Vet Nurse Courses

Patients with heart disease can present with varied clinical signs, from acute life-threatening dyspnoea to a chronic cough and so provide an excellent opportunity for nurses to use a range of different skills for their care. Case studies are used to cover the common cardiovascular diseases...

Emergency and critical care (ECC) focuses on the needs of severely ill or injured animals. The variety of cases seen within an ECC setting is what some nurses find most exciting; from post-operative care of a septic peritonitis patient, management and monitoring of a patient in respiratory...

Nutrition is the cornerstone of all excellent veterinary care. This learning series with Georgia Woods-Lee will look at each life stage to ensure an optional recommendation is always given. From growth, throughout adulthood and into their senior years, nutrition plays a key role in maintaining...

The anaesthesia period has four different phases: pre anaesthesia, induction, maintenance, and recovery, with the veterinary nurse monitoring the patient throughout. Each monitoring parameter can be thought of as a piece of a puzzle. This learning series with Niamh Clancy will help you to...

Emergency and critical care patients can present the nursing team with a number of challenges, but when approached systematically and with confidence, they can be hugely rewarding to nurse. These patients often have a requirement for indwelling devices such as catheters, drains or feeding tubes...

Older cats are more likely to suffer from various (and often multiple) health conditions and increasingly there is an awareness that proactive assessment of senior and super senior cats is key in recognising these conditions, allowing treatment to be instigated at an early stage. There are now...

The veterinary clinic can be a stressful environment for many of our patients, and any resulting fear and anxiety can have long-lasting impacts on their emotional and physical wellbeing, and can compromise the safety of both owners and staff members. Creating a Calm Clinic environment is...

The veterinary clinic can be a stressful environment for many of our patients, and any resulting fear and anxiety can have long-lasting impacts on their emotional and physical wellbeing, and can compromise the safety of both owners and staff members. Creating a Calm Clinic environment is...

This learning series with Meg Richards and Evie Tummon is designed specifically for nurses who are returning to practice after taking time out of the profession, those working through their PSP (Period of Supervised Practice), or those in small animal practice who are looking to update their...