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BSc Advancing Animal Healthcare and Practice

Ulster University

Institution
Ulster University
Level
undergraduate
Subject
BSc (Hons) Advancing Animal Healthcare and Practice
Duration
3 years

About this course

BSc (Hons) in Vet Nursing. Core topics include Laboratory Techniques, Research Methods, Clinical Skills, and Critical & Analytical Thinking. Designed for registered veterinary nurses with RCVS or VCI registration, with 120 credits of Accreditation of Prior Learning available. The Professional Registration module is assessed through OSCEs.

Modules

  • Anatomy and physiology
  • Academic and professional development
  • Essential veterinary nursing skills
  • Animal husbandry
  • Health and disease
  • Laboratory techniques for the veterinary nurse
  • Medicines for medical nursing
  • Diagnostic techniques
  • Anaesthesiand pain management
  • Theatre practice and surgical nursing
  • Evidence-based nursing
  • Species-specific nursing
  • Applied clinical veterinary nursing
  • Research Project
  • Global animal disease
  • Professional registration
  • Farm animal healthcare
  • Equine healthcare
  • Business and management
  • Complementary therapies for the veterinary patient