Cândida Loureiro

O bom professor: opinião dos estudantes

In order to achieve a student-centered teaching/learning and to meet continuous improvement as well as quality and relevance growth, the Quali...

Identificação dos fatores determinantes no desenvolvimento das competências sociais dos adolescentes

This article concerns a study of the difficulties that adolescents present at the level of their social skills and the possible intervention strategies deve...

Depressão em adolescentes em meio escolar: Projeto + Contigo

Background: Adolescent depression is considered a public health issue in Portugal, despite the lack of national epidemiological data. It involves a high degr...

Promoção do bem-estar em adolescentes: contributos do projeto +Contigo

Objetivos: O projeto +Contigo insere-se no âmbito da promoção da saúde mental e bem-estar e da prevenção de comportamentos autolesivos e enquanto projeto de investigação longitudinal é baseado numa intervenção multinível em rede. Tem como um dos objetivos gerais promover o bem-estar em adolescentes do 3º ciclo e do ensino secundário. Métodos: Estudo de natureza quasi-experimental, com grupo de controlo, avaliado no início, no final e seis meses após intervenção ao longo do ano letivo. A intervenção dirigida aos adolescentes é composta por 7 sessões em sala de aula, abordando o estigma, a adolescência, o autoconceito, a resolução de problemas, a depressão e o bem-estar. O instrumento de recolha de dados, aplicado sob a forma de questionário é constituído por vários instrumentos de medida entre os quais o índice de bem-estar (OMS, 1998). Foi autoadministrado a 2.105 adolescentes, de escolas da região centro de Portugal com adesão ao projeto +Contigo, durante os anos letivos de 2011/2012 e 2012/2013. Resultados: A amostra é constituída por 2.105 adolescentes, maioritariamente do género masculino, com idade entre os 13 e os 14 anos, pertencentes maioritariamente a turmas do 8º ano. O índice de bem-estar demonstra um aumento ao longo das três fases, no grupo alvo de intervenção, com diferença estatisticamente significativa para o grupo de controlo. Os adolescentes do género masculino apresentam melhores índices de bem-estar, existindo no decorrer do projeto aumento deste índice para ambos os géneros, com diferenças estatisticamente significativas no género masculino. Os adolescentes do 7º, 8º e 9º ano evoluíram favoravelmente no índice de bem-estar em todas as fases de avaliação. Conclusão: A intervenção produz resultados positivos a curto e a médio prazo para o índice de bem-estar, com resultados estatisticamente significativos para o grupo de intervenção comparativamente ao grupo de controlo. Estas repercussões ao nível do bem-estar dos adolescentes reforçam a estratégia preventiva de comportamentos suicidários adotada, já que, sendo o bem-estar um indicador de saúde mental acredita-se que poderá ajudar a prevenir os comportamentos autolesivos nos adolescentes.

Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Core Competencies: Communication Skills

This chapter focuses on the core skills and competencies of psychiatric/mental health nurses with a particular emphasis on interpersonal communication skills. The use and application of these skills is embedded in the context of person-centered, interpersonal P/MH nursing. As a result, the authors focus on core competencies such as experiencing and conveying a sense of empathy, possessing and communicating unconditional positive regard, and active listening. Following this, the authors review and discuss the evidence concerning the impacts and effects of interpersonal relationships with P/MH nurses from the service users’ perspectives. Effective interpersonal communication skills are then embedded or contextualized within the “recovery movement” and then also within the theory of hope inspiration and maintenance. The chapter concludes by pointing out how given the fact that human beings can be thought of as “systems of interrelated parts,” the holistic view confirms that the whole is more than just the sum of its parts. The challenge lies in moving from a disease-centered approach to a more effective person-centered approach. A new understanding of the meaning of mental health problems or so-called mental disorders is also urgent in order to align the professionals’ roles and skills with the more effective strategies to help the person’s recovery.

Human Experiences of and Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurses’ Responses to Problems Related to Dementias and Cognitive Impairment

The population of Europe is aging, and with that, there comes a higher incidence of neurodegenerative disorders. The increased health-care burden this creates on occidental countries at the very least is significant, and psychiatric/mental health nurses are at the front of the response to these challenges. Accordingly, this chapter begins by reviewing, defining, and discussing the basic elements related to dementia, intervention, psychoeducation, and person-centered psychiatric/mental health nursing care of older adults living with dementia, their families, and caregivers. Following this, the chapter focuses on interventions with an emphasis on non-pharmacological interventions and then proceeds to explore the important practice of psychoeducation. The chapter, in keeping with the book’s overall focus, then details person-centered psychiatric/mental health nursing care of the older adult living with dementia. The chapter closes by considering and discussing the role of families and caregivers in the mental health care of this population.

Adaptação cultural e validação para a língua portuguesa do Nursing Clinical Facilitators Questionnaire

ABSTRACT Objective: to perform the cultural adaptation to Portuguese of the Nursing Clinical Facilitators Questionnaire (NCFQ), which was designed by the Centre for Learning and Teaching at the University of Technology of Sydney, and to validate this instrument. Methods: this methodological study involved the cultural adaptation of the questionnaire by using translation, back-translation, semantic comparison, idiomatic and conceptual equivalence, and validation through validity and reliability analyses and used a sample of 767 students in their second year of the Nursing Program. Results: construct validity had a two-factor solution according to the varimax rotation method. In addition, there was a high overall internal consistency for the questionnaire (Cronbachs alpha of 0.977) and for the factors found (0.966 and 0.952, respectively). Conclusion: the Portuguese version has good psychometric characteristics; therefore, it is adequate to obtain reliable information on the perception of nursing students concerning the type of supervision that is provided in clinical practice, and this version is adequate to improve teaching practices.Frederico-Ferreira MM, Camarneiro APF, Loureiro CREC, Ventura MCAA. Cultural adaptation and validation of the Portuguese version of the Nursing Clinical Facilitators Questionnaire. Rev. Latino-Am. Enfermagem. 2016;24:e2767. [Access ___ __ ____]; Available in: ____________________. DOI: http://dx.doi. org/10.1590/1518-8345.0617.2767. dia mês ano URL Adaptação cultural e validação para a língua portuguesa do Nursing Clinical Facilitators Questionnaire

Adaptación cultural y validación al portugués del Nursing Clinical Facilitators Questionnaire

ABSTRACT Objective: to perform the cultural adaptation to Portuguese of the Nursing Clinical Facilitators Questionnaire (NCFQ), which was designed by the Centre for Learning and Teaching at the University of Technology of Sydney, and to validate this instrument. Methods: this methodological study involved the cultural adaptation of the questionnaire by using translation, back-translation, semantic comparison, idiomatic and conceptual equivalence, and validation through validity and reliability analyses and used a sample of 767 students in their second year of the Nursing Program. Results: construct validity had a two-factor solution according to the varimax rotation method. In addition, there was a high overall internal consistency for the questionnaire (Cronbachs alpha of 0.977) and for the factors found (0.966 and 0.952, respectively). Conclusion: the Portuguese version has good psychometric characteristics; therefore, it is adequate to obtain reliable information on the perception of nursing students concerning the type of supervision that is provided in clinical practice, and this version is adequate to improve teaching practices.Frederico-Ferreira MM, Camarneiro APF, Loureiro CREC, Ventura MCAA. Cultural adaptation and validation of the Portuguese version of the Nursing Clinical Facilitators Questionnaire. Rev. Latino-Am. Enfermagem. 2016;24:e2767. [Access ___ __ ____]; Available in: ____________________. DOI: http://dx.doi. org/10.1590/1518-8345.0617.2767. dia mês ano URL Adaptação cultural e validação para a língua portuguesa do Nursing Clinical Facilitators Questionnaire

Cultural adaptation and validation of the Portuguese version of the Nursing Clinical Facilitators Questionnaire

ABSTRACT Objective: to perform the cultural adaptation to Portuguese of the Nursing Clinical Facilitators Questionnaire (NCFQ), which was designed by the Centre for Learning and Teaching at the University of Technology of Sydney, and to validate this instrument. Methods: this methodological study involved the cultural adaptation of the questionnaire by using translation, back-translation, semantic comparison, idiomatic and conceptual equivalence, and validation through validity and reliability analyses and used a sample of 767 students in their second year of the Nursing Program. Results: construct validity had a two-factor solution according to the varimax rotation method. In addition, there was a high overall internal consistency for the questionnaire (Cronbachs alpha of 0.977) and for the factors found (0.966 and 0.952, respectively). Conclusion: the Portuguese version has good psychometric characteristics; therefore, it is adequate to obtain reliable information on the perception of nursing students concerning the type of supervision that is provided in clinical practice, and this version is adequate to improve teaching practices.Frederico-Ferreira MM, Camarneiro APF, Loureiro CREC, Ventura MCAA. Cultural adaptation and validation of the Portuguese version of the Nursing Clinical Facilitators Questionnaire. Rev. Latino-Am. Enfermagem. 2016;24:e2767. [Access ___ __ ____]; Available in: ____________________. DOI: http://dx.doi. org/10.1590/1518-8345.0617.2767. dia mês ano URL Adaptação cultural e validação para a língua portuguesa do Nursing Clinical Facilitators Questionnaire

Motivos para a procura de mestrados: estudo exploratório com enfermeiros

The past few years have witnessed an increase in the number of Master’s-qualified nurses working in Portugal. However, despite personal and professional reas...