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https://www.esel.pt/
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HISTORY
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The Nursing School of Lisbon (ESEL) created by Decree Law nº175/2004 of the 21st of July, results from the merger of the four public nursing schools in Lisbon - Artur Ravara Nursing School; Calouste Gulbenkian Nursing School in Lisbon; Francisco Gentil Nursing School and Maria Fernanda Resende Nursing School. Its Statutes are approved by Legislative Order nº 16/2009 of the 7th of April (Diário da República, 2nd Series - Nº 68 - 7th of April 2009). The first management bodies - Directive Council, Pedagogical Council and School Assembly - took office on the 24th of September 2007.
The genesis of this process dates back to 2001 with the publication of Decree- Law No. 99/2001 of the 28th of March, and stems from the need to articulate indispensable synergies for the development of nursing teaching and the nursing profession. The decision to create a single school was a freely taken decision, which resulted in the elaboration of a common development plan and the implementation of several joint projects. From the four prestigious institutions that gave rise to it, it inherits a unique heritage on which it bases its benchmarks:
- The Artur Ravara Higher Nursing School, formerly the Professional School of Nurses (1901) and the Artur Ravara School of Nursing (1930), was the first public nursing school in Portugal. Its origin dates back to the 19th century, with the creation of the first nursing training course at the Hospital de S.José in 1886. It has been, over 120 years, an undisputed benchmark in the history of Portuguese nursing.
- The Francisco Gentil Higher Nursing School was created in 1940, known then as the Technical School of Nurses of the Portuguese Institute of Oncology, under the aegis of Doctor Francisco Gentil, concerned with ensuring the training of qualified nurses, capable of participating, for their scientific and human competence in improving health care in the country. Sponsored by the Rockefeller Foundation, its tutleage already belonged to the ministry of education.
- The Calouste Gulbenkian Nursing School in Lisbon, originated in 1957 under the name of Hospital de Santa Maria Nursing School, created at the same time as the opening of the Teaching Hospital of Lisbon, now known as the Hospital de Santa Maria. In 1968, the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation financed the construction and equipment of the buildings of the Calouste Gulbenkian School of Nursing in Lisbon, and the Student Residence, which opened in 1972. A pioneer in Nursing student associations and in its 50 years of existence, dedicated to quality initial training, it has graduated around 5000 nurses.
- The Maria Fernanda Resende School of Nursing was the name adopted from 1986 onwards by the then School of Post-Basic Nursing of Lisbon, in memory of the nurse Maria Fernanda Resende (1923-1988), whose work strongly marked the teaching and development of Portuguese nursing. The School of Post-Basic
Nursing of Lisbon came into operation in 1984, with the aim of making the most of postgraduate training resources dispersed over various institutions, integrating three campuses that corresponded respectively to the former schools of Psychiatric Nursing in Lisbon, Nursing Teaching and Administration and Public Health Nursing. With the integration of nursing education in Polytechnic Higher Education in 1989 (Decree Law No. 480/88, of the 23rd of December), all the aforementioned schools started to deliver the Higher Nursing Course, which conferred the academic Bachelor degree, with the exception of Maria Fernanda Resende HEI, which taught specialised higher education in nursing courses. In 1999, the degree course in Nursing was created (Decree-Law No. 353/99, of 3rd of September), with all schools now conferring the academic bachelor degree and delivering postgraduate training. With Decree-Law No. 99/2001, of the 28th of March, these schools came to be supervised by the Ministry of Education and, later, by the Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education. From 2004 onwards, the merger process began, with the creation of a monitoring committee that led the process of constructing ESEL's statutes and the election of the first management bodies.
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OUR VISION AND MISSION
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| Our Quality Policy |
The achievement of the mission and vision is underpinned by the VALUES listed below, which identify us and define the way we relate to the community and its partners:
Responsibility - To encourage the assumption of individual and collective responsibility towards all those who interact with ESEL and the citizen in general;
Ethics - To promote ethical behaviour within the educational community and encourage respect for the standards and values of the profession;
Intellectual freedom - To promote cultural, scientific, technical and artistic creation, guaranteeing free expression and plurality of ideas and opinions;
Innovation and excellence - To foster innovation and excellence, both in solving problems and in formulating and implementing policies, as well as in the development of the educational process;
Cooperation - To promote joint and united action, in close connection with the community - its policies and options are based on needs and geared towards the achievement of sensible health outcomes;
Openness - To promote continuous openness to the outside world and adaptation to the technology, information and communication capabilities;
Citizenship - To encourage overall training and citizenship geared towards solidarity, democracy and participation. |
| Our Mission |
| At ESEL, our MISSION is to be a centre for the creation, development, transmission and dissemination of nursing culture and science, aimed at excellence and innovation. This is put into action through: a) Human training in its cultural, scientific, technical, ethical, aesthetic and professional aspects; b) Developing the discipline and practice of nursing through fundamental and applied research; c) Developing autonomy, innovation, leadership and responsibility for lifelong learning; d) Providing services to the community from a mutual development and enhancement perspective; e) Participating in national and international cooperation projects in the field of nursing and health that contribute to the country's development and to bringing people closer together. |
| Our Vision |
Our VISION integrates an idea of Institution, within Higher Education Institutions, with the aim of presenting itself as a generator of value, competitiveness and innovation, both in Nursing Education and in Research. Making this a reality will allow us to be: - A benchmark institution in nursing education, both nationally and internationally, namely in Portuguese-speaking countries and in Europe; - A comprehensive, innovative and plural School, aggregating knowledge and differences, acting in mutual respect and seeking sustainable answers to the challenges of higher education in Portugal and Europe; - A pillar in the development of knowledge in Nursing and the nursing profession, as well as its assurance within other partner professions in the health area; - A School deeply rooted in the social fabric, ethically, culturally and scientifically committed, where participation and citizenship in all its dimensions and services are encouraged, with a strong commitment to serving the community and maintaining direct relations with it; - A School capable of learning and teaching, training nurses who are recognised as excellent
professionals during their professional development journey.
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PROJECT TEAM
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Prof.Dr. Cristina Baixinho
Cristina Lavareda Baixinho, PhD. Coordinator Professor at the Lisbon Nursing School. PhD in Nursing. Her research interest covers the Management of the Risk of Falls in elderly residents in residential facilities for the elderly and in the community, transition from hospital to community, and knowledge transfer to the clinic. She is the Editor of Anna Nery Escola de Enfermagem and Member of several Scientific Commission. She is the Co-PI of the PULPIT project (ERASMUS+) and integrates the team of EIT financed project: Increasing the entrepreneurial innovation capacity of higher education institutions in AI and data science in healthcare -InnovAId.
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Prof. Dr. Andreia Costa
Researcher
Andreia Costa is a coordinator professor with a PhD in Nursing. She is a public health specialist, Directorate-General consultant, and international focal point for World Health Organization in areas like ageing, health literacy and noncommunicable diseases. Her research interests are focused on ageing, health literacy, and community intervention. She is the coordinator at ESEL’s Research Unit – CIDNUR. She is a scholar member of the European Academy of Nursing Sciences (EANS) and of several scientific and professional societies. She participated in several financed projects, namely Health Promotion and Disease Control Joint actions. She integrates the team of EIT financed project: Increasing the entrepreneurial innovation capacity of higher education institutions in AI and data science in healthcare -InnovAId. | Ricardo Ferreira
Researcher
Ricardo Ferreira, PhD in Nursing. His research interests include patient educational needs, patient-reported outcome measures, and Public and Patient Involvement (PPI) in research and education. Dr. Ferreira has authored more than 50 PubMed articles and 8 book chapters. He has contributed to the update of the EULAR recommendations for the nurse's role in managing chronic inflammatory arthritis. Dr. Ferreira has been an active member of the board of some national and international organisations. He was a founding member of the Portuguese Association of Health Professionals in Rheumatology and a member of the directive board of the Portuguese Council of Nurses. He has been an active member of the European Alliance of Associations for Rheumatology since 2013, namely Chair of the EULAR Committee of Health Professionals in Rheumatology (2019-2023). He is the PI of the PULPIT project (ERASMUS+) and OPTIMIST-OP. |
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