Gestão de sinais e sintomas na pessoa com doença oncológica

Code:

UC466

Acronym:

GSSPDO

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Nursing

Instance: 2025/2026 - 1S (edição n.º 1)

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Gestão de Sinais e Sintomas
Course/CS Responsible:	Post-Graduation in Oncology Nursing

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
PGEO	13	Official Syllabus	1	-	3	30	84

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

• Identify clients' needs in terms of managing the signs and symptoms of cancer.


• Relate these to the physical and psychological processes tha are the focus of nursing care for people with cancer.


• Identify the assessment data for physical and psychological processes in people with cancer.


• Identify nursing diagnoses relating to physical and psychological processes in people with cancer.


• Identify differentiated nursing interventions that promote control of signs and symptoms of bodily and psychological process compromise in people with cancer.


• Develop students' clinical skills in the context of advanced professional practice with people with cancer.

Learning outcomes and competences

By the end of the course unit, students should be able to:
Analyse the pathophysiological and psychological processes that underlie the manifestation of the primary signs and symptoms of cancer.

Identify and interpret relevant clinical and psychological assessment data to enable the early recognition of disturbances in bodily and psychological processes associated with cancer and its treatments.

Based on scientific evidence and the systematic assessment of people with cancer, formulate nursing diagnoses in the field of bodily and psychological processes.

Plan and implement differentiated nursing interventions aimed at controlling signs and symptoms, preventing complications, and promoting the well-being and quality of life of people with cancer.

Demonstrate advanced clinical skills based on clinical reasoning and informed decision-making in professional practice with cancer patients.

Skills to be developed:


Cognitive and scientific:

- The ability to analyse and synthesise clinical and psychological data.
- Application of scientific evidence in decision-making.

Technical and clinical:

- Systematic assessment of signs and symptoms.
- Formulating diagnoses and implementing appropriate interventions.
Use of clinical monitoring technologies.

Professional development:

Reflection on practice based on the best available evidence.
Participation in improving the quality of care.

Working method

Presencial

Program

• Cancer as a chronic or advanced disease throughout the life cycle.


• It involves managing the signs and symptoms related to cancer and its treatment.


• Prevention and management of complications associated with cancer.




• The focus is on aspects relevant to nursing practice in relation to the bodily and psychological processes that constitute the signs and symptoms of these conditions.


• Strategies for the initial assessment of people with cancer and their subsequent progress during hospitalisation, using data from surveillance and monitoring to identify compromises in bodily and psychological processes and to monitor progress and responses to identified problems.




• Nursing diagnoses in the context of bodily and psychological compromises translate into an intervention plan aimed at controlling signs and symptoms and preventing complications through early detection.




• Differentiated nursing interventions with integrity references for the identified nursing diagnoses to prevent complications and control compromises resulting from cancer, including nursing interventions to manage cancer and refer patients to other professionals.

Mandatory literature

Andrea Bezerra Rodrigues ; Oncologia para Enfermagem, Manole, 2023. ISBN: 9788520445266

Complementary Bibliography

Romualdo Barroso-Sousa & Gustavo Fernandes ; Oncologia princípios e prática clinica, Manole, 2023. ISBN: 9786555762679

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoretical and practical lectures involving students in discussion.
Group work.
Discussion and critical reflection.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

designation	Weight (%)
Apresentação/discussão de um trabalho científico	100,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	54,00
Frequência das aulas	30,00
Total:	84,00

Eligibility for exams

Each student is required to attend 75% of the classes scheduled for the course unit, in each of its different types of classes or teaching sessions.
Students covered by the situations provided for by law, namely those with special status, such as Working Students, are exempt from the attendance requirements mentioned above.

Calculation formula of final grade

Scientific rigour and quality of the literature review (50%).

Relevance of critical analysis and implications for practice (10%).

Quality of poster (organisation, clarity, visual and informational impact) (20%).

Oral presentation and discussion skills (30%).