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31st VNCA Conference - Program

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Tuesday, March 18, 2025

RECOVER - Meeting Rooms 101/102
8:00 AM - 8:30 AM Registration - arrival tea/coffee
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM RECOVER CPR: Rescuer Certification Workshop - basic and advanced life support
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Morning tea
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM
RECOVER CPR: Rescuer Certification Workshop - basic and advanced life support (continued)
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
RECOVER CPR: Rescuer Certification Workshop - basic and advanced life support (continued.)
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Afternoon tea
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
RECOVER CPR: Rescuer Certification Workshop - basic and advanced life support (continued..)
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM President's Welcome Drinks
RECOVER - Meeting Rooms 101/102
8:00 AM - 8:30 AM Registration - arrival tea/coffee
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM RECOVER CPR: Rescuer Certification Workshop - basic and advanced life support
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Morning tea
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM
RECOVER CPR: Rescuer Certification Workshop - basic and advanced life support (continued)
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
RECOVER CPR: Rescuer Certification Workshop - basic and advanced life support (continued.)
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Afternoon tea
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
RECOVER CPR: Rescuer Certification Workshop - basic and advanced life support (continued..)
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM President's Welcome Drinks

RECOVER - Meeting Rooms 101/102
8:00 AM - 8:30 AM Registration - arrival tea/coffee
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM RECOVER CPR: Rescuer Certification Workshop - basic and advanced life support
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Morning tea
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM
RECOVER CPR: Rescuer Certification Workshop - basic and advanced life support (continued)
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
RECOVER CPR: Rescuer Certification Workshop - basic and advanced life support (continued.)
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Afternoon tea
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
RECOVER CPR: Rescuer Certification Workshop - basic and advanced life support (continued..)
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM President's Welcome Drinks

Wednesday, March 19, 2025

Stream One - Goldfields Theatre
Stream Two - Eureka 2
Stream Three - Eureka 3
Advanced Clinical Stream - Eureka 1
Workshops/Commercial Session - Courtyard Room 2
6:45 AM - 7:45 AM Sponsored Breakfast Session - Rise and shine for infection prevention!
Dr Denis Verwilghen | Sponsored by B Braun 		Sponsored Breakfast Session: Focus on fibre - gastrointestinal disease
Jessica Joosse | Sponsored by Royal Canin
7:30 AM - 8:00 AM Exhibition Open - Arrival tea & coffee - Day one
7:30 AM - 5:00 PM Poster presentations
Poster presentations will be on display for the duration of the Conference in the exhibition area.
8:00 AM - 8:45 AM Conference Opening Ceremony and Welcome to Country
8:45 AM - 9:45 AM How yesterday shapes tomorrow
Cat Walker and Trish Farry
9:45 AM - 10:30 AM Morning tea - Day one
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM Urinary tract emergencies
Tami Lind 		The paralysis tick patient
Emma Holder 		Avian reproductive disorders: Hatching a plan for triage, treatment and ongoing management
Iffy Glendinning 		When sweet turns sour: Diabetic ketoacidosis in the small animal veterinary patient
Tori Brown 		Workshop One: Become the master - unleash your equipment features!  Equipment masterclass covering anaesthesia, ventilation, monitoring and fluid management
Sponsored by Sound Veterinary Equipment
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Approach to the seizuring patient
Elle Haskey 		Shock: An overview
Harold Davis 		Understanding and managing pet parrot behaviour: Challenges and solutions
Rebecca de Gier 		Anaesthesia for the broken heart
Marcia Fletcher
Workshop One: Become the master - unleash your equipment features!  Equipment masterclass covering anaesthesia, ventilation, monitoring and fluid management (continued)
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch - Day one
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM Management of the pacemaker patient
Elle Haskey 		Thermoregulation in the critical patient: When to share that hot air and when to cool it
Laura Bennington 		Triage of the rabbit - rabbit doctors style
Alanna Botten 		Unravelling the intricacies: The coagulation cascade explained
Melissa Shoard 		Workshop Two: Mastering the essentials - aseptic techniques and catheter care in veterinary practice
Rebecca Coventry and Anita Parkin
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM RECOVER 2.0 What's new in BLS
Harold Davis 		Snap, crackle, pop - fracture care and repair
Teri Raffel Kleist 		Getting the best from one-on-one meetings at work
Michelle Rouffignac 		Master SIRS, sepsis, MODS and septic shock
Sara Ho-Le
Workshop Two: Mastering the essentials - aseptic techniques and catheter care in veterinary practice (continued)
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM Afternoon tea - Day one
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Exploring nursing care models in veterinary practice: Influence and impact of human nursing models
Janet Murray 		Mastering veterinary nursing consults: Effective communication and clinical excellence
Wendy Jarnet 		Enhancing welfare in veterinary care: Environmental enrichment and stress reduction for small mammal patients
Rebecca de Gier 		Loco legends - advanced loco-regional anaesthesia techniques
Rhonda Ponder 		Commercial Session One: Veterinary Essentials With KONG
Presented by KONG
5:00 PM - 5:30 PM VNCA Annual General Meeting
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM Happy Hour with the Exhibitors
Stream One - Goldfields Theatre
Stream Two - Eureka 2
6:45 AM - 7:45 AM Sponsored Breakfast Session - Rise and shine for infection prevention!
Dr Denis Verwilghen | Sponsored by B Braun
7:30 AM - 8:00 AM Exhibition Open - Arrival tea & coffee - Day one
7:30 AM - 5:00 PM Poster presentations
Poster presentations will be on display for the duration of the Conference in the exhibition area.
8:00 AM - 8:45 AM Conference Opening Ceremony and Welcome to Country
8:45 AM - 9:45 AM How yesterday shapes tomorrow
Cat Walker and Trish Farry
9:45 AM - 10:30 AM Morning tea - Day one
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM Urinary tract emergencies
Tami Lind 		The paralysis tick patient
Emma Holder
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Approach to the seizuring patient
Elle Haskey 		Shock: An overview
Harold Davis
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch - Day one
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM Management of the pacemaker patient
Elle Haskey 		Thermoregulation in the critical patient: When to share that hot air and when to cool it
Laura Bennington
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM RECOVER 2.0 What's new in BLS
Harold Davis 		Snap, crackle, pop - fracture care and repair
Teri Raffel Kleist
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM Afternoon tea - Day one
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Exploring nursing care models in veterinary practice: Influence and impact of human nursing models
Janet Murray 		Mastering veterinary nursing consults: Effective communication and clinical excellence
Wendy Jarnet
5:00 PM - 5:30 PM VNCA Annual General Meeting
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM Happy Hour with the Exhibitors

Stream Three - Eureka 3
Advanced Clinical Stream - Eureka 1
6:45 AM - 7:45 AM Sponsored Breakfast Session: Focus on fibre - gastrointestinal disease
Jessica Joosse | Sponsored by Royal Canin
7:30 AM - 8:00 AM Exhibition Open - Arrival tea & coffee - Day one
7:30 AM - 5:00 PM Poster presentations
Poster presentations will be on display for the duration of the Conference in the exhibition area.
8:00 AM - 8:45 AM Conference Opening Ceremony and Welcome to Country
8:45 AM - 9:45 AM How yesterday shapes tomorrow
Cat Walker and Trish Farry
9:45 AM - 10:30 AM Morning tea - Day one
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM Avian reproductive disorders: Hatching a plan for triage, treatment and ongoing management
Iffy Glendinning 		When sweet turns sour: Diabetic ketoacidosis in the small animal veterinary patient
Tori Brown
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Understanding and managing pet parrot behaviour: Challenges and solutions
Rebecca de Gier 		Anaesthesia for the broken heart
Marcia Fletcher
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch - Day one
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM Triage of the rabbit - rabbit doctors style
Alanna Botten 		Unravelling the intricacies: The coagulation cascade explained
Melissa Shoard
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM Getting the best from one-on-one meetings at work
Michelle Rouffignac 		Master SIRS, sepsis, MODS and septic shock
Sara Ho-Le
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM Afternoon tea - Day one
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Enhancing welfare in veterinary care: Environmental enrichment and stress reduction for small mammal patients
Rebecca de Gier 		Loco legends - advanced loco-regional anaesthesia techniques
Rhonda Ponder
5:00 PM - 5:30 PM VNCA Annual General Meeting
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM Happy Hour with the Exhibitors

Workshops/Commercial Session - Courtyard Room 2
6:45 AM - 7:45 AM Sponsored Breakfast Session: Focus on fibre - gastrointestinal disease
Jessica Joosse | Sponsored by Royal Canin
7:30 AM - 8:00 AM Exhibition Open - Arrival tea & coffee - Day one
7:30 AM - 5:00 PM Poster presentations
Poster presentations will be on display for the duration of the Conference in the exhibition area.
8:00 AM - 8:45 AM Conference Opening Ceremony and Welcome to Country
8:45 AM - 9:45 AM How yesterday shapes tomorrow
Cat Walker and Trish Farry
9:45 AM - 10:30 AM Morning tea - Day one
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM Workshop One: Become the master - unleash your equipment features!  Equipment masterclass covering anaesthesia, ventilation, monitoring and fluid management
Sponsored by Sound Veterinary Equipment
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Workshop One: Become the master - unleash your equipment features!  Equipment masterclass covering anaesthesia, ventilation, monitoring and fluid management (continued)
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch - Day one
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM Workshop Two: Mastering the essentials - aseptic techniques and catheter care in veterinary practice
Rebecca Coventry and Anita Parkin
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Workshop Two: Mastering the essentials - aseptic techniques and catheter care in veterinary practice (continued)
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM Afternoon tea - Day one
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Commercial Session One: Veterinary Essentials With KONG
Presented by KONG
5:00 PM - 5:30 PM VNCA Annual General Meeting
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM Happy Hour with the Exhibitors

Stream One - Goldfields Theatre
6:45 AM - 7:45 AM Sponsored Breakfast Session - Rise and shine for infection prevention!
Dr Denis Verwilghen | Sponsored by B Braun
7:30 AM - 8:00 AM Exhibition Open - Arrival tea & coffee - Day one
7:30 AM - 5:00 PM Poster presentations
Poster presentations will be on display for the duration of the Conference in the exhibition area.
8:00 AM - 8:45 AM Conference Opening Ceremony and Welcome to Country
8:45 AM - 9:45 AM How yesterday shapes tomorrow
Cat Walker and Trish Farry
9:45 AM - 10:30 AM Morning tea - Day one
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM Urinary tract emergencies
Tami Lind
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Approach to the seizuring patient
Elle Haskey
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch - Day one
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM Management of the pacemaker patient
Elle Haskey
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM RECOVER 2.0 What's new in BLS
Harold Davis
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM Afternoon tea - Day one
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Exploring nursing care models in veterinary practice: Influence and impact of human nursing models
Janet Murray
5:00 PM - 5:30 PM VNCA Annual General Meeting
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM Happy Hour with the Exhibitors

Stream Two - Eureka 2
6:45 AM - 7:45 AM Sponsored Breakfast Session - Rise and shine for infection prevention!
Dr Denis Verwilghen | Sponsored by B Braun
7:30 AM - 8:00 AM Exhibition Open - Arrival tea & coffee - Day one
7:30 AM - 5:00 PM Poster presentations
Poster presentations will be on display for the duration of the Conference in the exhibition area.
8:00 AM - 8:45 AM Conference Opening Ceremony and Welcome to Country
8:45 AM - 9:45 AM How yesterday shapes tomorrow
Cat Walker and Trish Farry
9:45 AM - 10:30 AM Morning tea - Day one
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM The paralysis tick patient
Emma Holder
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Shock: An overview
Harold Davis
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch - Day one
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM Thermoregulation in the critical patient: When to share that hot air and when to cool it
Laura Bennington
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM Snap, crackle, pop - fracture care and repair
Teri Raffel Kleist
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM Afternoon tea - Day one
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Mastering veterinary nursing consults: Effective communication and clinical excellence
Wendy Jarnet
5:00 PM - 5:30 PM VNCA Annual General Meeting
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM Happy Hour with the Exhibitors

Stream Three - Eureka 3
6:45 AM - 7:45 AM
7:30 AM - 8:00 AM Exhibition Open - Arrival tea & coffee - Day one
7:30 AM - 5:00 PM Poster presentations
Poster presentations will be on display for the duration of the Conference in the exhibition area.
8:00 AM - 8:45 AM Conference Opening Ceremony and Welcome to Country
8:45 AM - 9:45 AM How yesterday shapes tomorrow
Cat Walker and Trish Farry
9:45 AM - 10:30 AM Morning tea - Day one
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM Avian reproductive disorders: Hatching a plan for triage, treatment and ongoing management
Iffy Glendinning
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Understanding and managing pet parrot behaviour: Challenges and solutions
Rebecca de Gier
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch - Day one
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM Triage of the rabbit - rabbit doctors style
Alanna Botten
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM Getting the best from one-on-one meetings at work
Michelle Rouffignac
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM Afternoon tea - Day one
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Enhancing welfare in veterinary care: Environmental enrichment and stress reduction for small mammal patients
Rebecca de Gier
5:00 PM - 5:30 PM VNCA Annual General Meeting
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM Happy Hour with the Exhibitors

Advanced Clinical Stream - Eureka 1
6:45 AM - 7:45 AM Sponsored Breakfast Session: Focus on fibre - gastrointestinal disease
Jessica Joosse | Sponsored by Royal Canin
7:30 AM - 8:00 AM Exhibition Open - Arrival tea & coffee - Day one
7:30 AM - 5:00 PM Poster presentations
Poster presentations will be on display for the duration of the Conference in the exhibition area.
8:00 AM - 8:45 AM Conference Opening Ceremony and Welcome to Country
8:45 AM - 9:45 AM How yesterday shapes tomorrow
Cat Walker and Trish Farry
9:45 AM - 10:30 AM Morning tea - Day one
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM When sweet turns sour: Diabetic ketoacidosis in the small animal veterinary patient
Tori Brown
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Anaesthesia for the broken heart
Marcia Fletcher
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch - Day one
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM Unravelling the intricacies: The coagulation cascade explained
Melissa Shoard
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM Master SIRS, sepsis, MODS and septic shock
Sara Ho-Le
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM Afternoon tea - Day one
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Loco legends - advanced loco-regional anaesthesia techniques
Rhonda Ponder
5:00 PM - 5:30 PM VNCA Annual General Meeting
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM Happy Hour with the Exhibitors

Workshops/Commercial Session - Courtyard Room 2
6:45 AM - 7:45 AM Sponsored Breakfast Session: Focus on fibre - gastrointestinal disease
Jessica Joosse | Sponsored by Royal Canin
7:30 AM - 8:00 AM Exhibition Open - Arrival tea & coffee - Day one
7:30 AM - 5:00 PM Poster presentations
Poster presentations will be on display for the duration of the Conference in the exhibition area.
8:00 AM - 8:45 AM Conference Opening Ceremony and Welcome to Country
8:45 AM - 9:45 AM How yesterday shapes tomorrow
Cat Walker and Trish Farry
9:45 AM - 10:30 AM Morning tea - Day one
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM Workshop One: Become the master - unleash your equipment features!  Equipment masterclass covering anaesthesia, ventilation, monitoring and fluid management
Sponsored by Sound Veterinary Equipment
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Workshop One: Become the master - unleash your equipment features!  Equipment masterclass covering anaesthesia, ventilation, monitoring and fluid management (continued)
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch - Day one
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM Workshop Two: Mastering the essentials - aseptic techniques and catheter care in veterinary practice
Rebecca Coventry and Anita Parkin
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Workshop Two: Mastering the essentials - aseptic techniques and catheter care in veterinary practice (continued)
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM Afternoon tea - Day one
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Commercial Session One: Veterinary Essentials With KONG
Presented by KONG
5:00 PM - 5:30 PM VNCA Annual General Meeting
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM Happy Hour with the Exhibitors

Thursday, March 20, 2025

Stream One - Goldfields Theatre
Stream Two - Eureka 2
Stream Three - Eureka 3
Advanced Clinical Stream - Eureka 1
Workshops/Case Study - Courtyard Room 2
7:45 AM - 8:45 AM Sponsored Breakfast Session - Unleashing Your Patient's Microbiome: Advanced Nutrition Technology for Long, Healthy Live
Dr Sarah Robson | Sponsored by Hill's Pet Nutrition 		Sponsored Breakfast Session - Veterinary nursing skills review
Presented by Jess Cleary, Penny McQueen and Susie Falk | Sponsored by Skills Insight and VNCA
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM Workshop Three: Turning the 'nurse dental check' into a nurse-led dental care program
Maggie Burley
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM Exhibition Open - Arrival tea & coffee - Day two
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM The top avoidable anaesthetic accidents
Marcia Fletcher 		Tiny miracles: Nursing neonates
Tori Brown 		So you want to be an equine nurse?
Meaghan Sutherland 		All that RAAS
Melissa Shoard
Workshop Three: Turning the 'nurse dental check' into a nurse-led dental care program (continued)
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Morning tea - Day two
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM Finding comfort in the grey - palliative care and supported natural death
Cat Walker and Jenny Sinclair 		I only have so many hands - assisting in orthopaedic surgery
Teri Raffel Kleist 		Foal nursing
Eilis Sheahan 		ECG - what's behind the beats
Asha Yeoman 		Workshop Four: Anaesthetic case studies workshop
Anita Parkin and Trish Farry
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM RECOVER 2.0 What's new in ALS
Harold Davis 		Mastering the art of eye surgery
Kimberley Litster 		Welfare considerations of the thoroughbred racehorse
Edwina Wilkes 		Advanced acid base and blood gas interpretation
Tami Lind
Workshop Four: Anaesthetic (continued)
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch - Day two
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM The inaugural human anaesthetist Vs veterinary nurses and technologists panel and challenge
Cat Walker and Anita Parkin 		The crisis in veterinary dentistry and the welfare implications for our patients
Maggie Burley 		Parasitology basics: Managing round worms in small ruminants on lifestyle blocks
Tenneal Prebble 		Nursing AKI patients
Elle Haskey 		Case study presentations
These afternoon sessions will feature unique and interesting case management scenarios. Each presentation will run for 15 minutes, and will follow on after each other over the afternoon sessions.
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM Anaphylaxis: Physiology and treatment
Tami Lind 		Nursing the neurological patient
Alexsia Houridis 		Small ruminant lameness
Tenneal Prebble 		Blood transfusions
Elle Haskey
Case study presentations (continued)
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM Afternoon tea - Day two
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Breathe like a brachy
Marcia Fletcher 		Empower and energise: Leadership strategies to combat workplace burnout
Angela Chapman 		How to start your publication journey!
Courtnay Baskerville 		Just breathe - mechanical ventilation
Asha Yeoman 		Commercial Session Two
Presented by VetPay
7:00 PM - 11:59 PM Conference Dinner
Stream One - Goldfields Theatre
Stream Two - Eureka 2
7:45 AM - 8:45 AM Sponsored Breakfast Session - Unleashing Your Patient's Microbiome: Advanced Nutrition Technology for Long, Healthy Live
Dr Sarah Robson | Sponsored by Hill's Pet Nutrition
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM Exhibition Open - Arrival tea & coffee - Day two
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM The top avoidable anaesthetic accidents
Marcia Fletcher 		Tiny miracles: Nursing neonates
Tori Brown
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Morning tea - Day two
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM Finding comfort in the grey - palliative care and supported natural death
Cat Walker and Jenny Sinclair 		I only have so many hands - assisting in orthopaedic surgery
Teri Raffel Kleist
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM RECOVER 2.0 What's new in ALS
Harold Davis 		Mastering the art of eye surgery
Kimberley Litster
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch - Day two
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM The inaugural human anaesthetist Vs veterinary nurses and technologists panel and challenge
Cat Walker and Anita Parkin 		The crisis in veterinary dentistry and the welfare implications for our patients
Maggie Burley
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM Anaphylaxis: Physiology and treatment
Tami Lind 		Nursing the neurological patient
Alexsia Houridis
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM Afternoon tea - Day two
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Breathe like a brachy
Marcia Fletcher 		Empower and energise: Leadership strategies to combat workplace burnout
Angela Chapman
7:00 PM - 11:59 PM Conference Dinner

Stream Three - Eureka 3
Advanced Clinical Stream - Eureka 1
7:45 AM - 8:45 AM Sponsored Breakfast Session - Veterinary nursing skills review
Presented by Jess Cleary, Penny McQueen and Susie Falk | Sponsored by Skills Insight and VNCA
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM Exhibition Open - Arrival tea & coffee - Day two
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM So you want to be an equine nurse?
Meaghan Sutherland 		All that RAAS
Melissa Shoard
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Morning tea - Day two
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM Foal nursing
Eilis Sheahan 		ECG - what's behind the beats
Asha Yeoman
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Welfare considerations of the thoroughbred racehorse
Edwina Wilkes 		Advanced acid base and blood gas interpretation
Tami Lind
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch - Day two
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM Parasitology basics: Managing round worms in small ruminants on lifestyle blocks
Tenneal Prebble 		Nursing AKI patients
Elle Haskey
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM Small ruminant lameness
Tenneal Prebble 		Blood transfusions
Elle Haskey
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM Afternoon tea - Day two
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM How to start your publication journey!
Courtnay Baskerville 		Just breathe - mechanical ventilation
Asha Yeoman
7:00 PM - 11:59 PM Conference Dinner

Workshops/Case Study - Courtyard Room 2
7:45 AM - 8:45 AM Sponsored Breakfast Session - Veterinary nursing skills review
Presented by Jess Cleary, Penny McQueen and Susie Falk | Sponsored by Skills Insight and VNCA
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM Workshop Three: Turning the 'nurse dental check' into a nurse-led dental care program
Maggie Burley
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM Exhibition Open - Arrival tea & coffee - Day two
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Workshop Three: Turning the 'nurse dental check' into a nurse-led dental care program (continued)
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Morning tea - Day two
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM Workshop Four: Anaesthetic case studies workshop
Anita Parkin and Trish Farry
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Workshop Four: Anaesthetic (continued)
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch - Day two
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM Case study presentations
These afternoon sessions will feature unique and interesting case management scenarios. Each presentation will run for 15 minutes, and will follow on after each other over the afternoon sessions.
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Case study presentations (continued)
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM Afternoon tea - Day two
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Commercial Session Two
Presented by VetPay
7:00 PM - 11:59 PM Conference Dinner

Stream One - Goldfields Theatre
7:45 AM - 8:45 AM Sponsored Breakfast Session - Unleashing Your Patient's Microbiome: Advanced Nutrition Technology for Long, Healthy Live
Dr Sarah Robson | Sponsored by Hill's Pet Nutrition
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM Exhibition Open - Arrival tea & coffee - Day two
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM The top avoidable anaesthetic accidents
Marcia Fletcher
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Morning tea - Day two
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM Finding comfort in the grey - palliative care and supported natural death
Cat Walker and Jenny Sinclair
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM RECOVER 2.0 What's new in ALS
Harold Davis
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch - Day two
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM The inaugural human anaesthetist Vs veterinary nurses and technologists panel and challenge
Cat Walker and Anita Parkin
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM Anaphylaxis: Physiology and treatment
Tami Lind
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM Afternoon tea - Day two
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Breathe like a brachy
Marcia Fletcher
7:00 PM - 11:59 PM Conference Dinner

Stream Two - Eureka 2
7:45 AM - 8:45 AM Sponsored Breakfast Session - Unleashing Your Patient's Microbiome: Advanced Nutrition Technology for Long, Healthy Live
Dr Sarah Robson | Sponsored by Hill's Pet Nutrition
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM Exhibition Open - Arrival tea & coffee - Day two
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Tiny miracles: Nursing neonates
Tori Brown
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Morning tea - Day two
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM I only have so many hands - assisting in orthopaedic surgery
Teri Raffel Kleist
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Mastering the art of eye surgery
Kimberley Litster
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch - Day two
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM The crisis in veterinary dentistry and the welfare implications for our patients
Maggie Burley
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM Nursing the neurological patient
Alexsia Houridis
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM Afternoon tea - Day two
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Empower and energise: Leadership strategies to combat workplace burnout
Angela Chapman
7:00 PM - 11:59 PM Conference Dinner

Stream Three - Eureka 3
7:45 AM - 8:45 AM
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM Exhibition Open - Arrival tea & coffee - Day two
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM So you want to be an equine nurse?
Meaghan Sutherland
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Morning tea - Day two
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM Foal nursing
Eilis Sheahan
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Welfare considerations of the thoroughbred racehorse
Edwina Wilkes
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch - Day two
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM Parasitology basics: Managing round worms in small ruminants on lifestyle blocks
Tenneal Prebble
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM Small ruminant lameness
Tenneal Prebble
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM Afternoon tea - Day two
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM How to start your publication journey!
Courtnay Baskerville
7:00 PM - 11:59 PM Conference Dinner

Advanced Clinical Stream - Eureka 1
7:45 AM - 8:45 AM Sponsored Breakfast Session - Veterinary nursing skills review
Presented by Jess Cleary, Penny McQueen and Susie Falk | Sponsored by Skills Insight and VNCA
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM Exhibition Open - Arrival tea & coffee - Day two
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM All that RAAS
Melissa Shoard
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Morning tea - Day two
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM ECG - what's behind the beats
Asha Yeoman
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Advanced acid base and blood gas interpretation
Tami Lind
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch - Day two
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM Nursing AKI patients
Elle Haskey
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM Blood transfusions
Elle Haskey
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM Afternoon tea - Day two
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Just breathe - mechanical ventilation
Asha Yeoman
7:00 PM - 11:59 PM Conference Dinner

Workshops/Case Study - Courtyard Room 2
7:45 AM - 8:45 AM Sponsored Breakfast Session - Veterinary nursing skills review
Presented by Jess Cleary, Penny McQueen and Susie Falk | Sponsored by Skills Insight and VNCA
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM Workshop Three: Turning the 'nurse dental check' into a nurse-led dental care program
Maggie Burley
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM Exhibition Open - Arrival tea & coffee - Day two
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Workshop Three: Turning the 'nurse dental check' into a nurse-led dental care program (continued)
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Morning tea - Day two
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM Workshop Four: Anaesthetic case studies workshop
Anita Parkin and Trish Farry
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Workshop Four: Anaesthetic (continued)
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch - Day two
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM Case study presentations
These afternoon sessions will feature unique and interesting case management scenarios. Each presentation will run for 15 minutes, and will follow on after each other over the afternoon sessions.
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Case study presentations (continued)
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM Afternoon tea - Day two
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Commercial Session Two
Presented by VetPay
7:00 PM - 11:59 PM Conference Dinner

Friday, March 21, 2025

Stream One - Goldfields Theatre
Stream Two - Eureka 2
Stream Three - Eureka 3
Workshop/Commercial Session - Courtyard Room 2
7:30 AM - 8:00 AM Exhibition Open - Arrival tea & coffee - Day three
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM Nursing the ventilator patient
Elle Haskey 		The fifth vital sign: how to incorporate nutrition in every assessment
Jessica Joosse 		Neurological anaesthesia - don't let it blow your mind!
Marcia Fletcher 		Workshop Five: Mastery in calculations - a comprehensive calculations workshop for veterinary nurses
Janet Murray and Melissa Shoard
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Recumbent nursing care
Elle Haskey 		The ups and downs of blood pressure
Kimberley Litster 		Veterinary vows: Moral injury in veterinary medicine
Philip Vidins
Workshop Five: Mastery in calculations - a comprehensive calculations workshop for veterinary nurses (continued)
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Morning tea - Day three
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM Respiratory emergencies
Tami Lind 		Safeguarding: drug misuse in veterinary teams
Cat Walker 		Know your value, know your worth
Jo Hatcher and Jasmine Pengelly 		Workshop Six: Surgical scrub nursing - perfecting your peri-operative skills
Alexsia Houridis
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Top 10 communication mistakes and how to fix them
Tami Lind 		Aortic thromboembolism in cats
Penny Lai 		Solutions for a sustainable future – Vet professional’s role in animal health and climate action
Terry George
Workshop Six: Surgical scrub nursing - perfecting your peri-operative skills (continued)
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch - Day three
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM The Cat Walker Hour
Cat Walker 		Commercial Session Three: Human and pet aftercare – is there a difference?
Rachelle Wilson - InvoCare PetCare
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM Conference awards and close
Stream One - Goldfields Theatre
Stream Two - Eureka 2
7:30 AM - 8:00 AM Exhibition Open - Arrival tea & coffee - Day three
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM Nursing the ventilator patient
Elle Haskey 		The fifth vital sign: how to incorporate nutrition in every assessment
Jessica Joosse
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Recumbent nursing care
Elle Haskey 		The ups and downs of blood pressure
Kimberley Litster
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Morning tea - Day three
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM Respiratory emergencies
Tami Lind 		Safeguarding: drug misuse in veterinary teams
Cat Walker
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Top 10 communication mistakes and how to fix them
Tami Lind 		Aortic thromboembolism in cats
Penny Lai
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch - Day three
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM The Cat Walker Hour
Cat Walker
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM Conference awards and close

Stream Three - Eureka 3
Workshop/Commercial Session - Courtyard Room 2
7:30 AM - 8:00 AM Exhibition Open - Arrival tea & coffee - Day three
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM Neurological anaesthesia - don't let it blow your mind!
Marcia Fletcher 		Workshop Five: Mastery in calculations - a comprehensive calculations workshop for veterinary nurses
Janet Murray and Melissa Shoard
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Veterinary vows: Moral injury in veterinary medicine
Philip Vidins
Workshop Five: Mastery in calculations - a comprehensive calculations workshop for veterinary nurses (continued)
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Morning tea - Day three
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM Know your value, know your worth
Jo Hatcher and Jasmine Pengelly 		Workshop Six: Surgical scrub nursing - perfecting your peri-operative skills
Alexsia Houridis
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Solutions for a sustainable future – Vet professional’s role in animal health and climate action
Terry George
Workshop Six: Surgical scrub nursing - perfecting your peri-operative skills (continued)
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch - Day three
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM The Cat Walker Hour
Cat Walker 		Commercial Session Three: Human and pet aftercare – is there a difference?
Rachelle Wilson - InvoCare PetCare
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM Conference awards and close

Stream One - Goldfields Theatre
7:30 AM - 8:00 AM Exhibition Open - Arrival tea & coffee - Day three
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM Nursing the ventilator patient
Elle Haskey
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Recumbent nursing care
Elle Haskey
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Morning tea - Day three
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM Respiratory emergencies
Tami Lind
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Top 10 communication mistakes and how to fix them
Tami Lind
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch - Day three
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM The Cat Walker Hour
Cat Walker
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM Conference awards and close

Stream Two - Eureka 2
7:30 AM - 8:00 AM Exhibition Open - Arrival tea & coffee - Day three
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM The fifth vital sign: how to incorporate nutrition in every assessment
Jessica Joosse
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM The ups and downs of blood pressure
Kimberley Litster
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Morning tea - Day three
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM Safeguarding: drug misuse in veterinary teams
Cat Walker
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Aortic thromboembolism in cats
Penny Lai
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch - Day three
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM The Cat Walker Hour
Cat Walker
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM Conference awards and close

Stream Three - Eureka 3
7:30 AM - 8:00 AM Exhibition Open - Arrival tea & coffee - Day three
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM Neurological anaesthesia - don't let it blow your mind!
Marcia Fletcher
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Veterinary vows: Moral injury in veterinary medicine
Philip Vidins
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Morning tea - Day three
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM Know your value, know your worth
Jo Hatcher and Jasmine Pengelly
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Solutions for a sustainable future – Vet professional’s role in animal health and climate action
Terry George
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch - Day three
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM The Cat Walker Hour
Cat Walker
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM Conference awards and close

Workshop/Commercial Session - Courtyard Room 2
7:30 AM - 8:00 AM Exhibition Open - Arrival tea & coffee - Day three
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM Workshop Five: Mastery in calculations - a comprehensive calculations workshop for veterinary nurses
Janet Murray and Melissa Shoard
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Workshop Five: Mastery in calculations - a comprehensive calculations workshop for veterinary nurses (continued)
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Morning tea - Day three
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM Workshop Six: Surgical scrub nursing - perfecting your peri-operative skills
Alexsia Houridis
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Workshop Six: Surgical scrub nursing - perfecting your peri-operative skills (continued)
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch - Day three
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM Commercial Session Three: Human and pet aftercare – is there a difference?
Rachelle Wilson - InvoCare PetCare
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM Conference awards and close

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