Description

The most up-to-date information on ultrasound-guided procedures in just one postgraduate certificate of very high teching quality, created to help you become qualified to take part in this type of health care service” 

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Clinical ultrasound has gone from being reserved for certain aspects of healthcare to being used in practically all healthcare areas. This is largely due to the technological advances that have led to it being used by different specialists. On this occasion, TECH offers this postgraduate certificate for nurses who wish to specialize in the ultrasound-guided procedures. It is a program created by the leading specialists in this field that will help you achieve job success. 

It must be taken into account that clinical ultrasound is a tool that helps to diagnose and treat patients in emergency situations or with intensive care needs. Today, it is one of the most popular and valuable tools for guiding diagnostic and therapeutic interventions. In addition, it has the advantages of portability, accuracy, real-time display, reproducibility and efficiency. 

Technological advances have made it possible to reduce the size of the equipment, making it cheaper and more portable, and have increased the capacity of clinical ultrasound, leading to a notable increase in its applications. Nowadays, more accurate ultrasound diagnosis, safe ultrasound-guided interventions, precise non-invasive hemodynamic evaluations and rapid assessment of traumatic injuries are all possible. 

In this postgraduate certificate, TECH offers students the most complete specialization program on clinical ultrasound, specifying its use in the care of patients who find themselves in emergency situations or those who need intensive care. Additionally, as it is a 100% online training, the student will have the opportunity to balance their studies with the rest of their daily commitments, so that they will be able to improve their training in a comfortable way.

Technological advances have led to improved ultrasound scanners, which are becoming more useful and can be used in more situations"

This postgraduate certificate in Ultrasound-Guided Procedures 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 clinical ultrasound in emergencies and intensive care
  • 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 information on ultrasonographic approach to major syndromes
  • Practical exercises where self-assessment can be used to improve learning
  • An algorithm-based interactive learning system for decision-making in the clinical situations presented throughout the course
  • 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 choosing a specialist course for two reasons: you will acquire the best and most up-to-date education in Ultrasound-Guided Procedures and you will obtain a qualification from the online university: TECH Technological University”

The teaching staff includes professionals from the field of clinical ultrasound, who contribute their experience to this program, as well as renowned specialists from leading scientific societies. 

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 designed to train in real situations. 

This program is designed around Problem-Based Learning, whereby the 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 created by renowned and experienced experts in the field of ultrasound imaging and who have extensive teaching experience. 

Our trainings have the best teaching methodology and the latest didactic tools, which will allow you to study from home, but without losing the possibilities offered by on-site classes"

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We offer you the opportunity to study with a multitude of practical cases in such a way that you can learn new skills as if you were dealing with real patients"

Objectives

This postgraduate certificate in Ultrasound-Guided Procedures for Nursing is aimed at improving the nurse’s professional performance and enhancing their ability to treat patients in emergency or intensive care situations. 

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Our goal is to offer our students the most complete training on the market so that they are able to excel and broaden their knowledge and, therefore, become more efficient in their profession" 

General Objective

  • Help nurses become masters in the use of ultrasound for the management of emergency situations and critically ill patients, regardless of the environment in which they find themselves

Specific Objectives

  • Explain the process of performing ultrasound-guided intubation
  • Describe the technique for vascular cannulation using ultrasound
  • Explain the process of performing thoracentesis using ultrasound 
  • Describe the technique of ultrasound-guided pericardiocentesis
  • Explain the process of performing paracentesis with ultrasound support
  • Explain the process of performing ultrasound-guided lumbar puncture
  • Describe the technique for performing ultrasound-guided drainage and probing
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Acquire the most up-to-date knowledge in this field of work and apply advanced protocols in this intervention in your day-to-day work" 

Postgraduate Certificate in Ultrasound-Guided Procedures for Nursing

One of the essential techniques in the health area is the ultrasound-guided procedure, which allows more accurate diagnoses through the use of an ultrasound; therefore, specialties related to clinical ultrasound have become more relevant in the health field. Technological advances have allowed this tool to include numerous functional advantages, among them, its easy portability, precision and efficiency to visualize the results in real time. If you are interested in expanding your knowledge and obtaining the necessary resources to work in the area, in TECH, the largest digital university in the world, you will find a Postgraduate Certificate in Ultrasound-Guided Procedures for Nursing, with which you will learn about the latest advances in this field. The postgraduate course has a 100% online study mode, its structure was designed by a multidisciplinary team of experts; in addition, it includes graphic content and theoretical and practical lessons that will facilitate your learning process. By taking the six-week program, you will specialize in new areas ranging from ultrasound-guided intubation, the technique of vascular cannulation and the process of thoracentesis using ultrasound, to the technique of pericardiocentesis and the use of ultrasound for the management of emergency situations in critically ill patients.

Train yourself in ultrasound-guided procedures

The boom of this technique lies in its functionality to guide diagnostic and therapeutic interventions, in addition to its practicality at the time of making more accurate opinions. For this reason, in TECH we offer you an exclusive syllabus that will allow you to develop with solvency in the area. By taking our program, you will have the security of receiving a highly prestigious academic content, with which we have trained more than 175,000 nurses in numerous specialties. With our methodology you will obtain immersive learning in simulated environments, which will provide a unique training to face real situations. Through dynamic lessons, you will approach the basics of ultrasonography (specifications, advantages, indications), followed by the processes of paracentesis, lumbar puncture and drainage/drainage performed by ultrasound. From there, you will be able to safely perform ultrasound-guided interventions, non-invasive hemodynamic evaluations and traumatic injury assessments.