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WORK PLACEMENTS

VETERINARY NURSING

As part of your course you will complete at least
1,800 hours of practical training at a range of
excellent veterinary practices, giving you a real
insight into the day-to-day role of the veterinary
nurse. To ensure fair evaluation, the skills and
knowledge you acquire will be assessed in
a variety of ways as the course progresses.
The combination of the taught aspects of the
course and the invaluable placement time,
provides a solid foundation for your career and
many of our students go on to work as head
veterinary nurses, educators and researchers.

We work with the College of Animal Welfare in securing BEAUMONT SAINSBURY ANIMAL HOSPITAL
a variety of placement opportunities for our students “As a 3rd year Vet Nursing Student, I was able to
and all placements are in RCVS Training Practices.
spend 3 months at the Beaumont Sainsbury Animal
Hospital in which the staff worked tirelessly to
Many of our students go on to take up positions in the ensure I was on target with my Nurse Practice Log,
practices they have been undertaking placements.
and I understood the evidence behind my actions.
The course has placements integrated throughout, I worked in many different areas of the hospital
with placements in Year 1 and Year 2. In Year 3 you including theatre, anaesthesia, nursing clinics,
will be on placement from September – May spending in patient/surgical wards and dispensary.
one day each week completing the theory module I would also highly recommend spending time at
online. During the third year you will be enhancing the Beaumont for its incredible exotics department.
your professional skills whilst also learning how to Their highly skilled team were more than willing to
undertake audits and knowledge summaries in the answer every question I could think of (and there
veterinary practice.
were many) about species ranging from reptiles
and birds to small mammals. I can now say I have
helped ultrasound a snake and train a conure!
I will never forget my time at the Beaumont and all
that it taught me!”
TATIANA RAISSIS
BSc Veterinary Nursing

80 SKILL-DEVELOPING • THOUGHT-LEADING • STANDARD-SETTING