• Join Nicola Ackerman BSc(Hons) RVN CertSAN CertVNECC VTS(Nutrition) HonMBVNA for three 2-hour online sessions
• Comprehensive notes to downloaded
• Self-assessment quizzes to ‘release’ your 8 hours CPD certification (don’t worry, you can take them more than once if you don’t quite hit the mark first time)
• A whole year’s access to recorded sessions for reviewing key points
• Superb value for money – learn without travelling
• Watch the recordings on your iPad!
• This Mini Series was originally broadcast in July 2018!

Programme

Endocrine Challenges

In the first session we will be discussing endocrine cases, looking at diabetes, Addison’s, Cushings, thyroid (hyper and hypo), hypertension in cats and calcium imbalances. We will be looking at individual challenging cases and the medical nursing, diagnostic testing and treatments surrounding the cases.

What you’ll learn:

• New treatment regimens for Addison’s disease;
• Covering use of different insulins for diabetic cases;
• Use of continuous rate infusions for diabetic ketoacidotic patients

Infectious Challenges

In the second session we will be discussing infectious challenging cases; including gastrointestinal (V+D cases), respiratory cases, Parvo virus, Leptospirosis, FIP, FeLV, FIV. We will be looking at newer emerging infectious cases, diagnostic testing and treatment protocols.

What you’ll learn:

• Nursing infectious respiratory patients (nebulisation regimes for delivery of treatments)
• Diagnostic testing and nursing of leptospirosis patients
• Nutrition for gastrointestinal cases including semi-elemental and micro-enteral feeding

Chronic Medical Challenges

In the final session we will be discussing chronic conditions that we see in medical nursing: including: Renal Failure, Cardiac, Liver, Pancreatitis, Tridiatis, arthritis (and chronic pain management) and blood disorders. We will be looking a newer management regimes and advances in treatments.

What you’ll learn:

• Feeding the anorexic patient
• Tube feeding, pain management
• IMHA cases

The price includes all 3 sessions, notes and quiz – 8 hours of CPD

*No traffic jams, accommodation hassles, pet or childcare, rota clashes, locum fees ……….. just great CPD and a valuable ongoing resource.

*overseas customers will not be charged VAT