A high level postgraduate certificate that offers professionals in this field the most interesting and useful advances in breastfeeding from a point of view centered on the baby as an active agent of breastfeeding”

Considering the mother-child binomial as a fundamental principle in the development of postpartum care, nurses must have a thorough knowledge of the most important aspects of newborn care. This module covers all the characteristics of the healthy newborn as well as all the physiological changes and adaptations that occur in the first hours and days after birth. The content has been organized by devices and systems to facilitate understanding. 

The early detection of risk situations in the neonate's adaptation to extrauterine life by carrying out diagnostic, control, referral and follow-up activities, and, if necessary, taking the appropriate emergency measures, is one of the main focuses of nursing. 

Within this module, health education in relation to newborn care as well as the approach to the main reasons for consultation that parents demand in primary care occupies an important place. It is the nurse's role to provide adequate health education to women, family and community by identifying the learning needs in relation to maternal and child health and carrying out the different educational programs related to the detected needs. 

It is important to clarify concepts and make recommendations from the perspective of evidence-based medicine. Given the heterogeneity of the information that reaches the pregnant woman, it is our job as professionals to promote and assist through proven and unified criteria. Through the topics included in this module, concepts on breast anatomy and physiology, breast milk development and its composition will be reviewed and reinforced. This module is focused on solving doubts regarding practical aspects of breastfeeding to ensure that it is effective in the different stages of the postpartum period and that it is always favored and promoted. 

This program's objective is to give you the path you need to act with the certainty of the most up to date knowledge of the real, broad and concrete aspects of this intervention field of high relevance in the postpartum period.  

Get your tools up to date as an indispensable support to breastfeeding, with this exceptional program”

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

• Practical cases presented by experts in Postpartum Nursing 
• 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
• Latest advances in Postpartum Nursing
• Practical exercises where self assessment can be used to improve learning
• A special emphasis on innovative methodologies in the field of postpartum care
• 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

A high impact step for your career path that will enable you to work with the quality of a breastfeeding specialist as a nurse"

The teaching staff includes professionals from the field of Postpartum Nursing, who contribute their work experience to this program, as well as renowned specialists from leading societies and prestigious universities. 

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 immersive education programmed to learn in real situations. 

This program is designed around Problem-Based Learning, whereby professionals 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 and Experienced Experts in postpartum.

The best online resources that will allow you to combine your studies with your professional work in a comfortable, efficient and safe way"

You will have a rich syllabus, developed by a highly professional teaching staff, at your disposal so that you will be able to review and improve your professional skills"

This postgraduate certificate in Newborns and Breastfeeding for Nursing is oriented to prepare midwifes in their daily work during the care of women in the postpartum period.

Acquire the most up to date knowledge in the support and follow up of breastfeeding as a health resource” 

General Objectives

• Update and expand midwives’ knowledge in the field of postpartum care in the hospital, health center and at home
• Obtain an integrated vision of the care required by women and their children during the postpartum period
• Understand the postpartum phase from a global and biopsychosocial point of view
• Facilitate the performance of midwives dedicated to women’s and newborn care in the postpartum phase
• Help to provide quality postpartum care based on scientific evidence
• Contribute to midwives’ decision-making process in difficult situations
• Have the tools to achieve a multidisciplinary management in postpartum nursing
• Acquire the professional competencies necessary to offer a quality and up to date healthcare practice
• Apply the knowledge obtained when solving problems that may arise in practical situations in healthcare

Specific Objectives

• Improve knowledge related to the different newborn classifications based on the different established parameters
• Gain further knowledge on the adaptation of the different devices and systems of newborns in its extrauterine life
• Improve healthy newborn management and identify abnormal situations based on the general examination criteria
• Know and manage care required by newborns in different areas
• Design sessions for parents on how to care for their newborns
• Improve the management of the main reasons for parental consultation in nursing professionals' consultations on newborn problems
• Update the aspects related to the prevention of sudden infant death
• Identify the Importance of breastfeeding
• Expand knowledge of breast anatomy, breast milk formation and its properties
• Identify those situations in which breastfeeding is not recommended in order to avoid risky situations for newborns
• Assess the normal patterns of correct intake
• Enable nurses to provide simple, effective and evidence-based health education to mothers who wish to breastfeed
• Know the relationship between breastfeeding and mother-child bonding
• Update knowledge regarding the different techniques for extracting breast milk and the proper guidelines for its safe storage
• Have a broad understanding of the objectives and strategies of the IHAN within the National Health System

An opportunity created for professionals who are looking for an intensive and effective program to take a significant step forward in their profession"