A 100% online postgraduate diploma that will provide you with an excellent update on Nuclear Medicine in Radiological Nursing"

Nuclear Medicine presents important progress due to the improvement of technologies and techniques that have allowed perfecting precision radiotherapy, theranostics, the use of hybrid images, the development of new radiotracers or the use of radiomic technique. All this has led Nursing professionals to constantly update their knowledge in order to be able to perform their work successfully and safely.

In this sense, healthcare professionals must have solid skills in the administration of radiopharmaceuticals, know the operation and application of each diagnostic device, as well as master the existing protocols. A wide field of specific action in which this postgraduate diploma of 450 teaching hours, which offers the graduate the most advanced information.

All this, in addition, with didactic material based on video summaries of each topic, videos in detail, specialized readings and clinical case studies to which students will have easy access from a digital device with an Internet connection. Also, thanks to the Relearningmethod, students will advance naturally through the syllabus, consolidating the most important concepts and thus reducing the long hours of memorization.

A university program that is an excellent opportunity for professionals to be able to carry out a complete updating process with flexibility and adjusted to the real needs of healthcare professionals. Undoubtedly, an ideal option to reconcile daily activities with an avant-garde program.

You will be up to date with the Instrumentation in Nuclear Medicine and its uses according to each pathology"

This postgraduate diploma in Nuclear Medicine in Radiological Nursing contains the most complete and up-to-date scientific program on the market. Its most outstanding features are:

• 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 in front of a university program that adapts perfectly to your agenda and your motivation to update your knowledge in Nuclear Medicine 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.

A program that will allow you to delve into the advantages and disadvantages of scintigraphy with total comfort, from your computer with an Internet connection"

Delve into the role of the nurse before, during and after the exploration performed in PET with innovative and current didactic material”

This postgraduate diploma was created with the intention of providing the Nursing professional with the latest advances in Nuclear Medicine applied to their daily practice. In this way, they will be able to master the most complex clinical cases and perform the procedures according to the latest existing protocols. To achieve this goal, TECH provides the graduates with the most advanced pedagogical tools, in which the latest technology applied to the academic field has been used.

Obtain a close and real vision of the Radiological Protection norms that every Nursing professional in this area must apply"

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

• Delve into the competences to be developed by the nurse in the consultation
• Delve into understanding of 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 2. 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
• Understand 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 3. Nuclear Medicine II Isotopic Studies

• Delve into 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 

You will be able to effectively implement the Nursing care processes in those patients who undergo Gammacamera studies"