BSc Advancing Animal Healthcare and Practice
About this course
BSc (Hons) Advancing Animal Healthcare and Practice is a three-year, part-time top-up undergraduate degree for registered veterinary nurses. Core topics include Laboratory Techniques, Research Methods, Clinical Skills, and Critical & Analytical Thinking. Students enter the programme with prior learning through Accreditation for Prior Learning, allowing them to fast-track towards graduation. The first year covers core foundations through Anatomy and physiology, Academic and professional development, Essential veterinary nursing skills, Animal husbandry, Health and disease, and Laboratory techniques for the veterinary nurse. The second year progresses to Medicines for medical nursing, Diagnostic techniques, Anaesthesiand pain management, Theatre practice and surgical nursing, Evidence-based nursing, Species-specific nursing, and Applied clinical veterinary nursing. The final year includes compulsory modules such as Research Project, Global animal disease, and Professional registration, alongside optional modules in areas like Farm animal healthcare, Equine healthcare, Business and management, and Complementary therapies for the veterinary patient.
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Modules
- Anatomy and physiology
- Academic and professional development
- Essential veterinary nursing skills
- Animal husbandry
- Health and disease
- Laboratory techniques for the veterinary nurse
- Medicines for medical nursing
- Diagnostic techniques
- Anaesthesiand pain management
- Theatre practice and surgical nursing
- Evidence-based nursing
- Species-specific nursing
- Applied clinical veterinary nursing
- Research Project
- Global animal disease
- Professional registration
- Farm animal healthcare
- Equine healthcare
- Business and management
- Complementary therapies for the veterinary patient