With the postgraduate certificate in Neonatal Digestive and Metabolic Care for Nurses you have the opportunity to update your knowledge in a practical way and without sacrificing the maximum scientific rigor, in order to incorporate the latest advances in critical nursing care of the newborn"

Neonatology is a constantly evolving discipline, which is highly dependent on technology and new pharmacological treatments. This context makes the updating of procedures in neonatal critical care, both those performed in the Neonatal ICU and in other care settings outside the ICU (emergency units, primary care centers...), of paramount importance to maintain the provision of care based on the latest scientific evidence and to ensure the safety of the baby.

This program includes nursing care in the neonatal patient with digestive and metabolic pathology. In addition, it presents an update on nursing procedures for gastroesophageal reflux and enteric infections in the neonate, as well as NICU admission procedures and nursing care.

This postgraduate certificate in Neonatal Digestive and Metabolic Care for Nurses is oriented to facilitate the updating of the most used procedures, in a practical way, to contribute with quality and safety to the recovery of the newborn, improve its prognosis and avoid serious pathology sequelae. 

Improve the care of your newborn patients with the training offered by the postgraduate certificate in Neonatal Digestive and Metabolic Care for Nurses"

This postgraduate certificate in Neonatal Digestive and Metabolic Care for Nurses contains the most complete and up to date scientific program on the market. Highlights of the postgraduate certificate:

• Development of clinical cases presented by experts in the different specialties Their graphic, schematic and eminently practical contents provide scientific and assistance information on those disciplines that are essential for professional practice
• New developments in nursing care and assessment of the critically ill newborn patient
• An algorithm-based interactive learning system for decision-making in the clinical situations presented throughout the course
• 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

This postgraduate certificate may be the best investment you can make in the selection of a refresher program for two reasons: in addition to updating your knowledge in Neonatal Digestive and Metabolic Care for Nurses, you will obtain a postgraduate certificate from TECH Technological University"

Its teaching staff includes specialists of recognized prestige in the field of neonatology, who bring to this training the experience of their work in the main health centers in the country.

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 situations of common practice that arise throughout the course. For this purpose, the professional will be assisted by an innovative interactive video system developed by renowned experts in neonatal critical patient care and with extensive teaching experience.

The postgraduate certificate allows training in simulated environments, which provide immersive learning programmed to train for real situations"

It includes clinical cases to bring the program's degree as close as possible to the reality of care in Nursing"

This postgraduate certificate is oriented to achieve an effective update of the nursing professional's knowledge and procedures for the newborn, in order to provide quality care, based on the latest scientific evidence that guarantees patient safety.

This refresher program will provide you with the skills to act safely in the provision of neonatal care, which will help you grow personally and professionally"

General Objective

• Update the professional in nursing care in the neonatal patient with digestive and metabolic pathology, and interventions to the newborn in the neonatal intensive care unit

Specific Objectives

• Update nursing care oriented to the satisfaction of the needs derived from the newborn's health problems and to the prevention of complications, guaranteeing a safe and quality practice
• Analyze the importance of providing comprehensive care to the newborn from an ethical and legal perspective
• Update the procedures, diagnostic tests and treatments derived from the different health problems in the newborn taking into account the different levels of care
• Update the integral care of the neonate with a surgical process to help in the optimal restoration of health and to identify, intervene and/or refer for possible complications
• Review the indication of medical devices and/or drugs, evaluating the expected benefits and associated risks
• Develop the ability to apply theoretical knowledge in daily practice
• Identify the differences between the neonate, the child and the adolescent (pediatric ages)
• Differentiate between neonatal stages, as well as neonatal stages by gestational age and neonatal stages by birth weight
• Describe the anatomical and physiological characteristics of the normal newborn
• Explain the somatometry of the newborn, as well as its morphological and physiological characteristics
• Assess the entire examination process, sequence of physical examination and complete physical examination of the newborn, focusing primarily on the head and neck region, the torso and the limbs
• Update the procedures for performing the complete neurological examination
• Evaluate the structure and organization of the neonatology service, as well as its location, the necessary equipment and materials, and the necessary human resources
• Describe the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)
• Calculate the layout of the cribs, physical space requirements, equipment and materials, and human resources needed
• Define the profiles and positions of the "nursing team" as well as its operating system
• “Primary Nursing”
• Update the management of fluids and electrolytes in the newborn, for the maintenance of water and electrolyte balance, controlling insensible losses of water and electrolytes (sodium, potassium, calcium)
• Control the water balance in neonatals admitted to the intensive care unit
• Organize the patient monitoring process
• Distinguish which are the main objectives for fluid management in newborns under 1,500g
• Calculate the water balance in the severely ill NB
• Calculate insensible losses or insensible gains in a newborn with weight gain or weight loss
• Differentiate between very premature and hyperosmolar state
• Establish when fluids should be restricted in the grand premature infant
• Identify when the need for fluids should be increased in a very premature newborn
• Revise the general aspects of neonatal gastroenterology: embryology and the anatomy of the digestive tract
• Describe the management of nasogastric and orogastric tubes
• Update procedures for the management of gastroesophageal reflux
• Interpret the symptomatology of esophageal atresia
• Update management procedures for necrotizing enterocolitis
• Update techniques for ostomy care

Take the opportunity and take the step to get up to date on the latest developments in Neonatal Digestive and Metabolic Care for Nurses"