ANML5001 – Veterinary Nursing Practice
Module code
ANML5001
Module title
Veterinary Nursing Practice
Prescription
The aim of this course is to develop the knowledge, skills, and competencies to work in a professional, safe, and effective manner in an animal health care environment.
Programmes
- NZ4389
NZQA Level
Level 5
NZQA Credits
15
Delivery method
- Web-Enhanced
Learning hours
- Total learning hours
- 150
Resources required
- Content
- - Roles and responsibilities of the veterinary team
- Interpersonal skills and communication
- Cultural awareness
- Principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and application to veterinary nursing practice
- Professional identity and professional practice
- Reflective and evidence-based practice
- Legislation as it applies to the veterinary nurse role
- Animal welfare and ethics
- Environmental, economic, and social sustainability
- Health, safety and risk management
- Self-care, and management of compassion fatigue
- Fundamentals of microbiology
- Infection control - Learning Outcomes
- LO1: Examine Key requirements for professional and culturally informed conduct in veterinary nursing practice.
LO2: Apply legislation, ethics, animal welfare and sustainability to veterinary nursing scenarios.
LO3: Explain the application of health and safety and infection control principles in an animal healthcare setting. - Teaching and Learning Strategy
- Learning and teaching activities will employ a range of elements drawn from approved methods. The activities chosen will align with the context of the learning (delivery mode, regional-specific requirements, etc.) and any particular needs of the group of aakonga.
- Learning and Teaching Resource
- All required and recommended resources are advised to aakonga via course outlines.
- Assessment Criteria
- Assessment portfolio 100%
This portfolio will employ a range of elements. The assessment methods will be drawn from approved methods to align with the context of the learning (delivery mode, regional-specific requirements, etc.) and any specific needs of the group of aakonga.
