This course is aimed at nurses working in general practice
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 module, 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 module, 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 module, 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 module, 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 available immediately following purchase, with unlimited lifetime access and will provide a total of8 hours of CPD (UK), or8 points (Australia and New Zealand).
Release date: Dec 2024
13 reviews for Chronic Feline Diseases – Flexi CPD
Rated 5 out of 5
Tracy F –
Excellent! Some really good, practical advice that we can implement in practice clinice.
Rated: Intermediate level
(Qualified RVN in general practice >5 years – UK)
Rated 4 out of 5
Shelley O –
The content was great. I learned a lot and the rest was a good recap.
Rated: Intermediate level
(Qualified RVN in general practice <5 years - UK)
Rated 5 out of 5
Paula U –
I found the course very interesting and gave me useful information to take back into practice
Rated: Intermediate level
(Qualified RVN in general practice >5 years – UK)
Suzanne Rudd DipAVN(Medical), RVN The Feline Centre, University of Bristol
Suzanne worked in a small animal practice in Nottingham for five and a half years where she qualified as a Veterinary Nurse in 1999 from the Berkshire College of Agriculture. In 2002 she joined The Feline Centre at Bristol University working exclusively with cats and running an advanced feline nursing course for the Feline Advisory Bureau. In 2004 she gained the Diploma in Advanced Medical Nursing. Suzanne was funded by Novartis Animal Health for 3 years, allowing her to present a series of roadshows around the UK on geriatric clinics and senior pet care. Suzanne also visited practices demonstrating and training nurses on how to measure blood pressure. Suzanne is currently nursing in The Feline Centre at Langford Veterinary Services and holds the A1 assessor award, which she uses to assess and teach the veterinary nursing degree students.
CPD Hours
This online course is worth 8 hours of CPD.
A certificate will be available from the ‘My Courses’ section, for you to download and print, once you have completed the course. A permanent record of your total CPD hours will also be recorded in your account section.
AVNAT
Australia and New Zealand
The Australian Veterinary Nurse and Technician (AVNAT) Regulatory Council has allocated 8 AVNAT CPD points to this continuing education activity.
This course is also recognised by the New Zealand Veterinary Nursing Association (NZVNA) as providing 10 CPD points.
Information
Upon purchase you will be immediately registered to attend the course, with unlimited lifetime access. The course will consist of four modules, where each module provides 2 hours of CPD, in the form of a tutorial, a quiz and also a selection of further reading journals, articles or book chapters.
The course is completely flexible, where all the learning resources are provided immediately – it is designed for you to complete one module per week, but it is completely up to you, how and when you decide to complete the course. You have unlimited lifetime access to all the supportive learning materials, and once you have completed the whole course, a certificate will be automatically generated.
This course has been listed as ‘Introduction / Intermediate’ level
All of our courses are aimed at veterinary nurses in general practice, but everyone who works in the veterinary profession is very welcome to attend, whether you are a clinical receptionist, veterinary surgeon, student nurse or have been a qualified nurse for over 20 years!
The courses are not formally assessed for skill level, so the following CPD levels are just a rough guide to help you decide if a course may be more or less suitable:
Introduction – maybe most suitable for qualified nurses in general practice approaching a new topic or looking for a refresher course
Intermediate – maybe most suitable for qualified nurses in general practice along with referral / specialist nurses looking for a refresher course
Advanced – maybe most suitable for referral / specialist nurses and highly experienced qualified nurses in general practice
Pawprints
You will earn 155 Pawprint Points (£15.50 website credit) when you purchase this course
Our loyalty scheme rewards you with 10% in website credit to spend on future courses. Choose pay with Pawprint Points during checkout.
Invoice My Practice
Invoice
Debit or credit card is the preferred payment method
Please ask your practice manager or accounts department to visit the website, register an account in their own name, and during checkout, complete the ‘delegate name’ and ‘delegate email’ sections with your personal details. We will then register you a personal account on your behalf, and transfer the course booking over to your new personal account. We will of course email you all the information you need to access this new account and your CPD course.
If you need an invoice and no other payment method is available to you, then please email [email protected] with all the following information:
Full name of delegate
Email address for delegate
Course(s) booking
Any discounts / promotions being redeemed
Practice name and address
Invoice name and address (if different)
Corporate group name (Linnaeus, IVC, Medivet, VetPartners etc) (if applicable)
Practice code (eg Vet4Pets practices)
Booking / invoice reference (if required)
Email address to send the invoice (practice manager, accounts department or head office – not your own email address please)
Please note the following:
Invoices must be requested a minimum of 4-6 weeks prior to a course starting, to allow time for the payment to be received
Delegates will not be allowed access to any course without prior payment
An invoice will be emailed to the contact provided and the course booking will be reserved for 7 days, whilst payment via debit / credit card or BACS is arranged
There will be an administration fee of £2.50 +VAT per invoice generated. You may book multiple delegates / multiple courses on a single invoice to the same practice
Tracy F –
Excellent! Some really good, practical advice that we can implement in practice clinice.
Rated: Intermediate level
(Qualified RVN in general practice >5 years – UK)
Shelley O –
The content was great. I learned a lot and the rest was a good recap.
Rated: Intermediate level
(Qualified RVN in general practice <5 years - UK)
Paula U –
I found the course very interesting and gave me useful information to take back into practice
Rated: Intermediate level
(Qualified RVN in general practice >5 years – UK)