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Unit of Study VTEC2001 - Medical Nursing for Veterinary Technologists 1 (2026)

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  • Enrolment information

    Students must have completed all units in Year 1 AND VTWIL-1 (4 weeks) before enrolling in this unit. Attendance Requirements - Due to the requirements for experiential learning as well as compliance with professional accreditation standards, attendance at tutorials, workshops, practicals and field trips is expected. Some learning experiences will be hybrid, but daily attendance at the Lismore campus will be typically expected. Students must attempt all assessments as per the Assessment Teaching and Learning Policy.

Unit description

This unit provides students with further exposure to animal assessment and recording medical data. Students will perform clinical examinations on domestic species and collect appropriate medical histories, learn to recognise signs of ill health and predict the appropriate diagnostic approach to achieve diagnosis. Students will also learn to formulate a management plan to care for sick and injured domestic animals.

Unit content

Module 1. Performing a client consultation and history taking

Module 2. Clinical examination

Module 3. Principles of medical nursing

Module 4. Presentation of ill health and diagnostic approaches

Module 5. Principles of patient management

Module 6. Formulating a patient management plan

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Lismore
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Learning outcomes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

demonstrate proficiency in gathering a medical history and accurately recording clinical examination findings in common domestic species

perform a physical examination on a range of domestic animal species in order to detect clinical signs of ill health

demonstrate proficiency in determining a management plan for caring and supporting animals affected by ill health

discuss the presentation of specific illness and the appropriate diagnostic approaches aimed to achieve diagnosis.

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