Module 1: Introduction to the veterinary workplace
Participate in workplace communications
- Follow routine spoken messages
- Perform workplace duties following routine written notices
- Obtain and provide information in response to workplace requirements
- Complete relevant work-related documents
- Participate in workplace meetings and discussions
Contribute to workplace health and safety processes
- Plan and conduct work safely
- Support others in working safely
- Contribute to workplace health and safety participative processes
- Contribute to hazard identification, workplace health and safety risk assessment and risk control activities
- Participate in the control of emergency situations
Perform clinic office procedures
- Maintain veterinary supplies
- Maintain clinic accounts
- Process and prepare correspondence
Carry out veterinary nursing reception duties
- Compile patient and client histories
- Consult the duty veterinarian
- Identify information required
- Maintain clinic records
Comply with infection control policies and procedures in animal work
- Follow infection control guidelines
- Identify and respond to infection risks
- Maintain personal protection
- Limit contamination
- Contribute to incursion readiness processes
Module 2: Animal advice and care
Source information for animal care needs
- Read and interpret product labels
- Gather information on products and services
- Profile nominated animal physiological features relevant to health and application of treatments
- Take an animal history
Provide specific animal care advice
- Provide specific animal health advice
- Offer animal care product advice
- Advise on animal nutritional requirements
- Provide animal behaviour advice
Feed and water animals
- Prepare for feeding
- Feed and water animals
- Complete the feeding and watering process
Assist in health care of animals
- Assist in capture of animals
- Assist in assessment of animals
- Assist in treatment of animals
Module 3: Admit and prepare patients
Coordinate patient admission and discharge
- Coordinate clinic admissions
- Provide veterinary nursing care
- Provide grief support to clients
- Implement discharge procedures
Carry out daily clinic routines
- Maintain clinic hygiene
- Carry out daily treatment of patients
- Assist in stock control and clinic security
Assist with surgery preparation
- Prepare animal for surgery under direction
- Prepare theatre or surgical operating area for use
- Provide pre- and post-operative patient care
- Clean theatre equipment
Module 4: Medical, surgical and dental nursing procedures
Nurse animals
- Identify patients and monitor clinical signs
- Communicate with clients concerning hospitalised patients
- Provide animal care in pain situations
- Care for animals
- Care for hospitalised animals
Carry out medical nursing routines
- Prepare for and assist with medical procedures
- Prepare for specific clinic routines
Carry out surgical nursing routines
- Prepare for surgical procedures
- Provide support for surgical routines
- Monitor patients and anaesthesia
- Perform post-operative procedures
Carry out veterinary dental nursing procedures
- Perform oral examination
- Complete dental chart
- Perform dental prophylaxis under veterinary supervision
- Assist in the performance of a simple extraction under veterinary supervision
Module 5: Imaging, pathology and theatre procedurea
Apply imaging routines
- Prepare imaging environment
- Prepare imaging equipment
- Implement imaging procedures
- Carry out post-imaging procedures
Perform clinic pathology procedures
- Implement pathology procedures
- Perform and record appropriate tests
- Assist with post-mortem examination
Coordinate and perform theatre routines
- Prepare surgery schedules
- Implement surgery preparations
- Clean, maintain and store theatre instruments , equipment and supplies
- Carry out post-operative theatre routines.
Module 6: Plan, provide and maintain animal health
Provide basic care of dogs
- Identify commonly available dogs
- Identify and evaluate behavioural and housing needs
- Handle and restrain dogs
- Assist with health care needs
- Feed dogs
- Maintain records
Maintain and monitor animal health and wellbeing
- Follow animal health management practices
- Monitor and maintain the physical wellbeing of animals
- Identify and report signs of ill health or injury in animals
- Administer and record animal treatments
Provide enrichment for animals
- Observe and record animal behaviour
- Assist with managing undesirable animal behaviour
- Implement enrichment programs
Plan for and provide nutritional requirements for animals
- Identify nutritional requirements of animals
- Evaluate food sources and calculate dietary requirements
- Prepare diets and provide food and water
- Monitor feeding and watering practices
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