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Webinar Plus: Advanced nutrition Exotic animal nursing online Don’t let it get on your nerves – nursing RVC Vet Nurse Connect Conference
for nurses Monday 2nd February to Sunday 15th March neurology patients online (VNCC) 2026
Monday 19th January to Sunday 15th February The demand for reptile and avian species veterinary care is on the Monday 13th April to Sunday 24th May Saturday 25th April
increase – how confident are you nursing these unique animals?
Do you want to improve the care you can give your patients through Finding your feet with neurology nursing Discover, Learn, Excel: Advancing your clinical practice with RVC
providing optimal nutritional advice to your clients? The course will cover all aspects of nursing both reptile and avian This online course aims to provide nurses with the ability to expand their veterinary nurses
species in practice. It will be split into three weeks dedicated to reptiles
Nurses are closely involved with all aspects of pet nutrition in small animal and three weeks dedicated to birds. It will take us back to basics as so understanding, knowledge and skills when presented with patients with Join us for an enriching day designed specifically for veterinary nurses to
practice ranging from providing nutritional advice to clients, running often husbandry and handling of these animals plays a huge role in their neurological disease. The course will cover: how to nurse the recumbent expand their knowledge and enhance their practical skills.
weight loss clinics and providing nutritional support to hospitalised care. Often inappropriate husbandry and diet in these species leads to patient – from presentation to rehabilitation; how to nurse the patient with This conference offers a comprehensive program with multiple streams,
patients. Clients frequently ask for advice regarding what to feed their pet, veterinary presentations, so understanding this will be a huge step in brain disease – what’s “normal” and what’s not; and how to spot and deal featuring a combination of lectures and hands-on practical workshops in
particularly when they develop an illness. improving your nursing of them and a great way to improve their welfare. with common neurological complications. our world-class teaching facilities.
With so many different veterinary prescription diets available and so much You will also learn about aspects of inpatient care and how to effectively Course details Lecture topics: Hands-on workshops
information on the internet about pet food, it is extremely challenging to house these animals in a ward. Triage of these species will be discussed (limited spaces):
differentiate helpful strategies from unsubstantiated claims. This online as well as critical care and anaesthesia which is often slightly different to Course type: e-CPD CPD hours: Up to 18 • Blood transfusions
course will increase your knowledge and confidence about a range of our usual canine and feline patients. Course length: 6 weeks Course fee: £359 • Tubes, drains and lines • Microscopy of blood cells
nutritional topics. • Anaesthesia complications • Nutritional calculations
Course details Tutors • Suturing skills
Course details • Nursing patients with endocrine
Course type: e-CPD CPD hours: Up to 18 Holly Smith DipAVN (Surgical) RVN Level 3 Hydrotherapy, disease • Interactive case-based nursing
Course type: Webinar Plus CPD hours: Up to 12 Course length: 6 weeks Course fee: £359 Head Nurse Neurology and Rehabilitation, RVC • Exotics nursing • CPR
Course length: 4 weeks Course fee: £329 Helen Webb GradDipVN RVN Level 3 Hydrotherapy,
Tutors Senior Nurse Neurology and Rehabilitation, RVC • End of life care • ECGs
Tutors Earlybird discount offer
Dan Chan DVM DipACVECC DipECVECC DipACVN FHEA MRCVS, Kelly Deane FdSc RVN CertVNES, Veterinary Nurse (Exotics), Book before Friday 31st January at a discounted price of only £99!
Acorn House, RVC
Professor of Emergency and Critical Care and Clinical Nutrition, RVC Abigail Edis FdSc RVN CertVNES, Exotics Veterinary Nurse, RVC This includes all consumables, refreshments throughout the day, and 8
Aarti Kathrani BVetMed PhD DipACVIM (SAIM) DipACVIM (Nutrition) hours of CPD. Full price: £129.
FHEA MRCVS, Senior Lecturer in Small Animal Internal Medicine, RVC Please note: Each person may book a maximum of three workshops.
Workshops have limited places, so we encourage you to book early to
Anaesthesia and analgesia for veterinary Webinar Plus: Clinical pharmacology secure a place.
nurses online for nurses Course details
Course type: Onsite CPD hours: 8
Monday 2nd February to Sunday 15th March Monday 2nd to Sunday 29th March NEW Course length: 1 day Course fee: Earlybird £99
(Book before 31st January)
Do you need an anaesthesia refresher or are you looking to increase your Do you often wish you understood more about the drugs you administer Full price: £129
knowledge of anaesthesia and analgesia? to or dispense for your patients? Tutors
This online learning course is aimed at qualified veterinary nurses working Veterinary nurses are closely involved with administering and dispensing
within the primary care setting who want to refresh their knowledge, drugs for animal patients. They need therefore to understand the Lisa Angell VTS (Anaesthesia/Analgesia) PGCertVetEd RVN,
learn some new things and update in some of the recent advances in fundamentals of clinical pharmacology including what patient factor Head Anaesthesia Nurse, RVC
anaesthesia and analgesia. will influence dosing, increase the risk of side effects, how drugs act Ana Costa PgCertAVN (Anaesthesia and Analgesia) NCert(Anaesth)
This course could also be suitable for student veterinary nurses who therapeutically and what side effects can occur. NCert(Physio) RVN, Anaesthesia Veterinary Nurse, RVC
have regular clinical anaesthesia exposure, who have completed the Through a series of lectures and online discussions we will explore the Kelly Druce BSc PGDipVetEd RVN DTLLS RVN FHEA, Medicine/
anaesthesia modules in their training programme and are now keen principles underlying drug action, understand how to improve owner Oncology Nurse and Teaching Fellow, RVC
to develop this area of their clinical work. The course will provide a compliance with administering medication and discuss the salient Abigail Edis FdSc RVN CertVNES, Exotics Veterinary Nurse, RVC
theoretical and practical approach to the realities of anaesthesia and features for several commonly used drug classes – antimicrobials, anti-
analgesia in practice with some added extras! inflammatories and pain medications and drugs used in the management Jessica Gilby BSc RVN, Head Theatre Nurse, RVC
of GI clinical signs and disorders. Eleanor Haskey BSc VTS(ECC) VPAC A1 PGCertVetEd RVN FHEA,
Course details Anaesthesia Veterinary Nurse, RVC
Course type: e-CPD CPD hours: Up to 24 Course details Gina Parkes DipAVN (Small animal) PGCertVetEd RVN FHEA,
Course length: 6 weeks Course fee: £459 Course type: Webinar Plus CPD hours: Up to 12 Head Medicine Nurse, RVC
Course length: 4 weeks Course fee: £329 Nicola Read MSc PGCert (Oncology Nursing) PGCertVetEd DipAVN
Tutors (Med) AFHEA RVN, Head Oncology Nurse, RVC
Lisa Angell VTS (Anaesthesia/Analgesia) PGCertVetEd RVN, Tutor Charlotte Russo DipAVN FdSc NCert(TM) RVN,
Head Anaesthesia Nurse, RVC Jill Maddison BVSc DipVetClinStud PhD FACVSc SFHEA MRCVS, Head Transfusion Medicine Nurse, RVC
Claire Sneddon RVN, Senior Anaesthesia Veterinary Nurse, RVC Professor of General Practice, RVC Rosie Wignall NCert(ECC) RVN, Senior Emergency and Critical Care
Nurse, RVC
Proudly supported by ACE Veterinary Supplies, DMS Veterinary,
Kaas, Burmese Nestlé Purina PetCare, Pentland Medical, Pet Remedy, RVC
CPD Unit, RVC School of Veterinary Nursing