Where will this course lead?The Foundation Degree in Veterinary Nursing is designed to be a state-of-the-art programme, which allows students who successfully complete to apply to be on the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) register of veterinary nurses and become registered veterinary nurses (RVNs). It is a license to practice veterinary nurse training route accredited by the RCVS.The curriculum allows for continued progression on to level 6 courses and in particular our BSc (Hons)
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Where will this course lead?
The Foundation Degree in Veterinary Nursing is designed to be a state-of-the-art programme, which allows students who successfully complete to apply to be on the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) register of veterinary nurses and become registered veterinary nurses (RVNs). It is a "license to practice" veterinary nurse training route accredited by the RCVS.
The curriculum allows for continued progression on to level 6 courses and in particular our BSc (Hons) in Animal Behaviour & Welfare or directly into work as an RVN.
What will I study?
This is a three year, full time programme, which offers both a broad grounding in the practical skills and the underlying scientific knowledge needed to graduate and work as a veterinary nurse.
The FdSc Veterinary Nursing is broken up into blocks of time spent within college and 3 blocks of clinical placement spent within an approved veterinary nurse Training Practice (TP). There is one clinical placement block per year, with the longest placement block starting at the end of year 2 and finishing in the spring of the final year.
How will I be assessed?
Assessments for modules are vocationally contextualised and are a mixture of course-work, in-class and on-line tests and formal exams. Indicative assignments include essays, written reports, case studies, laboratory logbooks, and presentations. During clinical practice all skills and competences practised and achieved are recorded on the on-line Nursing Progress Log.
Once all other modular and clinical placement requirements have been completed and achieved the end point objective structured clinical exams (OSCEs) are sat.
What can I do after this course?
On completion of this course you may wish to progress to study at level 6 on a BSc (Hons) top-up programme such as our BSc(Hons) in Animal Behaviour & Welfare.
