Description

This program will allow you to delve into the latest developments in School Nursing, delving into aspects such as the care of the child with asthma or diabetes, among many other issues"

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Concern for the well-being and health of children has led to the resurgence of the importance of having nursing professionals in schools. An indispensable staff for the educational community that demands their services given the great contribution that their knowledge and skills make to the health of schoolchildren. This professional master’s degree offers a 12-month educational program, under the guidance of a management and teaching staff with extensive experience in the health and education sector.

A program taught 100% online, where the professional will learn, through multimedia resources, the key concepts for the performance of their work in schools. This way, it will delve into the practical methodology in health education, digital skills oriented to health education, the implementation of educational plans and the implementation of actions that promote proper hygiene and eating habits among young students. The simulation of case studies provided by a specialized teaching team will be of great use to the professional who wishes to renew their knowledge with practical teaching.

The professional is in front of an intensive program, but at the same time flexible, since they will have all the syllabus from the beginning of the program. In this way, you will be able to distribute the course load according to your needs, combining it with your professional responsibilities if you wish. TECH offers the professional the opportunity to study a high-level education in a convenient format, without attendance or fixed class schedules. Students will only need an electronic device (computer, tablet or cell phone) to access the library of teaching resources to view them whenever and wherever they want.

TECH's 100% online methodology will allow you to update your knowledge in environmental emergency care in the school environment in a comfortable and fast way, studying where, how and when you want"

This professional master’s degree in School Nursing contains the most complete and up-to-date scientific program on the market. The most important features include: 

  • Case studies presented by experts in School Nursing
  • 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
  • Practical exercises where the self-assessment process can be carried out to improve learning
  • Its special emphasis on innovative methodologies
  • 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 professional master’s degree will give you the opportunity to access the most up-to-date content on affective education within the framework of health education"

The program’s teaching staff includes professionals from the sector who contribute their work experience to this program, as well as renowned specialists from leading societies and prestigious universities.

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 knowledge programmed to learn 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 student will be assisted by an innovative interactive video system created by renowned and experienced experts.

Update your knowledge on the protocols of action in situations of risk in childhood and adolescence"

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With this program, you will delve into the latest advances in the adaptation of diets adapted to students with special needs"

Objectives

At the end of this professional master’s degree, the professional will have been updated in the field of School Nursing. This is thanks to the support they will have during this program from the teaching team that integrates it. Therefore, they will be aware of new trends in the promotion, design of actions and strategies to promote health and intervention in schools.

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Learn with this professional master’s degree the latest techniques used in the integration of nursing in schools"

General objectives

  • Update the knowledge of the nursing professional in the new trends in School Nursing, as well as to learn to design, build and implement educational programs, specific format actions and to apply and solve assistance processes oriented to the school population as a whole

Specific objectives

Module 1. Practical Methodologies for Health Education

  • Define the basic principles of school nursing and its functions in the European Union
  • Describe the role of the nurse in the current educational system
  • Understand and analyze different conceptions of Education, Health Education (HPE) and Health Promotion (HP)
  • Recognize various personal and sociocultural factors related to health behaviors
  • Define social learning theories related to the School Nursing setting

Module 2. Digital Skills for Health Education

  • Know working methodologies that favor the achievement of objectives in relation to health, depending on the characteristics of the group we are addressing (EPS through games and toys, EPS through stories, EPS through cinema and theater, reflective reading, case analysis, debate, etc.)
  • Review and update techniques, strategies, programs, multimedia resources and tools related to health education and promotion in schools

Module 3. The Design of a Training Plan

  • Acquire the necessary skills and abilities to develop educational and health promotion interventions at school and in the community
  • Describe personal learning spaces and the use of ICTS in School Nursing
  • Describe the teaching 2.0 role and its implication in collaborative learning
  • Explain uses and applications of technological tools in the field of School Nursing
  • Experimenting with various digital tools for health education

Module 4. Implementation of the Training Action

  • Implementing health controls and examinations for early detection of diseases as well as health problems
  • Elaborate protocols for action in situations of risk in children and adolescents
  • Identify the fundamentals and activities necessary to educate school children in values

Module 5. Health Promotion in Schools Integration of the School Nurse

  • Identify those aspects of risk that may affect the health of schoolchildren, such as pathologies, psychosocial alterations, etc.) and draw up action plans
  • Identify the nutritional needs of healthy children and adolescents, as well as develop menus and diets adapted to students with special needs
  • Explain basic hygiene concepts and devise strategies for action in the entire school community (Pediculosis, etc.)
  • Describe the current vaccination schedule, apply it correctly and identify possible complications related to the administration of vaccines

Module 6. From Theory to Practice: Day to Day Life in a Regular School

  • Develop a smooth and effective communication plan with parents, as well as with teachers
  • Describe the different health controls and examinations in healthy children and adolescents
  • Review and acquire skills to deal with accidents, and emergencies at school
  • Manage the main methods and techniques in quantitative and qualitative research applicable in the to the School Nursing field
  • Know the most important documentary databases in Health Sciences

Module 7. Educate in Values and Social Abilities

  • Acquire skills in documentary research through the electronic tools available on the web, Internet search and electronic databases
  • Know the characteristics of the different quantitative and qualitative research designs
  • Acquire skills in writing materials for publication or presentation at conferences, as well as in critical reading of scientific publications

Module 8. Prevention of Drug Addiction and Other Addictive Behaviors

  • Identify the main strategies to prevent drug dependence in the school environment
  • Manage the problem of alcohol consumption and its consequences

Module 9. Affective Education Within the Framework of Health Education

  • Describe affective education in early childhood
  • Understand the characteristics of the adolescent and the emotion of affectivity

Module 10. How to Promote Healthy Eating at School

  • Know the specific care for children with food allergies
  • Manage the main techniques for dealing with children with eating disorders

Module 11. School Hygiene and Ergonomics in the School Environment

  • Know in depth the relevance of body hygiene
  • Explain ergonomics applied to the classroom

Module 12. Prevention and Attention to Risk Situations and the Most Frequent Diseases in School-Age Children

  • Review the vaccination schedule
  • Acquire the necessary skills to care for children with pathologies such as diabetes, epilepsy or allergies

Module 13. Principles of Solution-Focused Brief Therapy Applied to School Nursing

  • Acquire the essential principles of solution-focused nursing
  • Understand Brief Therapy

Module 14. Nursing in Special Education Schools

  • Master ICT in children with special needs
  • Know the basics of nutrition and healthy habits

Module 15. Action in the Case of an Emergency in the School Environment

  • Reference documents from the latest guidelines
  • Identify environmental and injury emergencies

Module 16. Recovery of Quality Information Specializing in Health Sciences

  • Master the different sources of information
  • Know how to design search strategies

Module 17. Bibliographic Reference Management

  • Know how to import references directly into the Zoter reference manager
  • Know how to properly include references in the text

Module 18. Critical Reading on Outcomes Research

  • Identify the tools for critical reading
  • Know how to conduct qualitative research and identify the social and cultural components of health and disease

Module 19. How to Prepare a Research Protocol

  • Elaborate articles with scientific structure
  • Write a case report, review, qualitative research article, and a thesis or dissertation in an appropriate manner

Module 20. Master’s Thesis: Academic Work of Bibliographic Review and Research

  • Acquire the necessary skills for the elaboration of a Master's Thesis
  • Adequately develop an academic work using correctly the bibliographic material
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Get a quality education while balancing it with other areas of your professional and personal life" 

Professional Master's Degree in School Nursing

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The continuous development of health care practices corresponding to nursing in school environments, determined by the appearance of new protocol measures and more efficient communicative and therapeutic alternatives, have led professionals specialized in the area to search for academic alternatives that offer them the possibility of being at the forefront of the most recent developments in the sector. Understanding this need, at TECH Technological University we have prepared our Master's program in School Nursing, designed to train professionals to make the most of the possibilities and opportunities present in the most recent trends and implementations that surround the practices corresponding to the area. Likewise, in this postgraduate course, the nurse's knowledge will be updated in aspects such as: the particularities corresponding to the development of strategies focused on the prevention of drug dependence and other addictive behaviors of possible affectation to young people in the school environment; as well as the protocols of action against the identification and detection of mental health problems in the school context and the different techniques of pediatric basic life support against the possible presence of emergency situations.

Study a postgraduate degree in school nursing

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Modern school nursing stands out as an area of great demand to its professionals, both with regard to the identification of possible risk factors in the student environment, as well as in what corresponds to the proper advancement of health promotion strategies. In our Master's program, the professional will have the opportunity to acquire the necessary tools, skills and knowledge to adequately address the different facets that correspond to the modern development of school nursing. In this way, the program focuses on the updating of relevant topics such as: the knowledge of the different methodologies used in the promotion of healthy eating and the approach to the challenges present in the development of nursing in special education schools.