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Jan
11

Vet Tech Nursing Academy: Pain Management #11

Welcome, , to the Veterinary Pain Management Course. This course discusses the importance of animal pain management, providing specific approaches to managing pain in a wide variety of veterinary conditions. Emphasizing the technician’s role in advocating for the patient to help manage pain in dogs, cats, horses, and livestock.  With information on recognizing and understanding […]

By David Joyce MD, MBA | Veterinary
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Jan
10

Vet Tech Nursing Academy: Emergency Medicine and Critical Care #10

Welcome, , to the Veterinary Nursing Academy Emergency Medicine and Critical Care Course. This course emphasizes the different aspects of assisting the veterinarian in the management of medical and traumatic emergencies. Recognition and assessment of gastrointestinal emergency, cardiovascular shock, respiratory crisis, and musculoskeletal trauma. Follow the proper protocols for administering fluid therapy and emergency drugs […]

By David Joyce MD, MBA | Veterinary
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Jan
09

Vet Tech Nursing Academy: Veterinary Dentistry #9

Welcome, , to the Veterinary Dentistry Course. Teeth and mouths are windows into a pet’s health. This course is an intensive study of modern dentistry techniques for small animals. Components of the course cover different areas and core concepts of veterinary dentistry. This course will guide you through dental anatomy and terminology, history taking and […]

By David Joyce MD, MBA | Veterinary
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Jan
08

Vet Tech Nursing Academy: Diagnostic Imaging #8

Welcome, , to the Veterinary Nursing Academy Diagnostic Imaging Course. This course provides essential information for a veterinary technician to produce diagnostic radiographs. The student will learn how to correctly position a patient, calculate exposure values, expose radiographic film, and process radiographs of diagnostic quality for the veterinarian to examine.  Other topics include patient/staff safety, […]

By David Joyce MD, MBA | Veterinary
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Jan
07

Vet Tech Nursing Academy: Surgical Nursing #7

Welcome, , to the Veterinary Surgical Nursing Course. This course focuses on nursing care of dogs and cats to include fluid therapy principles and procedures, anesthesia monitoring devices and proper use and identification of suture material and patterns. Included are methods for sterilization of surgical equipment, identification of surgical equipment, and procedures for preparing patients […]

By David Joyce MD, MBA | Veterinary
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Jan
06

Vet Tech Nursing Academy: Anesthesia #6

Welcome, , to the Veterinary Anesthesia Course. Veterinary anesthesia and analgesia are necessary to satisfy the growing expectations of both the veterinary community and animal owners to optimize health care of our animals in the future. Knowledge of proper anesthetic protocols is vital to your role as a veterinary nurse. This course will focus on […]

By David Joyce MD, MBA | Veterinary
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