Medical Nursing Podcast | CPD for Veterinary Nurses

This week, we're chatting about a disease we're seeing more and more often in practice, one that has significant risks to both us and our clients: leptospirosis.  Leptospirosis is an increasingly common, potentially fatal zoonotic disease found throughout the world. These patients often benefit from advanced treatment and nursing care, especially if they have acute kidney injury as a result of the...

In this episode of the Medical Nursing Podcast we're chatting all about managing ethylene glycol toxicity. These patients commonly present as emergencies and require very intensive nursing care - the disease carries a poor prognosis, and it's often fatal.  However, with rapid intervention and intensive treatment and nursing, recovery can be possible. Today, we're talking all about what happens whe...

In today's episode of the Medical Nursing Podcast, we're talking all about protein-losing nephropathy… aka PLN! Protein-losing nephropathy is a relatively common renal disease in dogs - it is a renal disease in its own right, but it also causes CKD as it progresses. We do see some pretty severe complications in these patients, and some can be life-threatening - but with careful monitoring and good...

In today's episode of the Medical Nursing Podcast we're chatting all about a common cause of CKD, especially in cats - polycystic kidney disease. Polycystic kidney disease is a genetic condition affecting patients from a young age, causing cysts to form within the kidneys. As they grow, they eventually cause advanced chronic kidney disease. These patients benefit from early diagnosis and thorough...

In episode 13 of the medical nursing podcast, we're talking all about acute kidney injury. Unlike CKD, AKI is a potentially reversible loss of renal function. These patients usually present as an emergency and require intensive treatment and nursing care. The good news is that there are a TON of nursing skills we can use with these patients - and we're diving into them all in today's episode. ---...

Think there's not much you can do to treat or nurse CKD? I get it - it's a common misconception. The truth is there are a TON of nursing skills we can use to support these patients, both in and out of the clinic. In today's episode, we're diving into what CKD is, what signs our patients present with, and how we can treat these patients - as well as the nursing skills we can use in the process. ---...

📲 Join the medical nursing academy now: http://www.medicalnursingacademy.com --- We see renal disease SO commonly in practice - from crispy CKD cats to acute renal emergencies, toxicities and leptospirosis, we spend a lot of our time nursing renal patients. To provide the best possible care to these patients, we need to understand how our kidneys actually work, how common renal diseases impact th...

📲 Join the medical nursing academy now: http://www.medicalnursingacademy.com --- Ever seen a cholecystectomy before? They're great fun, but when they go wrong… well, they go really wrong. These patients are at a high risk of complications in recovery, and require intensive treatment and nursing care. From careful monitoring to placing advanced vascular access, tubes and drains… from administering...

Today I'm taking you behind the scenes and giving you a very real and raw sneak peek at what creating and running my signature CPD programme, the Medical Nursing Academy, looks like. We're chatting about impostor syndrome, mindset wobbles, how to push past self-doubt and take action, and the routes we can take our career down outside of clinical practice. If you're looking for a pep talk, a mental...

📲 Get on the academy waitlist: https://www.veterinaryinternalmedicinenursing.com/academy — In this episode of the Medical Nursing Podcast we're chatting about another very common feline liver disease - inflammatory liver disease, or feline cholangitis/cholangiohepatitis syndrome.   This is actually the second most common liver disease we see in cats, and our patients can present with a range of s...

📲 Get on the academy waitlist: http://www.veterinaryinternalmedicinenursing.com/academy --- In today's episode, we're talking about portosystemic shunts - one of the most common liver diseases we see in puppies and kittens, and a significant complication of advanced liver disease in older patients. These guys can present with marked neurological signs and need a lot from us as nurses - both befor...

2024 is going to be a big year for Veterinary Internal Medicine Nursing - and it's beginning with some scary-exciting moves. Let's take a look at what's going on! --- 📲 Get on the Medical Nursing Academy waitlist: http://www.veterinaryinternalmedicinenursing.com/academy   --- 🖥️ Learn more about medical nursing: http://www.veterinaryinternalmedicinenursing.com --- 📲 Follow me on Instagram: http:...

Does this sound familiar? You've got an obese cat coming to see you for weight clinics, then something happens, they go off their food, and the next thing you know, you've got a very yellow, very anorexic cat to deal with who needs a LOT of nursing care. In today's episode, we're diving into the most common acquired liver disease in cats - hepatic lipidosis. These patients have often significant n...

Copper-associated hepatopathy, or CAH, isn't just a Bedlington Terrier disease - although we classically think of them when it comes to copper storage disease.  Actually, many different breeds get CAH, and these patients often present severely unwell - with marked hepatic dysfunction, requiring a LOT from us as nurses. If you want to know more about copper-associated hepatopathies: how they occur,...

Inflammatory liver diseases are some of the most common liver conditions we encounter in practice - and the care these patients need is often intensive! In today's episode of the Medical Nursing Podcast, we're looking at acute and chronic hepatitis. We'll chat about what causes these conditions, how they affect our patients, the clinical signs we see, the common diagnostic tests we perform and wha...

Today we're going to be diving in to our first clinical series - featuring one of my favourite organs, the liver. The liver is perhaps one of our more underrated organs. It is an absolute powerhouse, and is responsible for SO many vital functions in the body. Which is why we can see such a variety of complications when it starts to go wrong. Today, I'll introduce you to what the liver does, and ho...

If you've ever thought about making the jump into referral nursing, but felt like it was too big or scary a leap, then today's episode is for you. Today I'm joined by Heather Simcock, a registered veterinary nurse and internal medicine nurse at The Ralph Referral Centre. Heather is a colleague - and friend - and she began working with me as a rotating nurse in 2020.  Today, Heather shares her care...

If you're thinking that you can't get more hands-on with your medical patients because you work in a first opinion practice - I'm here to squash that myth today. In episode 2 of the Medical Nursing Podcast I'm delighted to be joined by Cat, a registered veterinary nurse at Oakes Veterinary Centre in Scotland. Cat has spent the last year developing her medical skills, particularly with her diabetic...

Let me ask you this: Have you ever felt like you're just not getting what you want from your career? If you're nodding right now - I TOTALLY get it. I accidentally found my 'home' as a medical nurse in 2015 - but before then, I felt lost. To the point where I didn't really know if nursing was where I belonged. I felt like I was the wrong fit for the job, I was trying my hardest and just not gettin...

Welcome to the Medical Nursing Podcast, the place where veterinary nurses and technicians come together to learn more about internal medicine in an easy-to-understand way, and most importantly, pick up new practical skills to use with their own patients. I'm your host, Laura Jones - an RVN and Veterinary Technician Specialist (VTS) in small animal internal medicine. In this trailer, you'll learn m...