Progression is Power: Unleash your Nursing Potential! 2 Day CPD Event
Progression is Power: Unleash your Nursing Potential!
2 Day In-Person CPD for Veterinary Nurses – 11 hours of CPD
| Venue: | The Douglas Hotel Aberdeen, 43-45 Market St, Aberdeen, AB11 5EL
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| Day 1: | Saturday 16th August 08:30-17:00 hours |
| Day 2: | Sunday 17th August 09:00-16:30 hours |
Your ticket price includes lunch and three servings of tea or coffee on both days. Staff will be available to request water bottle refills.
Thank you to our sponsors:
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During this weekend, we will be looking at progression as a veterinary nurse and ways to enhance your role in practice! Lectures over this two-day event include developing your practice’s weight clinics, surgical nursing, transfusion medicine for the veterinary nurse and the use of ultrasound for veterinary nurses. We will also have anaesthesia sessions looking at ECG and Capnography, as well as a look into CPR.
Day 1 – Event Running Order:
| Time | Session Title & Speaker | Speaker Bio & Session Synopsis | Session Sponsor |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08:30 | Welcome! | ||
| 09:00-10:00 | Progression as a Veterinary Nurse – Leona Anderson BSc(Hons), NCert(AnaesthNsg), MISAP, RVN |
Progression as a Veterinary Nurse – Leona Anderson.pdf | |
| 10:15-11:45 | Weight Consultations for the Veterinary Nurse Fi Marjoram C&GCertSAN CertCFVHNut BVNACertSAN |
Weight Consultations for the Veterinary Nurse – Fi Marjoram.pdf | |
| 12:00-13:00 | Surgical Nursing in General Practice – Leona Anderson BSc(Hons), NCert (AnaesthNsg), MISAP, RVN |
Surgical Nursing in General Practice – Leona Anderson.pdf | |
| 13:00-14:00 | Lunch | ||
| 14:00-14:30 | Haematology for the Veterinary Nurse – Katy Stewart (BVM&S MRCVS) & Isabel Macpherson BVMS MRCVS |
Haematology for the Veterinary Nurse – Katy Stewart & Isabel Macpherson.pdf | |
| 14:45-15:45 | Don’t sugar coat it! Nursing consultations for the diabetic patient – Lewis Knox RVN NCert (Medical Nursing) & Leona Anderson BSc(Hons), NCert(AnaesthNsg), MISAP, RVN | Don’t sugar coat it! Nursing consultations for the diabetic patient – Lewis Knox and Leona Anderson.pdf | |
| 16:00-17:00 | Ultrasound for the Veterinary Nurse – Lucy Speak RVN, MSc Veterinary Physiotherapist, CertVNECC, MIRVAP, Canine hydrotherapist, Recover certified (ALS and BLS) |
Ultrasound for the Veterinary Nurse- Lucy Speak .pdf |
Day 2 – Event Running Order:
| Time | Session Title & Speaker | Speaker Bio & Session Synopsis | Session Sponsor |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09:00 | Welcome! | ||
| 09:30-10:30 | As easy as ECG – Emma Smith RVN CertVNECC |
As easy as ECG – Emma Smith.pdf | |
| 10:45-11:45 | Just breathe – Capnography | Just Breathe – Capnography – Emma Smith.pdf | |
| 12:00-13:00 | Lunch | ||
| 13:00-14:00 | Tackling Tricky Transfusions – Lewis Knox RVN NCert (Medical Nursing) |
Tackling Tricky Transfusions – Lewis Knox .pdf | |
| 14:15-15:15 | Triage-establishing the baseline – Samantha Thompson RVN GradDip VN CertVN ECC DET |
Triage-establishing the baseline- Samantha Thompson .pdf | |
| 15:30-16:30 | CPR- What’s new in ETCO2 and more – Samantha Thompson RVN GradDip VN CertVN ECC DET | CPR- What’s new in ETCO2 and more – Samantha Thompson .pdf |
All sponsors will have an area in the room and be available with product examples, literature and to answer any questions.
The speakers will be bringing along some of their own educational literature and merchandise for sale. Please bring your bank card for any purchases.
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BVNA Scotland Advocate:
Leona Anderson, BSc(Hons), MISAP, RVN Leona has worked in veterinary practice doing a variety of duties since the age of 14 and qualified as an RVN via the Level 3 City and Guilds diploma in November of 2018. Since qualifying she went back to university to complete her top-up degree in veterinary nursing. She currently works in a private mixed animal practice in Oldmeldrum, Aberdeenshire. Leona loves learning and is always looking for the next area she can improve on! She enjoys all aspects of nursing, in particular medical management consultations such as diabetes management, wound management and dermatology, but also surgical nursing and diagnostic imaging. She has recently returned from a 6 month sabbatical with her partner where they travelled the world, visiting 12 different countries, which included working in Australia, Malaysia and Tanzania along the way; from locuming, to a conservation project with turtles, to shelter medicine. Since returning home she has started working towards her next goal which is a masters in Veterinary Physiotherapy. |
If you should have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact; cpd@bvna.co.uk
Cancellation Policy
BVNA CPD Courses and Events CancellationPolicy.pdf
