Introduction:

Over the last 50 years, postgraduate training within the scope of specialization in Rehabilitation Nursing has followed a path of technical and disciplinary development in order to anticipate societal challenges. In the last decade, we have had a training model in use that will be replaced by the training model published in March 2021 by the Portuguese Order of Nurses.

Objective:

To analyze the results related to the last decade of the training process considering the specific competences of specialist nurses in rehabilitation nursing.

Methodology:

Case study of mixed nature: quantitative for the results of the learning process and qualitative for the organizational processes. In the quantitative evaluation, the average scores were calculated from a 5-point Likert scale (where 1 represents the worst opinion and 5 the best opinion). Data were collected from public reports of specialization and master degree of a nursing education institution in the North of Portugal.

Presentation and interpretation of results:

Between the academic years 2009/2010 and 2019/2020, 289 students completed the Specialization course in Rehabilitation Nursing, and 64 students completed the Master's Degree in Rehabilitation Nursing. There is evidence of an approximation of the curricular units to the specific competences of Rehabilitation Nurses and an average assessment performed by students of 4 for interest, 3.7 for functioning and 4.2 for teachers.

Conclusion:

The results show the specialization course in rehabilitation nursing as a successful training and framed in the legislative articulations of the competences of specialists in rehabilitation nursing, as well as a very positive global average assessment of the learning processes.

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