The Operating Room and the Assisted Reproduction Laboratory for Nursing

A high-intensity Postgraduate Certificate that prepares the nursing professional in all tasks related to the work in The Operating Room and the Assisted Reproduction Laboratory for Nursing"

This Postgraduate Certificate will review the areas of the surgical field and the necessary clothing in the operating room, focusing the study on the most important fields of work of nursing staff in the assisted reproduction unit. You will learn about follicular puncture, how oocyte extraction is performed and which are the most commonly used techniques. It will be explained how the nursing staff intervenes in the intraoperative and postoperative period of follicular puncture, what specific activities are performed and what are the recommended discharge instructions. 

In addition, it will be developed how embryo transfer is performed and what are the nursing activities performed during this process. We will study in depth the methods that exist to obtain spermatozoa in patients with azoospermia and which are the most commonly used. 

Finally, the techniques used in the operating room and types of treatment such as laparoscopy and hysteroscopy will be studied. The second part of the module will explain what an AR laboratory is like, its design and environmental conditions, discovering what treatments are performed in the different areas of the laboratory, and the equipment used on a daily basis. AR laboratories have to pass a series of quality controls, which require maximum cleanliness and hygiene, in order to ensure optimal conditions and achieve good results with patients. 

And of course you will learn that in an AR clinic it has to be a teamwork between several disciplines, medicine, nursing and embryology, where communication and companionship are the priority.

With this Postgraduate Certificate you will be able to balance a high-intensity educational program with your professional and personal life, achieving your goals in a simple and real way"

This Postgraduate Certificate in The Operating Room and the Assisted Reproduction Laboratory for Nursing contains the most complete and up-to-date scientific program on the market. The most important features include:

• The latest technology in online teaching software
• A highly visual teaching system, supported by graphic and schematic contents that are easy to assimilate and understand 
• Practical cases presented by practising experts
• State-of-the-art interactive video systems
• Teaching supported by telepractice
• Continuous updating and recycling systems
• Autonomous learning: full compatibility with other occupations
• Practical exercises for self-evaluation and learning verification
• Support groups and educational synergies: questions to the expert, debate and knowledge forums
• Communication with the teacher and individual reflection work
• Content that is accessible from any fixed or portable device with an Internet connection
• Complementary documentation banks permanently available, even after the Postgraduate Certificate

Learn the intervention protocols and techniques in The Operating Room and the Assisted Reproduction Laboratory for Nursing, and act with the solvency of a high level nursing professional"

Our teaching staff is made up of professionals from different fields related to this specialty. In this way, TECH ensures that it delivers the targeted capacitive update it intends. A multidisciplinary staff, made up of educated and experienced professionals in different environments, who will develop the theoretical knowledge in an efficient way, but, above all, will put at the service of the Postgraduate Certificate the practical knowledge derived from their own experience: one of the differential qualities of this program.

This mastery of the subject is complemented by the effectiveness of the methodological design of this Postgraduate Certificate in The Operating Room and the Assisted Reproduction Laboratory for Nursing. Developed by a multidisciplinary team of experts, it integrates the latest advances in educational technology. In this way, you will be able to study with a range of comfortable and versatile multimedia tools that will give you the operability you need in your education. 

The design of this program is based on Problem-Based Learning: an approach that conceives learning as a highly practical process. To achieve this remotely, TECH will use telepractice: with the help of an innovative interactive video system and Learning from an Expert, the student will be able to acquire the knowledge as if they were facing the scenario they are learning at that moment. A concept that will allow you to integrate and fix learning in a more realistic and permanent way.

The content of this Postgraduate Certificate is covered through the most developed educational methods in online teaching to guarantee that your efforts produce the best results possible"

Our innovative telepractice concept will give you the opportunity to learn through an immersive experience, which will provide you with a faster integration and a much more realistic view of the contents: “Learning from an expert”"

The contents of this Postgraduate Certificate have been developed by the different experts who teach it, with a clear purpose: to ensure that our students acquire each and every one of the skills necessary to become true experts in this field. 
A complete and well-structured program that will take you to the highest standards of quality and success.

A program created and directed by professional experts in Assisted Reproduction that make this Postgraduate Certificate a unique opportunity for professional growth"

Module 1. The Operating Room and the Assisted Reproduction Laboratory

1.1. The Surgical Unit 

1.1.1. Surgical Area Zones
1.1.2. Surgical Clothing
1.1.3. The Role of Nurses in the Assisted Reproduction Unit 
1.1.4. Waste Management and Environmental Control

1.2. Follicular Puncture for Oocyte Collection 

1.2.1. Definition 
1.2.2. Features 
1.2.3. Procedure and Material Required 
1.2.4. Nursing Activities: Intraoperative
1.2.5. Nursing Activities: Postoperative
1.2.6. Discharge Recommendations 
1.2.7. Complications 

1.3. Embryo Transfer 

1.3.1. Definition 
1.3.2. Features 
1.3.3. Procedure and Material Required
1.3.4. Endometrial Preparation: Estrogens and Progesterone
1.3.5. Nursing Role during Embryo Transfer 
1.3.6. Nursing Role after Embryo Transfer
1.3.7. Discharge Instructions 
1.3.8. Complications 

1.4. Sperm Collection in Patients with Azoospermia (Testicular Biopsy)

1.4.1. Sperm Introduction and Recovery 
1.4.2. Methods

1.4.2.1. MESA
1.4.2.2. PESA 
1.4.2.3. TESE
1.4.2.4. TESE
1.4.2.5. TEFNA

1.4.3. Conclusion 

1.5. Surgical Treatments for Infertility  

1.5.1. Laparoscopy in Infertility 

1.5.1.1. Objectives 
1.5.1.2. Techniques and Instrumentation
1.5.1.3. Indications

1.5.2.  Hysteroscopy 

1.5.2.1. Introduction
1.5.2.2. Diagnostic Techniques 
1.5.2.3. Hysteroscopic Distention Devices 
1.5.2.4. Operative Technique 

1.6. The Laboratory as a Clean Room: Definition 
1.7. Laboratory Structure 

1.7.1. Andrology Laboratory 
1.7.2. Embryology Laboratory
1.7.3. Cryobiology Laboratory 
1.7.4. PGD Laboratory

1.8. Laboratory Conditions 

1.8.1. Design 
1.8.2. Pressure 
1.8.3. Gas Control (CO2, O2, N2) 
1.8.4. Temperature Control 
1.8.5. Air Control (VOCs) 
1.8.6. Lighting 

1.9. Cleaning, Maintenance and Safety 

1.9.1. Personnel Clothing and Hygiene 
1.9.2. Laboratory Cleaning 
1.9.3. Biosecurity 
1.9.4. Quality Control 

1.10. Laboratory Equipment 

1.10.1. Bells 
1.10.2. Incubators 
1.10.3. Microinjectors 
1.10.4. Refrigerators 
1.10.5. Nitrogen Tanks 
1.10.6. Time-Lapse Equipment 
1.10.7. Control of Equipment, Breakdowns and Repairs 

1.11. Laboratory Working Times

A comprehensive teaching program, structured in well-developed teaching units, oriented towards learning that is compatible with your personal and professional life”