A 100% online postgraduate diploma of 450 teaching hours of update in Image-Guided Procedures in the Radiological Nursing Service "

Techniques such as image-guided biopsy, tumor embolization, radiofrequency ablation, central venous access catheter placement or image-guided drainage require in-depth knowledge of the techniques to be performed, allowing treatments to be more precise, less invasive and obtaining optimal results.  

In this scenario, nursing professionals with a broad mastery of their competencies and skills in radiology are an essential part of this interventional team. A reality that leads health professionals to be in a continuous updating of their skills to perform these processes with maximum guarantees. Therefore, this 100% online university program of 450 teaching hours, which brings together the most comprehensive and rigorous syllabus of the current academic panorama on this postgraduate diploma in Image-Guided Procedures in the Radiological Nursing Service, has arisen. 

It is a program that leads students to delve from a theoretical-practical perspective in Interventional Vascular and Neurradiological Radiology, in Breast and Brachytherapy Units, as well as the latest methods, which require a mastery of nurses to carry out a rigorous praxis in both complex and simple clinical cases to address.  

To achieve this update, this institution provides numerous pedagogical resources based on multimedia pills, simulations of case studies and specialized readings with which you can obtain a much more effective and dynamic updating process. In addition, students will not have to invest many hours of study, since the Relearning method will help them to consolidate the most important concepts in a much simpler way. 

The professionals are faced with a quality academic option that is perfectly compatible with their daily responsibilities. The fact is that the graduates do not have to go to any center in person, or attend classes with fixed schedules, so they can access the syllabus as and when they wish. They only need a digital device with an Internet connection to view the content of this program at any time of the day.  

In only 6 months you will be aware of the determining value of OCT imaging, DEXA, CPR in the Hemodynamics Unit"

This postgraduate diploma in Image-Guided Procedures in the Radiological Nursing Service contains the most complete and up-to-date scientific program on the market. The most important features include:

• The development of case studies presented by experts in Nursing in the area of Diagnostic and Imaging Treatment
• 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

A program that will allow you to be up to date in the specific tests developed in the Telemando such as ureterocystography or hysterosalpingography"

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

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

The design of this program focuses on Problem-Based Learning, by means of which the professionals must try to solve the different professional practice situations that are presented throughout the academic course. For this purpose, the students will be assisted by an innovative interactive video system created by renowned experts.   

An academic option that will allow you to extend the information through the most current scientific literature in Radiological Nursing"

Delve into the advances achieved in pediatric radiology techniques and the role of the nurses in their execution"

Upon completion of this university program, the graduates will have obtained a complete update on the procedures and techniques used in Radiological Nursing. In this way, they will be able to broaden their competencies for clinical and healthcare services in DTI services in tertiary hospitals. In order to achieve this goal with guarantees, the graduates will have a syllabus prepared by a specialized teaching team with a consolidated professional trajectory.  

Integrate into your work methodology the praxis used in Brachytherapy units in relation to benign and malignant pathologies"

General Objectives

• Promote work strategies based on the practical knowledge of a tertiary level hospital and its application in Diagnostic Imaging, Nuclear Medicine and Radiation Oncology services
• Favor the enhancement of technical skills and abilities through care procedures and case studies
• Provide nurses with a process of updating their knowledge in the field of Radiology
• Be up to date with the care management and organization of the Diagnostic Imaging and Treatment Area, in order to optimize the operation of the Radiology Service
• Develop skills and competencies in nurses for their performance in the nursing consultation in the Diagnostic Imaging and Treatment Department (DTI)
• Expand nurses' knowledge of radiation oncology, interventional vascular radiology and neuroradiology to improve patient care in these specific areas
• Develop nurses' skills in performing image-guided procedures, including breast and brachytherapy, to improve the quality of patient care and optimize clinical outcomes

Specific Objectives

Module 1. Nursing in Interventional Vascular Radiology and Neuroradiology

• Delve into the history of interventional radiology, the role of the nurse and the requirements of the vascular and neuroradiology operating room
• Learn the concepts of radioprotection and the specific rules of the interventional operating room
• Describe the human and material equipment and its specific characteristics
• List the care derived from anesthesia assistance, as well as life-threatening situations and how to be prepared to respond to them with previous training
• Update knowledge on all non-vascular procedures, diagnostic and therapeutic vascular procedures, diagnostic and therapeutic neuroradiological procedures currently performed in a tertiary hospital and the nursing care process in each of them

Module 2. Breast and Brachytherapy

• Describe the evolution of diagnostic equipment in breast pathology imaging units
• Delve into the current working procedures, ultrasound-guided and mammography-guided diagnostic procedures, as well as specimen collection
• Understand the role of the nurse on the wards
• Develop the nursing care process in the different interventions performed in the breast unit (BAG, FNA, Stereotaxy, Cryoablation and breast marking by seeds or scout)
• Update our knowledge on radioactive sources used in Brachytherapy
• List and deepen the treatments developed in benign and malignant pathology: LDR and HDR/ATD
• Implement the nursing care process in the different interventions carried out in the Brachytherapy unit

Module 3. Other Image-Guided Procedures

• Discover ultrasound-guided interventionism, as well as the nursing procedures performed
• Update knowledge on the radiological techniques developed in Telemando
• Delve into the Optical Coherence Tomography
• Delve into X-ray absorptiometry, its indication, preparation, results and benefits.
• Value the importance of imaging in hemodynamics
• Be up to date in the different nursing techniques that are performed with ultrasound: catheterization, vascular access, etc
• Describe what a Cholangiopancreatography is and the role of imaging in the development of lithotripsy
• Delve into the archiving tools widely used nowadays in imaging services, PACs, image archiving and communication systems

Get a complete update on the management and organization of material in Interventional Vascular Radiology rooms"