Promote autonomy and responsibility for lifelong learning, developing knowledge and skills to deepen and understand new and / or complex situations;
Promote a reflective and innovative professional practice in the field of medical-surgical nursing - a person in a chronic situation, in accordance with legal norms, human rights, ethical principles and professional responsibility;
Train to manage nursing care, optimizing response and articulation with the multidisciplinary team;
Qualify for team leadership in broad and multidisciplinary contexts, aiming at the continuous improvement of the quality of care in a therapeutic and safe environment;
Train for the use and production of scientific knowledge and its communication and dissemination, in a clear and unambiguous way;
Promote professional development, discipline in the field of nursing knowledge for people in chronic situations and the appreciation of the profession.
Graduates of the Master's Medical-Surgical Nursing – Chronic illness Nursing are awarded a master's degree, level 7 of the QNQ, and if they hold the professional title of nurse, with two years of professional experience and have completed the Internship with Report modality, they are eligible to apply to the Order of Nurses for the title of Specialist Nurse, since they have the specific and common skills for specialised nursing care in highly complex situations, for the leadership of care and teams, the production and dissemination of scientific knowledge and the development of innovative solutions applied to practice in Medical-Surgical Nursing. They may develop their professional activity in three distinct sectors: the public sector, the private sector and in private practice (Primary Health Care, Hospitals, Clinics, Residential Establishments for the Elderly, Day Centres, among others).
Access and ingress
Hold a Nursing Degree with at least 240 ECTS, or legal equivalent, obtained from a Portuguese higher education institution; / • Hold a Bachelor's Degree in Nursing with at least 240 ECTS, awarded following a 1st cycle of studies organized in accordance with the principles of the Bologna Process by a State adhering to this process.
Teaching activities take place mostly in the after-work regime, some of which may be diurnal. The internships are diurnal or in shifts, following the activity of the guiding nurses.