The course lasts for four academic years.
Each school year has an average duration of 36 weeks of effective teaching, not including the time of exams and vacations.
The course is constituted by a component of theoretical, theoretical / practical teaching and a component of clinical teaching (Curricular Stage). The course is organized in semesters, each containing 18 weeks of school activities.
The overall workload of the course is 6681 hours, corresponding to 240 ECTS.
The total number of contact hours is 4,406. Of these hours, 49% are Theoretical (T) and Theoretical-practical (TP) (2,166 hours) and 51% are Clinical Teaching (2,240 hours). The total work hours of the student correspond to 2,275 hours.

ESSV Higher Level Foreign Language Equivalence Assignment Regulation
Nursing Course Regulations
Nursing Course Regulations – T33

Credits Regulation
Credit Regulation – Matrix Portfolio

Allocation of Scholarships to Students of Higher Education
Award of Grants of Merit
Attribution of Equivalence to Undergraduate Degree in Nursing
Application of the Credit System
Application of the Diploma Supplement
International Student Statute
Special Statute – Social Support for Parents and Students
Special Statute – Social Support for Mothers and Parents Students – 1st Amendment
Praxe
Prescriptions
Vasco da Gama Program
Tips
Proofs Especially Destined for the Older Than 23 Years
Regimes of Reentry and Change of Institution Institution / Course of IPV
Isolated curricular units
Use of Student Lockers
Use of Lockers Installed at School

Guidance Writer’s Guide
Draft for authorization to request data collection

Scientific Opinion – Monographs
Information – Monographs
Matrix for evaluation – Monographs

The competency profile of the ESSV nursing license considers, among others, Nursing Thought Schools, Dublin Descriptors, Directive 2013/55 / EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 November 2013 and the Regulation of the Nurses’ Order, on the assumption of a professional exercise independent of the graduate:
Demonstrates current and relevant knowledge of nursing theories, procedures and techniques in a reasoned manner, supporting nursing care in research results / evidences and degrees of recommendation.
Demonstrates current and relevant knowledge of theories related to personal and professional development of problem solving, decision-making and conflict resolution, social, health and behavioral sciences, information technologies, national and international policies, which can be applied in nursing practice.
It collects and critically analyzes relevant data, diagnoses and prioritizes problems, defines objectives, prescribes and implements a care plan based on an effective partnership with the client / caregiver. Creates moments of evaluation and updating, aiming at the quality of care.
It mobilizes technical and scientific knowledge and meaningful and safe clinical experiences in the establishment of diagnoses, plans of action taking into account the health and social policies, as well as the resources available in the context in which it is inserted.
It collaborates effectively with other actors in the health sector, in particular in the training of health personnel, based on a body of knowledge and skills.
Demonstrates the ability to educate, facilitate, promote, support and encourage the health, well-being and comfort of populations, communities, groups, families and individuals in the context of their health project.
It establishes immediate first aid measures and emergency procedures in the preservation of life and acts in situations of crisis and catastrophe.
Demonstrates the ability to respond to a person’s needs throughout the life cycle, in health / disease situations, and in specific contexts, using nursing skills and medical devices to safely administer drugs and other therapies, safeguarding prevention and control measures of infection.
It develops a safe, responsible and informed practice, aware of the competencies, responsibilities and functions of the nurse.
Establishes culturally sensitive communication / therapeutic relationship with the client and / or caregivers.
Cooperates with other health professionals, ensuring respect for the determinants of effective communication.
It assumes the role of privileged interlocutor of the multi-professional team, being the client in the center of the care.
Demonstrates the ability to practice within the context of professional, ethical, legal, and regulatory codes, recognizing and responding to ethical moral dilemmas and issues in daily practice.
It demonstrates the ability to practice in a holistic, tolerant, nonjudgmental, caring and sensitive way, ensuring that the rights, beliefs and desires of different individuals and groups are not compromised.
Demonstrates the ability to recognize and interpret health indicators.
Demonstrates the ability to use medical devices and new information technologies to properly assess and respond to the needs of the person / caregiver.
Demonstrates the ability to enable clients and caregivers to express concerns, to identify and manage challenging behaviors, to recognize states of anxiety, stress and depression, to provide emotional support and to identify when specialized counseling or other necessary interventions (using communication techniques for promote well-being).
It focuses its intervention on the complex person / environment interdependence, using strategies of quality assurance and risk management.
Demonstrates the ability to perceive that client / client well-being is achieved through the resources and actions of all team members / social health care combined.
Demonstrates the ability to assess risk and actively promote the well-being and safety of all people in the workplace (including them).
Demonstrates the ability to critically use tools to evaluate and audit care according to relevant quality standards.
It assesses the need and type of care to be given to the client, prioritizing them, assumes the delegation of activities and their supervision to functionally dependent personnel, maintaining full responsibility for the care provided.
It assumes the essential role in health care for citizens, creating and giving visibility to their space in multidisciplinary work, assuming the leadership of the processes whenever the professional is best placed to do so.
It participates in quality improvement programs, acting simultaneously as promoter and executor of the processes, mobilizing and continuously disseminating new knowledge about good practices.
Demonstrates current and relevant knowledge of the research and nursing research process in support of care delivery and management.
It adopts a reflexive attitude about its practices, identifying areas of greater need for training, seeking to remain at the forefront of quality of care in a continuous improvement of its practices.