You will incorporate the most advanced sports methodology and techniques into your daily practice, presented by a teaching staff of exceptional professionalism’’

There has been a gradual increase in healthier sporting habits, as well as greater demands in high-performance sports, making the role played by sports nurses even more crucial to any institution or team. Their work in assisting and preventing common sports injuries, as well as their ability to coordinate sporting events of various kinds, positions them favorably in a professional sense providing them with good prospects for the future.

Nurses cannot limit their expertise to a specific area of sports care, but, in contrast, they must continually expand their knowledge and update themselves in order to meet the most demanding requirements in the High Performance Sports sector. This program includes modules that cover the nutritional, psychological and pathological aspects of the athlete from an innovative and modern perspective and based on the most up-to-date scientific theories and studies.

This is combined with an eminently practical vision of the theory covered, with a thorough review of real cases that demonstrate the advantage of possessing up-to-date knowledge of highly demanding sports environments. This contextualization will provide a great boost to nurses’ whose aim is to update their knowledge, as it allows them to progress more effectively through the topics covered. 

In order to make this program as flexibile and adaptable to any pace of life, TECH has created a completely online format for the entire program. For this reason, we have eliminated both face-to-face classes and fixed schedules, in order to give nurses the freedom to choose how to manage their studies alongside their daily commitments.

Get up to date on the latest developments in sports nutrition, with an energy expenditure assessment updated to meet the highest sporting standards’’

This professional master’s degree in Sports Nursing contains the most complete and up-to-date scientific program on the market. Its most notable features include:

• The development of case studies presented by experts in nursing focused on the world of sports
• The graphic, schematic, and practical contents with which they are created, provide practical information on the disciplines that are essential for professional practice
• Practical exercises where self-assessment can be used to improve learning
• 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

Access rich learning material containing a multitude of detailed videos, high quality multimedia content alongside complementary readings to further your knowledge of the topics that interest you the most’’

TECH’s teaching staff includes professionals from the sector who contribute their work experience to this training 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 training 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 student will be assisted by an innovative interactive video system created by renowned and experienced experts.

You will not have to sacrifice any aspect of your personal or professional life to take on this degree, thanks to the fact that it is a 100% online master’s degree"

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The role played by sports nurses has become especially relevant to high-performance sports institutions or elite-level professional sports teams, the objective of this degree is to provide the best tools, knowledge and scientific theories relating to the practice of Sports Nursing at the highest level. To this end, the teaching team has emphasized those areas of greatest relevance, especially those related to psychology, nutrition, pathology and health fundamentals in high-performance sports.

Thanks to TECH's pedagogical methodology, you will incorporate the most up-to-date techniques and approaches into your daily practice almost immediately’’

General objectives

• Review the main fundamentals in sports nutrition and anatomo-physiology of physical activity
• Study the current legislation regarding sports activities and nursing
• Gain up-to-date knowledge of the approach to the main sports pathologies
• Delve into sports psychology and assessment of the athlete at different times of the season
• Deepen understanding in the use and study of biomechanics in high performance sports environments
• Develop the concept of sports nutrition in High Performance Sports contexts

Specific objectives

Module 1. Anatomy-Physiological Fundamentals of Physical Activity

• Perform an in-depth study of exercise physiology and energy systems
• Know the main cardiovascular, respiratory, endocrine, digestive and musculoskeletal adaptations to physical sports activity
• Study the role of nursing intervention in assessing the physical and sporting condition of the player
• Deepen awareness of the importance of controlling fatigue and overtraining in sports

Module 2. Sports Nutrition

• Develop the role of the nurse in the assessment of energy expenditure and sports nutrition
• Learn about the most recent advances in studies on carbohydrates, fats, proteins and physical exercise
• Study the role of the nurse in doping and drug testing
• Expand on the importance of nutrition in the recovery of sports injuries

Module 3. Nursing, Health and Sports

• Deepen understanding of the current legislation on the main sport activity
• Differentiate the legal framework and role of the nurse in high intensity sports
• Have a comprehensive knowledge of sports law covering athletes and nurses
• Deepen understanding of the management of a Sports Nursing device from a legal framework

Module 4. Prescription and Promotion of Sports Physical Activity

• Delve into the benefits and risks of physical activity in sports
• Develop nursing intervention in fitness testing in a physical exercise program
• Know the nurse's role in cardiovascular, endurance, strength, mobility, flexibility and speed training
• Deepen understanding of sporting physical activities in special population

Module 5. Sports Pathology

• Expand on advances made in the classification of sports injuries and predisposing factors to them
• Evaluate the role of the nurse in the injured athlete, with the main advances in life support techniques, immobilization and wound treatment
• Delve into the pertinent diagnostic tests in physical sports injuries and the intervention of the nurse in them
• Update knowledge regarding the main common sports injuries and pathologies

Module 6. Health Problems in Sports

• Study nurse intervention in issues such as diabetes, obesity and asthma in exercise
• Develop knowledge of postural hygiene and medical-surgical pathology in sports
• Know the nursing intervention in dermatological, ophthalmological and ENT pathologies in sports
• Deepen awareness of the incidence of heart disease and arterial hypertension in physical activity and sports

Module 7. Sports Psychology

• Address the psychological foundations of physical exercise and sports
• Delve into the neurological basis of movement
• Analyze the psychopathology of physical exercise and sport
• Develop nurse intervention in training and competition

Module 8. Biomechanics Applied to High-Performance Sports

• Study the basic biomechanics of sports exercise
• Differentiate movements in one dimension and one plane, as well as kinematics of rotations
• Delve into the dynamics of rotations
• Analyze biomechanics applied to High Performance Sports in practical cases

Module 9. Evaluation of the Athlete at Different Times of the Season

• Distinguish the nurse's intervention in competitive season and transition periods
• Delve into the importance of athlete monitoring
• Analyze the multidisciplinary work of nurses in high competition environments
• Study the different assessments applicable by the nurse

Module 10. Nutrition Applied to High-Performance Sports

• Examine energy metabolism within the athlete's physical effort
• Expand methods for assessing nutritional status and energy expenditure
• Delve into nutrition in strength, endurance and team sports
• Highlight the role of the sports nurse in injuries and eating disorders

The quality and exhaustive nature of the contents will easily exceed your expectations due to the thoroughness with which the teaching team has created the syllabus”