Nursing Degrees Online

Semester 1
• College Success Skills
• Health Education: Personal Health and Wellness
• English Composition
• Anatomy and Physiology
• Interpersonal Relationships and Communication Skills
• Adult Health Assessment
• Nursing Theory I: Basics
• Nursing Science Lab I: Basics

Semester 2
• Applied Pharmacology
• Pathophysiology
• Nursing Theory II: Intermediate
• Nursing Science Lab II: Intermediate
• Clinical Experience: Continuing Care
• Introduction to e-Portfolio

Semester 3
• Applied Pharmacology
• Pathophysiology
• Nursing Theory II: Intermediate
• Nursing Science Lab II: Intermediate
• Clinical Experience: Continuing Care
• Introduction to e-Portfolio

Semester 4
• Maternity Nursing
• Mental Health Nursing
• Pediatric Nursing
• Introduction to Sociology
• Transition to Graduate Nursing
• Pre-Grad Practicum I: Community and Focus (3 weeks)
• Pre-Grad Practicum II: Comprehensive
• Career Skills Evaluation

Why choose this course?

If you like caring for all creatures, great and small, then a career in veterinary nursing could be for you. We offer the only veterinary nursing degree in Scotland, plus a professional qualification and excellent career prospects. You’ll graduate as a fully qualified veterinary nurse with an honours degree and be eligible to register with the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) as a veterinary nurse.

You’ll learn from a combination of practical experience and theory, which is designed to give you an in depth knowledge of all aspects of veterinary nursing. Work placements in RCVS registered veterinary teaching practices make up a large part of the course and give you valuable industry experience which prepares you to move straight into your future career.
Skills

You’ll develop the skills required to be a fully qualified veterinary nurse including critical thinking, problem solving and decision making skills. You’ll also gain good academic study, research and writing skills.
Career Prospects
As Scotland’s Number One University for Graduate Employability (HESA 2008) and Graduate Prospects (The Independent and The Times University Guides for 2009), we can offer you a valuable head-start in your chosen career.

This course gives you excellent career prospects as you’ll graduate as a fully qualified veterinary nurse. This qualification is accepted not only in the UK but is also recognised in many other countries across the world. Other career opportunities may exist in the following areas:
veterinary practice management
teaching
animal welfare organisations
pharmaceutical industry
veterinary publishing
veterinary nutrition.