Success and professional recognition in the operating room is not only achieved with personal qualities; it is, above all, a work of perseverance, method and organization. This postgraduate diploma will help you update your knowledge and increase your level of competence in procedures”

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. Bad praxis in this specialist department can cause irreparable damage, and can even be fatal for the patient. 

The advances in surgical techniques, as well as the specialist knowledge related to the field of surgery, require nursing professionals to undergo continuous training and keep their knowledge up to date so they can optimally handle surgical instrumentation.

This postgraduate diploma is designed to update professionals who are developing or want to develop their functions in the surgical area, in order to increase their competence in instruentation tasks and, thus collaborating in the success of the intervention.

The postgraduate diploma in Surgical Instrumentation in Nursing will allow you to update your knowledge, improve prognosis and reduce sequelae and complications in patients."

This postgraduate diploma in Surgical Instrumentation in Nursing is the most complete and up-to-date scientific program on the market. The most important features of the program include:

• Clinical cases presented by nursing professionals who are experts in patient care in surgery and other specialities. 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
• Videos in focus to learn instrumentation procedures in the operating room in detail
• The latest diagnostic-therapeutic techniques in professional nursing practice with surgical patients
• Practical workshops on sutures and other techniques performed by nurses
• Algorithm-based interactive learning system for decision-making in the presented clinical situations
• 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

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 surgical nursing, you will obtain a qualification from TECH Technological University”

Its teaching staff includes leading nursing professionals, who contribute their work experience to this up to date program, in addition to other professionals specializing in the surgical area.

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 to train in real situations.

The design of the program is based on Problem-Based Learning, by means of which the nursing professional must try to solve the different professional practice situations that arise throughout 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 surgical nursing with extensive teaching experience.

This postgraduate diploma provides training in simulated environments, which allows for an immersive learning experience designed to train for real-life situations"

It includes clinical cases to bring the program as close as possible to the reality of surgical nursing"

The program for this postgraduate diploma is oriented toward a review of main aspects in surgical instrumentation, based on the experience of renowned professionals, in order to provide quality care based on the latest scientific evidence and guarantee patient safety.

This refresher program will generate a sense of security when practising nursing, which will help you grow both personally and professionally”

General Objective

• Update nursing professionals in the procedures involving instrumentation and equipment during the whole surgical process, in order to increase quality and safety in surgical nursing praxis and to decrease the risks in the subsequent stages of patient rehabilitation

Specific Objectives

• Apply the scientific method as a way of developing diverse surgical procedures and routines while updating all your knowledge and practical skills in response to the new care trends within the surgical field
• Analyze the ethical aspects involved both in patient care and in research procedures related to surgical activity in the different stages of care
• Identify opportunities in the application of acquired theoretical knowledge and the tasks and techniques carried out in the operating room
• Assess the success of teamwork with the aim of achieving set goals
• Correctly plan surgical techniques to achieve end results quickly and efficiently
• Identify the key elements to reduce surgical times as much as possible, applying the above points for the benefit of patients, the team and the hospital
• Prevent mistakes and accidents which could jeopardize the general objective of nursing professionals: protect the patient undergoing surgery
• Gain up to date knowledge on drug management procedures and patient control during anesthesia
• Describe the role of nurses in the integral patient care during the surgical process
• Revise the key principles of surgical asepsis
• Recognize and classify the general and specific surgical material and instruments in each specialty based on their functionality
• Gain up to date knowledge of action protocols for surgery
• Analyze surgical procedures and identify the key aspects to achieve adequate control over the quality and management of resources