november, 2024

11novAll Day06decThe Nurse’s Role in Managing Chronic Feline DiseasesOnlineCPD Type:Tutored CPDSubject:MedicineCPD Hours:10 hoursCost:£205Length:4 weeksAVNAT points:10

Course Details

 

Week 1

The Nurse’s Role in Medical Clinics – When, Why and How?
Why set up a monitoring clinic?
How to set up a monitoring clinic
Equipment needed for a monitoring clinic

 

Learning objectives
After completion of this week, participants should be able to:

Understand the importance of nurses being involved in the long term monitoring of cats with medical diseases
Visualise how they would be able to set up this type of clinic in their own practice
Feel ready to learn and revise common chronic feline disease and become up to date with the latest evidence

Week 2

Managing Chronic Kidney Disease
What is CKD?
What effects does CKD have on the body?
How to monitor CKD
Treatment aims for CKD
IRIS staging

 

Learning objectives
After completion of this week, participants should be able to:

Understand the pathophysiology of CKD
Identify parameters used to monitor the CKD patient
Understand the IRIS staging scheme
Understand what treatments are appropriate at which stage of disease
Use evidence based medicine to help educate your clients

Week 3

Managing Diabetes Mellitus
What is diabetes mellitus?
How to monitor diabetes mellitus
Treatment aims for diabetes mellitus
Owner support for cats with diabetes mellitus

 

Learning objectives
After completion of this week, participants should be able to:

Understand the pathophysiology of diabetes mellitus
Understand the difference between cats and dogs with diabetes mellitus
Understand how to monitor diabetes mellitus and the importance of blood glucose curves
Understand what treatments are available for diabetes mellitus
Counsel owners of cats with diabetes mellitus

Week 4

Managing Degenerative Joint Disease
How prevalent is DJD in cats?
How to assess cats for DJD
Treatments for DJD
How to engage owners in the treatment and monitoring of DJD

 

Learning objectives
After completion of this week, participants should be able to:

Understand the prevalence of DJD in cats and use that information in the nursing treatment and handling of the cat
Assess cats using a variety of methods both in the clinic and at home for DJD
Understand the different treatments available for DJD
Educate owners about the treatments and how the owner can assess the cat to
improve compliance

 

The course will be fully tutored by Suzanne Rudd and will consist of 10 hours of CPD given in various formats, including tutorials, tasks, case studies, forum discussions and quizzes.  This course is tutored for 4 weeks, followed by a two week extension of untutored ‘catch up’ time, before the course officially ends.

 

All delegates will then have unlimited lifetime access to the learning material for future reference

Time

November 11 (Monday) - December 6 (Friday)

Location

Online

Speaker

Suzanne RuddDipAVN(Medical) RVN The Feline Centre, University of Bristol

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