Veterinary Nursing

Jul
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Jul
06

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This three-day course is designed for veterinary assistants/veterinary nurses who are interested in developing and improving their professional knowledge and practical skills. The instructors are veterinary nurses with extensive postgraduate training and many years’ experience, working in a modern veterinary orthopaedic hospital in Manchester, UK. The course will cover most of the aspects of veterinary care including:

 

DAY 1:

Veterinary Care:

Morning

– Caring for the hospitalised patient

– Patient safety

– Patient nutrition

– Care of catheters and probes

– Pain monitoring (Glasgow pain score and others)

– Multimodal analgesia

Afternoon

Practical exercises:

– Intravenous cannula application

– Calculating the dose of intravenous therapy

– Blood collection

Bandaging

– Bandaging techniques

– Dressing management

DAY 2:

Anaesthesia and sedation:

– Pharmacology

– Side effects

– Calculation of doses

– Planes of anaesthesia

– Intubation

– Selection of the appropriate anaesthetic circuit

– Safety check of the anaesthetic machine

– Recovery from anaesthesia

– Anaesthetic monitoring – pressure, pulse, capnography, ECG

– Management of hypothermia in anaesthesia

– Management of hypotension in anaesthesia

– Management of hypercapnia in anaesthesia

DAY 3:

Critical patient care, preparation for surgery, radiography:

Morning

– Gastric dilatation and torsion

– Dystocia

– Respiratory disturbances

– Cardiopulmonary resuscitation

Afternoon

Preparing the patient for surgery:

– Preparing the patient

– Proper donning of gloves and operative gloves. Preparation of gloves and gown

– Quarter covering the patient and preparing the instruments

Radiography

– Positioning basics

Your instructors:

Nicola Waring Nicola Waring BSc (Hons) RVN HE Dip CVN HE Dip AVN HE Dip Ed QTLD
Nicola Waring
Nicola Waring BSc (Hons) RVN HE Dip CVN HE Dip AVN HE Dip Ed QTLD Manchester Veterinary Specialists, UK

After qualifying in 2003 Nicola’s career has seen her travel across the world practicing as a veterinary Nurse. Whilst in Australia, Nicola developed a passion for referral work, specifically anaesthesia and surgical nursing. Since returning to the UK, Nicola has continued to study and develop interests in anaesthesia, pain management, emergency and critical care and surgical nursing. Since qualifying as a Veterinary Nurse Nicola has completed the HE Diploma in education, HE Diploma in Clinical Veterinary Nursing, HE Diploma in Advanced Veterinary Nursing (anaesthesia and surgical), QTLS and BSc (Hons) in Clinical Veterinary Nursing. Nicola gained recognition for her dissertation in 2014 winning ‘Thesis of the Year’.  As well as being a Clinical Supervisor for student Veterinary nurses, Nicola is a qualified teacher has lectured at numerous conferences in the UK and overseas. She has also written numerous journal articles, including a published study comparing analgesic agents post orthopaedic surgery. 

Paula Hill Paula Hill RVN VTS
Paula Hill
Paula Hill RVN VTS Manchester Veterinary Specialists, UK

Paula qualified as Registered Veterinary Nurse in 2000. Shortly afterwards she moved to a 24-hour animal hospital where she developed a strong interest in emergency and critical care work. Paula gained a plethora of experience in this area and wanted to expand her knowledge further. This then lead her on to work in the referral sector, and it is here where she developed her passion for anaesthesia. In 2012 Paula gained accreditation as a Veterinary Technician Specialist (VTS) in Anaesthesia and Analgesia. Paula enjoys sharing her knowledge with fellow colleagues and has had the opportunity to speak at national and international events. She has had a number of published articles and she is eagerly anticipating her book chapter to be published in 2025 on Anaesthetic Considerations in Orthopaedic Patients.

Location:

Gorkého 205/3, 811 01 Bratislava

990,00  ex. tax

Veterinary Nursing

990,00  ex. tax