Current active subject description (last updated 2021/22)
Clinical and Laboratory Procedures II
BI241F
Current active subject description (last updated 2021/22)
Clinical and Laboratory Procedures II
BI241F
The course provides the students with more detailed knowledge of the common clinical procedures and introduces procedures that are more advanced. New topics as normal births, emergency and first aid, rehabilitation and pre- and post-operative nursing procedures are introduced. The students' experiences from the first training period are put in a theoretical context and additional knowledge prepares the students for their second training period.
All 1st and 2nd year courses on the bachelor program, including BI144F Practical studies I, must be passed, in order for the student to start this third year course.
Knowledge
The candidate:
- knows normal proceeding of labor in cats and dogs
- has basic knowledge of emergency and first aid procedures
- knows the basic pre- and post-operative nursing procedures
- knows the principles of diagnostic imaging
- has extended knowledge of wound treatments, bandaging, casting and splinting techniques
- knows the clinical procedures for different examinations and sampling techniques, for instance radiographic contrasts, cystocenteses, gastro-intestinal tubes, endotracheal tubes and endoscopes etc.
Skills
The candidate:
- is capable of making blood smears
- knows different types of bandaging, casting and splinting materials, techniques and procedures
General competence T
he candidate:
- understands the different methods of diagnostic imaging
- is capable of taking the correct safety precautions when using diagnostic imaging
- uses the correct professional terminology in general, both orally and in writing
- knows the normal physiological responses in cats and dogs, in different settings
- understands the impact of variation in normal physiological parameters, in different settings
No costs except semester registration fee and course literature.
Compulsory: Bachelor in Veterinary Nursing
- Lectures
- Laboratory work, practical lessons and seminars. Attendance on these are mandatory.
- Reports from laboratory work and presentations at seminars are mandatory
The study programme is evaluated annually by students by way of course evaluation studies (mid-term evaluation and final evaluation). These evaluations are included in the universitys quality assurance system.