Veterinary Nursing Refresher
Mini Series
Get a right up to date in emergency medicine, anaesthetic nursing and managing pain in your small animal patients with this easy to attend, fully guaranteed, Online Mini Series™ from CPD Solutions
- The webinar recordings will be released on the following dates: Tuesday 2nd July, Tuesday 9th July, Tuesday 16th July in 2024
- Anaesthesia Monitoring
- Respiratory Emergencies/ CPR
- Anaesthesia pharmacology and Pain assessment and using a multimodal approach to treating pain
- Case studies to illustrate learning points from the course
- You have a whole year’s access to recorded sessions and study notes for reviewing key points
- Superb value for money – you learn without travelling or paying for accommodation, childcare or petcare
- Watch the recordings on your iPad, mobile, PC or tablet
- Self-assessment quiz to ‘release’ your 8 hours CPD certification
What will I learn on this course?
Session 1
Anaesthesia Monitoring
- The importance of monitoring patients under anaesthesia
- Common problems in anaesthesia
- Respiratory monitoring
- Cardiovascular monitoring
- Recognition and troubleshooting problems under anaesthesia
- Recovery
Session 2
Respiratory Emergencies/CPR
- Recognise the clinical signs in a patient in respiratory distress.
- Recognise clinical signs associated with specific respiratory diseases.
- Identify how to perform thoracic auscultation.
- Prepare for stabilisation of the respiratory patient.
- How should we be monitoring our patients in respiratory distress.
- How to manage the precarious recovery of patients after a respiratory collapse.
- What is the Recover campaign?
- Discuss causes of and how to identify a cardiopulmonary arrest.
- Identify what should be in your CPR crash cart and the roles of the resuscitation team.
- Understand the theory of basic life support and advanced Life Support.
Session 3
Anaesthesia pharmacology and Pain assessment and using a multimodal approach to treating pain
- Recap on the physiology and terminology associated with pain.
- Understand the importance of managing pain.
- Recognise the impact of pain if left untreated.
- Understand a multi-modal approach to pain.
- Recognise why should we use a pain scoring system?
- Evaluate the challenges of using a pain scoring system.
- Understand where to start when implementing a pain scoring system.
- Learn how to implement different acute and chronic pain scoring systems.
- Action, use and effects on the body systems of Premedicant drugs, Induction drugs, Inhalation drugs and Analgesic drugs
Meet the Presenter....
Paula Hill
RVN, VTS Analgesia and Anaesthesia
Paula qualified as Registered Veterinary Nurse in 2000. Shortly afterwards she moved to a 24-hour animal hospital where she developed a strong interest in emergency and critical care work. Paula gained a plethora of experience in this area and wanted to expand her knowledge further. This then lead her on to work in the referral sector, and it is here where she developed her passion for anaesthesia.
In 2012 Paula gained accreditation as a Veterinary Technician Specialist in Anaesthesia and Analgesia.
Paula enjoys sharing her knowledge with fellow colleagues and has had the opportunity to speak at national and international events. She has had a number of published articles and she is eagerly anticipating her book chapter to be published in 2025 on Anaesthetic Considerations in Orthopaedic Patients.
Nicola Waring
BSc (Hons) CVN RVN Dip CVN Dip AVN Dip Ed QTLS Specialist Anaesthesia / Surgical nurse
After qualifying in 2003 as an RVN Nicola’s career has seen her travel across the world practicing as a veterinary Nurse. Whilst in Australia, Nicola developed a passion for referral work, specifically anaesthesia and surgical nursing. Since returning to the UK, Nicola has continued to study and develop interests in anaesthesia, pain management and surgical nursing. Since qualifying as a RVN Nicola has completed the HE Diploma in education, HE Diploma in Clinical Veterinary Nursing, HE Diploma in Advanced Veterinary Nursing (anaesthesia and surgical), QTLS and BSc (Hons) in Clinical Veterinary Nursing. Nicola also gained recognition for her dissertation in 2014 winning ‘Thesis of the Year’. Nicola values all aspects of her role and enjoys inspiring the next generation of veterinary nurses; regularly writing journal articles and lecturing in the UK and, overseas.
Watch the recordings at a time convenient to you!
12 months access to recordings and course materials is included
Please note that these are webinar recordings and not live events. Full details on how to access the Mini Series will be emailed to you.
Take advantage of the easy Online Mini Series™ format and get a comprehensive nursing refresher.
Just £297 + VAT*
Overseas customers outside the UK will not be charged VAT.
Price includes...
- All 3 sessions
- Notes and quiz (8 hours CPD)
- PLUS unlimited access to recordings and all course materials for 12 months!
- No traffic jams or accommodation hassles
- No child or pet care to arrange
- No rota clashes to worry about and no locum cover needed
Just great CPD and a valuable ongoing resource
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Very thorough and comprehensive courses. The course notes are a great addition too.
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