You will have a robust and didactic teaching program, which positions it as a product of the highest scientific rigor at international level"

Ultrasound has been of great relevance for the advances in healthcare, becoming an essential tool in patient physical examinations. This has evolved in recent decades, from being restricted to radiodiagnostic services, to now being included in all healthcare environments.  Its use is indispensable in diagnostic tests and guided procedures such as Fine Needle Aspiration (FNA), percutaneous biopsy, abscess drainage, pericardiocentesis or paracentesis.

In recent years, ultrasound has become an essential tool for health care, since it allows health professionals to establish preliminary diagnoses that facilitate the filtering of referrals for complementary explorations. Ultrasound is a safe, fast, reliable, innocuous and non-invasive test, well tolerated by patients, relatively low cost, and which has evolved into new, smaller and more accessible devices.

Now, they have become a popular and valuable tool in guiding diagnostic and therapeutic interventions. They have also helped to increase the potential of Clinical Ultrasound, achieving a notable increase in its applications.

Primary care is undoubtedly one of the areas where Clinical Ultrasound is most widely used. Nursing professionals can benefit from Clinical Ultrasound to favorably influence diagnosing and treating different pathologies, improving patient safety, reducing waiting times and possible errors.

With this Postgraduate certificate, students have the opportunity to take a teaching program that brings together the most advanced and in-depth knowledge of Ultrasound-Guided Procedures and Other Ultrasound Applications in Primary Care for Nursing, where a group of professors of high scientific standing and extensive international experience offers you the most complete and updated information on the use of ultrasound as a complement to physical examinations. 

It endorses the latest advances in ultrasound with a robust and didactic teaching program, which positions it as a product of the highest scientific rigor at international level, aimed at health professionals. In addition, the program is based on a multidisciplinary approach to its subjects, which allows training and professional development in different areas.

Wait no longer to get your qualification in Ultrasound-Guided Procedures and Other Ultrasound Applications in Primary Care for Nursing from the world's largest online university”

This Postgraduate certificate in Ultrasound-Guided Procedures and Other Ultrasound Applications in Primary Care for Nursing contains the most complete and up-to-date scientific program on the market. The most important features include: 

• Numerous clinical cases presented by ultrasound experts
• 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
• New diagnostic-therapeutic developments on evaluation, diagnosis, and intervention in problems or disorders that can be addressed with ultrasound
• It contains practical exercises where the self-evaluation process can be carried out to improve learning
• An algorithm-based interactive learning system for decision-making in the clinical situations presented throughout the course
• Special emphasis on evidence-based Health and research methodologies in ultrasound procedures
• Content that is accessible from any fixed or portable device with an Internet connection
• All of this will be complemented by theoretical lessons, questions to the expert, debate forums on controversial topics, and individual reflection assignments

Immerse yourself in this very complete program on ultrasound-guided procedures, where you will find everything relevant in the field”

The teaching staff is made up of prestigious and renowned professionals who have extensive experience in healthcare, teaching, and research in various countries, contributing their professional expertise to this Postgraduate certificate. 

The methodological design of this program, developed by a multidisciplinary team of e-learning experts, integrates the latest advances in educational technology in order to create numerous multimedia tools that allow the professional to solve real-life situations in their daily practice. These will enable you to advance by both acquiring knowledge and developing new skills in your future professional work. 

The contents generated for this Postgraduate certificate, as well as the videos, self-exams, clinical cases, and modular exams, have been thoroughly reviewed, updated, and integrated by the professors and the team of experts that make up the course working group, in order to gradually and educationally facilitate a learning process that allows for the objectives of the teaching program to be achieved.

Technological advances have led to improved ultrasound scanners, which are becoming more useful in a variety of new situations"

Our goal is yours: To provide you with the best online update and specialization in Ultrasound-Guided Procedures and Other Ultrasound Applications in Primary Care for Nursing"

The structure of the contents has been designed by a team of professionals from leading hospitals, who have taken into account the need to update the content that will be taught, as well as the use of quality teaching through new educational technologies. 

With this program you will be able to detect and intervene in those pathologies that can be diagnosed through ultrasound" 

 Module 1. Ultrasound-Guided Procedures

1.1. Ultrasound-Guided FNA 

1.1.1. Indications/Contraindications. Material
1.1.2. Informed Consent
1.1.3. Procedure
1.1.4. Results
1.1.5. Complications
1.1.6. Quality Control

1.2. Ultrasound-Guided Percutaneous Biopsy 

1.2.1. Informed Consent
1.2.2. Biopsy Materials (Types of Biopsy Needles)
1.2.3. Procedure
1.2.4. Complications
1.2.5. Care
1.2.6. Quality Control

1.3. Drainage of Abscesses and Fluid Collections 

1.3.1. Indications and Contraindications
1.3.2. Informed Consent
1.3.3. Requirements and Materials
1.3.4. Technique and Approach: Direct Puncture (Trocar Technique) vs. Step to Step (Seldinger)
1.3.5. Catheter Management and Patient Care
1.3.6. Side Effects and Complications
1.3.7. Quality Control

1.4. Ultrasound-Guided Thoracentesis, Pericardiocentesis, and Paracentesis 

1.4.1. Indications and Advantages over the Anatomical Reference Technique
1.4.2. Basic Aspects: Ultrasound Specifications and Ultrasound Anatomy
1.4.3. Ultrasound Specifications and Pericardial Drainage Technique
1.4.4. Ultrasound Specifications and Thoracic Drainage Technique
1.4.5. Ultrasound Specifications and Abdominal Drainage Technique
1.4.6. Common Problems, Complications, and Practical Advice

1.5. Ultrasound-Guided Vascular Cannulation 

1.5.1. Indications and Advantages over the Anatomical Reference Technique
1.5.2. Current Evidence on Ultrasound-Guided Vascular Cannulation
1.5.3. Basic Aspects: Ultrasound Specifications and Ultrasound Anatomy
1.5.4. Ultrasound-Guided Central Venous Cannulation Technique
1.5.6. Single Peripheral Catheter and Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter (PICC) Cannulation Technique
1.5.7. Arterial Cannulation Technique

1.6. Ultrasound-Guided Infiltration and Chronic Pain Treatment 

1.6.1. Infiltrations and Pain
1.6.2. Large Joints: Intra-Articular and Myotendinous
1.6.3. Small Joints: Intra-Articular and Myotendinous
1.6.4. Spinal Column 

Take the opportunity to learn about the latest advances in this area in order to apply it to your daily practice"