Nursing Care in Home Hospitalization

Technological improvements allow for home hospitalization, which makes it necessary for nurses to be trained to know the latest advances and to know how best to treat their patients"

The increasing aging of the population forces certain patients to follow treatments outside hospital walls, something that has been favored by technological advances in healthcare. It is at this point that home hospitalization arises, along with its corresponding nursing, which aims to improve patient quality of life in cases of chronic diseases, those who find it difficult to travel to be treated in hospital centers. 

In these cases, nursing must focus on patient care as if they were at the hospital but in patients' immediate environment, the home where they reside, without compromising quality of care or the use of hospital-intensive resources. 

We live in an aging society, with exacerbated chronic problems that need outpatient care, so it is necessary for nurses to specialize in this field to advance their profession.

This program is focused on deepening the understanding of all aspects which make home hospitalization unique and different from other medical specialties. It also demonstrates the weaknesses and future opportunities we have ahead of us, making the most of new educative technology available.

The content is presented in a rigorous way with the latest scientific evidence and clinical cases which help to increase our knowledge. This is with the aim of sharing experiences and new techniques that are already used by medical colleagues around the world.

Update your knowledge through the Postgraduate Diploma in Nursing Care in Home Hospitalization"

The Postgraduate Diploma in Nursing Care in Home Hospitalization contains the most complete and up-to-date scientific program on the market. The most important features of the program include:

• Practical cases presented by experts in home hospitalization, complex chronic patient management and palliative care.
• The graphic, schematic, and eminently practical contents of which they are composed provide scientific and practical information on the disciplines that are essential for professional practice.
• Latest information on the role of nursing professionals in Home Hospitalization.
• Practical exercises where the self-assessment process can be carried out to improve learning.
• Algorithm-based interactive learning system for decision-making in the situations that are presented to the student.
• With special emphasis on evidence-based nursing and research methodologies in home hospitalization.
• 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 may be the best investment you can make when choosing a refresher program for two reasons: in addition to updating your knowledge of Nursing Care in Home Hospitalization, you will obtain a university qualification from TECH"

The teaching staff is made up of prestigious and renowned Spanish professionals, with long careers in health care, teaching and research, who have worked in different hospitals throughout the country, garnering professional and teaching experience that is delivered in an extraordinary way in this Postgraduate Diploma.

The methodological design of this Postgraduate Diploma has been developed by a multidisciplinary team of e-learning experts, integrating the latest advances in educational technology for the creation of numerous multimedia educational tools that allow the professional, based primarily on the problem-based learning method, to address real problems in their daily clinical practice. This will allow them to advance by acquiring knowledge and developing skills that will impact their future professional work.

It should be noted that each of the contents generated for this Postgraduate Diploma, as well as the videos, self-evaluations, clinical cases and exams, have been thoroughly reviewed, updated, and integrated by the professors and the team of experts that make up the working group, to facilitate the learning process with a step-by-step approach in order to achieve the teaching program objectives.

Increase your decision-making confidence by updating your knowledge through this Postgraduate Diploma"

Take the opportunity to learn about the latest advances in Nursing Care in Home Hospitalization and improve your patient care"

The teaching program has been created by a group of professors and medical professionals from various medical specialties. They have extensive clinical, research and teaching experience, and are interested in integrating the latest and most current scientific knowledge of home hospitalization to guarantee professional training and improvement. This will allow them to improve the daily clinical practice of the professionals who care for patients or populations in the community.

The Postgraduate Diploma in Nursing Care in Home Hospitalization contains the most complete and up-to-date scientific program on the market"

Module 1. Management of Infections at Home Criteria for Admission and Exclusion, Management, Discharge Criteria

1.1. Pneumonia

1.1.1. Diagnosis
1.1.2. Home-Based Management
1.1.3. Bronchoaspirations Prevention and Management

1.2. Infections of the Urinary Tract

1.2.1. Pyelonephritis
1.2.2. Urinary Tract Infections
1.2.3. Prostatitis

1.3. Intra-Abdominal Infections

1.3.1. Liver Abscesses
1.3.2. Post-Surgery Abscesses
1.3.3. Cholecystitis and Cholangitis
1.3.4. Diverticulitis
1.3.5. Infectious Pancreatitis

1.4. Abscesses

1.4.1. General Aspects
1.4.2. Treatments
1.4.3. Types of Cure

1.5. Soft Tissue Infections

1.5.1. Concept
1.5.2. Classification

1.6. Infection of Surgical Wounds

1.6.1. Concept
1.6.2. Classification

1.7. Osteomyelitis

1.7.1. Concept
1.7.2. Classification

1.8. Endocarditis

1.8.1. Concept
1.8.2. Classification

1.9. Prosthesis and Intra-Vascular Devices Infections

1.9.1. Concept
1.9.2. Classification

1.10. Febrile Neutropenia

1.10.1. Diagnosis
1.10.2. Therapeutics

Module 2. Palliative Care in Oncological Patients

2.1. Comprehensive Assessment in Palliative Care

2.1.1. Medical History Model in Palliative Care
2.1.2. Anamnesis in Palliative Care
2.1.3. The Importance of Family and Social Circumstances in a Comprehensive Assessment

2.2. Assessment Scales in Palliative Care

2.2.1. ECOG
2.2.2. Barthel
2.2.3. Karnofsky
2.2.4. VAS
2.2.5. Edmonton Symptom Assessment Scale
2.2.6. Gijon Scale
2.2.7. Family Apgar
2.2.8. Pfeiffer
2.2.9. Nutritional Assessment

2.3. Continuous Care Models in Palliative Oncology Patients

2.3.1. Palliative Patients
2.3.2. Models

2.4. Pain Management in Palliative Care

2.4.1.  Analgesic Ladder
2.4.2. First step
2.4.3. Second Step
2.4.4. Third Step
2.4.5. Coadjuvants

2.5. Control of Dyspnea

2.5.1. Diagnosis
2.5.1. Etiology
2.5.1. Home-Based Management

2.6. Delirium Control 

2.6.1. Diagnosis
2.6.2. Etiology
2.6.3. Home-Based Management

2.7. Nausea and Vomiting Control

2.7.1. Diagnosis
2.7.2. Etiology
2.7.3. Home-Based Management

2.8. Alterations in Intestinal Rhythm Diarrhoea and constipation

2.8.1. Diagnosis
2.8.2. Etiology
2.8.3. Home-Based Management

2.9. Anorexia-Cachexia

2.9.1. Diagnosis
2.9.2. Etiology
2.9.3. Home-Based Management

2.10. Anxiety-Insomnia

2.10.1. Diagnosis
2.10.2. Etiology
2.10.3. Home-Based Management

2.11. Situation in a Patient's Last Days and Palliative Sedation

2.11.1. Terminal Criteria
2.11.2. Palliative Sedation vs Passive Euthanasia vs Active Euthanasia
2.11.3. Home-Based Management

2.12. Grief and Family Care

2.12.1. Grief
2.12.2. Family Circle

2.13. Spanish and European Legality on Palliative Care

2.13.1. Legal aspects of palliative care in Europe
2.13.2. Legal Aspects of Palliative Care in Spain

2.14. Advance Directives

2.14.1. Definition
2.14.2. Most Important Aspects to Take into Account

Module 3. Pain Management in Home Hospitalization

3.1. Pain Management

3.1.1. General Aspects
3.1.2. Considerations in the Home

3.2. Scales and Assessment of Patient in Pain

3.2.1. Classification
3.2.2. Patient Assessment

3.3. First-Line Analgesic Treatment

3.3.1. Therapeutics
3.3.2. Procedures in the Home

3.4. 2nd Line Analgesic Treatment

3.4.1. Therapeutics
3.4.2. Procedures in the Home

3.5. Third Step Treatment Opioids

3.5.1. Therapeutics
3.5.2. Procedures in the Home

3.6. Coadjuvants

3.6.1. Classification 
3.6.2. Procedures

3.7. Interventional Pain Management

3.7.1. Interconsultation
3.7.2. Procedures in the Home

3.8. Current Legality in the Management of Opioid Analgesics

3.8.1. Current Spanish Legal Framework

Module 4. Nutrition in Home Hospitalization

4.1. Nutritional Assessment Scales

4.1.1. MUST
4.1.2. MNA
4.1.3. Laboratory Parameters
4.1.4. Clinical Parameters

4.2. Dysphagia

4.2.1. Diagnosis
4.2.2. Etiology
4.2.3. Home-Based Management

4.3. Oncology Patients

4.3.1. Nutritional Needs in Oncology Patients
4.3.2. Peculiarities

4.4. Geriatric Patient

4.4.1. Nutritional Needs in Geriatric Patients
4.4.2. Peculiarities

4.5. Patient with Infectious Diseases

4.5.1. Nutritional Needs in Infectious Patients
4.5.2. Peculiarities

4.6. Enteral Nutrition at Home

4.6.1. Types of Nutrition
4.6.2. Normocaloric-Normoprotein
4.6.3. Hypercaloric-Hyperprotein
4.6.4. Hyperprotein-Normocaloric
4.6.5. Special Supplementation

4.7. Parenteral Home Nutrition

4.7.1. Types of Nutrition
4.7.2. Probes

Module 5. Nursing in Home Hospitalization

5.1. Nursing assessment Scales
5.2. Nursing Care Plan
5.3. Health Education for the Patient and Their Family
5.4. Post- Surgical Care
5.5. Pressure Ulcers
5.6. Special Techniques in Cures (VAC, Fomentation, etc.)
5.7. Nursing Techniques

5.7.1. PICC, Midline
5.7.2. PEG
5.7.3. Tracheostomy
5.7.4. Bladder catheterisation
5.7.5. Digestive Catheterisation (Nasogastric, Rectal)
5.7.6. I/V and S/C Perfusion Pumps
5.7.7. Urostomy and Nephrostomy
5.7.8. Surgical drainage

5.8. Serotherapy and E/V Medication

5.8.1. Peripheral Routes
5.8.2. Central Routes

5.9. Administration of Blood Products

5.9.1. Classification
5.9.2. Procedures

5.10. Obtaining and Transporting Samples: Analytical, Cultures, etc.

5.10.1. Extraction procedures
5.10.2. Types of tests and samples