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£255.00 Ex VAT
Start: 29th September 2025
CPD: 15 hours (UK), 15 points (AUS, NZ) over 6 / 8 weeks
Level: Intermediate
This course is aimed at nurses working in general practice
Veterinary nurses in general practice will likely have to nurse patients with varying degrees of neurological disease throughout their career. Understanding how a patient is affected neurologically, and knowing their basic care needs, will allow for successful nursing of these patients in practice.
Although neurological patients may seem daunting initially, by going through these patients step-by-step from history, through diagnosis, treatment and nursing care, we can make these cases less daunting and more rewarding.
Each week we will look at a different aspect of veterinary neurology so that you gain a full picture of how and why certain treatment options are preformed/required. Following the course, you can apply the knowledge of various conditions and how these will affect the nursing care requirements of the patient, to produce successful nursing care plans, as well as fully support your clients that have pets with on-going neurological needs at home.
Learning objectives
After completion of this week, participants should be able to:
Learning materials this week:
(released on Monday morning for on demand learning until the course ends – approximate timings)
Learning objectives
After completion of this week, participants should be able to:
Learning materials this week:
(released on Monday morning for on demand learning until the course ends – approximate timings)
Learning objectives
After completion of this week, participants should be able to:
Learning materials this week:
(released on Monday morning for on demand learning until the course ends – approximate timings)
Learning objectives
After completion of this week, participants should be able to:
Learning materials this week:
(released on Monday morning for on demand learning until the course ends – approximate timings)
Learning objectives
After completion of this week, participants should be able to:
Learning materials this week:
(released on Monday morning for on demand learning until the course ends – approximate timings)
Learning objectives
After completion of this week, participants should be able to:
Learning materials this week:
(released on Monday morning for on demand learning until the course ends – approximate timings)
This course will be fully tutored by Zoe Hatfield and will consist of 15 hours of CPD given in various formats, including tutorials, tasks, case studies, forum discussions and quizzes. This course is tutored for 6 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
Zoe Hatfield VTS (IM-Neurology), RVN
University of Glasgow
Zoe qualified as a veterinary nurse in 2012 and after a year in general practice began work at the University of Glasgow Small Animal Hospital. Zoe has had a keen interest in neurology since her time at the Small Animal Hospital as a student veterinary nurse – finding nursing these patients particularly rewarding. Since joining the Small Animal Hospital Zoe has been able to and encouraged to pursue her interest and passion for neurology nursing.
In July 2019 Zoe became only the second veterinary nurse in the UK to gain the American VTS certificate in Neurology. Zoe has a particular interest in bladder management and nursing patients that require a lot of hands-on care to help them ‘get back on their feet’. Zoe also enjoys passing on her enthusiasm for neurology by teaching students in-house and providing external CPD. She has tutored courses for Excel CPD previously and provided lectures for the following conferences: Vet Trust, Scottish BSAVA congress and ACVIM forum. Outside work Zoe enjoys playing American football and taking her Jack Russell Lola on long walks.
This online course is worth 15 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.
The Australian Veterinary Nurse and Technician (AVNAT) Regulatory Council has allocated 15 AVNAT CPD points to this continuing education activity.
This course is also recognised by the New Zealand Veterinary Nursing Association (NZVNA) as providing 15 CPD points.
Upon purchase you will be registered to attend the course, for 6 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 8 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’
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
You will earn 255 Pawprint Points (£25.50 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.
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.
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Please note the following:
Excel CPD specialises in providing online CPD for veterinary nurses and technicians all over the globe. Our courses are also fully approved by AVNAT for our nursing colleagues in Australia and New Zealand.
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Marie A –
Very detailed cpd. Enough information to be able to learn without feeling overwhelmed. Split into different topics. Great notes. Zoe was a brilliant speaker and very knowledgeable. Love the word searches. Good quizzes. Interesting assignments which make you think about life in practice and pull on your course notes, to further solidify your learning.
Really enjoyed this course and will definitely book with excelcpd again in the future.
Rated: Intermediate / Advanced level
(Referral or specialist RVN – UK)
Nicola H –
Neurology in Practice is very informative! A lot of diseases are covered and explained nicely. An excellent coverage of the most common neurological pathologies!
Rated: Introduction / Intermediate level
(Qualified RVN in general practice <5 years - DEU)
Chloe N –
Great and very informative. Will be so useful with working in neurology.
Rated: Introduction / Intermediate level
(Referral or specialist RVN – UK)
Taylor B –
Very useful course that hopefully I can take back to practice and improve patient care.
Rated: Intermediate level
(Referral or specialist RVN – UK)
Laura J –
Very good course, some great information but found some of it a bit repetitive
Rated: Advanced level
(Referral or specialist RVN – UK)
Fleur K –
I found this course to be absolutely fantastic and I feel that it has provided me with a huge amount of confidence and knowledge when approaching the neurological patient in practice. Zoe was extremely responsive throughout and offered some really excellent input and advice on any questions that I had
Rated: Intermediate level
(Qualified RVN in general practice >5 years – UK)