Who is this course for?

Is this course for me?

If you would like to hone your Cat Handling Skills and deliver a Gold Standard service to your cat owners? and learn tips from the wonderful Alex Taylor aka The Cat Nurse, then this course is definitely for you.

This course is aimed at all Veterinary Practice Staff who want to excel at Cat Care and decrease unnecessary stress in their feline patients.

With content covering both clinical and non-clinical aspects of feline veterinary care and practical tips and advice on how YOUR practice can deliver a five star service to cat owners.

Many Cat owners are reluctant to visit the vets unless absolutely necessary, due to high levels of stress experienced by both Cats and Owners. There are many stages of the Veterinary visit that can result in fear.

This course will help your practice in offering a feline friendly service, to attract new clients, retain existing clients and encourage more frequent visits.
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What you will learn!

This Course has 3 modules of content and this is a brief overview of what you will learn

  • Environmental needs of cats

  • Understanding Cats and fears surrounding the veterinary visit.

  • How to provide a Cats environmental needs within vet practice.

  • Feline social systems and communication

  • How to reduce feline stress in the clinical environment.

  • Fear reducing handling principles.

  • Client education on travelling with the cat and post-hospitalisation re-introduction.

  • A look at feline behaviour and behavioural welfare.

  • A review of clinical and non-clinical reasons for house soiling and feline idiopathic cystitis.

  • The dynamics and effects of multi cat households.

Some important points you need to know

  • How long is this course and do I get a certificate?

    Upon completion of this 7-Hour on-demand CPD Course, you will receive a certificate to download and keep for your records.

  • How long do I have access to this course?

    Great news is that you have lifetime access with your enrolment, so completely learn at your own pace and no stressful deadlines.

  • What do I get with this course?

    This course comes with a comprehensive course workbook, interactive activities to complete and a 45 question multiple choice quiz at the end to release your CPD accredited certificate for 7 Hours/Credits.

  • How is this course presented?

    Our courses are more than just a webinar.

    You will be taken through easy to digest bitesize chunks of learning, via a series of informative tutor video presented slides.

    Research shows, that online learning knowledge is easier to retain and absorb if video content is used rather than just audio, which is easier to just switch off from and become distracted. This way you can have a human connection to your tutor which is so important.

    So that's what we do...

About Alex.

Instructor Bio:

RVN CPD Speaker and Lecturer Alex Taylor RVN C&G Cert SAN ISFM Cert & DipFN.

Alex qualified as a veterinary nurse in 1997 and has worked in both first opinion and referral small animal practice. Alex is especially interested in feline nursing and has completed both the ISFM feline nursing certificate and diploma with distinction. Alex recently finished studying towards the ISFM advanced certificate in feline behaviour and has just started studying towards gaining her advanced diploma applied animals behaviour (feline). Alex currently works as a locum RVN and runs her own company ‘The Cat Nurse’ where she works as a locum RVN and offers CPD about feline nursing and behaviour. Alex volunteers for her local Cats Protection branch, helping to raise money for local cats in need. Alex has a particular interest in feline behaviour and stress related diseases in feline patients.

Reviews.

5 star rating

Excellent course

Nikki McLeod

Alex was an excellent speaker, full of enthusiasm for her topic which she is highly knowledgeable on. There was a LOT of information in this course that eve...

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Alex was an excellent speaker, full of enthusiasm for her topic which she is highly knowledgeable on. There was a LOT of information in this course that even the most experienced of nurses would be able to glean tips from. Great value for money and easily accessible.

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5 star rating

Excellent course for anyone wanting to improve their cat ...

Sue Glasper

Having completed the ISFM Diploma in Feline Nursing a couple of years ago, much of this course was revision of knowledge I already had, but was still well wo...

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Having completed the ISFM Diploma in Feline Nursing a couple of years ago, much of this course was revision of knowledge I already had, but was still well worth taking part in. Alex gave me a different person's viewpoint on feline handling and behaviour, and having the slides talked through, along with photos for practical demonstration, allowed for a more visual learning tool, compared to the written format of the diploma. I'm also pleased that I appear to be doing stuff right in practice and when advising owners, as old habits can die hard and it's easy to slip back into former ways. This course has refreshed my knowledge and skills and given me a new drive to teach colleagues and owners about feline handling and behaviour. This course is excellent value for money, delivered by a knowledgeable speaker who is passionate about what she does! Thank you.

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5 star rating

Perfect Feline Course

Sarah Heritage

Found this course very informative. Alex is a fountain of cat knowledge! Really enjoyed the course and look forward to taking some of the ideas I have got fr...

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Found this course very informative. Alex is a fountain of cat knowledge! Really enjoyed the course and look forward to taking some of the ideas I have got from the course and put them into practice.

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Great course

Maeve Leamy

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Cats

Sarah Grady

Excellent explaining

Excellent explaining

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A must for feline client support

Alex John

Very useful to support clients and therefore patients. Handy tips and great guidelines on how to gain full scenarios and brush up on detective work.

Very useful to support clients and therefore patients. Handy tips and great guidelines on how to gain full scenarios and brush up on detective work.

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5 star rating

Every vet and nurse should take this regardless of specia...

Lesley Morgan

Every veterinary professional should take this course as it addresses very common themes that cat owners consistently come in for and that some veterinary pr...

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Every veterinary professional should take this course as it addresses very common themes that cat owners consistently come in for and that some veterinary professionals a severely lacking in aiding the owner to manage in their household. Instead they are thrown behavioural meds, pheromones and food without and real discussion of how to control it reoccuring because it almost always does with just the three aforementioned prescriptions.

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Course curriculum

    1. Introduction to the course from Alex

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    2. Introduction

      FREE PREVIEW

    3. Elevate Your Learning Experience with the New Innovet CPD Thinkific Mobile App (optional)

    4. Course Workbook & Reflective Learning Tool

    1. Module 1 introduction Video

      FREE PREVIEW

    2. Module 1 Unit 1- Basic Environmental Needs of Cats

    3. Module 1 Unit 2- Advising Owners on Envirnmental Needs

    4. Module 1 Unit 3- How We Can Provide These in Practice

    5. Module 1 Unit 4- Feline Communication & Social Sysyems

    6. Module 1 Quiz

    7. Module 1 conclusion

    1. Module 2 Introduction Video

      FREE PREVIEW

    2. Module 2 Feline Fear Free Handling & Restraint

    3. Module 2 Unit 1- Stress Reduction in the Clinical Environment

    4. Module 2 Unit 2- Handling & Restraint

    5. Module 2 Unit 3- Advice to Owners About Travelling

    6. Module 2 Unit 4- Post Hospital Re-introduction

    7. Module 2 Quiz

    8. Module 2 conclusion

    1. Module 3 Introduction Video

      FREE PREVIEW

    2. Module 3 Unit 1- Overview of Behavioural Welfare

    3. Module 3 Unit 2 - House Soiling

    4. Module 3 Unit 3- Feline Idiopathic Cystitis

    5. Module 3 Unit 4- Multi Cat Households

    6. Module 3 Quiz

    7. Module 3 Conclusion

About this course

  • £129.00
  • 26 lessons
  • 0.5 hours of video content

Pricing options

Choose to pay for the course now, invoice your practice, or in easy to manage instalments. Same course same cost.

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