Improve your knowledge in Peritoneal Dialysis for Nursing 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 medical practice"

Nursing plays a decisive role in the care of the patient with chronic kidney disease, both from its onset and in later stages. In addition to skills in renal replacement techniques such as the acquisition of specific professional competencies, specific and quality care is required at the different stages of renal disease. 

The care of the nephrological patient, including renal function replacement techniques, has made significant advances in recent years, both in terms of renal transplantation and the health care of the nephrological patient, requiring specialized and continuous training for nurses. Such specialized training is rarely found in standard curricular training, so many nurses are unaware of important aspects of caring for these patients. Training in this area is necessary to guarantee a minimum quality of care.

This postgraduate diploma in Peritoneal Dialysis for Nursing contains the most complete and up-to-date scientific program on the market. The most important features of the program include:

• Development of clinical cases presented by experts in the different areas of multidisciplinary knowledge. 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
• New developments in Peritoneal Dialysis for Nurses
• Algorithm-based interactive learning system for decision-making in the presented clinical situations
• With a special emphasis on evidence-based nursing and Peritoneal Dialysis research methodologies for Nursing
• 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 in the selection of a refresher program for two reasons: in addition to updating your knowledge in Peritoneal Dialysis, you will obtain a certificate from TECH Technological University"

Its teaching staff includes health professionals from the fields of nursing and nephrological medicine, who bring to this training the experience of their work, in addition to recognized specialists belonging to leading scientific societies.

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 this 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 course. This will be done with the help of an innovative interactive video system developed by renowned experts in the field of nephrology with extensive teaching experience.

The postgraduate diploma allows training in simulated environments, which provide immersive learning programmed to train for real situations"

It includes clinical cases to bring the program's degree as close as possible to the reality of care in Nursing"

The main objective of the program is the development of theoretical and practical learning, so that the nursing professional can master in a practical and rigorous way the study of Peritoneal Dialysis.

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

General Objectives

• Review the most frequent procedures, techniques and care in routine clinical practice in the approach to the chronic renal patient on Peritoneal Dialysis
• Optimize the quality and care of Peritoneal Dialysis patients, providing more qualified healthcare professionals
• Develop competencies and skills for the comprehensive approach and management of patients with chronic renal pathology

Specific Objectives

• Acquire basic knowledge on the fundamental aspects of diagnosis, etiology, pathophysiology and prevention of kidney disease
• Identify the risk factors of kidney disease and its different stages
• Identify signs and symptoms that indicate pathology of renal origin
• Gain up-to-date knowledge of the different examination methods in Nephrology
• Broaden knowledge in the promotion of self-care
• Acquire knowledge of how to deal with a renal patient in the emergency department
• Know how renal insufficiency affects the different stages of the drugs administered
• Develop nursing professional skills and knowledge for the comprehensive approach and treatment of a patient in a Peritoneal Dialysis program
• Provide the essential fundamentals and the latest theoretical and practical advances to any professional who needs or decides to start learning about Peritoneal Dialysis or who, being already in it, wants to update their knowledge
• Gain up-to-date knowledge of the care, approach and management of the patient in peritoneal dialysis program
• Develop communication skills between health professionals, patients with CKD and their family members in advance planning and decision making
• Integrate the Palliative Care model into the treatment of renal patients at the end of life, during the dying process and in bereavement
• Analyze clinical situations which involve ethical challenges
• Incorporate conservative treatment as a non-dialysis treatment option in advanced CKD
• Propose action plans to improve the ongoing care of the kidneys
• Know the referrals to specialist units in Palliative Care and bereavement support
• Gain up-to-date knowledge in clinical, ethical and legal aspects in the initiation and withdrawal of dialysis
• Acquire up-to-date knowledge of control and pain management in chronic renal patients who need palliative care

A unique specialization program that will allow you to acquire advanced training in this field"