Quality patient care relies on updated knowledge for professionals to carry out their practice. Review the most important aspects and new developments in the role nursing plays in the surgical process”

The main objective of preoperative assessment is to reduce surgical morbidity and mortality, trying to determine and improve as much as possible the risk of complications. The role of nursing in this phase is to prepare patients undergoing surgery, identify their needs and ensure adequate patient education. 

One of the objectives of this postgraduate certificate is to provide students with the ability to perform a preoperative assessment to identify physical and psychological risk factors in the patient, thus reducing postoperative complications. Furthermore, students will be able to identify possible feelings of anguish and anxiety in the patient derived from entering the surgical area, so that they can offer the necessary help in these moments, providing information, safety and confidence. 

Every healthcare facility with a surgical area should have a surgical site infection surveillance and prevention program adapted to its characteristics and activity, and all operating room personnel should be responsible for applying strict aseptic principles to minimize risk and comply with established protocols. 

Through this postgraduate certificate you will be able to update your knowledge of Preoperative Preparation and Infection Control, improve prognosis and reduce sequelae and complications in surgery"

This postgraduate certificate in Preoperative Preparation and Infection Control contains the most complete and up-to-date scientific program on the market. The most important features of the program are:

• 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
• A review of the most important aspects of the preoperative phase in the surgical process
• Updated nursing and infection control surgical procedures
• An algorithm-based interactive learning system for decision-making in the clinical situations presented throughout the course
• Includes theoretical lectures, questions to the expert, discussion forums on controversial issues and individual reflection papers
• Content that is accessible from any fixed or portable device with an Internet connection

This postgraduate certificate may be the best investment you can make when choosing a refresher program for two reasons: in addition to updating your knowledge of Preoperative Preparation and Infection Control, 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 Hospital Emergency Services.

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 care with extensive teaching experience.

This postgraduate certificate 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's degree as close as possible to the reality of care in Nursing"

The postgraduate certificate is geared toward a review of the main aspects of surgical patient management, based on scientific evidence and the experience of renowned professionals.

This specialization 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 nursing professionals who perform their care functions in the surgical area, following the principles of nursing methodology, in order to provide quality care to surgical patients in the preoperative phase of interventions, as well as infection control throughout the whole process

Specific Objectives

• Identify the patient's possible psychological responses to surgery
• Explain the importance of patient communication to improve quality of care and reduce postoperative risks
• Define the necessary communication skills to care for surgical patients in an appropriate and personalized way
• Describe preoperative nursing care
• Identify special considerations in relation to diabetic, obese, pediatric, geriatric and terminal patients
• Define the skills needed in initial patient assessment for preoperative surgery
• Explain the importance of informed consent and accepting the intervention
• Learn the concepts of asepsis and antisepsis
• Explain the need for sterile technique in infection control
• Describe central sterilization services
• Learn the sterilization process
• Identify the biological processes not associated with the sterilization process

Seize the opportunity and take the step to get up-to-date on the most important aspects of Preoperative Preparation and Infection Control"