Master in Medical-Surgical Perioperative Nursing 

The Master’s Degree in Medical-Surgical Perioperative Nursing, is part of the ESEP’s post-graduate training policy, within the framework of a strategy aligned with its statutory mission. The course is based on the interconnection between research, teaching and responding to the health needs of the population.

This Master’s Degree has as its reference the Nursing Order Training Plan for specialised training in Medical-Surgical Perioperative Nursing . The Course, which is also in line with the most recent WHO guidelines for this area, is strongly oriented towards the development of advanced competencies of a predominantly clinical nature, focusing on the human responses to health problems and life processes associated with the perioperative situation, with a focus on making evident the contribution of nursing care to the population’s health gains in this area.

The course respects the requirements and principles of analysis of the specialised training in Nursing of the Nursing Order (NO), namely in what refers to the possibility of later attribution of the professional title of Nurse Specialist to the holders of the Master’s Degree in Medical-Surgical Perioperative Nursing . This course will contribute to the training of professionals who constitute critical mass for the development of autonomous and collaborative activities in the area of perioperative nursing, based on the best research evidence. It is intended to be relevant for collaboration in the implementation of health policies and in policies of perioperative care organization. Finally, it is also intended to be relevant for the creation, implementation and evaluation of health projects aimed at the health of people undergoing surgery.

Learning outcomes

• To contribute to the training of nurses in coordination competencies of nursing teams, in the surgical field, intended to provide care to clients, thoughout a “continuum” of care;
• To contribute to the training of nurses with competencies for the production and application of advanced scientific knowledge, as well as for autonomous, reflective decision-making based on the best available evidence, in the scope of medical-surgical nursing, in the area of assistance to the person in perioperative situation.