Ser enfermeiro especialista em enfermagem de saúde infantil e pediátrica

: um percurso na aquisição de competências

Abstract

This report was carried out within the scope of the 13th Master's Course in Nursing with Specialization in Child and Pediatric Health, held at the School of Nursing at the Institute of Health Sciences of Universidade Católica Portuguesa and refers to the Curricular Unit Final Internship and Report with a total of 750 hours, corresponding to 30 ECTS. The internship took place between September 21, 2020 and March 29, 2021, in a Community Care Unit with passage through a Family Health Unit and in a Pediatric Inpatient Hospital Service, in a total of 180 hours of contact in each context. A descriptive and critical-reflective methodology is used, using systematic bibliographic research, with the aim of demonstrating, in a well-founded way, the acquisition of competences in Child and Pediatric Health Nursing recommended by the study plan. Structurally, a reflection on the professional path and the contribution of the previous internship in the development, in part, of some competences for the Final Internship is presented. In both contexts, specialized nursing care was provided to children of different age groups and their families based on the care partnership model, with a special focus on promoting child development and parenting, on adequate and effective communication with the child and family and in minimizing the impact of hospitalization and complex chronic illness, with the skills acquired, the specific objectives defined and the activities carried out distributed over the four fields of activity of the Specialist Nurse being presented later: care, management, training and research.

Date of Award	9 Sept 2021
Original language	Portuguese
Awarding Institution	Universidade Católica Portuguesa
Supervisor	Isabel Quelhas (Supervisor)