New Zealand Diploma in Veterinary Nursing (Companion Animal Veterinary Nursing)
Course details
About the course
Veterinary nursing is a hands-on, satisfying role if you love animals. You can interact with many companion animals and care for their wellbeing by working with professionals who like animals. In this two-year programme, you will gain the knowledge, technical skills and attributes needed to help companion animals attain, maintain or recover health and quality of life. You will graduate with the technical knowledge and skills needed to perform this role and will have a high level of responsibility, allowing you to operate in a wide range of dynamic settings. Upon graduating you will have the technical knowledge and skills to work as a veterinary nurse in a clinical setting. You will have a high level of responsibility and discretion within their scope of practice, in a wide range of dynamic and often unpredictable situations and following protocols in all aspects of clinical veterinary practice or animal healthcare settings. Graduates may be eligible for registration with the Allied Veterinary Professional Regulatory Council of New Zealand.Learn skills including:Veterinary nursing practice Animal husbandry and behaviourAnatomy and physiologyAnaesthesia and analgesiaClinical skillsMedical nursing and diagnosticsSurgical nursingCultural practiceSustainability Work placement
About the provider
Southern Institute of Technology (SIT) provides quality tertiary education and training across a wide range of subjects and qualifications. From certificates to postgraduate studies, we offer NZQA programmes for students to learn at a level and pathway that suits them.
We are home to the Zero Fees Scheme and are the only tertiary provider in New Zealand to offer a no tuition cost education to domestic NZ students for every year of study, at all levels.
We offer SIT programmes at campuses in Invercargill, Christchurch, Queenstown, Gore, and online through SIT2LRN Distance Learning.
We also have specialised faculties in music and rural education - MAINZ – Music and Audio Institute of New Zealand (Christchurch) and Telford in Balclutha, South Otago.