Orthopedic and Traumatology Surgery for Nursing

Improve your knowledge through this program, where you will find the best didactic material with real clinical cases. Learn here about the latest advances in the specialty to be able to perform a quality practice”

Each of the wide variety of surgical interventions that are performed requires a specific procedure, a specific technique and the exclusive surgical material for that intervention. One thing they all have in common is a series of steps and rules that all team members should know in detail. They must also know the general functioning of the surgical department in order to prevent and avoid common risks while carrying out professional work.

This Postgraduate Diploma contains the most complete and updated scientific program on the market, with the main objective of training in generic and specific competencies in a surgical process and facilitates the updating of the professional in a practical way and adapted to their needs. The modules that make up this course are aimed at updating the knowledge of nursing professionals who already perform their functions in the surgical field and for those new professionals who wish to develop their functions in the surgical field where a high qualification is required and increase their professional competence in the provision of surgical nursing care to the patient, before, during and after surgery in a holistic manner.

The innovative educational method, which includes real clinical cases and exercises to bring the development of the program closer to the surgical practice, is based on Problem Based Learning, by means of which the student must try to solve the different professional practice situations that arise during the program. For this reason, you will be assisted by an innovative interactive video system created by renowned and experienced experts in the field of radiology with extensive teaching experience.

This knowledge will facilitate the provision of quality care throughout the surgical process to ensure the safety of the patient and the professional at all times.
The content is based on the latest scientific evidence and is organized in a didactic way to integrate theoretical knowledge into nursing practice. The theoretical-practical elements allow professionals to update their knowledge and help them to make the right decisions in patient care.

Increase your skills in the approach to orthopedic and traumatologic surgery for nursing through this program"

This Postgraduate Diploma in Orthopedic and Traumatology Surgery for Nursing contains the most complete and up-to-date scientific program on the market. The most important features of the program include:

• Clinical cases presented by experts in the different specialties. The graphic, schematic, and eminently practical contents with which they are created provide scientific and practical information on the disciplines that are essential for professional practice.
• Novelties on Orthopedic and Traumatology Surgery for Nursing.
• An algorithmbased interactive learning system for decision-making in the situations presented throughout the course.
• With special emphasis on evidence-based health and surgical nursing research methodologies.
• All 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.

Esta Postgraduate Diploma puede ser la mejor inversión que puedes hacer en la selección de un programa de actualización por dos motivos: además de poner al día tus conocimientos en Orthopedic and Traumatology Surgery for Nursing, obtendrás un título de experto por la TECH”

Forming part of the teaching staff is a group of professionals in the world of surgical nursing who bring to this specialization their work experience, as well as a group of renowned specialists, recognised by esteemed scientific communities.

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 training program 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 during the course. For this reason, you will be assisted by an innovative, interactive video system created by renowned and experienced experts in the field of surgical nursing with extensive teaching experience.

Increase your decision-making confidence by updating your knowledge with this Postgraduate Diploma in Orthopedic and Traumatology Surgery for Nursing."

Don't miss the opportunity to update your knowledge in Orthopedic and Traumatology Surgery for Nursing to improve patient care."

The structure of the contents has been designed by a team of professionals who recognise the implications of training in the daily praxis of the nurse, aware of the relevance of current specialization to be able to implement a suitable use of surgical nursing and are committed to quality teaching using new educational technologies.

A unique syllabus that will be of great use in nursing care”

Module 1. Perioperative Surgical Process              

1.1. Definition Perioperative Surgical Process.

1.1.1. Perioperative Nurse.
1.1.2. Importance of Information Between the Patient/ Family and the Healthcare Team.
1.1.3. Control Anxiety in a Patient.

1.2. Pre-Surgery Surgical Process.

1.2.1. Recovery Room.
1.2.2. Preoperative Nursing Interventions.

1.2.2.1. Welcoming the Patient/ Family.
1.2.2.2. Preparing the Patient for Surgery.
1.2.2.3. Nursing Measures in the Immediate Preoperative Period.
1.2.2.4. Transferring the Patient to the Operating Room.

1.3. Intraoperative Surgical Process.

1.3.1. Surgical Area.
1.3.2. Different Anesthetic Techniques.
1.3.3. Most Commonly Used Drugs.
1.3.4. Nursing Interventions Before the Patient enters the Operating Room.

1.3.4.1. Welcoming the Patient in the Pre-Anesthesia Room (Before the Operating Room).
1.3.4.2. Specific Interventions of the Circulating Nurse and the Instrumentalist Nurse.

1.3.5. Nursing Interventions in the Operating Room.

1.3.5.1. Specific Interventions of the Circulating Nurse and the Instrumentalist Nurse.

1.3.6. Potential Intraoperative Complications.
1.3.7. Transfer of the Patient to the Recovery Unit.

1.4. Post-Surgery Surgical Process.

1.4.1. Concept of Recovery Unit.
1.4.2. Nursing Interventions.

1.4.2.1. In the immediate postoperative period.
1.4.2.2. In the Postoperative Period.

1.4.3. Potential Post-Operative Complications.
1.4.4. Transfer of the Patient to the Ward Unit.
1.4.5. Postoperative Care in the Ward Unit.

Module 2. Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology

2.1. Particularities in OST.

2.1.1. Specific Aspects to Consider in Each Surgery.

2.1.1.1. Anatomical Review in the Different Intervention Areas.
2.1.1.2. Apparatus, Expendable Material and Instruments.
2.1.1.3. Anesthesia of Choice
2.1.1.4. Patient Positioning.
2.1.1.5. Surgical Care of the Patient

2.1.2. Specific Nursing Training in Traumatology.

2.1.2.1. Ischemia.
2.1.2.2. X-Ray-Dosimeter.
2.1.2.3. Intraoperative Blood Salvage.
2.1.2.4. Bone Deficit Repair.

2.1.2.4.1. Autologous: Iliac Crest Bone Graft Extraction.
2.1.2.4.2. Allograft: Bone Bank.
2.1.2.4.3. Bone Substitute.

2.2. MMSS Primary Prosthesis and Surgical Cementation.

2.2.1. Shoulder Arthroplasty Anatomical and Inverted.
2.2.2. Elbow Arthroplasty. 
2.2.2. Wrist Arthroplasty.
2.2.4. Metacarpal Arthroplasty.

2.3. Lower Limb Primary Prostheses.

2.3.1. Partial Hip Prosthesis.
2.3.2. Total Hip Prosthesis.
2.3.2. Total Knee Prosthesis.
2.3.4. Debridement, Surgical Lavage and Placement of Spacers in Infectious Processes.

2.4. Replacement of Primary Prostheses, Surgical Washing and Spacers.

2.4.1. Hip.
2.4.2. Knee.

2.5. Osteosynthesis 1: Consolidation, Reduction and Stability.
2.6. Osteosynthesis 2: Fracture Fixation.
2.7. Osteosynthesis 2: Peri-implant Osteosynthesis, Removal of Osteosynthesis Material and O-ARM.
2.8. Osteosynthesis in Axial Skeleton.
2.9. Arthroscopy of Joints and Repair of Tendon Structures.
2.10. Tumor Surgery and Experimental Surgery.

2.10.2. Resection and Reconstruction.
2.10.2. Tailor-Made Tumor Prostheses.

A unique, key, and decisive master’s degree experience to boost your professional development”