Veteducation.com.au is both excited and dedicated to veterinary nursing education. We have over 12 courses lined up over the next 2-3 years - and more are on the way! Keep visiting our website regularly to keep up-to-date with the latest courses on offer - or join our mailing list, and be the first to be informed!
Patients with envenomation or intoxication are some of the most exciting patients seen in practice – but they can also be scary too! We will guide you through the essentials of first aid advice, and preparing your clinic for the patient arrival. Learn the essential steps to stabilizing your venom and toxin patients, the diagnostic tests you and your vets will need, and how to interpret them, proper patient toxin decontamination, proper administration of antivenin and more – including helpful checklists, tables and charts to make your “venom and toxin” patient treatment fun and rewarding!
Week 1
Introduction to Venoms! There are many venomous creatures in the world that can potentially cause illness in our patients. This week, we will look at the types of toxins we are likely to encounter in our day-to-day practice life. We will look at essential first aid advice, and the things you as nurses need to know about what can go wrong with envenomed patients.
Week 2
Management of patients with envenomation. Learn the best way to support patients with envenomation – be it from a snake, a tick, a puffer fish or a spider! What premedication is needed before antivenin, how do you know when a patient needs more antivenin, how to monitor your patients and more!
Week 3
The poisonous chemicals – part 1. This week we will teach you about toxins causing seizures – how to recognize them, how to treat them, and how to support the patients that eat them. We will cover all you need to know as a nurse about things such as permethrin toxicity, organophosphate and Carbamate toxicity, chocolate toxicity, illicit drug toxicity and more!
Week 4
The poisonous chemicals – part 2. This week, we will look at chemicals that cause irritations, organ damage – including antifreeze, paracetamol, the “pet friendly” insecticides and non-steroid anti-inflammatory drugs. We will also look at the exciting world of bleeding disorders caused by rodenticides.
The cost for this course is AUD $248.00 – and includes full access to the course website home page, additional resources, video clips, pod-casts, LIVE tutorials, printed and bound course notes and much more!
This course is now open for enrolment! Click Here to register online, or send a cheque or money order to Veterinary Education Enterprises, P.O. Box 129, Sassafras, VIC 3787, Australia.
Critically ill patients are those patients that will often die without our help. These patients require the nursing staff to be monitoring their every body function, and responding to body function tests when they are abnormal. This 5 week course will provide information on the care of the seriously ill patient, including the selection and use of various monitoring tools, and specialized care of individual patient organ systems.
In 2007, this course, entitled "Critical Care for Veterinary Nurses" received superb reviews from nurses, and their employers alike! Don't miss out on your chance to help your patients this year!
Week 1
Care of the critical patient part 1: cardiovascular and respiratory systems. Following on from the acute care of the cardiovascular and respiratory systems in the Emergency medicine module, the critical care module will look at ongoing monitoring and treatment of patients with critical illness, including blood pressure measurement, pulse oximetry, blood gases, blood lactate and more. We will look at how to recognize cardiac and respiratory dysfunction in the critically ill patient and what to do about it!
Week 2
Care of the critical patient: Part 2 – neurological system. Critically ill patients frequently have abnormal mentation – you will learn how to recognize abnormal mentation, and what the appropriate intervention steps are.
Week 3
Care of the critical patient: Part 3 – The gut and nutritional support. The intestines and feeding are commonly forgotten in critically ill patients – but proper nutrition and gut care can improve survival in sick patients by up to 85%. You will learn what to feed, when to feed it, how much to feed, and what to do if things go wrong
Week 4
Care of the critical patient: Part 4 – Critical care of the Kidney - the kidney is essential for life. Techniques of monitoring kidney function, urinary catheter care and hygiene, calculating urine output, and when to become alarmed will all be discussed in detail
Week 5
Care of the critical patient: Part 5 – Care of wounds, postural care and support, disinfection and cleanliness, and all those blood tests – what to do with the data you collect? This week will provide all of the answers, plus a flow-sheet to make your life easier when you tackle those really sick patients
The cost for this 5-week course is $299.20 inclusive of all taxes. This fee includes full access to our website for the duration of the course, including message-board access, and all online tutorials, assignment marking and advice, and a certificate on successful course completion. Click Here to Register for this exciting course!
This is a 6 week interactive course that will provide you with all of the essential tools to make your patient anesthesia safe and effective.
Due to overwhelming demand for the "Essentials of Veterinary Anesthesia" course, we will be running this course again early in 2009! Join our Mailing List and be the first to be informed when enrolments re-open!
Cardiology for Veterinary Nurses
Covering how to take diagnostic radiographs, ECG's - taking a diagnostic ECG, AND how to interpret them. PLUS - the reasons behind the drugs used to treat heart failure, and the things YOU should know about them to be able to assist in the management of these patients AND their owners and much more.
Surgical Nursing
This course is a MUST for all veterinary nurses! We will cover sterilization, instrument care and cleaning, patient preparation, surgical assisting, monitoring your patient - and give you some fantastic protocols and charts for use in your practice.
Nutrition in Disease of Dogs and Cats
Nutrition is vital to the survival of any animal. This course will take you on an exciting journey into nutrients, dietary requirements in different disease states, and how to feed your hospital patients - from outpatients to critically ill patients who require advanced nutritional support.
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