VT 104 Animal Nursing II (5 credits)

2. Perform routine cleaning, disinfection, and maintenance of surgical equipment and facilities.

3. Prepare commonly used surgical packs.

4. Use the autoclave to sterilize surgical packs.

5. Identify commonly used surgical instruments and describe their use during routine surgical procedures.

6. Prepare the animal patient for surgery by providing preoperative care and disinfection of the surgical site.

7. Perform a surgical scrub on self and don the sterile garments necessary to function as a sterile assistant during surgery.

8. Assist the veterinarian during surgery functioning as a sterile or non-sterile surgical nurse.

9. Provide postoperative care to surgical patients and monitor them for possible complications.

10. Describe routine surgical procedures performed on small domestic animals.

11. Describe normal tooth development and recognize dental abnormalities.

12. Perform basic dental cleaning on small animals.

13. Use and maintain dental equipment.

Degree Outcomes
Professional-Technical Program Outcomes: Proficiently execute the Essential Skills dictated by the American Veterinary Medical Association’s Committee on Veterinary Technician Education and Activities. Core Abilities: Critical, Creative, and Reflective Thinking (CCRT): Graduates will evaluate, analyze, synthesize, and generate ideas; construct informed, meaningful, and justifiable conclusions; and process feelings, beliefs, biases, strengths, and weaknesses as they relate to their thinking, decisions, and creations. Global Citizenship Graduates will be able to critically examine the relationship between self, community, and/or environments, and to evaluate and articulate potential impacts of choices, actions, and contributions for the creation of sustainable and equitable systems.

Lecture Contact Hours 30
Lab Contact Hours 40
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 70