Master in Community Nursing, Area of Family Health Nursing
Aveiro, Portugal
DURATION
2 Years
LANGUAGES
English
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STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
Key Summary
About: The Master in Community Nursing, Area of Family Health Nursing focuses on developing advanced practice skills in community health. The program equips students with essential knowledge to address health disparities and improve health outcomes in diverse populations. It offers a comprehensive curriculum that emphasizes evidence-based practice and community-oriented health interventions.
Career Outcomes: Graduates can pursue roles as community health nurses, family health nurse practitioners, or public health educators. Opportunities also exist in healthcare administration, policy development, or as advisors on community health programs.
Introduction
Master in Community Nursing, Area of Family Health Nursing
- To promote the development of knowledge and advanced intervention methodologies in the specialized area of Family Health Nursing (FHN);
- To train for critical reflection in the areas of specialized care, promoting autonomous, reflective decision-making and based on the most advanced scientific evidence;
- To train for the development of scientific research aiming at qualified responses according to the specificities of the people and families, according to their life cycle stage and adaptive developmental contexts;
- To promote the development of transversal skills to integrate knowledge, manage cases of health vulnerability/risk, manage complex situations, develop solutions or make judgments, including ethical and deontological reflections that result or condition clinical FHN;
- To promote the development of specialized skills to integrate multidisciplinary and interprofessional teams leading to an integrated health promotion intervention aimed at individuals and families, throughout the life cycle and/in moments of adaptation to the transition.
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Scholarships and Funding
Several scholarship options are available. Please visit the university website for more information.
Curriculum
Year 1
1st Semester
- Health Management
- Research Methodologies in Health
- Ethics and Deontology in Advanced Nursing
- Ontoepistemology of Family Nursing
- Models and Techniques of Assessment and Family Intervention
- Health Communication
2nd Semester
- Specialised Family Nursing Throughout the Life Cycle
- Family as a Target Care System
Year 2
1st Semester
Dissertation / Project / Clinical Practice With Report