Digestive Feeding, Intestinal and Urinary Ostomies for Nurses

A comprehensive expert designed to propel nurses toward excellence in the care of digestive, feeding, bowel and urinary ostomies"

A reminder of the anatomical and physiological aspects of the digestive system will be made, in order to know its functions, its parts and its importance in the patient's health.

It will be able to identify which diseases or pathological health processes will lead to the performance of digestive feeding ostomies.

An exhaustive classification of the types of digestive feeding ostomies, their functionalities and temporality, as well as the characteristics that identify them, will be carried out.

Unfortunately, complications can occur in digestive feeding ostomies, so knowing, identifying, preventing and treating them is one of the most important roles that nurses will play in their daily work.

Identifying the techniques and ways of feeding patients with these ostomies is key to know what care is required and what needs must be met, and knowing them will prevent complications and unnecessary adverse events.

Nursing care must be planned, so, thanks to this, we will know what care is required by patients with digestive feeding ostomies at each moment.

There are many types of devices for patient care, knowing them, knowing their functions, their peculiarities is essential to be able to treat the patient. Not all devices are the same and not all patients are the same; each patient requires a different device, which will depend on their characteristics, needs and abilities.

Irrigation is one of the techniques that patients can perform in these types of ostomies, so knowing the technique and its peculiarities is necessary to carry out health education with the patient.

The prevention of urinary tract infections is one of the key points in healthcare, due to the morbimortality that this entails, so taking measures to prevent them and carrying out health education for the patient about them is a basic point in our day-to-day work. 

You will learn in a real way, through cases and practical situations, which will allow you to deepen your knowledge in a contextual way" 

This Postgraduate Diploma in Digestive Feeding, Intestinal and Urinary Ostomies for Nurses contains the most complete and up to date scientific program on the market. The most important features of the Specialist Diploma program are: 

• Clinical cases presented by experts. Its graphic, schematic and eminently practical contents, with which they are conceived, gather scientific and assistance information on those medical disciplines that are essential for professional practice. 
• Diagnostic and therapeutic novelties on the care of patients with digestive pathologies. 
• Presentation of practical workshops on procedures, diagnosis, and treatment techniques. 
• Algorithm-based interactive learning system for decision-making in the presented clinical situations. 
• It includes theoretical lessons, questions to the expert, discussion forums on controversial topics and individual reflection papers. 
• Content that is accessible from any fixed or portable device with an Internet connection.    

An exceptional opportunity to give your CV a boost with intensive and efficient training, but fully compatible with your professional and personal life"

Its teaching staff includes reference professionals, who contribute their work experience to this refresher program, in addition to other professionals specializing in the digestive system service. 

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 professional practice situations that arise throughout the program. This will be done with the help of an innovative interactive video system developed by recognized experts in nursing care in internal digestive pathology care and with extensive teaching experience.  

During the course you will acquire practical experience through simulated learning environments based on real situations and cases."

The contents of this course have been created to provide the most efficient route through the essential knowledge of this area of work. A complete, intensive, clear and useful syllabus that will allow you to use the new skills and knowledge you acquire almost immediately.  

A complete training program created by experts in the field that will take you through the most comprehensive and effective compendium of knowledge in the online teaching market"

Module 1. Digestive Feeding Ostomies

1.1. Anatomical and Physiological Aspects of the Digestive System
1.2. Diseases and Pathologies of the Digestive System
1.3. Other Pathologies Related to Digestive Feeding Ostomies
1.4. Types of Digestive Feeding Ostomies
1.5. Own Characteristics
1.6. Early Complications
1.7. Late Complications
1.8. Nursing Care
1.9. Feeding Techniques
1.10. Types of Devices and their Characteristics

Module 2. Digestive Intestinal Ostomy of Elimination

2.1. Anatomical and Physiological Aspects of the Digestive System
2.2. Diseases and Pathologies of the Small and Large Intestine
2.3. Surgical Techniques for the Realization of Stomas
2.4. Types of Ileostomies
2.5. Types of Colostomies
2.6. Own Characteristics
2.7. Early Complications
2.8. Late Complications
2.9. Nursing Care
2.10. Types of Devices and their Characteristics
2.11. Irrigation

Module 3. Urinary Elimination Ostomies

3.1. Anatomical and Physiological Aspects of the Urinary System
3.2. Diseases and Pathologies of the Urinary System
3.3. Surgical Techniques for the Realization of Stomas
3.4. Types of Urinary Ostomies
3.5. Own Characteristics
3.6. Early Complications
3.7. Late Complications
3.8. Nursing Care
3.9. Types of Devices and their Characteristics
3.10. Prevention of Infection

A unique, key, and decisive training experience to boost your professional development”