Thanks to this program, you will have the renewal of knowledge you were looking for in patients with cardiac problems" 

Reducing mortality in patients who have suffered heart failure, minimizing symptoms and improving the quality of life of these patients are the main objectives of healthcare professionals, including nurses. This is a challenge that will be explored in depth in this Diploma, which will delve into the strategies of pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatment, nursing care and its role in Intensive Care Units.

A 100% online program, which has a teaching staff with extensive experience in cardiology in reference hospitals, will allow the nursing professional to update their knowledge about the care they must provide to patients who have suffered heart failure. Through video summaries, detailed videos and specialized readings, the students of this program will learn in depth about the care of patients with ventricular assistance, cardiac transplantation and day-to-day life in the Intensive Care Unit and new consultations.

In addition, this qualification provides simulations of real clinical cases that will put the nursing professional in a situation. A didactic resource of great practical utility, which will allow progress in the renewal of knowledge.

All this with a flexible program, which gives the nursing professional the opportunity to connect from any electronic device with internet connection to the syllabus available from the beginning of the program. In this way, without the need for attendance or fixed timetable sessions, students taking this qualification will have the option of distributing the teaching load according to their needs. Likewise, the Relearning system, based on the reiteration of content, will allow you to reduce the long hours of study that are more frequent in other teaching models. An ideal educational option to renew your knowledge in a more agile and simple way.

An ideal educational option for professionals who wish to combine their work responsibilities with quality teaching" 

This Postgraduate certificate in Nursing in Heart Failure contains the most complete and up-to-date scientific program on the market. The most important features include:

• The development of practical cases presented by experts in Nursing
• The graphic, schematic, and practical contents with which they are created, provide scientific and practical information on the disciplines that are essential for professional practice
• Practical exercises where self-assessment can be used to improve learning
• Its special emphasis on innovative methodologies
• Theoretical lessons, questions to the expert, debate forums on controversial topics, and individual reflection assignments
• Content that is accessible from any fixed or portable device with an Internet connection

This Postgraduate certificate gives you the opportunity to deepen your knowledge of the advances in mechanical circulatory assistance and cardiac transplantation" 

The program’s teaching staff includes professionals from the sector who contribute their work experience to this educational program, as well as renowned specialists from leading societies and prestigious universities.

The multimedia content, developed with the latest educational technology, will provide the professional with situated and contextual learning, i.e., a simulated environment that will provide immersive education programmed to learn in real situations.

The design of this program focuses on Problem-Based Learning, through which the professional must try to solve the different professional practice situations that arise throughout the program. For this purpose, the student will be assisted by an innovative interactive video system created by renowned and experienced experts.

A university program that will allow you to get up to date in geriatric heart failure and palliative care"

The clinical cases provided by the specialized team will bring you even closer to the reality of caring for patients with heart failure"

The curriculum of this program has been designed by a teaching team with extensive experience in the care of patients with Heart Failure. Their experience is reflected in a syllabus consisting of a module to which the nursing professional will have full access from the beginning of this qualification. Through multimedia content, students will delve into the prevalence, incidence, hospitalizations and mortality due to heart failure, the treatments currently used, comorbidities, as well as palliative and terminal care. The library of didactic resources will also allow you to broaden your knowledge of this program.

A syllabus that will introduce you to nursing leadership skills in the care process in the HF unit"

Module 1. Heart Failure

1.1. General Epidemiology of Heart Failure

1.1.1. Prevalence, Incidence, Hospitalizations and Mortality Due to Heart Failure
1.1.2. Demographic and Clinical Characteristics

1.2. Heart Failure Pathophysiology

1.2.1. Pathophysiological Mechanisms: Residual Congestion
1.2.2. Etiology
1.2.3. Classification of Heart Failure
1.2.4. Clinical Manifestations
1.2.5. Prognosis and Risk Stratification

1.3. Diagnosis of Heart Failure

1.3.1. Diagnostic Elements: Imaging Techniques
1.3.2. Biomarkers in the Diagnosis and Prognosis of HF
1.3.3. Clinical Assessment of the Hemodynamic Profile
1.3.4. Hemodynamics, Coronary Angiography and Endomyocardial Biopsy
1.3.5. Genetic Study of Patients with HF: Familial Cardiomyopathies

1.4. HF Treatment

1.4.1. Non-Pharmacological Treatment Cardiovascular Education. The Role of the Nurse
1.4.2. Medical Treatment of Chronic HF
1.4.3. Medical Treatment of Acute HF
1.4.4. Treatment of HF with Preserved EF

1.5. Most Relevant Comorbidities in HF

1.5.1. Metabolic Cardiomyopathies: HF and Diabetes
1.5.2. Cardiorenal Syndrome: Anemia and HF
1.5.3. COPD
1.5.4. HF in Elderly Patients
1.5.5. Congenital Heart Disease in Adults: HF of Valvular Origin
1.5.6. Assessment of Frailty in Patients with HF

1.6. Implantable Devices

1.6.1. Cardiac Arrhythmias and their Treatment for Patients with Heart Failure: Ablation Techniques in HF
1.6.2. Incidence of ICD and Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy in HF
1.6.3. Nursing Care of Patients with Devices
1.6.4. Operation, Alarms and Monitoring of the HF Patient
1.6.5. Remote Monitoring of the HF Patient with these Types of Devices

1.7. Advanced HF: Mechanical Circulatory Assistance and Cardiac Transplantation

1.7.1. Ventricular Assist Device: Implantation Types, Techniques and Short-Term Complications
1.7.2. Nursing Care for Patients with a Ventricular Assist Device
1.7.3. Complications of Ventricular Assist Devices
1.7.4. Ventricular Remodeling Surgery and Revascularization in HF
1.7.5. Cardiac Transplantation

1.8. Palliative and Terminal Care

1.8.1. Refractory HF: Pharmacological and Non-Pharmacological Treatment
1.8.2. Palliative Care. Identification of the Terminal Patient
1.8.3. Ethical Conflicts or Dilemmas in the Care of the Terminally Ill Patient
1.8.4. Coordination between Levels of Care and with the Patient and Family for Palliative Care: Withdrawal of Life Support

1.9. The Day Hospital within the HF Unit and New Consultations

1.9.1. Cardio-oncology
1.9.2. Inherited Heart Disease
1.9.3. Pulmonary Hypertension in HF
1.9.4. Cardiorenal
1.9.5. Cardiac Rehabilitation
1.9.6. Sexology

1.10. The HF Unit Nurse as the Leader of the Entire Care Process

1.10.1. Organization of the Nurse's Consultation: Taking the Clinical History and Patient Assessment
1.10.2. Education and Communication: Conflict Resolution with Patients and Family
1.10.3. Drug Titration: Starting and Target Doses of Each Drug. Problems in Each One of Them and Solutions to Follow
1.10.4. Geriatric Heart Failure, Palliative Care, Coordination and Continuity of Care, Telemedicine and Telemonitoring
1.10.5. Nurse Case Manager
1.10.6. Care Process Management

A program that will allow you to update your knowledge on the most commonly used treatments for patients with heart failure"