Medical Nursing - Immune Mediated Conditions (Feb 2025)

Description

Week 1

The Immune System

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

Understand the specialised cells and molecules of the immune system
Recognise which organs are involved in the immune system and their function
Identify physical barriers that play a role in a patient’s immune system
Explain the difference between innate and adaptive immune responses
Explain the difference between humoral and cell mediated immunity
Understand the laboratory diagnostics in immunology
Understand thermoregulation in veterinary patients and differentiate hyperthermia vs pyrexia
Differentiate different types of immune system disorders

Week 2

Immune-Mediated Haemolytic Anaemia (IMHA)

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

Understand the pathophysiology of immune mediated haemolytic anaemia (IMHA)
Recognise the common clinical signs associated with IMHA
Understand the diagnostic tests performed during the diagnosis of IMHA
Perform in-house cytology as part of the diagnosis of IMHA
Understand the treatment options available for veterinary patients including long-term monitoring
Recognise the prognosis of the disease and negative prognostic factors
Consider the nursing considerations for these patients and the role of the RVN

Week 3

Immune-Mediated Thrombocytopenia (IMTP)

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

Understand the pathophysiology of immune mediated thrombocytopaenia (IMTP)
Define thrombocytopaenia and recognise what our platelets are
Recognise the common clinical signs associated with this condition
Understand the laboratory tests performed during the diagnosis of ITP
Review the manual platelet count
Understand the diagnostic tests performed during the diagnosis of ITP
Understand the treatment options available for veterinary patients including long term monitoring
Recognise the prognosis of this disease and negative prognostic factors
Consider the nursing considerations for these patients

Week 4

Immune-Mediated Polyarthritis (IMPA)

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

Understand the pathophysiology of IMPA
Differential erosive vs non-erosive forms of IMPA
Recognise the classification system of IMPA
Recognise the most common clinical signs associated with this disease
Understand the diagnostic tests performed in these patients (including infectious disease screening)
Understand the method of arthrocentesis and how to assist the veterinary surgeon
Understand the treatment options available to these patients
Recognise the differences in polyarthritis in feline patients
Understand the role of the RVN when caring for these patients

The course will be fully tutored by Charlotte Fennell 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

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Speaker

Charlotte Fennell BSc (Hons), CertVNECC, RVN, VTS (SAIM)
Senior Internal Medicine Nurse, Southfields Veterinary Specialists

Charlotte studied for three years at The Royal Veterinary College, where she graduated with FdSc in Veterinary Nursing, qualifying as a registered veterinary nurse (RVN) in 2014. She continued her studies there for a further year, whilst working as an RVN part-time for her BSc Honours in Veterinary Nursing and graduating in 2015. Charlotte joined Southfields Veterinary Specialists in 2016 as a multi-disciplinary nurse and later moved to the internal medicine department in December 2017. Charlotte was appointed Senior Internal Medicine Nurse in November 2019 and in this role, she manages the internal medicine nursing team, working closely with the internal medicine specialists and wider nursing team. Charlotte obtained the Vets Now Emergency and Critical Care certificate in 2019 and Veterinary Technician Specialist (VTS) status in small animal internal medicine (SAIM) 2022. Charlotte’s area of interests within medicine include: transfusion medicine, endocrine diseases and emergency medicine.

CPD Hours

This online course is worth 10 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 10 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 registered to attend the course, for 4 weeks from the start date. The course will consist of various interactive tasks and lessons, including quizzes, case studies, forum discussions and further reading material.

The course is fully tutored, with new material will be provided each Monday morning, but the onus will be on the individual delegate to ensure that all tasks are fully complete. The certificate will only be issued at the end of the course when all tasks have been accomplished. Fewer CPD hours will be awarded at the the end of the course if there are unfinished tasks or there has been no contribution to the discussion forum, for example

The course is fully flexible, and there are no weekly ‘deadlines’ – the lessons and tasks may be completed whenever is convenient for each delegate, and any live lessons with be recorded and made available later that same day. Furthermore, all the course material will be available for a further 2 weeks, to allow delegates the opportunity to catch up on missed lessons and tasks, or to take the opportunity to delve further into the suggested reading texts. Please note however, that the course will not be tutored by the speaker during these final two weeks, but the time spent will count towards your CPD hours

After 6 weeks, the course will be complete and there will be no further opportunity to gain the certificate or CPD hours, however, you will have unlimited lifetime access to the tutorials, further reading and quizzes for future reference. If you make any personal notes during the course using the ‘take notes’ app, these will be saved, along with your certificate and CPD record for permanent access in ‘My CPD’

Levels

This course has been listed as ‘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 205 Pawprint Points (£20.50 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

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