Acquire the necessary skills and competencies to work in nursing in the area of Clinical Nutrition with a high intensity training course”

Currently, pathologies of the digestive system represent a major challenge for the healthcare system. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), gastrointestinal diseases are the second leading cause of mortality worldwide, with more than 3 million deaths annually. For this reason, it is essential for nursing professionals to have a solid knowledge of nutrition and pathologies of the digestive system, since their intervention is essential in prevention, diagnosis and treatment. 

The Postgraduate certificate in Nutrition in Pathologies of the Digestive Tract for Nurses offers specialized training in this field, providing updated tools and knowledge to successfully address the challenges posed by these pathologies. This program responds to the current needs of nurses, as it provides them with the possibility of acquiring skills and abilities that allow them to improve their daily practice and provide quality care to patients with gastrointestinal diseases. 

The program is developed in a 100% online format, which allows for greater flexibility and convenience, without having to comply with pre-established schedules or attend to preset schedules or to attend on-site centers. In addition, it uses the Relearning methodology, which focuses on repetition and experience on repetition and experience, confronting the professional with real cases and simulations.

With this Course you will be able to combine high intensity training with your personal and professional life, achieving your goals in a simple and real way”

This Postgraduate certificate in Nutrition in Pathologies of the Digestive Tract for Nursing contains the most complete and up-to-date scientific program on the market. The most important features include:

• Clinical cases presented by experts in nutrition. 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
• The latest diagnostic and therapeutic information on how to approach Nutrition in Pathologies of the Digestive Tract in Nursing
• An algorithm-based interactive learning system for decision-making in the clinical situations presented throughout the course
• Special emphasis on test-based medicine and research methodologies in Clinical Nutrition
• All of this will be complemented by 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

Our innovative telepractice concept will give you the opportunity to learn through an immersive experience, which will provide you with a faster integration and a much more realistic view of the contents: learning from an expert”

The program’s teaching staff includes professionals from the field 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. 

This program is designed around Problem-Based Learning, whereby the professional must try to solve the different professional practice situations that arise during the academic year For this purpose, the students will be assisted by an innovative interactive video system created by renowned and experienced experts. 

The learning of this course is developed through the most developed didactic means in online teaching to guarantee that your effort will have the best possible results"

It includes clinical cases to bring the development of the program as close as possible to the reality of nursing care"

The main objective of the program is the development of theoretical and practical learning, so that the nurse can master in a practical and rigorous way the Nutrition in Pathologies of the Digestive Tract for Nursing. 

This refresher program will generate a sense of security when practising nursing, which will help you grow both personally and professionally” 

General Objectives

• Actualizar los conocimientos del profesional de enfermería en las nuevas tendencias en nutrición humana, tanto en la salud como en situaciones patológicas a través de la enfermería basada en la evidencia
• Promote work strategies based on the practical knowledge of the new trends in nutrition and its application to child and adult pathologies, where nutrition plays a fundamental role in treatment
• Encourage the acquisition of technical skills and abilities, through a powerful audiovisual system, and the possibility of development through online simulation workshops and/or specific training
• Encourage professional stimulation through continuing education and research
• Prepare the professional for research into patients with nutritional problems

Specific Objectives

• Analyze the different methods for assessing nutritional status
• Interpret and integrate anthropometric, clinical, biochemical, hematological, immunological, and pharmacological data in the patient's nutritional assessment and dietary-nutritional treatment
• Early detection and evaluation of quantitative and qualitative deviations from the nutritional balance due to excess or deficiency
• Describe the composition and utilities of new foods
• Gain up-to-date knowledge on the dietetic treatment of oral cavity pathologies in adults paying special attention to sensory disorders and mucositis
• Study the interrelationship between diet and oral disease
• Identify nutritional factors involved in gastroesophageal reflux and ulcers
• Gain up-to-date knowledge of the management of patients with swallowing problems
• Understand the implications that nutrition can have in the treatment of liver diseases
• Describe the management of nutritional support in inflammatory diseases
• Reflect on the etiology of constipation and its relationship to diet in adults
• Determine the dietary guidelines for adults with chronic renal failure and on dialysis
• Gain up-to-date knowledge on the most common food allergies and intolerances
• Reflect on new techniques in digestive and intestinal surgery and their impact on patient nutrition
• Determine the management of the small intestine
• Know the dietary treatment for biliary and pancreatic pathologies
• Describe the main malabsorption syndromes and how they are treated
• Identify the signs and symptoms of the most prevalent colonic pathology and its nutritional treatment
• Determine the role of the intestinal microbiota and its implications in pathologies

Make the most take the opportunity and take the step to get up to date on the latest developments in Nutrition in Pathologies of the Digestive Tract for Nursing”