Official Master's Degree in Intensive Care Nursing

Get trained to improve ICU care. Focus on practical application.

Intensive care services are dynamic, highly technological and especially complex units. For this reason, they require immediacy, high quality care for serious vital processes and great efficiency and effectiveness in care. Indispensable qualities to cover the needs of patients and their families and guarantee humanization in the processes.

The Official Master's Degree in Intensive Care Nursing* will allow you to grow as a professional immediately, thanks to its study plan designed by industry experts, a methodology focused on practice, and a faculty made up of outstanding active professionals. You will obtain the knowledge, skills and abilities necessary to guarantee the continuous improvement of care for critically ill patients hospitalized in Intensive Care Units.

The master's degree will train you, as a nursing professional, to carry out a complete evaluation, plan, implement and evaluate an individualized care plan, managing to respond quickly and effectively to care processes with vital commitment. In addition, it will prepare you to make complex decisions, implementing communication skills in order to guarantee effective communication between team members, the patient and family members.

Choose to continue growing at the 1st Online University in Health Sciences**. More than 12,000 professionals in the area have already trained with us.

*Verified, in the process of implementation.

**Ministry of Education and Vocational Training; Report Masters Private universities online 2021.

What makes this mastery unique?

• You will be trained with a methodology that combines online teaching with clinical simulation sessions and face-to-face practices .
• You will obtain the accredited course in Advanced Life Support endorsed by the SEMICYUC. In addition, you will attend two more courses: Pediatric Immediate Life Support and Immediate Trauma Life Support, accredited by the FMC (Continuing Medical Training).
• You will have a study plan that includes the approach of innovative techniques and technology to guarantee quality care for critically ill patients.
• You will jointly address care for adult and pediatric critical patients , based on scientific evidence.
• You will delve into fundamental content for the well-being of critically ill patients, such as clinical safety, person-centered care and the humanization of care.
• You will learn from a faculty of professionals with extensive experience in caring for critical patients: professionals from Intensive Care Units, Resuscitation, Extra-Hospital Emergency Services (SAMU) . This ensures up-to-date knowledge derived from direct real practical experience.

• Nursing techniques and advanced monitoring in intensive care units 6
• Nursing procedures and care in the critically ill adult patient I 6
• Nursing procedures and care in the critically ill adult patient II 6
• Nursing care for critically ill pediatric patients 6
• Quality, safety and psychosocial aspects in intensive care units 6
• Research methodology 6
• Simulated Clinical Practices 6
• External Clinical Practices I 9
• External Clinical Practices II 3
• Final Master's Project TFM 6

Information on external internships

In this title, the practices present an innovative teaching methodology including, on the one hand, simulated clinical practices, where students will face a clinical scenario and subsequently a reflective evaluation will be carried out. In addition to the simulated practices, the program includes 12 ECTS of care practices in hospital centers that implement nursing care for critically ill patients to apply the theoretical knowledge acquired and reflect critically by preparing a report of the training practices carried out.

Thesis Information

The final thesis will consist of carrying out an original research project in the field of nursing care for critically ill patients following scientific methodology. Said research project must be presented and defended before a panel of professional experts in the field.

The master's degree will train you to provide quality care based on the most current recommendations and evidence in Intensive Care Units, Resuscitation Units and Post-Anesthesia Recovery Units.

Furthermore, due to the research methodology content that the program presents, it offers you the employment opportunity to continue research and teaching activity in the field of care for critically ill patients. You will be able to work in positions such as:

• Care activity in Intensive Care Units (ICU), extended intensive care services (SECI), Resuscitation Units and Post-Anesthesia Resuscitation Units (PACU).
• Teaching and research activity in the field of intensive care.
• Management activity (possibility of managing intensive care services, post-ICU consultations, extended intensive care services...).
• Cooperation and humanitarian aid activities.

Admission profile

Aimed at nursing professionals with the concern of acquiring specific training in critical patients who require Intensive Care, as well as becoming certified by national organizations in Advanced Life Support and Care of the Polytraumatized Patient.

List of undergraduates/areas/professions from which they can access the program:

• Undergraduate or diploma in Nursing