On-Demand Vet Nurse CPD Courses

In this free learning series for vets and vet nurses, Martha Cannon explains the advantages and disadvantages of using naso-oesophageal tubes as a method of assisted feeding in cats, demonstrates how to place them and discusses their care and maintenance.

This course explores the most common presentations that we encounter in Practice: vomiting and diarrhoea. Gastrointestinal disease is a major cause of patient admittance to the hospital, with a proportion of patients requiring advanced and intensive nursing care. A veterinary nurse’s...

A five-part lecture series for nurses delivered by Paul Aldridge. Schedule 3 of the Veterinary Surgeons Act allows registered veterinary nurses to perform acts of minor surgery under veterinary supervision. This learning series gives an introduction to the typical procedures covered by this...

This learning series with Lisa Pearce and Clare Potts is aimed at nurses with an interest in all aspects of orthopaedic surgical nursing, from theatre through to recovery or those wishing to improve their knowledge as a scrubbed assistant. It aims to refresh your knowledge of surgical...

Nurses deal with wounds every day in practice, from surgical incisions to traumatic wounds presented in an emergency, and they can be rewarding cases if managed correctly. Wound management requires a good knowledge of the stages of wound healing to ensure accurate assessment and the appropriate...

A five-part learning series with Nicola Lakeman. Veterinary nurses are perfectly placed to manage the nutritional requirements of inpatients, as well as give valuable advice to increasingly-confused clients about what they should actually be feeding their pets. Beginning by looking at how to...

An eleven-part learning series for nurses with Nicola Lakeman. Covering all aspects of medical nursing, this series aims to provide you with the confidence to go back into practice fully-equipped to deal with even the most challenging of cases. We begin by looking at care bundles, nursing...

A learning series comprising of six videos for nurses with Professor Stuart Carmichael on osteoarthritis and the role vet nurses can play in its management. Osteoarthritis is a very common debilitating problem in our pet population and is often not managed as well as it could be. Dogs deserve a...

A learning series of four videos filmed at a Livestream event with veterinary nurse Nicola Lakeman. Cats and dogs with diabetes are commonly seen in practice. These cases may present as an acute emergency requiring intensive nursing care and treatment, or be diagnosed from consultations such...

Point Of Care UltraSound (POCUS) or Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma/Triage (FAST) have become essential imaging techniques in the triage of emergency patients. These low-stress and simple to learn techniques can be performed with even the most basic equipment and can save...