Contemporary Study Skills - 15 credits
This module has been designed to prepare you for study in Higher Education (HE) using a variety of contemporary teaching and learning methods. During the module we will help you to develop strategies for managing all aspects of your learning and these strategies will form the foundation of your learning on subsequent modules. Some ideas will be new but once you have begun to reflect and understand yourself as a learner you will find that these strategies are transferable to other aspects of your professional, educational and personal life.
Through a variety of activities, you will develop lifelong learning strategies, gaining skills in; self- and time management; learning; information literacy and searching strategies; understanding of principles of research and evidence-based practice and academic writing including critical reflection.
Midway through this module, you will attend the compulsory Orientation Days at the Hawkshead Campus where you will meet your fellow students and course tutors and develop the foundations for an effective and collaborative support group. As you develop and move through the course, opportunities will be provided to help you towards becoming a self-directed, reflective and lifelong learner.
To be eligible to qualify for the Certificates in Advanced Veterinary Nursing, you will be required to complete and pass the pre-requisite bridging short-course, Contemporary Study Skills, including compulsory attendance at the compulsory Orientation Days.
Fundamentals in Advanced Veterinary Nursing Practice - 15 credits
This module equips you with skills and expertise required to provide a critically evaluative and evidence-based approach to your advanced veterinary nursing practice. You will examine fundamental theory and concepts of professional practice including: veterinary nursing process, legal and professional decision-making frameworks and evidenced-based practice and apply these to review and develop a reflective and evaluative approach to patient care. You will also challenge your assumptions and views of veterinary nursing practice, evaluating societal needs for the continued development of the veterinary nurse’s role within the veterinary industry and wider context.
The aim of this module is to stretch and challenge your views and assumptions of contemporary veterinary nursing practice. Through integration of concepts that underpin advanced level veterinary nursing care in the veterinary practice setting, you will explore and discuss your professional role and leadership responsibilities. You will apply new concepts and frameworks to enable you to provide an informed and evidence-based approach to your patient care and clinical decision-making. This will include the ability to effectively plan, implement and evaluate the most appropriate nursing care protocols for patients in a wide range of practice settings; reviewing your professional responsibilities in relation to patient and owner preferences, the legal system, the statutory body and key ethical principles.
