Veterinary Nursing

The On-Campus Veterinary Nursing Program 

The Distance Learning Veterinary Nursing Program

Students in the Distance Learning Veterinary Nursing Program gain hands-on experience by working with animals such as dogs, cats, horses, cattle, sheep/goats, rabbits, rodents, and birds in veterinary hospitals. Traditional classroom coursework for the program is completed online. Students are not required to visit the campus for any reason. However, on-campus weekend mentorships are offered during the fall and spring semesters for the large animal mentorship, laboratory animal/ exotic pet mentorship, and microbiology mentorship courses as a convenience for students who do not have those species in their area.

Distance Learning Veterinary Nursing Program students must be computer literate, well-organized, highly motivated, have excellent time management skills, be able to meet deadlines, be capable of reading and comprehending written materials, and take responsibility for their actions.

Starting with the second term courses, distance learning students are required to work with veterinary hospitals to complete the hands-on skills required by the American Veterinary Medical Association.

Distance learning students are required to have a computer with a web cam, a headset with a microphone, and have reliable, high speed Internet access. Starting with the second term of the program, students must also have a veterinary hospital in which the mentorships and veterinary clinical experiences courses can be completed.

Mentorship courses will require access to a video camcorder or a smartphone (must be less than four years old with an excellent quality camera capable of clear video and close-up zoom capabilities and excellent sound quality) and tripod for use when recording hands-on AVMA essential skills.
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