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VNUR20260

Academic Year 2024/2025

Farm Animal Nursing (VNUR20260)

Subject:
Veterinary Nursing
College:
Health & Agricultural Sciences
School:
Veterinary Medicine
Level:
2 (Intermediate)
Credits:
5
Module Coordinator:
Dr Emmet Kelly
Trimester:
Spring
Mode of Delivery:
On Campus
Internship Module:
No
How will I be graded?
Letter grades

Curricular information is subject to change.

In this module the student will explore a range of topics relating to Veterinary Nursing in Irish Farm Animal practice. The objectives of this module are to develop veterinary nurses who are competent to assist in private veterinary farm animal practice through a grounding knowledge in the nursing management of individual farm animal medical and surgical cases as well as a having an ability to advise farmers on herd/flock health matters. Practical nursing topics covered will be clinical examination and nursing procedures of the major farm animal species (mainly bovine and ovine), surgical nursing in farm animals and adult and neonatal nursing care of sick/injured farm animal species. There will also be an emphasis on developing a foundation knowledge in basic husbandry, infectious disease control and herd production problems such as mastitis, reproduction, and lameness. The teaching approach will involve blend of lectures, self-directed reading, and assignments. Assessment will involve a within- and an end- of- trimester Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs), mock phone call assessment and a written assignment.

About this Module

Learning Outcomes:

1. Understand and learn about normal and abnormal clinical parameters in farm animals.
2. Identify equipment used in farm animal clinical procedures and surgery.
3. Outline some common nursing procedures (oral and intravenous fluid therapy, blood transfusion, blood sampling etc.) that are conducted in farm animal species.
4. Understand some common surgical procedures in farm animals and the pre- and post-operative surgical nursing care of these procedures.
5. Learn how to recognize common individual health and wellbeing issues in farm animals, triage these case over the phone and learn about the veterinary nursing care of these conditions.
6. Understand the appropriate husbandry and management practices for farm animal species in Ireland and how they underpin on-farm disease prevention and control.
7. Briefly discuss herd health issues that are of economic or public health significance and be appropriately equipped to advise farmers on them.

Student Effort Hours:
Student Effort Type Hours
Lectures

27
Field Trip/External Visits

5
Autonomous Student Learning

70
Total

102

Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
The key teaching and learning approaches used in this module include lectures, videos of clinical procedures and self-directed reading and assignements.

Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations
Learning Exclusions:

Student cannot be awarded credit for this module if they have already achieved similar educational outcomes in higher, further or secondary education.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Pre-requisite:
VET10040 - Practical Animal Husbandry, VNUR10160 - Anatomy & Physiology for VN I, VNUR10280 - Principles of Vet Nursing, VNUR20190 - Anatomy & Physiology for VN II, VNUR20350 - Animal Behavior and Welfare

Incompatibles:
ANSC30130 - Prins of An Hlth, Behav&W'fare


 

Assessment Strategy
Description Timing Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade In Module Component Repeat Offered
Exam (In-person): Mid-term Multiple Choice Questionnaire (MCQ) Week 7 Standard conversion grade scale 40% No
20
 No
Exam (In-person): End of semester Multiple Choice Questionnaire (MCQ) End of trimester
Duration:
1 hr(s)
 Standard conversion grade scale 40% No
40
 No
Assignment(Including Essay): Written Assignment on the nursing care plan of a farm animal patient. Week 12 Standard conversion grade scale 40% No
20
 No
Practical Skills Assessment: Farm Animal Client Simulated Phone Call Assessment Week 11, Week 12 Standard conversion grade scale 40% No
20
 No

Carry forward of passed components
Yes
 

Resit In Terminal Exam
Autumn Yes - 1 Hour
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 

Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Online automated feedback

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Feedback individually for the written assignment and mock phonecall; MCQ grade feedback.

Name Role
Dr Sandra Aungier Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Assoc Professor Marijke Beltman Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Professor Mark Crowe Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Professor Michael Doherty Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Mr James Gibbons Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Dr Emmet Kelly Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Dr Catherine Mc Aloon Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Ms Sandra Nicholson Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Mr Eoin Ryan Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Assoc Professor Annetta Zintl Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Professor Deirdre Campion Tutor
Eilidh Elizabeth Thomson Tutor

Timetabling information is displayed only for guidance purposes, relates to the current Academic Year only and is subject to change.
Spring Lecture Offering 1 Week(s) - 20, 21, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31 Mon 09:00 - 09:50
Spring Lecture Offering 1 Week(s) - 32 Mon 09:00 - 09:50
Spring Lecture Offering 1 Week(s) - 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32 Thurs 08:00 - 08:50
Spring Lecture Offering 1 Week(s) - 32, 33 Thurs 10:00 - 10:50
Spring Practical Offering 1 Week(s) - 32 Tues 09:00 - 14:50
Spring Lecture Offering 1 Week(s) - 23, 29 Wed 09:00 - 09:50
Spring Tutorial Offering 1 Week(s) - 25 Wed 11:00 - 12:50
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