Um cuidar especializado e promotor da comunicação durante a pandemia COVID-19

Abstract

This document aims to critically reflect on the course taken according to the common and specific competencies of the Specialist Nurse in Medical-Surgical Nursing, Critical Care Patientscope, as defined by the Ordem dos Enfermeiros, and the competencies of the Master, based on article 15 of the legal framework for higher education degrees and diplomas. This report describes the personal objectives set out, the main activities developed, and the results obtained in the different internship fields that took place in the Intensive Care Unit and in the Coordinator of Collection and Transplantation Office. The work frames the practice developed through Jean Watson's Theory of Human Care. The internship in the Intensive Care Unit allowed me to care for the critically ill personand family, while in a second internship I experienced the meticulous process of transplantation. The internships took place during the COVID-19 pandemic, leading health institutions to implement measures to prevent infection and promote safety of care, therefore emphasizing the restriction of visits imposed, with consequent change in the communication paradigm. Healthcare institutions were challenged to implement ways to mitigate isolation and promote effective communication between the adult inpatient and family. Against this setting of restrictions, the concern that leads to the research question was born: What are the strategies that promote communication, using technology, between the adult in patient and family during the COVID-19 pandemic? Operationalized through a scoping review. The pursuit of the objectives outlined allowed us to analyze the development of competencies throughout this formative journey, which contributed to the quality of care and excellence in the exercise of the profession, in a practice based on research, as an essential condition for a Master's Degree in Nursing with a specialization in Medical-SurgicalNursing.

Date of Award	17 Jan 2022
Original language	Portuguese
Awarding Institution	Universidade Católica Portuguesa
Supervisor	Manuela Madureira (Supervisor)