Professional veterinary nursing - Principles of health and safety - Anatomy and physiology - Genetics - Principles of microbiology - Principles of parasitolgy - Principles of infection and immunity - Medicines : pharmacology, therapeutics and dispensing - Client communication and practice organization - Nurse-led clinics - Animal handling, restraint and transport - The nursing process, nursing models and care plans - Nutrition and feeding - Managing the hospital ward and basic patient care - Nursing interventions in hospitalized animals - Diagnostic imaging - Veterinary laboratory equipment and techniques - Medical disorders of dogs and cats and their nursing - Small animal first aid and emergencies - Small animal fluid therapy - Anaesthesia and analgesia - Theatre practice - Small animal surgical nursing - Reproduction, obstetric and paediatric nursing - Dentistry