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1. Identify methods of infectious disease transmission.
2. Recommend/discuss appropriate disease prevention and control protocols and any associated risks or limitations (including vaccination, the pet travel scheme/regulations, and isolation/barrier nursing).
3. Recognise/describe the clinical signs of common medical diseases and identify/explain their significance.
4. Identify the diagnostic tests required by medical patients and the sample types, equipment, and/or testing protocols required.
5. 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).
6. Accurately calculate fluid requirements and infusion rates.
7. Identify/discuss the inpatient nursing care required by medical patients (e.g. fluids, nutrition/feeding, medications, monitoring, comfort/physical care).
8. Identify/discuss the home care required by medical patients (e.g. dietary changes, medication considerations, environmental/lifestyle modifications, monitoring).
Student Effort Type | Hours |
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Lectures | 45 |
Tutorial | 3 |
Practical | 9 |
Autonomous Student Learning | 150 |
Total | 207 |
Prior learning requirements include general veterinary nursing principles, domestic animal husbandry/handling/nutrition, and anatomy and physiology for veterinary nurses.
Description | Timing | Component Scale | % of Final Grade | ||
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Continuous Assessment: Peer assessment forms completed during each practical class. | Throughout the Trimester | n/a | Pass/Fail Grade Scale | No | 5 |
Examination: Online (Brightspace), open book, applied, short written response/short answer questions on material from the first 7 weeks of term. | Week 8 | Yes | Standard conversion grade scale 40% | No | 25 |
Class Test: Fluid calculations exam | Week 12 | n/a | Graded | No | 5 |
Examination: Online (Brightspace), open book, applied, short written response/short answer questions covering the full scope of the module. | 2 hour End of Trimester Exam | Yes | Standard conversion grade scale 40% | No | 65 |
Resit In | Terminal Exam |
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Spring | No |
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment
• Self-assessment activities
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 short answer question exams and the fluid calculations exam with individual feedback provided to those with lower grades (or upon request).
Name | Role |
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Dr Sandra Aungier | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Assoc Professor Marijke Beltman | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Professor Deirdre Campion | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Dr Sinead Devine | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Assoc Professor Vivienne Duggan | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Dr Robin Farrell | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Dr Rodney Gale | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Dr Terence Dudley Grimes | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Dr Anna Juan de Pedro | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Mr Mark Mc Corry | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Ms Bairbre O'Malley | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Ms Nicola Walshe | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Assoc Professor Annetta Zintl | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Ms Ann Marie Byrne | Tutor |
Ms Hannah Callaghan | Tutor |
Mrs Georgina Murphy | Tutor |
Ms Andrea Regan | Tutor |