This course is designed to provide FdSc Veterinary Nursing graduates and experienced veterinary nurses the opportunity to develop their academic qualification to the level of an honours degree. You’ll be introduced to the concepts of critical thinking and reflection on the knowledge and experience you have gained in prior learning. You’ll study the effects of global disease on animal health and welfare, rehabilitation strategies, and anaesthetic techniques.
Having developed your skills as a veterinary nurse on an FdSc Veterinary Nursing course, this top-up degree will increase the depth of your knowledge in both first and second opinion practices. It will also increase awareness of issues relating to global veterinary medicine and the importance of evidence-based evaluation.
You will acquire greater knowledge and experience in the:
- analysis of animal disease in the UK and abroad
- critical care and rehabilitation in second opinion practices
- critical evaluation of the management of medical and surgical cases.
You will also gain the knowledge and skills needed to undertake a clinical coach role.
Course Details - Modules
Year One
- Animal Rehabilitation Therapies
- Advanced Anaesthesia Techniques
- Global Animal Disease
- Advanced Nursing Practice
- Evidence Based Veterinary Nursing Project (equivalent to a dissertation)
Full module descriptions and details can be found on the course page on the NTU website.
Course Details – Assessment Method
Assessment Methods are not listed for this Course.
Course Details – Professional Bodies
Professional Bodies are not listed for this Course.
How to Apply
26 January This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.
Application Codes
Course code:
53D1
Institution code:
N91
Campus Name:
Brackenhurst Campus
Campus code:
Points of Entry
The following entry points are available for this course:
Year 1
Entry Requirements for Advanced Entry (Year 2 and Beyond)
Entry Requirements for Advanced Entry are not listed for this Course.
International applicants
Standard Qualification Requirements
Entry Requirements:
To have successfully completed the FdSc Veterinary Nursing degree; or
To have completed a 240 credit foundation degree; or
To have completed a Level Five or equivalent qualification; and
Be a registered veterinary nurse (you will need to be registered with the RCVS prior to enrolment).
Please click the following link to find out more about qualification requirements for this course
Minimum Qualification Requirements
Minimum Further Information are not listed for this Course.
English language requirements
Test
Grade
AdditionalDetails
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Unistats information
Student satisfaction :
70%
Employment after 15 months (Most common jobs):
55%
Go onto work and study:
100%
Fees and funding
Additional Fee Information
Tuition fees for 2022 entry are yet to be confirmed. As a guide and to enable you to plan your finances, the fees for Home undergraduate students for 2021 are £9250. The current expectation is that the University may increase this for future and subsequent years of study in line with inflation and as specified by the Government.
Provider information
50 Shakespeare Street
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Nottingham
NG1 4FQ
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