Veterinary nurse-trition: the power of nurse nutrition explored through real life cases
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Stream Two - Room E2
| Wednesday, April 17, 2024 |
| 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM |
| Room E2 |
Overview
Kim Healy
Speaker
Ms Kim Healy
Greencross Veterinary Hospital
Veterinary nurse-trition: the power of nurse nutrition explored through real life cases
Abstract
Veterinary nurses are critical to the nutritional management of all kinds of health conditions. Every day, we have to support tricky questions about complicated conditions in order to achieve optimal health outcomes and longevity for our patients.
Many nurses are now expected to talk to clients about more than weight or obesity, and facilitate more complex nutrition consultations. However, finding models or opportunities to learn how to facilitate these consultations can be very challenging.
This lecture will support veterinary nurses by stepping through real life, advanced veterinary nutrition consultations and educating on all components of the consults. This includes managing consult workflow, providing technical nutrition information, how to deliver complex information and communicate with clients and manage nurse consultation processes.
Many nurses are now expected to talk to clients about more than weight or obesity, and facilitate more complex nutrition consultations. However, finding models or opportunities to learn how to facilitate these consultations can be very challenging.
This lecture will support veterinary nurses by stepping through real life, advanced veterinary nutrition consultations and educating on all components of the consults. This includes managing consult workflow, providing technical nutrition information, how to deliver complex information and communicate with clients and manage nurse consultation processes.
Biography
Kim is a Certificate IV qualified nurse and has been nursing for 8 years, she is both a registered and accredited vet nurse with the VNCA. In 2021, Kim passed her Veterinary Technician Speciality credentialling examination and became the 2nd VTS(Nutrition) in the Southern Hemisphere. She has a passion for educating anyone that will listen on all things Nutrition and has been a guest speaker at a number of education events, Kim is also Fear Free Certified, with a special interest in feline behaviour and regularly performs Feline Stress consultations with specific nutraceuticals and enrichment plans. Kim has experience in many areas of the Veterinary world including Emergency, Reproduction, Canine Sports medicine, Rehabilitation, Advanced Dentistry and Internal Medicine. Currently Kim spends her time working as a lecturer for the Bachelor of Veterinary Nursing at Melbourne Polytechnic and as an Emergency and Critical care nurse at Greencross Veterinary Hospital at Melbourne University. Along side working, Kim is also a Final year Bachelor of Veterinary Technology student, completing the Certificate of Veterinary Nursing in Emergency and Critical Care (NCert ECC) and is currently working towards her 2nd Veterinary Technician Speciality in the area of Emergency and Critical Care (ECC).
