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Medical- Surgical Nursing 5

Scholar Year: 2021/2022

Code: ME40   
Scientific area: Enfermagem
Section/Department: Nursing Department
Term: 2nd Semester

Courses

Acronym N. of students Study Plan Curricular year ECTS Contact hours Total Time
ME 27 4,0 32 108,0

Teaching weeks: 18

Head

Teacher Responsability
Adriano de Jesus Miguel Dias Pedro Head

Weekly workload

Hours/week T TP P PL TC S E EL OT TPL O OT/PL
Type of classes 1 1 ,13

Lectures

Type Teacher Classes Hours
Theoretical Totals 1 1,00
Adriano Pedro   1,00
Theoretical-practical Totals 1 1,00
Adriano Pedro   1,00
Orientação Tutorial Totals 1 0,13
Adriano Pedro   0,13

Teaching language

Portuguese

Intended learning outcomes (Knowledges, skills and competencies to be developed by the students)

- Acquire specific knowledge on the Prevention and Control of Infection associated with Healthcare;
- Identify and frame the problem of IACS, grounded in the national plan for prevention and control;
- Identify situations with increased risk of transmission of infection in the context of care to the person in critical condition and/or organ failure adopting the appropriate measures;
- Conceive a plan to prevent and control the infection for meet the needs of context of care to the person in critical condition and / or organ failure;
- Lead continuous improvement processes for the prevention and control of IACS and security policies in providing care to the person in critical condition and / or organ failure;
- Meet the typology of Medical Waste and and treatment operations;
- Consider the relevance of Service Centralized Sterilization.

Syllabus

1. Epistemology of prevention and control of IACS;
2. Basic precautions, precautions dependent of the pathways of transmission, isolation measures;
3. Multiresistant microorganisms and epidemiologically important;
4. National and institutional organization of the prevention and control of IACS;
5. National plan for prevention and control of IACS/Bundles;
6. Strategies of individual and collective protection;
7. Screening and packaging of wastes, circuit and treatment;
8. Policy of disinfectants and antiseptics;
9. Centralized Sterilization Service.

Demonstration of the syllabus coherence with the UC intended learning outcomes

Infection associated to health care is an infection acquired by patients as a consequence of care and health procedures performed and which can also affect the health professionals during the exercise of their activity (DGS, 2007). Thus it is important to develop a set of skills in specialist nurses in medical-surgical nursing, towards reducing the incidence of this type of infection, compounded by the fact the person in critical condition have a greater susceptibility to microorganisms. The programmatic content defined for the CU are coherent with the learning objectives defined, allowing reconfigure them in clinical skills capable of assuring safe and quality care.

Teaching methodologies

The teaching methodologies preconized for this curricular unit focus on the student and the learning objectives defined.
Shall be applied to the lecture method to the point 3 of programmatic content and from the point 4 shall be used preferentially group work, analysis of legislation and the reflection on the concrete situations of clinical practice of students.

Demonstration of the teaching methodologies coherence with the curricular unit's intended learning outcomes

It is intended that teaching be student-centered, using for such methodologies which lead to reflection and to the development of cognitive processes, decision making and problem solving. In order to effectuate the independente student work, which corresponds to more than half the course load of the CU, the proposed methodology seeking involves him in his learning process, with the state that are coherence with the learning objectives. The evaluation methodology aims to bring together all subject, by proposing the construction of a plan for the prevention and control of infection of a specific need that the student identify in the context of clinical practice. Is also looking the analysis surrounding the legal and scientific evidence on the grounds of clinical decision making.

Assessment methodologies and evidences

Evaluation:
Realization, in a group of maximum 4 students, a plan for prevention and control of infection for a specific need of care context, with 40% weighting.
Individual discussion of the prevention and control infection plan, with weighting of 60%.
Evaluation by exam:
Individual written work with oral discussion


Bibliografia

Departamento da Qualidade na Saúde (2013). Prevalência de Infeção Adquirida no Hospital e Uso de Antimicrobianos nos Hospitais Portugueses. Ministério da Saúde: Lisboa.
Direção Geral da Saúde (2009). Manual de Operacionalização do Programa de Prevenção e Controlo da Infeção Associada aos Cuidados de Saúde. Ministério da Saúde: Lisboa.
Direção Geral da Saúde (2012). Norma Precauções Básicas do Controlo da Infeção. Ministério da Saúde: Lisboa.
Direção de Serviços de Prevenção da Doença e Promoção da Saúde (2014). Resíduos Hospitalares – Documento de Orientação. Ministério da Saúde: Lisboa.
Instituto Nacional de Saúde Dr. Ricardo Jorge (2002). Prevenção das Infeções adquiridas no Hospital – Guia Prático. Programa Nacional de Controlo de Infeção. INSA: Lisboa.
Plano estratégico dos Resíduos Hospitalares 2011-2016 (2011). Ministério da Saúde, Ministério do Ambiente, Ministério da Agricultura: Lisboa.

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