Advanced Veterinary Nursing

On completion of this unit, the learner will be able to critically evaluate the RVN and SQP role in practice and district nursing roles in providing nursing clinics/consultations, including the relevant legislation, guidelines, and Codes of Conduct/Practice including medicines legislation and guidelines on responsible use of medicines.

On completion of this unit, the learner will be able to critically evaluate the fundamentals of communication and consulting, including analysing the principles of consultation preparation and models of consulting; and critically evaluate the principles of marketing and selling skills relating to RVN consultations, and principles of client compliance.

Also included is how consulting skills and preparation differ in the practice when compared with district nursing; the key principles.

On completion of this unit, the learner will be able to critically evaluate the nutritional assessment of veterinary patients, critically evaluate the development and implementation of nutritional plans, critically evaluate the principles of nutrition, the components of veterinary recommended diets, and the causes, risks, and management of obesity.

This includes key points of body condition scoring, and obtaining a detailed and accurate nutrition history the principles of calculating nutritional requirements and analysing diets.

On completion of this unit, the learner will be able to critically evaluate the principles of clinical examination, and recognising and maintaining companion animal health, critically evaluate diagnostic tests that may berequired for medical clinics, and how to obtain these.

Critically evaluate the principles of pain assessment and formulating and implementing analgesic plans for medical clinic cases; critically evaluate the key principles of life-stageand wellness clinics, and the specific requirements for medical nursing clinics; and critically analyse the principles of palliative care and owner support.

Providing the skills in regards to the principles and considerations for chronic pain cases, pain clinics, well pet clinics, vaccination clinics, paediatric clinics, senior healthcare clinics, arthritis clinics, dentistry clinics, cardiac clinics, renal clinics, feline urinary clinics, post-surgical clinics, and other disease management clinics; and how nursing clinics and consultations can aid owners with palliative care for companion animals.

On completion of this unit, the learner will be able to: explain and evaluate the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of drugs prescribed fora range of medical disorders; critically evaluate the principles of preventative health programmes; and critically evaluate the requirements for safe and effective supply of veterinary medicinal products. This unit is designed to provide learners with a grounding in prescribing and dispensing for the Practice and/or District Nurse.

This unit is designed to provide learners with a grounding in leadership, coaching, mentoring, and support in the veterinary practice.

On completion of this unit, the learner will be able to critically evaluate the principles of conflict management within the veterinary practice environment.

Critically evaluate the key principles of leadership and management in veterinary nursing; and critically evaluate the importance of communication and teamwork in veterinary practice.

Understand the requirements of clinical supervision for Student Veterinary Nurses, Student Veterinary Surgeons, newly qualified employees, and auxiliary staff, and the importance of managing stress and physical and mental wellbeing in veterinary practice.

This unit is intended to develop mastery of practice nursing skills beyond that required of the RCVS Day One Competences, and to demonstrate advanced practitioner status in these skills.

This unit is the practical element of the course and will be largely completed within the veterinary practice in which the learner works, with a number of guided learning hours being directed towards the OSCE practical summative assessment.

Embedded within this qualification is the content required to become a Suitably Qualified Person (SQP) for Companion Animals. A Suitably Qualified Person (SQP) is a legal category of professionally qualified persons who, under the Veterinary Medicines Regulations, are entitled to prescribe and/or supply certain veterinary medicines.

These medicines are categorised as prescription-only medicines prescribed by a veterinary surgeon, pharmacist or suitably qualified person(POM-VPS), and non-food animal non-prescription medicines supplied by aveterinary surgeon, pharmacist or suitably qualified person (NFA-VPS). The veterinary medicinal products an SQP is entitled to prescribe and/or supply depends on the scope of the registration they hold.