Publications by authors named "Maria Anabela Ferreira Dos Santos"
Objective: To explore and describe social and healthcare professionals' perceptions and educational needs in relation to domestic violence and its prevention.
Methods: A qualitative research was conducted in three European countries. Two multidisciplinary focus group interviews were conducted (in each country) among professionals and higher education teachers in the field of social and health care.
Domestic violence affects people of all socioeconomic backgrounds and education levels and can happen to anyone. It is a public health issue that needs to be addressed with health and social care professionals playing an essential role in prevention and early intervention. These professionals need to be prepared through proper education.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: to understand the perceptions of senior students in an undergraduate nursing course at a nursing college in Lisbon regarding skills related to clinical decision-making learned during their initial training.
Methods: qualitative study, of an exploratory and descriptive nature. Data collection occurred by carrying out a focus group with eight senior students in an undergraduate nursing course.
Unlabelled: A pedagogical activity with Master's Degree and Postgraduate students in Maternal Health and Obstetrics Nursing is described, applying principles of simulated practice in perineal suturing after delivery. This procedure causes a lot of insecurity and generates great anxiety in the students, when they start the internship in a delivery room.
Objectives: to develop the psychomotor skills in students for perineal surgical reconstruction; increase students' self-confidence to perform the procedure.
Objective: To understand the transition process of women through maternity status after 35 years of age.
Method: The methodology of constructivist Grounded Theory was used in the design of research, data collection and analysis.
Results: The results allowed the construction of a comprehensive model of the transition to motherhood experience after the age of 35, called "Metamorphosis in Mother".