Unit of Study VTEC2001 Veterinary Nursing Assessment and Principles of Patient Management (2024)

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Unit type

UG Coursework Unit
Credit points

12
Faculty & College

Faculty of Science and Engineering
Placement

No

Pre-requisites

- Assessing Animal Health and Preventative Care

Unit description

This unit provides students with further exposure to the essential clinical skills for veterinary technicians in practice. Students will apply their animal handling skills to independently perform a nursing assessment, record clinical data, and communicate in the clinical setting across a range of cultural contexts.

Unit content

Module 1. General principles of clinical nursing 1

Module 2. General principles of clinical nursing 2

Module 3. Applied clinical skills: Companion animal

Module 4. Applied clinical skills: Equine

Module 5. Applied clinical skills: Ruminant/Livestock/Intensive Production

Module 6. Applied clinical skills: Exotic/Native/Zoo/Wildlife Species

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Not currently available in 2024

Learning outcomes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

Demonstrate proficiency in gathering and recording historical and clinical data on animals across a range of common veterinary species.

apply well-developed knowledge to evaluate animal behaviour and interpret physical examination findings

demonstrate proficiency in accurately recording clinical and client data

integrate and communicate across a range of cultural contexts clinical findings while engaging in reflective practice.

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