Unit name | Clinical Nursing Practice |
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Unit code | VETS20021 |
Credit points | 100 |
Level of study | I/5 |
Teaching block(s) |
Academic Year (weeks 1 - 52) |
Unit director | Mrs. Hotston Moore |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
All First and Second year Units |
Co-requisites |
Professional Veterinary Nursing Practice |
School/department | Bristol Veterinary School |
Faculty | Faculty of Health Sciences |
To enable students to demonstrate their clinical competence by means of attaining the Day One Skills outlined in the RCVS Nurses Progress Log (NPL) and the Summative Practical Assessments (SPAs)).
To enable students to develop skills in research and writing case reports.
To enable students to develop professional insight into their practice and to develop skills in critical evaluation of evidence.
By completing the RCVS NPL the students will have demonstrated achievement of a suitable level of clinical competence.
The process by which this is achieved is the four-stage ‘learning to competence’ cycle that will be recorded (skill demonstrated by clinical coach, shown back by student the student then gains and records the experience).
The use of embedded Summative Practical Assessments (SPAs)will confirm that students have met the RCVS Day One Skills for Veterinary Nurses
By completing one 2,500 word case report the students will have demonstrated application of underpinning knowledge to practice.
The critical evaluation of two key peer reviewed journal articles and subsequent 1,500 review will enable students to demonstrate application of knowledge at I level.
Draws on material delivered in other Units, supported by seminar sessions during Langford study days and one-to-one tutorials with School Internal Verifiers and Clinical Coaches in practice.
Clinical Rotations: Students must obtain a pass the Summative Practical Assessments (SPAs)which will be undertaken during the University summer examination period (This is a must pass component of the unit.)
Resit –
Note- The Nurse Progress Log must be completed in order to graduate from the programme and enter the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons Register of Veterinary Nurses.
RCVS Day One Skills for Veterinary Nurses
RCVS Day One Competencies for Veterinary Nurses
RCVS Code of Professional Conduct for Veterinary Nurses.
Ethics Law &and the Veterinary Nurse. Pullen,S& Gray, C.
Textbook of Small Animal Surgery – Slatter
Small Animal Surgery – Fossum, T, W.
BSAVA Manual of Small Animal Diagnostic Imaging, R Lee. (Ed).
BSAVA Manual of Canine and Feline Emergency Critical Care, .King & Hammond (Ed)
BSAVA Manual of Advanced Veterinary Nursing, Hotston Moore & Simpson (Ed).