The special education that the nursing professional needs for the home care of oncology or palliative care patients, in a complete program of exceptional quality"

Palliative care is given to patients with advanced diseases and limited life expectancy, such as cancer patients whose disease is at an advanced stage and cannot be cured. In these cases, it is important that these people enjoy the best conditions in the last stage of their lives, and one of the ways to help them have the best possible quality of life is through home hospitalization, since it allows patients to be in the company of their loved ones while receiving treatment in the warmth of their homes.

For this reason, it is necessary for health professionals to know the different cases that can be found in these patients and how to carry out their care outside the walls of hospital centers, where they do not have all the equipment and facilities that these places offer. Therefore, Home Hospitalization has become the engine of change in modern health care, a care focused on people and their health, as well as their social needs. 

This program is oriented to delve into all those aspects that make Home Hospitalization unique and different from other nursing specialties, but also to show the weaknesses and opportunities for the future that we still have ahead of us, taking advantage of new educational technologies.

The syllabus is rigorously presented with the latest scientific evidence and clinical cases in which to advance our knowledge, focusing on the nursing care treatment in palliative and oncology patients.

The most complete update with all the aspects that this type of nursing care requires”

The Postgraduate certificate in Nursing Care for Palliative and Oncology Patients in Home Hospitalization contains the most complete and up-to-date scientific program on the market. The most important features include: 

• The development of more than 100 case studies presented by experts in Nursing Care for Palliative and Oncology Patients in Home Hospitalization
• 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
• Latest development on the role of nurses in Home Hospitalization
• Its practical exercises where to perform the self-assessment process to improve learning.
• Algorithm-based interactive learning system for decision-making in the situations that are presented to the student
• With special emphasis on evidence-based nursing and research methodologies in Home Hospitalization
• Theoretical lessons, questions to the expert, debate forums on controversial topics, and individual reflection work
• Content that is accessible from any fixed or portable device with an Internet connection

Acquire a complete specialization in the field of nursing care for palliative and oncological patients in Home Hospitalization thanks to a teaching program with innovative methodologies and the main developments in the market"

Its teaching staff is made up of prestigious and renowned professionals, with a long history in health care, teaching and research, who have worked in different leading hospitals, developing professional and teaching experience that they deliver in an extraordinary way in this Postgraduate certificate.

The methodological design of this Postgraduate certificate developed by a multidisciplinary team of e-Learning experts, integrates the latest advances in educational technology for the creation of numerous multimedia educational tools that allow professionals, based primarily on the scientific method, to face the solution of real problems in their daily clinical practice, which will allow them to progress in the acquisition of knowledge and the development of skills that will impact their future professional work.

It should be noted that each of the contents included in this Postgraduate certificate, such as videos, self-tests, clinical cases and modular exams, have been thoroughly reviewed, updated and integrated , by the professors and the team of experts that make up the working group, in order to facilitate the learning process in a scaled and didactic way to achieve the objectives of the teaching program.

This Postgraduate certificate includes more than 100 case studies so that nurses can learn in a more intuitive way.

The program content has been updated by experts to facilitate students learning.

The teaching program has been created by a group of professors and professionals in medicine and nursing, from various specialties, with extensive clinical, research and teaching experience, who are interested in integrating the latest and most current scientific knowledge of Home Hospitalization to ensure professional education and development to improve the daily clinical practice of professionals who care for patients or populations in the community.

Get qualified with the most complete and up-to-date scientific program on the market.

Module 1. Palliative Care in Oncological Patients
1.1. Comprehensive Assessment in Palliative Care

1.1.1. Medical History Model in Palliative Care
1.1.2. Anamnesis in Palliative Care
1.1.3. The Importance of Family and Social Circumstances in a Comprehensive Assessment

1.2. Assessment Scales in Palliative Care

1.2.1. ECOG
1.2.2. Barthel
1.2.3. Karnofsky
1.2.4. VAS
1.2.5. Edmonton Symptom Assessment Scale
1.2.6. Gijón Scale
1.2.7. APGAR Family
1.2.8. Pfeiffer
1.2.9. Nutritional Assessment

1.3. Continuous Care Models in Palliative Oncology Patients

1.3.1.  Palliative Patients

1.3.1.1. Models

1.4. Pain Management in Palliative Care

1.4.1. Analgesic Ladder
1.4.2. First Step
1.4.3. Second Step
1.4.4. Third Step
1.4.5. Coadjuvants

1.5. Control of Dyspnea

1.5.1. Diagnosis
1.5.2. Etiology
1.5.3. Home-Based Management

1.6. Delirium Control

1.6.1. Diagnosis
1.6.2. Etiology
1.6.3. Home-Based Management

1.7. Nausea and Vomiting Control

1.7.1. Diagnosis
1.7.2. Etiology
1.7.3. Home-Based Management

1.8. Gut Rhythm Alterations. Diarrhea and Constipation

1.8.1. Diagnosis
1.8.2. Etiology
1.8.3. Home-Based Management

1.9. Anorexia-Cachexia

1.9.1. Diagnosis
1.9.2. Etiology
1.9.3. Home-Based Management

1.10. Anxiety-Insomnia

1.10.1. Diagnosis
1.10.2. Etiology
1.10.3. Home-Based Management

1.11. Situation in a Patient's Last Days and Palliative Sedation

1.11.1. Terminal Criteria
1.11.2. Palliative Sedation vs. Passive Euthanasia vs. Active Euthanasia
1.11.3. Home-Based Management

1.12. Grief and Family Care

1.12.1. Grief
1.12.2. Family Circle

1.13. Spanish and European Legality on Palliative Care BORRAR

1.13.1. Legal Aspects of Palliative Care in Europe
1.13.2. Legal Aspects of Palliative Care in Spain BORRAR

1.14. Anticipated Wishes

1.14.1. Definition
1.14.2. Most Important Asepcts to Take Into Account

- The teaching materials of this program, elaborated by these specialists, have contents that are completely applicable to your professional experiences"