The promotion of tourism has facilitated the arrival of imported diseases to all parts of the world, making it necessary for nursing professionals to specialize in order to improve patient care" 

The management of infectious pathologies in Emergency Departments is becoming increasingly complex, due to the appearance of new diseases or imported diseases that are not frequent in certain countries, but also because of the resistance that many infections are acquiring to the drugs used to cure them.  

Globalization, mass tourism and the possibility of reaching places that until a few years ago were almost impossible to imagine have caused diseases that were confined to certain countries to cross their own borders. As a result, it is now possible to diagnose patients with rare infections or infections that until recently did not even exist in certain regions. These developments in the healthcare field make it necessary that nurses should also increase their training and knowledge in this type of pathology, as they are the first professionals to deal with these patients. Therefore, this Postgraduate Diploma will deal in depth with the main diseases that affect both residents who travel to exotic places and immigrants who move to other places, focusing on tropical diseases such as malaria. 

On the other hand, being a 100% online training, the professional will have the ability to decide when and from where to study, without commitments or obligations, thus being able to combine their study time with the rest of their daily obligations. 

Expand your knowledge in the field of imported diseases and achieve greater benefits in the care of your patients"

This postgraduate diploma in Imported Infectious Diseases in the Emergency Department for Nursing contains the most complete and up-to-date scientific program on the market. The most outstanding features of this program are: 

• The development of clinical cases presented by experts in Imported Infectious Diseases in the Emergency Department
• The graphic, schematic, and eminently practical contents with which they are created provide scientific and practical information on the disciplines that are essential for professional
• Therapeutic developments on intervention in imported infectious diseases
• Practical exercises where to carry out the self-assessment process to improve learning
• An algorithm-based interactive learning system for decision-making in the clinical situations presented throughout the course
• Its special emphasis on research 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

With this high-level program you will be able to explain the epidemiology of tropical infectious diseases in travelers, immigrants and VFR"

It includes, in its teaching staff, professionals belonging to the field of nursing, who bring to this training the experience of their work, in addition to recognized specialists from leading scientific societies. 

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 an immersive training experience designed to train for real-life situations. 

The design of this program is based on Problem-Based Learning, through which the nurse must try to solve the different professional practice situations that arise throughout the academic course. For this purpose, the professional will be assisted by an innovative interactive video system developed by recognized experts in the field of imported infectious diseases with extensive teaching experience. 

You will study in depth each of the areas in which professionals must be trained to be able to practice with knowledge in the care of infectious pathologies"

We provide you with the best teaching methodology of the moment so that you can train as if you were facing real cases"

The postgraduate diploma in Imported Infectious Diseases in the Emergency Department for Nursing is aimed at facilitating the performance of the nurse dedicated to the treatment of urgent infectious pathology in all areas, but especially in the Emergency Department. 

Enhance your training with the use of the latest educational technology to contribute with quality and safety to your daily work" 

General Objectives

• Provide the theoretical knowledge necessary to understand the environment in which professional care is given to patients with infectious diseases
• Provide the appropriate treatment in the different cases of infectious diseases
• Gain in-depth understanding of the areas in which professionals must be trained, in order for them to be able to provide the best practice when treating infectious diseases

Specific Objectives

Module 1. Update on Infectious Diseases

• Define virulence factors and toxins
• Identify the main human pathogens in our environment
• Explain the different current scenarios of infection in the Emergency Department
• Describe the etiopathogenic profiles of bacterial infections
• Describe the etiopathogenic profiles of viral infections
• Describe the etiopathogenic profiles of fungal infections
• Describe the etiopathogenic profiles of microbacterial infections
• Describe the etiopathogenic profiles of microbacterial infections

Module 2. The Microbiology Laboratory in the Emergency Department

• Describe the process of collecting specimens
• Define which specimens are most commonly requested in the Emergency Department
• Explain the collection of specimens in patients with devices
• Describe the management of specimens in the laboratory
• Explain the clinical significance of bacterial resistance
• Define the techniques available for emergency diagnoses
• Describe the interpretation of preliminary results
• Explain the analytical interpretation of the different types of samples
• Define the procedures in hospitals without on-call microbiologists
• Explain the diagnostic techniques that can possibly be performed in the emergency department laboratory

Module 3. Public Health and Infectious Disease in the Emergency Department

• Describe the action protocols in cases of specific exposure
• Describe the established isolation protocols
• Explain the current indications of exclusion or isolation
• Describe notifiable diseases
• Explain the procedure for emergency declaration to Public Health
• Describe the action protocol for epidemiological outbreaks
• Describe imported pathology, as well as pathology with high contagious capacity
• Describe the seasonal epidemiological parameters in the most common infections in the community
• Explain epidemic outbreaks and common sources with punctual, continuous, propagative and mixed exposure
• Define the post-exposure prophylaxis that is initiated in the emergency department
• Describe the process to follow in the case of Bacterial Meningitis
• Describe the process to follow in the case of HIV Infection
• Describe the process to follow in the case of Sexual Assault
• Describe the process to follow in the case of Rabies

Module 4. Imported Infectious Diseases in the Emergency Department

• Define the concept of globalization and emerging pathology
• Define the geography of the tropical infectious diseases
• Explain the epidemiology of tropical infectious diseases in travelers, immigrants and VFR
• Explain the anamnesis of a traveler with fever in the emergency department
• Explain the possible causes of fever after staying in a tropical or subtropical area
• Perform syndrome classification of imported infectious pathology
• Define imported tropical infectious diseases of special interest

Update your knowledge through the program on Imported Infectious Diseases in the Emergency Department for Nursing"