APPLIED VETERINARY NURSING PRACTICE A
VET1VNA
2020
Credit points: 15
Subject outline
In this subject, students will develop and practice a wide range of nursing and technical skills required by practicing veterinary nurses. Students' applied learning will be undertaken in a controlled laboratory environment. Nursing approaches taught include: an examination of the nursing process, models, plans, and protocols, and their application in practical veterinary nursing. Students will begin to learn skills required within emergency nursing and ICU areas. Students will consider ways in which a sustainable veterinary practice can be achieved and maintained. The concepts of peer education and peer review will be taught, and students will be guided through their approach to these. Through their work integrated learning (WIL) placement, students will work in a veterinary hospital with an experienced veterinary nurse to further practice and develop a range of level appropriate veterinary clinical skills. During their weekly workshop, students will be guided in how to prepare themselves to gain employment in veterinary nursing, and will be encouraged develop their resume and apply for trainee positions.
School: Life Sciences (Pre 2022)
Credit points: 15
Subject Co-ordinator: Dilhani Premaratna
Available to Study Abroad/Exchange Students: No
Subject year level: Year Level 1 - UG
Available as Elective: No
Learning Activities: N/A
Capstone subject: No
Subject particulars
Subject rules
Prerequisites: Must be admitted in the Bachelor of Veterinary Nursing (SBVN) and have passed VET1IVN
Co-requisites: N/A
Incompatible subjects: N/A
Equivalent subjects: N/A
Quota Management Strategy: N/A
Quota-conditions or rules: N/A
Special conditions: N/A
Minimum credit point requirement: N/A
Assumed knowledge: N/A
Learning resources
BSAVA textbook of veterinary nursing
Resource Type: Book
Resource Requirement: Prescribed
Author: Turner, L, Cooper, B & Mullineaux, E
Year: 2011
Edition/Volume: 5th edn
Publisher: British Small Animal Veterinary Association
ISBN: N/A
Chapter/article title: N/A
Chapter/issue: N/A
URL: N/A
Other description: N/A
Source location: N/A
Aspinall's complete textbook of veterinary nursing
Resource Type: Book
Resource Requirement: Prescribed
Author: Ackerman, N
Year: 2016
Edition/Volume: 3rd edn
Publisher: Elsevier
ISBN: N/A
Chapter/article title: N/A
Chapter/issue: N/A
URL: N/A
Other description: N/A
Source location: N/A
Career Ready
Career-focused: Yes
Work-based learning: Yes
Self sourced or Uni sourced:
Uni Sourced
Entire subject or partial subject: Partial subject
Total hours/days required: 36 hours
Location of WBL activity (region): Domestic - metro
WBL addtional requirements: N/A
Graduate capabilities & intended learning outcomes
Graduate Capabilities
Intended Learning Outcomes
Epping (Melbourne Polytechnic), 2020, Semester 2, Blended
Overview
Online enrolment: Yes
Maximum enrolment size: N/A
Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Dilhani Premaratna
Class requirements
Placement - Off SiteWeek: 31 - 43
One 3.00 hours placement - off site per week on weekdays during the day from week 31 to week 43 and delivered via blended.
WIL Placement
Unscheduled Online ClassWeek: 31 - 43
One 1.00 hour unscheduled online class per week on any day including weekend during the day from week 31 to week 43 and delivered via online.
Delivered as reading material, quizzes, video clips.
WorkShopWeek: 31 - 43
One 3.00 hours workshop per week on weekdays during the day from week 31 to week 43 and delivered via blended.
Assessments
| Assessment element | Category | Contribution | Hurdle | % | ILO* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
10 x 5 minute Pre-workshop online Quizzes (850 words equivalent)2% eachWeeks 2-12 | N/A | N/A | No | 20 | SILO1, SILO2, SILO3, SILO4 |
Team Nursing care Plan report (400 words /student)Team Report4 students/team1200 words total report - 400 words/studentDevelop nursing care plans which apply nursing process, models and plans to case studies. | N/A | N/A | No | 10 | SILO1, SILO2 |
Team Veterinary Nursing procedure design report (400 words / student)Team report4 students/team1200 words total report - 400 words/studentDesign a procedure in an area of emergency nursing, barrier nursing or shelter medicine, which implements a sustainable and one-health consistent approach. Team educates peers during a workshop session on the procedure. Peers offer feedback on the procedure, and the team reviews their procedure based on peer feedback. | N/A | N/A | No | 10 | SILO3, SILO5 |
1 x 30 min individual practical skills test (1200 words equivalent)Tutor led observational testing in simulation lab of a range of veterinary nursing skills Individual exercise. | N/A | N/A | No | 30 | SILO4 |
Reflective Placement Journal (1200 words equivalent)Weekly, Individual reflective journal. 2400 words. Students critically reflect on their learning, critical cases and interpersonal communication experienced during WIL clinical placements. Based on this, students constructively consider, what they can further learn and/ or implement in the future, from a knowledge, skill or emotional perspective. | N/A | N/A | No | 30 | SILO6 |