The quality of patient care is conditioned by the updated knowledge that the professionals who care for them possess. Get up to date on the nursing procedures and care any professional must have to perform in the operating room before, during and after surgery”

The field of surgical technology is constantly expanding, and hospital managers are increasingly looking to recruit professionals whose profile fulfills the requirements of the job, and who are qualified and endorsed for carrying out this type of work. This is why a new team awareness has been developing among professionals in the surgical field. They continue to enrich their professional skills in this field every day in order to meet the needs of new techniques and care that come with the advances in surgery as a whole. 

Today, the large number of undergraduate training hours available provides students (and future professionals) with diverse clinical experiences, but few opportunities to enhance the necessary skills to delve into surgical nursing in general, which is why many nurses seek to perfect and, in many cases, initiate their surgical skills while in active service and/or through independent study to achieve a more effective surgical nursing practice. 

The postgraduate diploma in Nursing in Surgery and Intraoperative Care is designed to update nursing professionals by bringing theoretical knowledge to surgical practice, which is vital for any qualified professional working in the Healthcare System.

Through this postgraduate diploma you will be able to update your knowledge on surgical nursing, improve prognosis and reduce sequelae and complications”

This postgraduate diploma in Nursing in Surgery and Intraoperative Care is the most complete and up-to-date scientific program on the market. The most important features of the program include:

• Clinical cases presented by 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 practice
• Latest developments in surgical nursing
• Practical workshops on surgical techniques
• Algorithm-based interactive learning system for decision-making in the presented clinical situations
• 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 postgraduate diploma may be the best investment you can make when choosing a refresher program for two reasons: in addition to updating your knowledge of surgical nursing, you will obtain a qualification from TECH - Technological University”

Its teaching staff includes leading nursing professionals, who contribute their work experience to this up to date program, in addition to other professionals specializing in the surgical area.

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 the 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. For this reason, you will be assisted by an innovative interactive video system created by renowned and experienced experts in the field of surgical nursing with extensive teaching experience.

The postgraduate diploma offers training in simulated environments, which provides an immersive learning experience designed to train for real-life situations"

It includes clinical cases to bring the program as close as possible to the reality of surgical nursing"

The postgraduate diploma is geared toward a review of the main aspects of inpatient management in the surgical area, based on scientific evidence and the experience of recognized professionals.

This training will give you a sense of confidence when taking decisions and providing care, which will help you grow both personally and professionally”

General Objective

• Update professionals in providing clinically effective nursing care to surgical patients, both in the preoperative, intraoperative and postoperative process, within the surgical block and in a hospital setting

Specific Objectives

• Describe drug management and patient control during anesthesia. Describe the role of nurses in integral patient care during surgical processes
• Revise the key principles of surgical asepsis
• Identify and classify the general and specific surgical material and instruments used in each specialty
• Explain the inherent risks of surgery (biological, electric, etc.)
• Apply the necessary communication skills to care for patients in an appropriate and personalized way
• Plan nursing care for pre-, intra- and post-operative care
• Update on the surgical procedures in nursing
• Describe the procedure to achieve adequate quality control and resource management
• Analyze the importance of nursing records in the field of surgery and explain how to implement them
• Describe the legal and ethical aspects in professional practice in the field of surgery
• Determine expert nursing care related to the safety of surgical patients
• Identify the changes in the clinical situation of surgical patients, acquiring skills in the initial assessment of a intraoperative, post-surgery patient
• Describe the most common surgical situations in a hospital setting

Our innovative telepractice concept will give you the opportunity to learn through an immersive experience, which will provide you with a faster immersion and a much more realistic view of the contents: learning from an expert”