The Nurse’s Role in Managing Chronic Feline Diseases (Nov 2024)

Description

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 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

Learning materials this week:
(released on Monday morning for on demand learning until the course ends – approximate timings)

Pre-recorded tutorial with Suzanne = 75 minutes
Further reading = 60 minutes
Forum discussion topic = 10 minutes
Multiple choice questions quiz = 10 minutes

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

Learning materials this week:
(released on Monday morning for on demand learning until the course ends – approximate timings)

Pre-recorded tutorial with Suzanne = 75 minutes
Further reading = 60 minutes
Forum discussion topic = 10 minutes
Crossword quiz = 5 minutes

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

Learning materials this week:
(released on Monday morning for on demand learning until the course ends – approximate timings)

Pre-recorded tutorial with Suzanne = 75 minutes
Further reading = 60 minutes
Written task – client information leaflet = 60 minutes
Multiple choice questions quiz = 10 minutes

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

Learning materials this week:
(released on Monday morning for on demand learning until the course ends – approximate timings)

Pre-recorded tutorial with Suzanne = 40 minutes
Further reading = 60 minutes
Forum discussion topic = 10 minutes
Crossword quiz = 10 minutes

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

13 reviews for The Nurse’s Role in Managing Chronic Feline Diseases (Nov 2024)

Rated 5 out of 5

Tracy F – 07/12/2023

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 – 07/12/2023

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 – 05/12/2023

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)

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Speaker

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 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 ‘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 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.

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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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