Undergraduate Degree in Nursing
Undergraduate Degree in Nursing
Learning outcomes
The nursing profession plays a key role in modern societies, providing the fundamentals for the preservation of human life and the health of the population.
Striving for excellence, the Undergraduate Degree in Nursing of the Nursing School of Porto offers the best training in nursing skills, leveraging personal and professional competencies.
The Undergraduate Degree in Nursing aims to prepare students to excel in the labour market through their unique technical and scientific skills.
The study plan is structured in two biennia. The first includes theoretical curricular units and the second comprises clinical teaching and practical curricular units, totalling 240 credits (ECTS).
The course provides access to the title of general care nurse, awarded by the Ordem dos Enfermeiros (Portuguese Order of Nurses).
The Nursing School of Porto also offers advanced studies in Nursing and Health.
Coordination
Paulo Puga Machado
Elisabete Borges
Syllabus
1st Academic year | ECTS |
|---|---|
Parenthood | 6 |
The adult and the elderly health | 6 |
Information in health | 3 |
Introduction to research | 3 |
Behaviour and interpersonal relationships | 3 |
Introduction to nursing | 6 |
Introduction to clinical practice I | 6 |
Anatomy | 3 |
Physiology | 6 |
Biochemistry & Microbiology | 3 |
Psychology | 6 |
Socio-anthropology of health | 6 |
European cultures and policies* | 3 |
Personal and social development* | 3 |
Entrepreneuship* | 3 |
Intervention in disaster* | 3 |
Complementary therapies* | 3 |
Portuguese sign language* | 3 |
European languages – English* | 3 |
European languages – Spanish* | 3 |
European languages – German* | 3 |
2nd Academic year | ECTS |
|---|---|
The dependent person and family caregivers | 6 |
Disease and treatment regimens management | 6 |
Body responses to the disease I | 6 |
Body responses to the disease II | 6 |
Interdependent interventions | 6 |
Introduction to nursing management | 3 |
Bioethics and ethics in nursing | 3 |
Introduction to clinical practice II | 6 |
Introduction to clinical practice III | 6 |
Pharmacology | 3 |
Pathology I | 6 |
Pathology II | 3 |
3rd Academic year | ECTS |
|---|---|
Clinical practices: family health | 15 |
Clinical practices: community nursing | 7,5 |
Clinical practices: surgery | 15 |
Clinical practices: medicine | 15 |
Clinical practices: parenthood and pregnancy | 7,5 |
4th Academic year | ECTS |
|---|---|
Clinical practices: continuing care in the community | 7,5 |
Clinical practices: continuing care nursing homes | 7,5 |
Clinical practices: mental health and psychiatry | 15 |
Clinical practices: paediatrics | 7,5 |
Clinical practices: obstetrics | 7,5 |
Clinical practices in hospitals settings * | 15 |
Clinical Practices in the community* | 15 |
Legal functioning authorization
- Accreditation of the study cycle
- DGES Registration – Number: R/A -Ef 143/2011/AL03 (dated 05/07/2019)
- Published in Diário da República – Ministerial Order No. 6901/2019 (2nd Serie, No. 147 dated 2 August)
Job opportunities
- Education Institutions
- Health Centres
- Hospitals
- Health Clinics
- Maternity wards
- Elderly Homes
- Kindergarten