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The Elevate Emergency Nursing Program for veterinary nurses and veterinary techs who want to be confident in their management of emergency patients, enhance their current knowledge and take their emergency skills to the next level.
The Elevate Emergency Nursing Program has been designed and developed by a team of Animal Emergency Service Nurses, Technicians and Vets. The team have years of combined clinical emergency experience and know-how in fast paced AES hospitals across Australia and have helped mentor nurses and techs across the practices in becoming fully confident and valued emergency colleagues.
The Elevate program grew from the need to bridge the gap between general practice and emergency and critical care nursing. There are no admin or ‘fluff’ modules – the Elevate Emergency Nursing Program is built with relevant, practical and case-based care in mind, and in plain nurse speak.
The 8 modules will give you the tools to elevate your emergency patient care, the knowledge to enhance your work practices and the opportunity, with live and interactive tutorial sessions, to ask questions and study with mentors whose passion is emergency and critical care nursing.
I absolutely loved the information provided throughout the program. The content was in-depth, easy to follow, with module mentors very knowledgeable and supportive throughout the program.
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I joined AES after moving up from Sydney.I have worked at specialist hospitals for almost 10 years, working in Surgery, Medicine and Emergency. ECC is where my heart lies - I enjoy the varied cases, crazy workload at times, and the opportunity for surgical/medicine and emergency cases. I like the rush of emergencies, and the outcome for our patients can be amazing.
I have so many memories from working in emergency! I nursed a dog that swallowed a steak knife, a dog that got shot in the face with a spear gun and met one of my favourite UFC fighters while nursing his frenchie with IVDD! But my favourite memories are the amazing people I have met along the way and all the adorable animals!
Outside of work I love spending time with my family, which includes two dogs, a cat, a turtle, a snake and a bird! I have a young child who is a total dreamboat and takes up a lot of my time! Beach days and bush walks are a favourite in our house.
I have been a Veterinary Nurse for almost 20 years, and have spent time in general practice and working for a registered training organisation, however the majority of my career has been spent in an Emergency hospital setting.I currently work for Animal Emergency Services at Tanawah in Queensland, and enjoy the fast pace and unpredictability of emergency -we get to see the sickest and most injured pets andto be able to help them, and see them get better and go home is the most rewarding experience.I enjoy staying up to date by regularly undertaking continuing education.Myinterests include transfusion medicine, toxicities, neonate care and mechanical ventilation. I live with my husband, 2 human kids, 3 Devon Rex's, a bull arab and horses and cattle.
My parents are human doctors and I grew up in surf lifesaving where I learnt most of my first aid skills. I prefer animals though and after working with wildlife for 15 years I transitioned to vet nursing. I still work with wildlife but I love the challenges and contrast of emergency nursing.Outside of work I enjoy competing in triathlons and hanging out with my dogs.
I have been nursing for 21 years, starting in a mixed practice in country Victoria and 12 years in emergency nursing.
I love the variety of cases we get to see in emergency nursing. I love being able to make a difference to our patients especially when they often come in critically ill and being able to help stabilise them and seeing them get to go home or back to their regular vet for ongoing treatment. I enjoy the challenge of thinking outside the box when challenges arise, and am lucky to be able to have a hands on role, collecting bloods, placing IV’s, placing nasal lines, etc. This makes the role very fulfilling.
Outside of work I love going to the beach, road tripping around Australia, watching horror movies, hanging out with all my rescue animals I have collected over the years from work. This includes 6 cats, 8 budgies, 1 duck and 10 chickens.
I have been nursing for 11 years in general practice and emergency. I have been at Animal Emergency Service Tanawah for two years and love the fast-paced emergency environment, the crazy cool medicine and getting fur kids back home at the end of the day. At home I am pet mum to two (slightly naughty) dogs, one cat, a spotted python and four chickens, as well as three human children.
I’ve been lucky enough to call AES my home since the day of graduation. From my very first day of study, I knew it was emergency and critical care medicine that I wanted to practice. Something about the fast paced, adrenaline filled environment and the mind boggling cases just really caught my attention. Doing placement at Australia’s leading veterinary emergency hospital, AES, really solidified my love for this particular field and I now can’t picture myself doing anything else.
Tori achieved a Bachelor of Applied Science with a major in Veterinary Technology and Certificate IV in Veterinary Nursing in 2015 from the University of Queensland. Upon graduation she was lucky enough to be offered a position as an emergency technician at Animal Emergency Services (AES), Gold Coast. After developing her skills as a new graduate nursing medical and surgical patients throughout a mixed specialist and emergency practice, Tori began to work in the ICU at AES Gold Coast and quickly developed an immense passion for critical care nursing. In 2018 she made the leap to Pet ICU, Underwood as a Core Critical Care Nurse where, along with nursing the most critical patients in south east Queensland, she is now involved with training and education of the nursing team. Tori achieved her Veterinary Technician Specialist in Emergency & Critical Care through The Academy of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care Technicians and Nurses in 2023 and hopes to inspire other Veterinary Nurses & Technicians to undertake specialty training. Some of her favourite cases to manage are ventilator, septic, endocrine and cardiology patients, as well as pain management.
Full Payment Upfront: Total payable AU$1290.00.
All prices are inclusive of compulsory 10% GST.
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*An administration fee of $95.00 will charged for all payment plans. All prices are inclusive of compulsory 10% GST.
Want to know more? Contact the Improve Team by email at [email protected] or call us on +61 (07) 3244 1650.
Terms and Conditions apply to all bookings.
Please find the terms and conditions here.
To join the Elevate Emergency Nursing Program it is recommended you are a Cert IV Nurse or a graduated Veterinary Technician. If you are working towards these qualifications and are in a busy clinical and emergency practice, this program will also benefit you. Feel free to call the Improve Team +61 (07) 3244 1650 if you are unsure and we can help assess your suitability for the program.
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Once you enrol in the program, you will receive updates from the Improve Team and in the week prior to the Program start you will receive the full Program handbook, with your schedules, tutorial links and other helpful information.
The online program modules are released on a Monday.
There is a combined follow-up live tutorial and Q&A for each module that runs every third week (e.g. Modules 1 and 2 are released weekly, followed by a combined tutorial on the third week). Please see the Modules section for more information on each module’s content and learning objectives.
There are four live online tutorials offered in the Elevate Emergency Nursing Program. Each tutorial covers the content of the previous two modules. Tutorials are offered every third week on a Wednesday night 19.00 – 20.30. All dates will be advised at the start of your program.
Please note all tutorial times are AEST/QLD time. Queensland does NOT observe daylight savings.
At the end of each module content, there are a series of questions.
These questions will be of short answer format and case-based around the module material.
The 90 minutes tutorial on ZOOM is a live virtual classroom where case studies will be reviewed and any questions discussed. Additional materials may also be presented.
All the online ZOOM tutorials will be recorded and made available on the learning platform within 24 hours of completion. You can then view (and review!) at a time that suits you.
We recommend that you do try to attend the live sessions if possible. Your experienced program mentor will ensure this is a casual and friendly environment to raise questions and work through the case-studies.
ZOOM is a cloud-based meeting room. You can access ZOOM directly by a web browser https://zoom.us/ or you can download the ZOOM app.
You will be provided with a ZOOM meeting ‘link’ to click on (or cut and paste into your browser) to join your tutorial.
Please see ZOOM support for full technical requirements: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/201362023-System-Requirements-for-PC-Mac-and-Linux
Each of the 8 Modules has a series of non-assessed multiple choice questions (MCQs) to test your knowledge at the completion of the Module content.
On completion of the full program, an entirely online multiple choice question (MCQ) exam has been developed. This online MCQ examination will be run 2 weeks after all the module content has been delivered. The exam is optional and provides an opportunity for a knowledge check. It is not compulsory and delegates do not need to complete the exam to successfully complete the program.