With the postgraduate certificate in Neonatal Pharmacology for Nursing you have the opportunity to update your knowledge in a practical way and without renouncing to the maximum scientific rigor, to incorporate the latest advances in critical nursing care of the newborn"

Neonatology is a discipline in constant evolution, 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, etc.), of utmost importance to maintain the provision of care based on the latest scientific evidence and to ensure the safety of the baby.

This program includes the most important aspects of the use of pharmacology in the newborn patient, developing the appropriate nursing interventions in each case and describing drug interactions in common processes in the neonate. In addition, it presents an update on neonatal assessment and examination, NICU admission procedures, and nursing care.

This postgraduate certificate in Neonatal Pharmacology for Nursing 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 the sequelae of severe pathology.

Improve the care of your newborn patients with the specialization offered by the postgraduate certificate in Neonatal Pharmacology for Nursing"

This postgraduate certificate in Neonatal Pharmacology for Nursing contains the most complete and up-to-date scientific program on the market. The most important features include:

• Clinical cases presented by experts in the different specialties
• 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
• New developments in nursing care and assessment of the critically ill newborn patient
• Includes drug interactions of the main drugs used in the NICU
• 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 is the best investment you can make when selecting a refresher program, for two reasons: in addition to updating your knowledge in Neonatal Pharmacology for Nursing, you will obtain a qualification endorsed by TECH Technological University”

Its teaching staff includes renowned specialists in the field of neonatology, who bring to this program their work experience in international leading medical centres.

Thanks to its multimedia content developed with the latest educational technology, they will allow the 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.

The design of this program is based on Problem-Based Learning, through which the nursing professional must try to solve the different professional practice situations that arise throughout the program. 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.

This course allows learning in simulated environments, which provide immersive education programmed to learn for real situations"

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

This postgraduate certificate is oriented towards effectively updating nurses’ knowledge of the procedures for dealing with a 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

• Allow the nursing professional to gain up-to-date knowledge of the procedures for optimal care of a newborn. This knowledge, alongside a current and evidence-based approach, should enable us to deal with the stabilisation, nursing diagnosis and care of newborns who usually require intensive care 

Specific Objectives

• Categorize neonatal stages, as well as neonatal stages by gestational age and neonatal stages by weight at birth 
• Determine the differences which exist in the pediatric age group between a newborn, a child and an adolescent
• Revise the anatomical and physiological characteristics of a normal newborn 
• Establish the techniques for measuring the somatometry of a newborn, as well as its morphological and physiological characteristics 
• Assess the complete examination, sequence of physical examination and complete physical examination of the newborn, focusing primarily on the head and neck region, trunk region and extremities region 
• Describe the process of a complete neurological examination on a newborn 
• Evaluate the structure and organization of a Neonatology Service, as well as its location, the necessary equipment and materials; and the necessary human resources 
• Acquire up-to-date knowledge of the arrival of a newborn in the neonatal ward, the admission criteria, its objectives and the necessary nursing interventions 
• Incorporate new techniques in the physical examination of a newborn on its arrival in the neonatal ward 
• Incorporate the basic principles of newborn sedation, anesthetic drugs and sedative/hypnotics into nursing 
• Incorporate the principles of drug administration in the Neonatal Unit, as well as the use of the different routes: enteral, rectal, intramuscular, subcutaneous and intravenous routes, into nursing practice 
• Differentiate the specific ways of administering drugs, the necessary equipment and its procedure 
• Incorporate the different dosage guidelines applicable to nursing practice 
• Gain up-to-date knowledge of the different drug administration routes and their characteristics 
• Identify excipients used in neonatal formulations 
• Gain up-to-date knowledge of the different therapeutic guidelines applicable to neonatology 
• Classify and describe drug interactions, the different types of interactions that exist and how to prevention the risk of interactions 
• Gain up-to-date knowledge on the use of drugs in neonatology

Make the most of this opportunity and take the step to get up to date on the latest developments in Neonatal Pharmacology for Nursing”