This TECH Hybrid Master's Degree gives you the opportunity not only to acquire the most up to dated theoretical knowledge, but also to put it into action with an internship in a prestigious hospital" 

The provision of professional healthcare services within the area of critical care requires the acquisition of a highly specific set of knowledge and skills. Critical patient care is Besides one of the most evolving areas in the healthcare world. It is essential, therefore, that the nursing professional is able to respond adequately to these advances in scientific and technological knowledge by constantly updating their knowledge. 

The objective of the Hybrid Master's Degree in Intensive Care Nursing is to cover the updating space demanded by professionals interested in the area, seeking usefulness in routine clinical practice and encouraging high-level research in the aspects covered. The content of this program is focused, on the one hand, on the detailed updating of nursing professionals for the provision of care in intensive care areas, whose functions require high levels of qualification and, on the other hand, to initiate their activity as professionals in the field of research. The content of this program is focused, on the one hand, on the detailed updating of nursing professionals for the provision of care in intensive care areas, whose functions require high levels of qualification and, on the other hand, to initiate their activity as professionals in the field of research.

Intensive care nurses must also have a broad knowledge of the available means and equipment, their applications and complications, so that they can be used in each specific situation. To ensure this knowledge, the contents of the Hybrid Master's Degree in Intensive Care Nursing include the most recent information on procedures, practice guidelines and the use of the most effective clinical means, with a clear focus on the subsequent practical stay of the nurse. 

Therefore, this program is the perfect opportunity to combine the most advanced nursing theory in the field of Intensive Care with a practical stay of the highest level, having the possibility to be directly involved in multidisciplinary teams of this branch and receiving the advice of highly trained professionals in critical care in patients with all kinds of pathologies.pathologies.  

The teaching materials of this program, elaborated by these specialists, have contents that are completely applicable to your professional experiences"

This Hybrid Master's Degree in Intensive Care Nursing contains the most complete and updated scientific program on the market. Its most notable features are:

• Development of more than 100 clinical cases presented by nursing professionals with expertise in intensive care and university professors with extensive
• experience in the critical patient 
• The graphic, schematic, and practical contents with which they are created, provide scientific and practical information on the disciplines that are essential for
• professional practice
• Assessment and monitoring of the critically ill patient, the latest international recommendations on life support maneuvers; critical care in patients with neurological, cardiovascular, respiratory disorders; care of the severe trauma patient in intensive care, pharmacology and transport in the critically ill patient, etc
• Comprehensive systematized action plans for the main pathologies in the intensive care unit. in the intensive care unit 
• Presentation of practical workshops on procedures, diagnosis, and treatment techniques in critical patients
• An algorithm-based interactive learning system for decision-making in the clinical situations presented throughout the course
• Practical clinical guides on approaching different pathologies 
• With a special emphasis on evidence-based medicine and research methodologies in Intensive Care Nursing 
• All of 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
• Furthermore, you will be able to carry out a clinical internship in one of the best hospital centers

Take a 3-week intensive stay in a hospital and acquire all the practical knowledge to grow personally and professionally"

In this proposed Master's Degree, of a professionalizing nature and blended learning modality, the program is aimed to up to date nursing professionals who perform their functions in intensive care units, and who require a high level of qualification. The contents are based on the latest scientific evidence, and oriented in a didactic way to integrate theoretical knowledge in nursing practice, and the theoretical-practical elements will facilitate the updating of knowledge and will allow decision making in patient management.

Thanks to its multimedia content developed with the latest educational technology, they will allow the nursing professional a situated and contextual learning, that is to say, a simulated environment that will provide an immersive learning programmed to train in real situations. This program is designed around Problem-Based Learning, whereby the professional must try to solve the different professional practice situations that arise throughout the program. For this purpose, the students will be assisted by an innovative interactive video system created by renowned and experienced experts. 

This Hybrid Master's Degree allows you to exercise in simulated environments, which provide immersive learning programmed to train in real situations"

Up to date your knowledge through the Hybrid Master's Degree in Intensive Care Nursing, in a practical way that is adapted to your needs"

The curriculum of this degree is composed of 13 modules through which students will up to date and increase their knowledge in the area of Intensive Care Nursing. Likewise, the didactic resources that you will have access to throughout this Hybrid Master's Degree are available in formats such as explanatory videos, complementary readings or interactive summaries. Thanks to this, the student will obtain a fully enjoyable and individualized learning experience.

Through 100% online theoretical instruction, you will manage your own study time at your leisure to optimize excellent learning in the field of Intensive Care Nursing" 

Module 1. Organization and Management of an Intensive Care Unit

1.1. Historical Review
1.2. Legislation
1.3. Professional Discretion.
1.4. Features of the Critical Care Unit: ICU Equipment and Apparatus
1.5. Intensive Care Nursing
1.6. Role of the Critical Care Nurse: Burnout Syndrome
1.7. Intensive Care Unit Nursing Management
1.8. Security Culture
1.9. Humanization in the Intensive Care Unit

Module 2. Evaluating and Monitoring of a Critically Ill Patient

2.1. Basic Aspects of Monitoring a Critically Ill Patient
2.2. Cardiac and Respiratory Activity
2.3. Hemodynamic Status
2.4. Neurological Status
2.5. Delirium in Intensive Care Units
2.6. Monitoring of Sedoanalgesia in Critical Care
2.7. Analytical Controls in ICU
2.8. Intensive Care Nursing Records
2.9. Peripheral Arterial System Examination
2.10. Preload Monitoring. Ultrasound

Module 3. Life Support.

3.1. General Aspects
3.2. Basic Electrocardiography and Arrhythmias
3.3. Basic Life Support and AED in Adults
3.4. Peripartum Arrhythmia
3.5. Airway Management
3.6. Advanced Life Support in Adults
3.7. Routes of Administrating Medication
3.8. Resuscitation in Special Cases
3.9. Basic Life Support and AED in Children.
3.10. Recognition and Management of Critically Ill Children
3.11. Advanced Airway Management in Pediatrics
3.12. Basics of Mechanical Ventilation in Pediatrics
3.13. Infusion Routes and Drugs in Pediatric CPR
3.14. Pediatric VAS Algorithms and Arrhythmia Treatment
3.15. Neonatal Resuscitation.
3.16. Post-resuscitation Stabilization and Neonatal Transport

Module 4. Critical Care in Patients with Cardiocirculatory Disorders

4.1. Anatomy of the Cardiocirculatory System
4.2. Cardiocirculatory System Physiology
4.3. Heart Failure and Acute Pulmonary Edema
4.4. Ischemic Heart Disease
4.5. Cardiac Arrhythmias
4.6. Cardiogenic Shock
4.7. Valvulopathies
4.8. Pericarditis
4.9. Aneurysm and Aortic Dissection
4.10. Hypertensive Emergencies.
4.11. ECG and Monitoring.
4.12. Electrical Therapies: Cardioversion and Defibrillation
4.13. Fibrinolysis
4.14. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
4.15. Aortic Counterpulsation Balloon Pump
4.16. Pacemaker

Module 5. Critical Care in Patients with Respiratory Disorders

5.1. Anatomophysiologic and Physiologic Memory of the Cardiocirculatory System
5.2. Acute Respiratory Failure.
5.3. Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome
5.4. Pulmonary Embolism
5.5. COPD Flare-up
5.6. Asthmatic Status
5.7. Pneumonia and Bronchopneumonia
5.8. Neuromuscular Alterations that Affect Respiration
5.9. Procedures: Oxygen Therapy
5.10. Procedures: Airway Access
5.11. Procedures: Aspiration of Tracheobronchial Secretions
5.12. Procedures: Thoracocentesis and Chest Drains
5.13. Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation System (ECMO)
5.14. Concept of Mechanical Ventilation. Respirators and Parameters
5.15. Mechanical Ventilation Methods
5.16. Ventilator Alarms
5.17. Nursing Care of Mechanically Ventilated Patients
5.18. Removing MV
5.19. Non-Invasive Mechanical Ventilation
5.20. Mechanical Ventilation in Tracheostomized Patients

Module 6. Care in Patients with Neurological Disorders

6.1. Anatomophysiological Review of the Nervous System
6.2. Cerebrovascular Disease. Code Stroke
6.3. Intracranial Hypertension.
6.4. Delirium
6.5. Guillain-Barré Syndrome
6.6. Seizures and Status Convulsus
6.7. Meningitis and Lumbar Puncture Practice
6.8. Comatose Patient
6.9. Pain and Sedoanalgesia
6.10. Neurological Assessment in ICU: Most Frequently Used Diagnostic Tests

Module 7. Digestive and Renal Pathology in the ICU and Other Pathologies

7.1. Gastrointestinal bleeding.
7.2. Intestinal Obstruction
7.3. Inflammatory Bowel Disease
7.4. Mesenteric Ischemia
7.5. Acute Abdomen
7.6. Fulminant Hepatic Failure
7.7. Albumin-Based Liver Replacement System
7.8. Acute Pancreatitis
7.9. Intestinal Ostomy Patient: Colostomy
7.10. Intestinal Ostomy Patient: Ileostomy
7.11. Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation
7.12. Multiorgan Failure
7.13. Endocrinometabolic Alterations
7.14. Acute Renal Failure in the ICU
7.15. Urostomy Patient
7.16. Critical Care in Poisoning
7.17. Critical Care in Digestive Pathologies
7.18. Nosocomial Infections in the ICU
7.19. Sepsis and Septic Shock
7.20. Nursing Care in the Septic Patient

Module 8. Critical Care for Severe Trauma Patients

8.1. The Critically Ill Burns Patient
8.2. The Polytraumatized Patient
8.3. Initial Assessment of the Polytraumatized Patient
8.4. TBI and Spinal Trauma. Spinal cord Injury
8.5. Thoracic and Abdominal Trauma. Hypovolemic Shock.
8.6. Trauma to Extremities
8.7. Trauma in Special Situations(I)
8.8. Trauma in Special Situations (II)

Module 9. Pharmacology in Intensive Care

9.1. Basic Concepts in Pharmacology
9.2. Drug Administration Safety.
9.3. Most Frequently Used Drugs: Analgesia, Sedation and Muscle Relaxants
9.4. Most Frequently Used Drugs: Antiarrhythmics, Vasodilators and Inotropes
9.5. Most Frequently Used Drugs: Respiratory System and Antibiotics
9.6. Drug Administration Precautions: Oral and Enteral, Parenteral, and Transfusion
9.7. Drug Administration Precautions: Cytostatics, Epidural, PCA and Insulin Pumps
9.8. Formulas and Dosis Calculation.
9.9. Enteral Nutrition at and Parenteral
9.10. Pharmacology in Pediatrics

Module 10. Critical Care for Paediatric Patients

10.1. Most Common Disorders in Newborns
10.2. Polytraumatized Children
10.3. Needs Assessment and Pediatric Rating Scales
10.4. Pediatric Assessment Triangle
10.5. Airway and Ventilatory Management for Critically Ill Pediatric Patients
10.6. Nursing Techniques for Critically Ill Pediatric Patients
10.7. Pediatric Postoperative Care.
10.8. Pediatric Pain
10.9. Care for Premature Infants
10.10. End of Life Care
Module 11. Hospital Transport
11.1. Intrahospital Transfer of the Critically Ill Patient
11.2. Out-of-hospital Transfer and ISOBAR
11.3. Intrahospital Neonatal Transport
11.4. Driving and Road Safety
11.5. Immobilization and Transfer

Module 12. Anesthesia and Surgery

12.1. Malignant Hyperthermia 
12.2. Types of Anesthesia 
12.3. Critical Postoperative Patient 
12.4. Cardiac Surgery 
12.5. Critical Care in Transplant Patients 
12.6. Nursing Care in Patients under Anesthesia Crash Cart 
12.7. Postoperative Complications 
12.8. Interventions that May Prevent Perioperative Complications 
12.9. Patient Admission to the Post-Anesthesia Recovery Unit 
12.10. Possible Complications to the Post-Anesthesia Recovery Unit 

Module 13. Research Methodology in Intensive Care Nursing

13.1. Recovery of Quality Information Specializing in Health Sciences

13.1.1. Development of a Bibliographic Search
13.1.2.  Knowledge of different sources of information: general search engines (Google Scholar, Scopus), databases (PubMed, Embase, Cinahl) and Clearinghouse of Clinical Practice Guidelines
13.1.3. Designing Complex Search Strategies
13.1.4. Refinement of Search Results
13.1.5. Creating Bibliographic Alerts

13.2. Bibliographic Reference Management

13.2.1. Introduction to Bibliographic Reference Managers
13.2.2. Importing References into the Zotero Reference Manager
13.2.3. PDF Metadata Extraction
13.2.4. Use of Tags or Metatags to Classify the Bibliography
13.2.5. Including References in the Text (Word). Vancouver Style.
13.2.6. Social Web and Group Work

13.3. Critical Reading on Outcomes Research

13.3.1. Introduction. Critical Reading
13.3.2. Some Basic Concepts in Epidemiology
13.3.3. Qualitative Research Designs
13.3.4. Quantitative Research Designs
13.3.5. Instruments for Critical Reading

13.4. How to Prepare a Research Protocol

13.4.1. Headings that Make Up the Protocol of a Research Project
13.4.2. Editorial Staff articles with Scientific Structure
13.4.3. Writing a Case Report, Review, Qualitative Research Article, and a Thesis or Dissertation
13.4.4. Style in Scientific Communication

13.5. Master's Thesis: Academic Work of Bibliographic Review and Research.

13.5.1. The Importance of a Master's Thesis
13.5.2. Proposal and Feasibility of a Master's Thesis
13.5.3. Recommendations for the Preparation of the Master's Thesis
13.5.4. Development and Evaluation of the Master's Thesis
13.5.5. Recommendations for the Defence of the Master's Thesis

Module 14. Latest Information on Coronavirus Infections

14.1. Discovery and Evolution of Coronaviruses.  

14.1.1. Discovery of Coronaviruses.  
14.1.2. Global Trends in Coronavirus Infections.  

14.2. Main Microbiological Characteristics and Members of the Coronavirus Family.  

14.2.1. General Microbiological Characteristics of Coronaviruses.  
14.2.2. Viral Genome.  
14.2.3. Principal Virulence Factors.  

14.3. Epidemiological Changes in Coronavirus Infections since its Discovery to Present Day  

14.3.1. Morbidity and Mortality of Coronavirus Infections from their Emergence to the Present

14.4. The Immune System and Coronavirus Infections.  

14.4.1. Immunological Mechanisms Involved in the Immune Response to Coronaviruses.  
14.4.2. Cytokine Storm in Coronavirus Infections and Immunopathology. 
14.4.3. Modulation of the Immune System in Coronavirus Infections. Topics  

14.5. Pathogenesis and Pathophysiology of Coronavirus Infections.  

14.5.1. Pathophysiological and Pathogenic Alterations in Coronavirus Infections. 
14.5.2. Clinical Implications of the Main Pathophysiological Alterations 

14.6. Risk Groups and Transmission Mechanisms of Coronaviruses.  

14.6.1. Main Sociodemographic and Epidemiological Characteristics of Risk Groups Affected by Coronavirus  
14.6.2. Coronavirus Mechanisms of Transmission.  

14.7. Natural History of Coronavirus Infections.  

14.7.1. Stages of Coronavirus Infection.  

14.8. Latest Information on Microbiological Diagnosis of Coronavirus Infections.  

14.8.1. Sample Collection and Shipment.  
14.8.2. PCR and Sequencing.  
14.8.3. Serology Testing.  
14.8.4. Virus Isolation.  

14.9. Current Biosafety Measures in Microbiology Laboratories for Coronavirus Sample Handling  

14.9.1. Biosafety Measures for Coronavirus Sample Handling.  

14.10. Up-to-Date Management of Coronavirus Infections.  

14.10.1. Prevention Measures.  
14.10.2. Symptomatic Treatment.  
14.10.3. Antiviral and Antimicrobial Treatment in Coronavirus Infections. 
14.10.4. Treatment of Severe Clinical Forms.  

14.11. Future Challenges in the Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Coronavirus  

14.11.1. Global Challenges for the Development of Prevention, Diagnostic, and Treatment Strategies for Coronavirus Infections.

Make the most of this opportunity to surround yourself with expert professionals and learn from their work methodology"