Pet Bereavement Course

RE: Pet Bereavement Course

Doug Muir — Mon, 18 Jul 2016 09:56:04 GMT

Have a look at www.compassionunderstood.com

As veterinary nurses or assistants, we usually find ourselves at the front-end of client care. We also need to be fully abreast of clinical techniques, and now with professional status for registered veterinary nurses (RVNs), we are responsible for patient care in our own right. This is a big responsibility, but one which veterinary nurses have been trained for. However, as with vets, the training on end-of-life care for patients isn't comprehensive, and in the same way that vets have had to train 'on the job', so too have we nurses. This can lead to uncertainty about best practice in end-of-life care for patients.

End-of-Life Care & Euthanasia

End-of-life care and euthanasia is one of the most commonly performed procedures in veterinary practice. The veterinary nurse is expected to assist the veterinarian throughout this process, but is expected to perform additional roles of the comforter, or taking care of the client needs. Often this comes more naturally for veterinary nurses than vets, but we sometimes can be lost for words, particularly at this life-stage. In our research with many veterinary professionals, both vets and nurses, there was a reluctance to fully engage with pet loss, for fear of saying the wrong thing, or making matters worse for the client. So we tend to say nothing, and can in fact make the experience for the owner worse.

Exceptional Client & Patient Care

Compassion Understood training will help you learn about the whole journey of pet loss, and support you in delivering exceptional client and patient care. From insights about the pet-animal bond, to understanding grief reactions and dilemmas of owners in making decisions about their pet, we will give you information to equip you to feel confident in your end-of-life interactions. The veterinary journey is covered in the first two components of the course, from pre-euthanasia through to aftercare. The third component focuses primarily on the client journey.

Not least, self-care is addressed. At the frontline of those emotional interactions with owners, veterinary nurses can feel particularly vulnerable. We'll give you information and skills on how to take care of your own emotional needs, and encourage team support to share the load.

The course is designed so that the entire team will be confident in working together to deliver an exceptional client experience, and best-practice patient care.

Accreditation

Everyone who completes and passes the course or components will be awarded with a Compassion Understood certificate and high-quality badge, and earn accreditation points which stay with you, even if you change practice.

You can read more about the content, course structure and number of CPD hours earned in our Courses pages.

we have some really competitive practice deals for the whole team available

Contact info@compassionunderstood.com for more infromation

RE: Pet Bereavement Course

Rach Smith — Thu, 21 Apr 2016 14:07:34 GMT

Hey,

Has anyone undetaken the following online course, or is this one new?

Pet Bereavement Support Skills Training Course delivered by the Blue Cross.

Re: Pet Bereavement Course

shakira miles — Thu, 26 Dec 2013 15:42:52 GMT

Hey, Try The Bluecross they have a specific area dedicated to this :)

Re: Pet Bereavement Course

Mark Hedberg — Wed, 18 Dec 2013 16:29:02 GMT

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CAW offer this one, i have looked at it in the past but never did go for it.

http://www.caw.ac.uk/courses/sc/sc-info.aspx?scc=BSPB

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Hi, just wanted to do a quick update, this is now a full day course and running 7 February 2014. Details available on the cpd calendar!

http://www.vetnurse.co.uk/events/veterinary-cpd/archive/2013/12/18/07-Feb-14-05-00-pet-bereavement-introduction-to-counselling-for-vns.aspx

Re: Pet Bereavement Course

Roxi — Thu, 08 Aug 2013 13:53:43 GMT

Thank you all for your suggestions! It might even be useful for a few staff members to take part, especially with the e-cpd ones, it can never hurt to have good training in dealing with these situations!

Roxi

Re: Pet Bereavement Course

Michelle Morris — Thu, 08 Aug 2013 11:08:39 GMT

There is a short 30 minute webinar on Pet Bereavement for £10 on www.ecpd-vetnurse.com - this is designed for vet nurses and reception staff. The link is:

http://ecpd-vetnurse.com/2012/03/01/pet-bereavement-counselling-in-veterinary-practice-online-vet-nurse-cpd/

Re: Pet Bereavement Course

Shoned Hawksworth — Sun, 28 Jul 2013 05:04:28 GMT

CAW offer this one, i have looked at it in the past but never did go for it.

http://www.caw.ac.uk/courses/sc/sc-info.aspx?scc=BSPB

Re: Pet Bereavement Course

Jan Smout — Thu, 25 Jul 2013 12:56:53 GMT

If your receptionist would like the basics of pet bereavement for professionals, then I can highly recommend the PDSA short course on Handling Euthanasia & Bereavement in vet practice.

It is only a short course and you get a certificate of course completion and a set of course notes to download. I did it mainly as it really helped me through the unexpected loss of my nearly 20 year old cat. It taught me a few things that I hadn't really thought about, like having a Remembrance Book in the practice reception area, sending cards to clients etc. Very good stuff generally. I too am waiting to join the Blue Cross bereavement service, but apparently there is a 6 month waiting list. Not sure I will be able to join it anyway as I lost my mum 6 weeks ago and I think it would be too much to bear at the moment.

The link for the course is: http://www.pdsa.org.uk/about-us/pdsa-e-learning-zone this will take her to a general page where she will have to register to access the courses. I think I paid about £30 for the course, but it was well worth it and she may be able to persuade her boss to refund her, as it will give her a very good start at handling bereavement.

Hope this helps,

Jan.

Re: Pet Bereavement Course

nikkie — Thu, 11 Jul 2013 09:19:33 GMT

Hi there I did the blue cross pbss distance learning course fairly recently. It's a six month thing but excellent package of information and easy to follow. Check out their website for further info. My vets always ask me to assist with clients facing a difficult decision now witch is never a bad thing feeling confident to deal with these situations. Xx