Surgical veterinary nursing online

Date: Monday 8th October, 2012 - Sunday 9th December, 2012
Start time: 9:00 AM
Duration: 33 hour(s)
Cost: £399

Provider: Royal Veterinary College

This online course offers the veterinary nurse both revision and an opportunity for acquisition of new knowledge in the area of surgical nursing. The course is aimed at qualified veterinary nurses who enjoy and are interested in surgical nursing and would suit both nurses in general practice and those working in specialist institutions, this course would also suit nurses returning to practice after a break.

The course will run for nine weeks. You will be expected to log onto the website several times each week. It is anticipated that you will need to spend two to three hours a week depending on your current level of knowledge (and typing speed!) between private study and online activities.

Key areas

We will revise and relate anatomy and physiology knowledge to common surgical procedures carried out in small animal practice.
We will examine the importance of good client communication skills, in particular explore the concept of informed consent.
Looking at Infection control and sterilisation of surgical equipment we explore ways to reduce the risk of hospital acquired infection before, during and after surgery.
The role of the scrub and circulating nurse including theatre nursing skills and the relevance of schedule 3.
Peri operative and post operative nursing skills looking after the patient, before during and after the surgery. The use and development of nursing plans will be considered.

To book: Contact the CPD Unit on Tel: 01707 666865, or email cpd@rvc.ac.uk. Further details available at www.rvc.ac.uk/cpd

Who is it for?

Veterinary Nurses

The Speakers

Paul Crawford, BVetMed Cert VA MRCVS
Consultant Veterinary Anaesthetist

Fiona Handyside Brown, BSc VN PGCMedED
Assistant Lecturer in Veterinary Clinical Skills
The Royal Veterinary College

Number of CPD hours this event can be recorded as

33 hours

Registration and Booking

Click here to reserve your place