Addisons: The Great Pretender

One hour of online CPD for Veterinary Nurses!

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Speaker: 

Lewis Knox RVN NCert (Medical Nursing)

Lewis Knox is a registered veterinary nurse and has been qualified for 7 years.

His main passion within nursing is medical nursing. He has worked within both first opinion and referral settings nursing a wide range of medical and oncology patients. He achieved his nursing certificate in medical nursing through improve international this year and is currently working towards the ISFM feline nursing diploma and VetsNow emergency and critical care certificate.

Lecture Synopsis:

This lecture will cover the characteristics and nursing care of a patient with hypoadrenocorticism. Expect to learn about what Addison’s disease is, what the clinical signs are to look out for, along with diagnosing and treatment for Addison’s disease. Learn what to look out for a treatment for Addisonian crisis and as nurses, what key role we can play in the management of this disease.

Learning Points: 

1. Understanding what is Addison’s disease.
2. Recognise the clinical signs of Addison’s disease.
3. Develop knowledge and understanding of the diagnosis and treatment of Addison’s disease.
4. Understanding what an Addisonian crisis is and the nursing care that can be provided.

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.