UFCSPA Federal University of Health Sciences of Porto Alegre

Master in Nursing

The Graduate Program in Nursing is the first professional master’s degree in Nursing created in a federal public institution in Rio Grande do Sul. The program emphasizes a performance of high-level professional qualification, articulating updated knowledge, expertise in scientific methodology and the fields of professional activity. It is expected that the academic and professional training of nurses will allow a transformation in the health and education services provided by them.

Research lines

• Innovative nursing practices and technologies in health care: It proposes to instrumentalize the process of caring, considering its historical, contemporaneous and ethical aspects. It covers the development, use and/or innovation of technological resources and models of the process of caring in the different stages of the life cycle.
• Health care networks and nursing care management: It includes interventions to strengthen networks, the care within the Unified Health System, public policies and nursing care management in different practice scenarios. It comprises interventions for the strengthening of organizational processes and evaluation of health technologies.