes of health and disease. The acquisition of these skills, being the course’s recognized skills, and considering the current and previously acquired through professional experience, were achieved through the formulation of personal and specific guiding goals and conducting activities that underpinned. This report demonstrates my intervention and learning through the educational process as a Specialist in Pediatric Nursing and Child Health, which resulted in the acquisition of skills proposals for providing of specialized care.

Date of Award	27 Mar 2014
Original language	Portuguese
Awarding Institution	Universidade Católica Portuguesa
Supervisor	Isabel Quelhas (Supervisor)