This course is designed to provide the student with essential knowledge of companion animals’ common diseases. Students will learn about nutrition, preventative care, standard vaccinations and diseases, zoonotic disease, clinical signs, diagnostic tests, and appropriate interventions. Technical skill topics that will be applied in the clinical setting include routine patient care, inpatient monitoring, medication administration, vascular access, fluid, and oxygen therapy, urinary catheterization, recumbent patient care, and client education. The student will learn to use veterinary nursing care plans to develop critical thinking when caring for patients.