Langford Academy has announced that its fourth Vet Nurse Congress Day will take place on Monday 23rd June 2025 at the referral hospital south of Bristol.

The day is open to all RVNs, trainee veterinary nurses and animal care assistants, and there will be content for all experience levels. 

This year, Langford Academy is launching a second stream tailored specifically for animal care assistants and an optional practical suturing session open to veterinary nurses (limited availability).

For veterinary nurses, topics include:

  • No time to paws: Triage and stabilisation when every second counts
  • Recognising and managing cardiac emergencies in first opinion practice
  • Getting started with human factors - Making it easy to do the right thing'
  • Paws and reflect: A deeper look at pain management for animals
  • Come to me with solutions, not problems
  • Emergent-ZZZ’s: Anaesthesia of the complex patient
  • 'Nursing patients with Acute Haemorrhagic Diarrhoea Syndrome (AHDS) - HuGEly underestimated!

For animal care assistants, topics include

  • A day in the life of an ACA at Langford Referral Hospital
  • How to be used to your full potential
  • It ain’t easy being wheezy; an ACAs guide to BOAS patient care
  • Basics of nutrition
  • Mistakes happen! - Creating a culture of learning instead of blame
  • From shock to action: What to do after finding an unresponsive patient

Chloe Ackerman (Head Theatre Nurse and Nurse Congress Organiser) said: “Since its launch in 2022, the Congress has continued to grow and thrive. Our goal has always been to highlight the exceptional skills of our nursing and ACA team at the Small Animal Referral Hospital while supporting our local referring practices and the wider veterinary nursing community through knowledge-sharing. This event is truly driven by our dedicated nurses and ACAs, whose passion and expertise in their fields are both inspiring and invaluable.”

Tickets cost £100 for nurses and £50 for care assistants. 

https://www.langfordvets.co.uk/events/vet-nurse-congress-2025/ 

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