BVNA Congress Programme 2023

SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME

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6-8 October Telford International Centre

BVNA Congress 2023

IRONBRIDGE 1

ADVANCED NURSING (MEDICAL)

Cardiology - diagnostic tests

Charlotte Pace

AMTRA RAMA CPD POINTS

IRONBRIDGE 2

VETERINARY NURSE CONSULTS

Confidence in consulting

Hannah Durling

Sponsored by Purina

IRONBRIDGE 3

PATTINGHAM

Exotics - bite-sized basics

Craig Tessyman

Sponsored by: Supreme Petfoods

10:00 Exhibition Opens

Developing your nursing team

Lyndsay Hughes

The evolving role of the oncology nurse

Linda Ryan

Nursing the medical patient: A casebased approach

Laura Jones

AMTRA RAMA CPD POINTS

Outpatient care for cardiac patients: The veterinary nurse’s role in homecare support

Emma Murphy

AMTRA RAMA CPD POINTS

Pet obesity: Lighten the load with nurse-led weight clinics

Joy Shutt

Sponsored by Purina

AMTRA RAMA CPD POINTS

Communicate with cattitude: Making the consultation room feline

fabulous!

Nikki McLeod

Sponsored by Purina

AMTRA RAMA CPD POINTS

The gut statis rabbit: Holistic nursing and current literature

Jesle Varu

Sponsored by: Supreme Petfoods

Neurodivergent thinking: exploring potential, empowering inclusion

Lacey Pitcher

Rabbit anaesthesia

Sarah Flack

AMTRA RAMA CPD POINTS

Retention in the VN profession

Andrea Jeffery

ONE

Pain assessment in birds

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Empowerment

Paula Boyden

Feline behaviour fundamentals

Linda Ryan

Sponsored by iCatCare

The VNs role in management of cognitive dysfunction syndrome in feline patients

Alex Taylor

Sponsored by iCatCare

AMTRA RAMA CPD POINTS

Kelly Deane

AMTRA RAMA CPD POINTS

Tracheostomy care - A collaborative overview between veterinary and human centred critical care nursing

Laura Edwards & Hannah Sharp

The challenges of providing veterinary care to zoo animals

Yvonne Morrin

Antimicrobial resistance and stewardship

Amanda Curtis

Dental radiography (workshop)

2

Getting to grips with your multiparameter patient monitor Equipment Demonstration

BECKBURY 3 & 4

What comes frome wherebiochemistry and haematology (workshop)

Take the stress out of endoscopy: cleaning and disinfection Equipment Demonstration

Lack or Bain? Understanding breathing systems

Simpson Understanding ECGs - they aren’t all complex

Can you scan? Yes you can!

for VNs (workshop)

Getting to grips with your multiparameter patient monitor Equipment Demonstration

Introduction to capnography

16:30 Happy Hour in Exhibition 17:30 - Exhibition closes

Greening your practice: Top tips, case studies and your questions answered

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ADVANCED NURSING (SURGICAL)

08:30-09:30

Surgical options in canine congenital heart defects

Emma Murphy

GA for the cardiology patient

Faye Newton

Sponsored by Linnaeus

STUDENT

Complication-free calculations: Making the maths easy

Laura Jones

10:00-11:00

Leadership styles

Jo Oakden

Tracy Mayne Memorial Lecture

09:30 Exhibition Opens

Anaesthesia for the SVN

Claire Roberts

11:30-12:30

Safer surgery for small mammals

Craig Tessyman

Nursing care of the caesarean patient

Neil Smith

Sponsored by Linnaeus

ECC for the SVN

Samantha Thompson

Managing the neurologic patient

15:00-16:00

Nursing care of the surgical oncology patient

Sarah Holliday

Natalie Roper Transition between SVN to RVN

Jo Oakden

Wellbeing for leaders

James Russell

Sponsored by Vetlife

08:30-09:30

RVN role in equine anaesthesia

Rebecca Bruford & Marie Rippingale

10:00-11:00

The VNs role in tackling equine obesity

Katie Williams

Sponsored by Dengie

11:30-12:30

Do we still need Head Nurses? And other big (Nursing) leadership questions

Liz Cox

Ambulatory nursing - what is it, what can we do, how can we do it?

Cassie Woods

12:30-13:30 LUNCH

13:30-14:30

WOUND MANAGEMENT

Approach to managing wound exudate

Amanda Curtis

Sponsored by Essity

Feeding the hospitalised patient

Katie Williams

Sponsored by Dengie

15:00-16:00

Negative pressure wound therapy/ update on wound dressings

Samantha Bell

17:00

CT in equine practice

Anthony Hall

Foundations of blood pressure monitoring during anaesthesia

Troubleshooting the highs and lows of blood pressure during anaesthesia

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IRONBRIDGE 1 IRONBRIDGE 2

FELINE NURSING

ANAESTHESIA & ANALGESIA SPONSORED BY BURTONS

09:00-10:00

Minimising peri-operative stress

Laura Watson

Sponsored by iCatCare

Prioritising pain in the pre-operative patient

Janette Bailey Woods

10:30-11:30

Nursing care considerations for the feline patient

Sarah Collins

Sponsored by iCatCare

IRONBRIDGE 3

CLINICAL NUTRITION

Does wellness nutrition matter

Fi Marjoram

PATTINGHAM

EMPOWERMENT

09:00-10:00

Sponsored by Hill’s Pet Nutrition

10:00 Exhibition opens

Anaesthetic drugs part 1: action and effects

Carly Seymour

12:00-13:00

EMERGENCY & CRITICAL CARE

CPR

Samantha Thompson

Anaesthetic drugs part 2: observations and complications

Carly Seymour

13:00-14:00 Lunch

14:00-15:00

Nursing management of the diabetic ketoacidosis patient

Louise Welsh

AMTRA RAMA CPD POINTS

15:30-16:30

Managing the ECC neurology patient

Racheal Marshall

AMTRA RAMA CPD POINTS

The recovery period

Ana Costa

So you want to be a locum?

Molly Fiander

10:30-11:30

Healthy weight consultations: Our client is the key to our patient’s success

Susan Campbell and Fi Marjoram

Sponsored by Hill’s Pet Nutrition

INTERPROFESSIONAL TEAM

The spinal patient - part 1

Admission, assessment and preparation for surgery

Natalie Roper

BVNA AGM

12:00-13:00

Empowering yourself and others

Helen Silver-MacMahon

13:00-14:00 LUNCH

14:00-15:00

The spinal patient - part 2 Postoperative care, recovery and home care

Natalie Roper

15:30 Exhibition closes

Anaesthesia in the brachycephalic patient

Ana Costa

THE GERIATRIC PATIENT

Geriatric nutrition

Georgia Woods-Lee

AMTRA RAMA CPD POINTS

15:30-16:30

The spinal patient - part 3 Rehabilitation and final Q&As

Kirsty Cavill and Natalie Roper

16:30 - Close of Congress

A novel method of diagnosis for skin masses

Vicki Adams

Sponsored by Animal Cancer Trust

BECKBURY 1 BECKBURY 2

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BECKBURY 3 & 4

THE HUB - EXHIBITION

Research Bites

Rehabilitation: A practical approach for the RVN (seminar)

Kirsty Cavill

13:00 - 14:00 LUNCH

14:00 - 15:30

Student nurse empowerment for clinical learning - the role of the training practice team (seminar)

Susan Holt

Sponsored by Lantra

Pick a colour! The right thread for every suture - suturing workshop

Helen Stephens

Sponsored by B Braun

12:15-13:15

BVNA MEET AND GREET

14:00-15:00

Help! My patient has cancer - how to use your RVN superpowers to optimise patient care

Inge Breathnach

Sponsored by CVS (UK) Ltd

Using quality improvement to improve the care of patients with heat-related illness

Emily Hall

Vet Nurse Training Symposium: Back to the future

Sponsored by Lantra

09:00 - 10:30 11:00 - 12:00 12:30 - 13:30

VN Educators - Preparing HE SVNs for clinical placement

Emily Hall and Sarah Batt-Williams

14:15 - 15:15

VN Educators - Knowledge summaries

Sarah Batt-Williams

15:30-16:30

VN Educators Open Forum

16:30 - Close of Congress

Swapping the practice for the pavement Susan Holt and Lucy Gooding StreetVet

11:30-12:30

Ageing Canine Toolkit

Carri Westgarth BSAVA Petsavers

Writing for the VNJ Nikki Ruedisueli

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