VNUR20360

Learning Outcomes:

1. Recommend/identify appropriate disease prevention and control protocols and any associated risks or limitations (including vaccination, the pet travel scheme/regulations, and isolation/barrier nursing).
2. Recognise/describe the clinical signs of common medical diseases and identify/explain their significance.
3. Identify the diagnostic tests required by medical patients and the sample types, equipment, and/or testing protocols required.
4. Develop your procedural knowledge and competency in veterinary medical nursing practical/clinical skills. Including physical examination, injections & blood sampling (horses and exotics), IV cannula placement (small animals & horses), fluids set up/administration (small animals), ECG and Doppler set up (small animals) and dermatology sampling (small animals).
5. Accurately calculate fluid requirements and infusion rates.
6. Identify/discuss the inpatient nursing care required by medical patients (e.g. fluids, nutrition/feeding, medications, monitoring, comfort/physical care).
7. Identify/discuss the home care required by medical patients (e.g. dietary changes, medication considerations, environmental/lifestyle modifications, monitoring).

Student Effort Hours:

Approaches to Teaching and Learning:

Lectures
Active/task based learning
Tutorials
Practical classes
Peer learning
Independent study

Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Learning Requirements:

Prior learning requirements include general veterinary nursing principles, domestic animal husbandry/handling/nutrition, and anatomy and physiology for veterinary nurses.

Module Requisites and Incompatibles

Co-requisite:
VNUR20280 - Laboratory Work for Vet.Nurses

Equivalents:
Small Animal Nursing (VNUR20310)


 

Assessment Strategy

 

Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 

Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment
• Self-assessment activities

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Peer assessment will be performed during practical classes and will be guided by practical reference resources and competency rubric. Group/class general feedback will be provided on the multiple choice question exams and the fluid calculations exam with individual feedback provided to those with lower grades (or upon request).

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• Aspinall, V. (2014) Clinical Procedures in Veterinary Nursing. 3rd Ed. Butterworth- Heinemann: Edinburgh
• Bassert, J.M., Beal, A.D., Samples, O.M. & McCurnin, D.M. (2018) McCurnin's clinical textbook for veterinary technicians. 9th Ed. Elsevier: St. Louis, Missouri.
• Bowden, C. and Masters, J. (2003) Textbook of Veterinary Medical Nursing. Butterworth-Heinemann: Edinburgh
• Coumbe, K. & British Equine Veterinary Association (2001) The equine veterinary nursing manual. Blackwell Science: Oxford.
• Girling, S.J. (2003) Veterinary nursing of exotic pets. Blackwell: Oxford
• Holtgrew-Bohling, K. 2016, Large animal clinical procedures for veterinary technicians. 3rd Ed. Elsevier: St. Louis, Missouri.
• Merrill, L. (ed.) (2012) Small Animal Internal Medicine for Veterinary Technicians and Nurses. John Wiley and Sons, Inc.: Iowa
• Turner, L., Cooper, B. and Mullineaux, E. and British Small Animal Veterinary Association (2011) BSAVA Textbook of Veterinary Nursing. 5th Ed. British Small Animal Veterinary Association: Quedgeley, Gloucester