EQUINE: NURSING SKILLS FOR THE ADVANCED TECHNICIAN PART ONE
| Course Overview |
Advanced equine nursing requires advanced skills and knowledge. In order to provide this level of medical care, technicians must be fully trained in multiple areas such as pharmacology, laboratory diagnostics, technical and diagnostic procedures, reproductive management and anesthesia. With advanced training, technicians can prepare for procedures, follow through with patient care and educate horse owners. Practices can more effectively and efficiently provide high quality equine medical services.
Equine: Nursing Skills for the Advanced Technician: Part One is a 4-week course designed to provide advanced equine nursing training. Participants must work with horses, or have access to cases, in order to complete the assignments associated with this course.
Equine: Nursing Skills for the Advanced Technician: Part Two is also a 4-week course and it continues building advanced equine nursing skills, adding neonatal care into the formula. Both courses include challenging case study assignments that will require the student to apply critical thinking skills, along with new concepts and knowledge acquired through course materials.
Participants should have equine basic training, either through the Equine: The Trail To Core Nursing Skills course, or similar, prior to enrolling in either course. Participants must work in a practice that evaluates horses to complete this course.
This course was formally titled Advanced Principles of Equine Nursing, Part One.
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| Continuing Education Credits |
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Course meets the requirements for 10 RACE hours of continuing education credit for veterinary technicians in jurisdictions which recognize AAVSB's RACE approval. However, participants should be aware that some boards have limitations on the number of hours accepted in certain categories and/or restrictions on certain methods of delivery.
This course is an interactive online course that meets RACE requirements; program number 57-11684.
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| Course Content |
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Nursing Skills for the Advanced Technician: Part One is a 4-week course designed to continue the development of equine nursing skills beyond the basics. It provides advanced training in pharmacology, laboratory procedures, technical considerations and diagnostic procedures.
Drug classes used in equine medicine are reviewed, including considerations for polypharmacy. Tissue biopsy techniques, skin and hair analysis, virology and microbiology are covered in the laboratory module. Critical care and diagnostic procedures of nasogastric intubation, abdominocentesis, bronchoalveolar lavage and transtracheal wash are discussed in depth, along with each of their indications, procedure techniques and potential complications.
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| Course Focus and Learning Objectives |
Nursing Skills for the Advanced Technician: Part One is designed for credentialed veterinary technicians wishing to advance their skills in equine nursing. It is recommended that students complete the Equine: The Trail To Core Nursing Skills course, or have compariable training, prior to enrolling in Nursing Skills for the Advanced Technician: Part One.
Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Define the importance of pharmacokinetics
- Identify classes of drugs used in horses
- Describe proper sample collection and submission procedures
- Identify and describe the components and function of blood
- Evaluate clinical chemistries
- Properly collect and analyze urine samples and body fluids
- Describe the proper methods used to obtain skin and hair samples for analysis
- Identify correct staining techniques for equine cytology’s
- Describe the indications, procedures and complications associated with nasogastric intubation, abdominocentesis, bronchoalveolar lavage, and a trans tracheal wash
- Identify the indicators in which a blood transfusion is needed, and describe the processes required to cross match, collect blood from a donor and administer blood to a patient
- Compare and contrast the various forms of perineural anesthesia, including palmar or plantar digital, abaxial sesamoid, low ring, high ring, and suspensory origin infiltration
- Define intra-articular anesthesia
- Compare and contrast the various forms of imaging, including radiography, ultrasound, nuclear scinitgraphy, thermography, CT and MRI
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| Participation Access Parameters |
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The design of this course allows participants to enroll at any time.
After enrolling, please allow up to 48 hours for course activation. Each participant will have a personal start and end date that begins upon activation.
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| Participant Feedback |
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...Assignments were fun, interesting and relevant to knowledge needs. Course was well organized. Assignments very relevant to reading and it all seem to tie together very nicely.
...I enjoyed the subject matter
...The instructor was quite helpful when I was working through case reports.
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| Required Materials |
AAEVT’s Equine Manual for Veterinary Technicians Authors: Deborah Reeder, Sheri Miller, DeeAnn Wilfong, Midge Leitch, Dana Zimmel
This course utilizes a textbook. It is up to each participant to determine the best way to acquire the text. Some will already have the text in their library and therefore will not need to purchase another copy. Where to purchase and in what format is totally up to the participant. The text is available as a print publication and as an eBook through Wiley-Blackwell. The following link to their website is provided as a courtesy.
If you plan on purchasing the text as an ebook we recommend you first review the information provided by Wiley-Blackwell regarding your format options.
Purchase Text From Wiley-Blackwell
Important: Regardless of what option the participant chooses, access to a copy of the textbook is mandatory. Without the text the student will not be able to complete the assignments, case studies and examinations as the material is not reprinted within the course. If enrolling close to or beyond the course start date, it is recommended that the text be purchased as an eBook to prevent text acquisition related delays.
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| Course Completion Requirements |
Completed students are awarded a certificate of completion. Completion requirements include:
- Instructor Graded Interactive Module Assignments: Designed to help the participant reinforce newly learned material
- Instructor Graded Interactive Case Study Assignments: Designed to help the participant apply the newly learned skills and knowledge though patient and practice based scenarios
- Examinations: All examinations must be submitted with a score of 80% or better
- Course survey
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| Pricing |
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Price: $146.00 USD
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