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  • VET 321: Operating Room

    1.00 Credits
    Harcum College

    This is a one-week course in which students participate and gain skills in aseptic techniques while preparing patients for surgery. Students learn routine and emergency surgical procedures, instrumentation and its uses, proper patient positioning and suture material. Students also learn and develop skills in the proper handling, packaging and sterilization of instrumentation prior to use in a sterile operating room environment. Some on-call shifts are required for this rotation. Prerequisites: completion of all required coursework, a cumulative grade point average of 2.0 or higher and a grade point average of 2.0 or higher in all Veterinary Technology coursework.
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  • VET 322: Critical Care Rotate

    1.00 Credits
    Harcum College

    This is a one-week course in which students learn the nursing care required in dealing with critically ill large animals. Students learn the main causes of illness, the associated complications, how to monitor these complications and how to avoid them. Students also learn emergency procedures and triaging of patients and become familiar with the specialized emergency equipment that an intensive care unit has to offer. Students work on skills as they relate to medications, drug dosages, fluid therapy and venipuncture. Documentation and communication skills are utilized. Prerequisites: completion of all required coursework, a cumulative grade point average of 2.0 or higher and a grade point average of 2.0 or higher in all Veterinary Technology coursework.
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  • VET 323: Patient Care

    1.00 Credits
    Harcum College

    This is a one-week course in which students learn to work up various emergencies as they present to a clinic after hours. Students continue to learn more nursing skills. This rotation continues to develop observation, monitoring and patient assessment skills. Prerequisites: completion of all required coursework, a cumulative grade point average of 2.0 or higher and a grade point average of 2.0 or higher in all Veterinary Technology coursework.
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  • VET 324: Overnight Nur Rotate

    1.00 Credits
    Harcum College

    This is a one-week course where students further their practical knowledge by giving patient medications as ordered and become more responsible for patient care while working alongside a nurse. Observation, monitoring and patient-assessment skills are more fully utilized in this rotation. Prerequisites: completion of all required coursework, a cumulative grade point average of 2.0 or higher and a grade point average of 2.0 or higher in all Veterinary Technology coursework.
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  • VET 325: Med/Surg Nursing

    1.00 Credits
    Harcum College

    This is a one-week course in which students learn diagnostic procedures and participate in nursing techniques as they apply to hospitalized medicine and surgery for large-animal patients. Students learn medication and correct routes of administration, patient monitoring and fluid administration. Students are exposed to fundamentals of infectious disease control. This exposure helps them in future workplaces to deal appropriately with contagious and zoonotic diseases and nosocomial infections. Students have a great deal of interaction with fourth-year veterinary students and have access to veterinary student teaching opportunities. Prerequisites: completion of all required coursework, a cumulative grade point average of 2.0 or higher and a grade point average of 2.0 or higher in all Veterinary Technology coursework
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  • VET 326: Field Service

    1.00 Credits
    Harcum College

    This is a one-week course in which students participate actively with field service veterinarians when they make farm calls away from New Bolton Center. Students learn routine vaccinations, surgical procedures, routine herd health considerations and other large-animal procedures handled by a veterinarian on a farm call. Prerequisites: completion of all required coursework, a cumulative grade point average of 2.0 or higher and a grade point average of 2.0 or higher in all Veterinary Technology coursework.
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  • VET 327: Clinical Lab & Path

    1.00 Credits
    Harcum College

    This one-week rotation requires students to spend time in both the clinical lab and the pathology lab. Students learn large animal lab procedures and specific laboratory tests commonly performed when working with large animals. In the pathology lab, students gain experience with basic postmortem methods, tissue sampling and cytology readings. Prerequisites: completion of all required coursework, a cumulative grade point average of 2.0 or higher and a grade point average of 2.0 or higher in all Veterinary Technology coursework.
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  • VET 328: Sports Medicine

    1.00 Credits
    Harcum College

    This is a one-week course that closely resembles a private practice. Sports medicine consists of five sections: Outpatient, Radiology, Ultrasound, Nuclear Medicine and Treadmill. Students learn equine anatomical structure and how the sections of Sports Medicine are employed to assess and diagnose performance problems in equine athletes. This rotation allows a student to improve communication skills while working with clients and their animals. Prerequisites: completion of all required coursework, a cumulative grade point average of 2.0 or higher and a grade point average of 2.0 or higher in all Veterinary Technology coursework.
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  • VET 329: Large Animal Elec

    1.00 Credits
    Harcum College

    This one-week rotation provides the student with an opportunity to participate in one of several elective rotations. These rotations include:?Food Animal Rotation, Biomedical?Research?Lab, Animal Care/Herd Management or Medical Records/Pharmacy. Prerequisites: completion of all required coursework, a cumulative grade point average of 2.0 or higher and a grade point average of 2.0 or higher in all Veterinary Technology coursework.
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