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"

At the end of the six-week course, the nursing professional will have acquired updated knowledge thanks to the content provided by the team of experts who teach this qualification. This will allow you to be aware of the skills required for conducting a clinical examination, advances in treatments for patients with heart failure, as well as the appropriate information to be transferred to the patient to lead a correct lifestyle. 

The Relearning system of this qualification will allow you to reduce the long hours of study" 

General Objectives

• Update knowledge in the treatment and care of patients diagnosed with the main cardiovascular pathologies, including myocardial and pericardial diseases, coronary artery disease and arrhythmias
• Ensure that nurses' knowledge of cardiology is updated and improve their qualification in order to encourage them in their daily work and increase their professional motivation
• Enhance the professionals’ ability to make a balanced assessment of the use of health resources in relation to the individual, social and collective benefit that can be derived from such use
• Enable the establishment of communication tools among health professionals within a multidisciplinary team
• Improve the perception of the social role of nursing professionals, as individual agents in a general health care system and of the ethical requirements that this entails

Specific Objectives

• Acquire competence in performing a clinical examination and evaluating treatment effects
• Provide the student with a comprehensive knowledge of HF, its causes, natural history, prevention, diagnosis and treatments based on scientific evidence, including pharmacological and non-pharmacological therapies; devices and surgery, with special emphasis on drug titration 
• Acquire skills in assessing educational and psychosocial needs and providing patient education and psychosocial support

This program provides an in-depth look at the latest scientific evidence in the application of treatments for transplant patients"