Master in Rehabilitation Nursing

The Master in Rehabilitation 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 Formative Plan for specialized training in Rehabilitation Nursing.

The purpose of this Master’s Degree in Rehabilitation is to help students develop and deepen their cognitive, instrumental and attitudinal skills to assess the person’s functional condition and environment, enabling the future master in Rehabilitation to diagnose needs in specialized care in Rehabilitation, with a focus on the implementation of specialized nursing interventions aimed at optimizing the functionality, self-care capacity, social participation and quality of life of the person and the family, based on the best evidence, thus promoting the quality and safety of health care.

The course respects the requirements and principles of analysis of the specialized training in Nursing of the Portuguese Order of Nurses, particularly regarding the possibility of later awarding the professional title of Specialist Nurse in Rehabilitation Nursing to the holders of the Master’s Degree in Rehabilitation.

Learning outcomes

• To reveal a high level of knowledge and a critical awareness to the issues pertaining to specialized care in Rehabilitation Nursing;
• To demonstrate the ability to conceive, implement and evaluate specialized interventions in Rehabilitation Nursing;
• To integrate multi-professional teams in different clinical settings, which goal is the rehabilitation and autonomy of people;
• To demonstrate leadership competencies of nursing teams, focusing on the rehabilitation of people;
• To demonstrate the ability to assume the role of facilitator and promoter of care quality in the area of Rehabilitation Nursing;
• To demonstrate the ability to promote research-based innovative strategies in specialized practice in Rehabilitation Nursing;
• To demonstrate the ability to translate the knowledge produced in research into specialized practice, in order to guarantee safety and care quality.