Surgical Nursing: Upskill and develop your surgical nursing skills

Approved for 9 CVE points from the VCI

Are you looking to improve your surgical techniques and skills? Then, this is the course for you! This one-day course will combine a mixture of theory and practical learning covering a range of topics such as:

  • Surgical Asepsis and Surgical site infections
  • Assitant preparation and surgical scrub techniques 
  • Prep of the patient. 
  • Wound treatments, debridement and management 
  • Placement of drains and debridement of wounds
  • Suturing skin post op and wound closures

The skills learnt throughout this course will ensure you succeed in healing all types of wounds that may come into your practice. Wounds can vary from tramutic and open to clean surgical, our speakers will discuss types in between. 

Speakers: Mairead Deasy Dip AVN Dip HE CVN RVN & Mark Mc Corry McCorry RVN, DipVN, BSc (Hons) AAB

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Surgical Nursing: Upskill and develop your surgical nursing skills


Duration:1 day


Level:9


  • 1 day
  • Tue 10 Jun 2025 | 09:00 - 17:00

With clinics becoming busier every day, it is key that vet nurses utilise all of their skills on a daily basis to ensure the clinic runs smoothly and efficiently. Veterinary Nurses can be overlooked when it comes to minor procedures, but this course will ensure you are confident and competent to carefully manage wounds, place skin-closing sutures post op and much more. Vet nurses are a valuable asset to any veterinary team and this course will boost your contributions to the team even more.

This course promises to be a great interactive day.

**FREE** Skin suture pad and instrument kit to take home (worth €45) to practice suturing.