Learning outcomes of the curricular unit (knowledge, skills and competences to be developed by the students)
Ability to understand and reflect on the knowledge inherent in the complexity of caring with the newborn/child/youth and family inserted in a specific microsystem in the in the health care process. Ability to develop self-criticism and communication and negotiation skills in the promotion of newborn/child/youth well-being and family and maximize their potential for growth and development in culturally sensitive contexts through partnerships with parents/family. Ability to understand multicultural environments, beliefs and educational and health practices, and make decisions about complex situations inherent in caring for newborn/child/youth/family in the health care process. Ability to analyze the ethical aspects inherent in caring with the newborn/child/youth/family, mobilizing them for decision making.
Syllabus
The evolution of child care in Portugal and in the World. The newborn/child/ youth /family as a microsystem - beliefs and educational practices and health; family, cultural and community context. Health indicators. Health programs. New caring trends in the newborn/child/young/family: family-centered care; participation and partnership for the training of families and negotiation of care. Preservation of the safety and well-being of the newborn/child/family. Rights and therapeutic process. The growth and development of the newborn/child/youth person. The newborn/child/youth/sick family and the hospitalization: problematic of the hospitalization Changes in health/illness and nursing interventions. The newborn/child/youth person with special needs and in situations of vulnerability. Urgencies/emergencies in newborn/child/youth. Basic pediatric life support. Procedures and techniques in child and pediatric health nursing.
Demonstration of the syllabus coherence with the curricular unit's learning objectives
The family-centered philosophy of care is the fundamental reference for maximizing the potential of child growth and development within a specific microsystem insofar as it allows the analysis of the responses to the needs of the child/family and promotes the involvement and empowerment of parents in the care and reduces the adverse effects of child hospitalization. To answer the needs of the child and family, it is important to understand the evolution of child care, especially in the nineteenth, twentieth and twenty first century, as well as to know and interpret the child's health indicators and to analyze child-growth-enhancing interventions, In a situation of health, risk and vulnerability. The development of communication, negotiation and self-criticism is fostered by the primacy of the partnership with parents/family, the promotion of their safety and well-being, as well as the defense of the best interest of the child. The analysis of complex situations, inherent to the care of the child/family allows the understanding of the influence of diverse cultural scenarios, the reflection of deontological ethical issues and the development of decision making and generating new ideas.
Teaching methodologies (including evaluation)
It is intended that students are able to develop the skills necessary to mobilize the theoretical and technical resources of the UC in concrete situations, actively participating in their training process. It uses expository sessions, guided research in various documentary sources, including scientific databases, analysis of situations/problems based on the simulation of practical situations that aim to learn and explore methods, processes and techniques for applying understanding of specific facts, concepts and principles in child and pediatric health nursing (T; TP; OT; PL; S). The assessment - 1 group written assignment (30%) of a reflective and critical nature, 1 individual written test (60%) and PL assessment (10%).
Demonstration of the coherence between the teaching methodologies and the learning outcomes
Given that the students are in the 4th year, there are pedagogical strategies of a critical and reflexive nature with the use of understanding and analysis of specific real situations and contextual problems, developing in students the ability to "recycle permanently", acquiring new attitudes and abilities. The progressive appropriation of knowledge with the analysis of situations / problems and also through laboratory practices is intended to consolidate this knowledge, demonstrating capacities to learn and adapt to new situations, as well as the development of communication and outreach capacities of decision-making. Through group work and seminars with analysis and reflection of problem situations students develop interpersonal skills such as self-criticism, communication and negotiation skills between peers and teachers presenting / discussing intervention proposals in the field of promoting well- Being of the child and family, maximizing their potential for growth and development in culturally sensitive contexts by planning parent / family partnership strategies and problem solving strategies.
Bibliography (Mandatory resources)
Ferreira, R., Duarte, E., & Figueiredo, M.C. (2019). Sono e Repouso na Adolescência. In TeenPower. Tecnologia & Inovação na Promoção de Comportamentos Saudáveis em Adolescentes, 49-65. Grácio Editor Direção Geral da Saúde (2013). Programa nacional saúde infantil e juvenil. DGS. HocKenberry, M. J., Rodgers, C.C. & Wilson, D. (2018). Wong: Fundamentos de enfermagem pediátrica (10ª ed.). Guanabara Koogan (Vols I-II). Lusociência. Ordem dos Enfermeiros (2013). Guia orientador de boa prática. Estratégias não farmacológicas no controlo da dor na criança. série 1 (6), Cadernos OE. Ordem dos Enfermeiros (2011). Guias orientadores de boa prática em enfermagem em saúde infantil e pediátrica (Vol. II e III). Cadernos OE. Ramos, A.L. & Barbieri-Figueiredo, M.C. (2020). Enfermagem em Saúde da Criança e do Jovem. (Eds) Edições Técnicas, Lda.
