With the Neonatal Cardiology Care for Nurses Course you have the opportunity to update your knowledge in a practical way and without sacrificing the maximum scientific rigor, to incorporate the latest advances in critical nursing care of the newborn"

Neonatology is a constantly evolving discipline, which is highly dependent on technology and new pharmacological treatments. This context makes the updating of procedures in neonatal critical care, both those performed in the Neonatal ICU and in other care settings outside the ICU (emergency units, primary care centers...), of paramount importance to maintain the provision of care based on the latest scientific evidence and to ensure the safety of the baby.

This program includes nursing care in the neonatal patient with cardiac pathology. In addition, it presents an update on neonatal assessment and examination, NICU admission procedures, and nursing care.

This Neonatal Cardiology Care for Nurses Course is oriented towards facilitating the updating of the most commonly used procedures, in a practical way, to contribute with quality and safety to the recovery of the newborn, improve its prognosis and avoid serious pathology sequelae. 

Improve the care of your newborn patients with the Neonatal Cardiology Care for Nurses Course.

This Postgraduate certificate in Neonatal Cardiology Care for Nurses contains the most complete and up to date scientific program on the market. The most important features of the course are:

• Development of clinical cases presented by experts in the different specialties. The graphic, schematic, and eminently practical contents of which they are composed provide scientific and practical information on the disciplines that are essential for professional practice
• New developments in nursing care and assessment of the critically ill newborn patient
• Includes pre- and post-surgical nursing care of the neonate with cardiac pathology
• Algorithm-based interactive learning system for decision-making in the presented clinical situations
• All 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

This course may be the best investment you can make in the selection of a refresher program for two reasons: in addition to updating your knowledge in Neonatal Cardiology Care for Nurses , you will obtain a Postgraduate certificate from TECH Global University"

Its teaching staff includes renowned specialists in the field of neonatology, who bring the experience of their work in the country’s leading medical centres to this training.

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 program to train in real situations.

The design of this program is based on Problem-Based Learning, by means of which the nursing professional must try to solve the different situations of common practice that arise throughout the course. For this purpose, the professional will be assisted by an innovative interactive video system developed by renowned experts in neonatal critical patient care and with extensive teaching experience.

The course allows training in simulated environments, which provide immersive learning programmed to train for real situations"

It includes clinical cases to bring the program's degree as close as possible to the reality of care in Nursing"

This course is oriented to achieve an effective update of the nursing professional's knowledge and procedures for the newborn, in order to provide quality care, based on the latest scientific evidence to ensure patient safety.

This refresher program will provide you with the skills to act safely in the provision of neonatal care, which will help you grow both personally and professionally"

General Objective

• Update the professional in nursing care in the neonatal patient with cardiac pathology, as well as pre- and post-surgical nursing care in the neonatal intensive care unit

Specific Objectives

• Update nursing care oriented to the satisfaction of the needs derived from the newborn's health problems and to the prevention of complications, guaranteeing a safe and quality practice
• Analyze the importance of providing comprehensive care to the newborn from an ethical and legal perspective
• Update the procedures, diagnostic tests and treatments derived from the different health problems in the newborn taking into account the different levels of care
• Update the integral care of the neonate with a surgical process to help in the optimal restoration of health and to identify, intervene and/or refer for possible complications
• Review the indication of medical devices and/or drugs, assessing the expected benefits and associated risks
• Develop the ability to apply theoretical knowledge in daily practice
• Identify the differences between the neonate, the child and the adolescent (pediatric ages)
• Differentiate between neonatal stages, as well as neonatal stages by gestational age and neonatal stages by birth weight
• Describe the anatomical and physiological characteristics of the normal newborn
• Explain the somatometry of the newborn, as well as its morphological and physiological characteristics
• Assess the entire examination process, sequence of physical examination and complete physical examination of the newborn, focusing primarily on the head and neck region, the torso and the limbs
• Update the procedures for performing the complete neurological examination
• Evaluate the structure and organization of the neonatology service, as well as its location, the necessary equipment and materials, and the necessary human resources
• Describe the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)
• Calculate the layout of the cribs, physical space requirements, equipment and materials, and human resources needed
• Define the profiles and positions of the "nursing team" as well as its operating system: “Primary Nursing”
• Revise the general aspects of the cardiovascular system, embryology and cardiac anatomy
• Explain the different types of congenital heart disease
• Establish interventions for patients with congenital heart disease
• Update the nursing care plan in the neonatal patient with cardiac pathology
• Update the preoperative and postoperative procedures for cardiac surgery in neonates