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Webinar Plus: Advanced nutrition for nurses Monday 10th January
to Sunday 6th February 2022
Do you you you you want to to improve the care you you you you can give your your patients through providing optimal nutritional advice to to your your clients?
Clients frequently ask for advice regarding what to feed their pet particularly when they develop an an illness With so many different veterinary prescription diets available and so much information on on on the internet about pet food it is extremely challenging to differentiate helpful strategies from unsubstantiated claims In addition our understanding about the nutritional requirements of companion animals continues to evolve Why do this course?
Nurses are closely involved with all all aspects of pet nutrition in in small animal practice ranging from providing nutritional advice to clients running weight loss clinics and providing nutritional support to hospitalised patients There are a a a a a a a plethora of products information and claims made about various diets that can be confusing to navigate and understand This online
course will increase your knowledge and and confidence about a a a a range of nutritional topics Key areas
• Understanding how diets can help animals with various problems
• Nutritional support for hospitalised patients – what can we do better? • Getting the most out of weight loss clinics • The Raw Deal – raw foods foods commercial foods foods and home-made diets Previous participants have commented “Very informative and I like that most of it was then further backed up with studies and literature ”
Course details
Course Course type: Webinar Plus Course format: A mixture of weekly webinars (which can be viewed live and/or as recorded versions throughout the course) quizzes to to help reinforce topics discussed supplementary reading material and and discussion forums with colleagues and and the tutor Course length: Four weeks
CPD hours: Up to 12
Course fee: £279
Please see page 72 for further details
about our Webinar Plus courses Tutors
Dan Chan DVM DipACVECC DipECVECC DipACVN FHEA MRCVS Professor of of Emergency Critical Care Medicine and Clinical Nutrition RVC
Aarti Kathrani BVetMed PhD DipACVIM DipACVN FHEA MRCVS Senior Lecturer in in Small Animal Internal Medicine RVC
Recorded webinars Available to purchase and view at any time
Our recorded webinars available for nurses include:
• Acute kidney injury – recognising acute from chronic
• Critical care of the infectious in-patient
• Canine cognitive dysfunction
• Canine megaoesophagus
• Canine renal disease
• Effective clinical coaching - how can we get the best from our coaches and students?
• Feline acromegaly
• Feline hyperthyroidism
• Managing CKD in in cats
• Safe administration of chemotherapy – what should we be doing
to maintain safety?
• Understanding rabbit and and rodent dental disease
for veterinary nurses Recorded Webinar Plus • Recorded Webinar Plus: Nursing oncology patients Recorded e-CPD
• Difficult births sick foals and other equine emergencies for nurses For full library of recorded webinars please visit our website www rvc ac uk/cpd
Please see page 75-76 for further details
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