With the postgraduate diploma in Neonatal Pharmacology for Nursing you have the opportunity to update your knowledge in a practical way and without sacrificing scientific accuracy, in order to incorporate the latest advances in nursing care of newborns in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit"

Neonatology is a discipline in constant progress, which is highly dependent on technology and new pharmacological treatments. This context makes the updating of care procedures in the neonatal intensive care unit of utmost importance in order to maintain care based on the latest scientific evidence and to ensure the safety of the baby.

This program includes the most relevant topics about the admission of the newborn in neonatology or NICU, knowledge and management in drug administration, principles of drug administration, vascular access in neonatology and pain control and sedation in the newborn. In addition, it places special emphasis on the implementation of measures to improve patient safety in the neonatal unit, providing relevant knowledge about drugs in terms of indications, dosage, preparation, monitoring, side effects and incompatibilities.

The postgraduate diploma in Neonatal Pharmacology for Nursing allows, in a practical way, to achieve this update of the most used procedures to contribute with quality and safety to the recovery of neonates, improve their prognosis and avoid the sequelae of severe pathology.

In addition, it will facilitate the incorporation to the labor market in this field, due to the need for nursing professionals trained in the care of the critical newborn in neonatal intensive care units.

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

This postgraduate diploma 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 active ingredients and their administration to the newborn patient in neonatal intensive care units
• Presentation of practical workshops on procedures, nursing care and medication administration techniques
• An algorithm-based interactive learning system for decision-making in the clinical situations presented throughout the course
• Practical guides on different pathologies. These guides follow the scientific and pedagogical criteria of the main scientific reference
• 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 diploma is the best investment you can make when selecting a refresher program, for two reasons: in addition to updating your knowledge in neonatal pharmacology, you will obtain a qualification from TECH Technological University"

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

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.

This program is designed around Problem-Based Learning, whereby the nursing professional must try to solve the different professional practice situations that arise throughout the educational program. In order to do this, the nursing professional will be assisted by an innovative interactive video system, created by renowned and experienced experts in treating critical neonatal patients and with extensive teaching experience.

Increase your professional opportunities by studying the postgraduate diploma in Neonatal Pharmacology for Nursing"

It includes real clinical cases to bring the development of the program as close as possible to everyday practice"

This postgraduate diploma is oriented towards effectively updating the physician's knowledge of nursing professionals, in order to provide quality care based on the latest scientific evidence that guarantees patient safety.

This refresher program will generate a sense of confidence when providing neonatal care, which will help you grow both personally and professionally”

General objectives

• Provide nursing care oriented to satisfying the needs of a newborn with health problems as well as preventing complications, all while guaranteeing safe and quality practice
• Providing comprehensive newborn care from an ethical and legal perspective
• Decide effectively and efficiently the different procedures, diagnostic tests and treatments derived from the different health problems in the newborn taking into account the different levels of care
• Update comprehensive care of the neonate with a surgical process to assist in the optimal restoration of health and to identify, intervene and/or refer for possible complications
• Update the use and indication of medical devices and/or drugs, evaluating the expected benefits and associated risks

Specific objectives

Module 1. Important Aspects of Neonatology 

• Categorise 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

Module 2. Pharmacology in Neonatology

• 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

Module 3. Principles of Drug Administration and Vascular Access in Neonatology 

• Acquire up-to-date knowledge of the necessary techniques for maintaining the line, removal of the line and the occurrence of possible complications 
• Determine the precautions and contraindications as well as the appearance of possible complications that can occur with each of the specific ways of administering drugs
• Describe the different techniques to cannulate the umbilical artery or vein in a newborn 
• Assess the contraindications and the complications of umbilical cannulation 
• Gain up-to-date knowledge of the catheter removal procedure, the precautions which should be taken, its contraindications and complications 

Module 4. Pain Management and Sedation in Newborns 

• Describe thermal management in the newborn, its thermoregulation and the use of a neutral thermal environment 
• Incorporate newborn temperature assessment guidelines into nursing practice 
• Implement hypothermia in a newborn with hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy as a neuroprotective measure, as well as the neuroprotective mechanisms of action of hypothermia 
• Differentiate the indications and contraindications of hypothermia 
• Describe the exit criteria once hypothermia has been initiated 
• Assess pain control in a newborn as well as the short- and long- term consequences of the pain 
• Evaluate the different techniques for measuring pain in a newborn 
• Predict the onset of withdrawal syndrome in the newborn and how to manage it 

Module 5. Admission of a Newborn in the Neonatal Ward or in the NICU 

• Determine how to structure a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), as well as the calculation and arrangement of the cribs, the necessary physical space needed, the necessary equipment and materials; and the necessary human resources 
• Identify the profiles and roles of the “nursing team” as well as its operating system: “Primary Nursing” 
• Describe the guidelines for drug administration in neonatology 
• Establish the criteria and objectives for admission of a newborn to the NICU; as well as the necessary nursing interventions 
• Identify and classify the types of neonatal transport, its objectives and its purpose 
• Select the necessary team and equipment to provide appropriate neonatal transport 
• Acquire up-to-date knowledge of the therapeutic measures for treating pain in newborns, as well as how to manage the pain in some of the procedures in the NICU

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