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Veterinary nursing RVC CPD 2023 RVC CPD 2023 Veterinary nursing

Emergency and critical care nursing online Local anaesthetic techniques Webinar Plus: Day to day dermatology Webinar Plus: Advanced nutrition
for veterinary nurses for nurses

Monday 25th September Monday 13th November NEW Monday 15th January
to Sunday 5th November Thursday 19th October to Sunday 10th December to Sunday 11th February 2024

The phone rings and an emergency is on its way down to the clinic. Are you sure we can block that? How do you do it?! Wondering where to start with skin? Do you want to improve the care you can give your patients through
Are you and the team prepared? providing optimal nutritional advice to your clients?
This course aims to teach participants how to implement local anaesthesia This course is perfect for nurses who have an interest in dermatology.
Many nurses find emergency work stressful and overwhelming, but it techniques on a day-to-day basis in veterinary practice. The course is Mismanaged skin cases can be a big reason for clients to become Clients frequently ask for advice regarding what to feed their pet,
can be exhilarating and rewarding with a good team and forward thinking. designed to cover information relevant for both vets and nurses and will distrustful of the advice given by their veterinary practice and thus they particularly when they develop an illness. With so many different veterinary
This course is aimed at qualified veterinary nurses who wish to expand consist of pre-recorded online lectures and an on-site practical day. The may seek information elsewhere from Dr Google or social media or seek prescription diets available and so much information on the internet about
and further their knowledge of working with emergency and critical care online material should be viewed prior to attending the practical day. We a second opinion or referral. On this course you will learn how to support pet food, it is extremely challenging to differentiate helpful strategies from
patients. The course will refresh your knowledge of specific key areas encourage vets and nurses from the same practice to attend the course the diagnostic decisions vets make in skin cases by learning to perform unsubstantiated claims. In addition, our understanding about the
including preparation of the clinic and team, common emergency so that a coordinated approach to analgesia in their practice can be cytology, identify bacteria, yeast and common cells seen on the skin and nutritional requirements of companion animals continues to evolve.
presentations and how to nurse the hospitalised critical patient. developed. Relevant legislation will be covered. in the ears. Why do this course?
The key elements of each topic will be discussed so that you can Why do this course? It will touch on lesion identification which leads to appropriate test Nurses are closely involved with all aspects of pet nutrition in small animal
take ideas and tips away to implement in your clinic.
This course will be useful for those who want to start with the basic local selection, diagnosis and treatment choices of dermatologists and on practice ranging from providing nutritional advice to clients, running
Why do this course? anaesthesia techniques but also for those who want to improve/learn atopic dermatitis (common pitfalls and aids) and basics of management weight loss clinics and providing nutritional support to hospitalised
You will increase your confidence in relation to the emergency patient more advanced techniques. (tailored to nurses). You will also learn about the common pitfalls and patients. There are a plethora of products, information and claims made
journey. You will review how to set up an emergency service, how to Key areas heroes of medication for otitis and the underlying causes contributing about various diets that can be confusing to navigate and understand.
maximise what you already have in your practice, understand the nurse’s Lectures (pre-recorded and available for viewing prior to the course) to relapse. This online course will increase your knowledge and confidence about
role in emergency presentations and key issues relevant to nursing the • Clinical pharmacology of local anaesthetic drugs Why do this course? a range of nutritional topics.
critical patient.
• Indications and practical techniques for local anaesthesia Dermatology cases are common in general practice and enhancing your
Key areas • Additional analgesia techniques knowledge and skills in this area will be of benefit to the veterinarians you Key areas
• Understanding how diets can help animals with various problems
• Introduction and the emergency team and triage Practical sessions work with and patients under your care. • Nutritional support for hospitalised patients – what can we do better?
• Intravenous fluid therapy • Epidurals/spinal anaesthesia Key areas • Getting the most out of weight loss clinics
• The cardiorespiratory patient • Head/dental blocks • Tools to identify the most common skin diseases you will see (and • The Raw Deal – raw foods, commercial foods and home-made diets
• Medical emergencies • Hindlimb and forelimb blocks won’t want to misdiagnose!)
• Surgical emergencies • Otitis Previous participants have commented...
• Critical care Previous participants have commented… • Atopic dermatitis, pathomechanism and aetiology “Both Daniel and Aarti were very professional and stated both sides of
“Very good course. I feel more confident to use local anaesthesia the argument when addressing controversial subjects. They have taught
Previous participants have commented... approaches to pain relief for the surgery’s I’m involved in.” Course details me a lot over the last 4 weeks.”
“Each week I’ve found I’m introducing new things to practice or ways Course type: Webinar Plus with a live weekly Q&A session
of doing things.” Course details Course format: A mixture of pre-recorded weekly webinars (which can “Learnt a lot regarding to nutrition, most of which could be taken back
Course type: Recorded webinars and onsite into practice and be useful in day to day practice.”
“I found endless information on this course that I’m going to find Course format: Practical sessions using cadaver material, case-based be reviewed throughout the course), live weekly Q&A sessions with the
extremely useful in practice.” tutor, self-assessment exercises, supplementary reading material and Course details
discussions and recorded webinars to be viewed before the onsite course
Course details Course length: 1 day and 4 hours of webinars online tutor-moderated discussion forums Course type: Webinar Plus
Course length: 4 weeks
Course format: A mixture of weekly webinars (which can be viewed live
Course type: e-CPD CPD hours: Up to 12 CPD hours: Up to 12 and/or as recorded versions throughout the course), quizzes to help
Course format: An intensive tutor-moderated online learning experience. Course fee: Vet and nurse team: £1198; Vet only: £799; Course fee: £315 reinforce topics discussed, supplementary reading material and
Resources include a one-hour weekly reading tutorial, online Nurse only: £449 tutor-moderated online discussion forums
presentations, electronic course notes, videos, self-assessment tasks, Tutors Tutor Course length: 4 weeks
supplementary reading and shared discussion forums including case- Lisa Angell VTS (Anaesthesia/Analgesia) PGCertVetEd RVN, Head Karen Gray RVN, Dermatology Veterinary Nurse, RVC CPD hours: Up to 12
based approaches Anaesthesia Nurse, RVC Course fee: £315
Course length: 6 weeks Sandra Sanchis Mora DVM MVetMed DipECVAA PhD PGCertVetEd
CPD hours: Up to 18 FHEA MRCVS, Clinical Anaesthetist, Southfields Veterinary Specialists Tutors
Course fee: £350 Dan Chan DVM DipACVECC DipECVECC DipACVN FHEA MRCVS,
Proudly supported by Professor of Emergency Critical Care Medicine and Clinical Nutrition, RVC
Tutors Aarti Kathrani BVetMed PhD DipACVIM (SAIM) DipACVIM (Nutrition)
Eleanor Haskey BSc VTS(ECC) VPAC A1 PGCertVetEd RVN FHEA, FHEA MRCVS, Senior Lecturer in Small Animal Internal Medicine, RVC
Head ECC Nurse, RVC
Daina Rawlings BSc VNCertECC VTS(ECC) RVN, Head Nurse,
WECare Worldwide, Sri Lanka

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