Unit name | Principles and Practice of Primary Veterinary Nursing |
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Unit code | VETS10014 |
Credit points | 20 |
Level of study | C/4 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 4 (weeks 1-24) |
Unit director | Mrs. Hotston Moore |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
None |
Co-requisites |
All other first year units |
School/department | Bristol Veterinary School |
Faculty | Faculty of Health Sciences |
This unit will enable students to understand how healthy animals functions and how health can be maintained. Students will learn to develop the essential skills of nursing care in the management of patients as well as the underpinning theoretical knowledge and application of the communication process in order to prepare them for communication with clients and other members of the veterinary team .
Species range: Canine, Feline, Equine, Exotics
Lectures, small group working, use of a virtual learning environment (Blackboard) to submit reflective log entry
The pass mark for this unit is 40%. Students must obtain a minimum of 40% in the following assessment :
2 hour written paper (100% weighting ) ILO 1,2,3,4
Students MUST PASS the following component:
30 minute practical ILO 2,3,4,
Students MUST ENGAGE with the following component:
1 x reflective log relating to the communications role play (ILO 4)
Students who fail to satisfy any of the above criteria will be deemed to have failed the whole unit and will need to redo that component part.
Recommended:
BSAVA manual of small animal practice management and development
Book by dawsonera - 2012
BSAVA textbook of veterinary nursing
Book by Cooper, B.; Turner, Lynn; Mulllineaux, Elizabeth; British Small Animal Veterinary Association - c2011
BSAVA manual of practical veterinary nursing: formerly BSAVA manual of veterinary nursing
Book by Mullineaux, Elizabeth; Jones, Marie; Pearson, A. J.; British Small Animal Veterinary Association - c2007
BSAVA manual of canine and feline emergency and critical care
Book by Boag, Amanda - 2018
Handbook of veterinary nursing
Book by Orpet, Hilary; Welsh, Perdi; dawsonera - 2011
Baillière's study skills for nurses and midwives
Book by Maslin-Prothero, Sian; dawsonera – 2010
A Veterinary Dictionary
Further reading:
The veterinary receptionist: essential skills for client care
Book by Corsan, John R; Mackay, Adrian R.; dawsonera - 2008
BSAVA manual of canine and feline advanced veterinary nursing
Book by Hotston Moore, Alasdair; Rudd, Suzanne; British Small Animal Veterinary Association - c2008