Course summary
Overview This online, flexible course will enable you to develop skills, experience and knowledge to enhance your veterinary nursing career and continue your personal and professional development alongside existing commitments. You will develop critical thinking, analytical, problem solving and reflective skills enabling you to demonstrate competent and holistic veterinary nursing care in a range of veterinary settings. You will be encouraged to engage with life-long learning and develop transferable skills to enhance your veterinary nurse role. We have 145 years of experience delivering professional, creative and technical education that prepares students – like you – for success in global careers. Why study Veterinary Nursing (Top-up) with us You'll be taught by leading practitioners who will be on hand to support you throughout your studies, developing your understanding of the legal and professional codes of conduct relevant to veterinary nursing. You’ll explore how to communicate information to effectively support decision making and critically analyse and interpret data and appraise its value in the management of veterinary nursing care. You will also apply the principles of evidence based veterinary nursing, evaluate areas of responsibility and decision making and use reflection to appraise, evaluate and enhance veterinary nursing care. In the Quality Improvement modules you'll have the opportunity to explore your own specific interests, during which you'll be supported by experienced tutors and have the opportunity to interact with external speakers during the Veterinary Nursing Futures module. Build your professional Veterinary Nursing skills In year one (full-time route) you will further your understanding of surgical and medical veterinary nursing, learn how to plan and deliver appropriate veterinary nursing care, study evidence-based veterinary nursing and explore the veterinary nursing profession and the role of veterinary nurse. In year two you will further your understanding of nursing emergency and critical care veterinary patients and those patients undergoing anaesthesia. You’ll have the opportunity to research an area of interest to you through the Quality Improvement modules. Supporting you directly You'll be taught by an experienced teaching team with a wide range of expertise and professional experience. You'll also learn from guest lecturers at appropriate points in the programme. The course is taught via distance learning, which enables you to fit your study around existing commitments. Work is divided into credits of approximately 10 hours of study time. You will need to complete 120 credits per year, which are broken down into modules of 30 credits.
Modules
Year 1: VET2205 Veterinary Nursing Futures – 30 credits VET2206 Medical Veterinary Nursing – 30 credits VET2207 Surgical Veterinary Nursing – 30 credits VET2208 Evidence- Based Veterinary Nursing – 30 credits Year 2: VET3740 Anaesthesia for Veterinary Nursing Practice – 30 credits VET3741 Applied Emergency and Critical Care for Veterinary Nursing – 30 credits VET3742 Quality Improvement Proposal – 30 credits VET3743 Quality Improvement Project – 30 credits For more details about this programme, please visit the course page: https://www.mdx.ac.uk/courses/undergraduate/veterinary-nursing-top-up-bsc-honours/
How to apply
This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.
Application codes
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Points of entry
The following entry points are available for this course:
- Year 1
- Year 2
Entry requirements
Qualification requirements
UCAS Tariff
English language requirements
Test | Grade | Additional details |
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IELTS (Academic) | 6 | With a minimum of 5.5 in each component |
TOEFL (iBT) | 72 | With at least 17 in listening & writing, 20 in speaking and 18 in reading |
PTE Academic | 59 | With at least 59 in all components |
Student Outcomes
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Fees and funding
Tuition fees
Republic of Ireland | £9250 | Year 1 |
Channel Islands | £9250 | Year 1 |
EU | £16600 | Year 1 |
England | £9250 | Year 1 |
Northern Ireland | £9250 | Year 1 |
Scotland | £9250 | Year 1 |
Wales | £9250 | Year 1 |
International | £16600 | Year 1 |
Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .
Additional fee information
Provider information
Middlesex University
Hendon Campus
The Burroughs
Barnet
NW4 4BT