Thanks to this 12-month professional master’s degree with the most current syllabus on Radiological Nursing”

Technological evolution has brought with it important achievements in Radiology and with it in the detection of diseases through much more precise images. All this, in addition to much more effective and safer procedures for both the patient and the nursing professional, in charge of administering drugs or facilitating the performance of tests.

In this sense, the role of healthcare professionals is essential, so it is necessary that they are aware of the latest advances in imaging techniques, in the protocols of action, thus improving the coloration with the medical professional in making appropriate decisions. Faced with this reality, TECH has designed this 100% online university program that takes students over 12 months to make a complete update in Radiological Nursing.

A professional master’s degree that is distinguished by having an advanced agenda ranging from care management and organization of the Area of Diagnostic Imaging and Treatment, the DTI Service, to the most notorious advances in Computed Tomography, Magnetic Resonance Imaging or Radiation Oncology, among others.

All this, in addition, with first class teaching material based on video summaries of each topic, videos in detail, specialized readings and clinical case studies, which make up a vast library of resources to which the graduate will have access 24 hours a day, from any digital device with Internet connection.

In addition, this updating process will be much simpler and more effective thanks to the Relearning method, based on the continuous reiteration of key concepts throughout the academic itinerary. In this way, the graduates will be able to reduce the long hours of study and consolidate the most important concepts covered in this program.

Undoubtedly, a university proposal that responds to the real needs of updating nursing professionals through a flexible and convenient qualification. And the fact is that, with no classroom attendance or classes with fixed schedules, the graduates have greater freedom to self-manage their study time and reconcile it with their daily personal activities.

You will be aware of the procedures performed in the Breast and Brachytherapy Unit from patients in consultation to those referred to the operating room after the placement of a harpoon”

This professional master’s degree in Radiological Nursing 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

You are looking at a university program that fits your schedule and your motivation to update your skills in Radiological Nursing”

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.

Get a complete update on the administration of radiopharmaceuticals and the techniques used to administer them depending on the study procedure"

Delve whenever and wherever you want into complex contrast screening, adverse reactions to contrast administration, allergies and imaging test management"

One of the emerging areas of Nursing is the Care Service in Diagnostic Imaging and Treatment Areas. For this reason, this program responds to the needs of updating the healthcare professionals in this field, facilitating their daily performance both in the ADTI and in the services that integrate it. To achieve these goals, the graduates will have pedagogical tools based on the latest technology applied to academics and a syllabus prepared by professionals with extensive experience in the healthcare field.

You will be aware of the most effective protocols in Interventional Vascular Radiology and Neuroradiology nursing care”

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. Radiological Nursing Care management and organization of the Diagnostic Imaging and Diagnostic Treatment Area

• Deepen in the organization of the Diagnostic Imaging and Treatment Area, its history, legislation, regulations and health equipment
• Update knowledge of the radiological nurse's scope of action within an organizational structure and its portfolio of services
• Deepen knowledge in undergraduate and postgraduate training in Radiological Nursing
• Deepen the work of supervising nursing and technical staff, as well as the control of equipment and facilities
• Describe the environmental and financial sustainability implemented and the challenge it represents
• Value the importance of health humanization implemented in the Diagnostic and Imaging Treatment Area

Module 2. Nursing in the Diagnostic Imaging and Treatment Service (DTI). Nursing Consultation

• Deepen in the competences to be developed by the nurse in the consultation
• Deepen in the management of the prevention of unwanted effects after contrast administration, both in allergic patients and in patients with renal insufficiency
• Establish priorities in the different management activities
• Delve into the recommendations of the evaluating physicians of the diagnostic tests and to communicate them if necessary to whom it is necessary, managing an agenda of case managers and secretaries, as well as general practitioners

Module 3. Computerized Tomography

• Discover the history, physical fundamentals, elements and components involved in CT imaging
• Delve into the objectives of the scan: muscle and bone disorders, bone tumors and fractures; localization of tumors, infections and blood clots
• Describe the applications of the procedures in early detection, disease monitoring, treatment effectiveness and detection of injuries
• Deepen in the risks of the explorations: exposure to radiation, reactions to contrast material and those derived from sedation
• Develop the necessary competences to elaborate the nursing care process for patients undergoing a CT examination

Module 4. Magnetic Resonance

• Deepen in the history, physical fundamentals, elements and components involved in MR imaging
• Delve into the objectives of the diagnostic exploration: Central Nervous System studies, abdominal and gynecological diagnostic studies, breast and pulmonary angiography studies, musculoskeletal lesion studies and cardiac diagnostic studies
• Deepen in the risks of the explorations: metal objects, reactions to contrast material and those derived from sedation
• Develop the necessary competences to elaborate the nursing care process for patients attended in Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Module 5. Nuclear Medicine I

• Describe the object of Nuclear Medicine, its physical and chemical fundamentals
• Update knowledge in the handling of radiopharmaceuticals
• Delve into the radioprotection norms appropriate to each radiopharmaceutical and to train us to carry out health education in their application in the intra and intra-hospital environment
• Carry out a correct management of radioactive waste
• Develop nursing skills in techniques derived from metabolic therapies
• Deepen on the studies performed in PET and the role of the nurse in the care of patients undergoing this test
• Delve into the different techniques of medical diagnostic imaging in MN
• Define the characteristics of radioactive decay, types of radiation, its interaction with the environment and the consequences of clinical interest
• Delve into the structure of a generator
• Differentiate the concepts of radiopharmaceutical, radiotracer and radionuclide
• Describe the general characteristics of radionuclides
• Develop what an activimeter is used for and how it works
• Identify the different elements of a gamma camera
• Describe the basics of scintigraphic imaging
• Evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of scintigraphy
• Identify the main therapeutic applications of some radioisotopes
• Describe the characteristics and kinetics of radiopharmaceuticals associated with each diagnostic examination

Module 6. Nuclear Medicine II Isotopic Studies

• Deepen in the development of the studies performed in the Nuclear Medicine Department and the use of the gamma camera
• Delve into the different nursing procedures of isotopic studies in neurology, pneumology, nephrourology, cardiology, vascular, musculoskeletal, hepatic, biliary, etc
• Implement the nursing care process for patients undergoing Gammacamera studies
• Manage the different radiological protection recommendations and their correct explanation to patients and health personnel outside the MN service

Module 7. Radiation Oncology

• Discover what is Radiation Oncology and its uses
• Deepen in the human capital and the necessary material of this Service
• Describe the applications of the radiotherapeutic process
• Implement the nursing care process in the different interventions carried out in the department

Module 8. Vascular Interventional Radiology and Neuroradiology Nursing

• Delve into the history of interventional radiology, the role of the nurse and the requirements of the vascular and neuroradiology operating room
• Deepen in 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 9. 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
• Deepen 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 10. Other Image-Guided Procedures

• Discover ultrasound-guided interventionism, as well as the nursing procedures performed
• Update knowledge on the radiological techniques developed in Telemando
• Deepen in depth 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

A complete update of knowledge in Radiological Nursing with 1,500 teaching hours of the highest academic level”