The Foundation Award
Meet the Foundation Award in Medical Nursing - a 12-month course that helps you go from feeling overwhelmed by complicated conditions to confidently caring for your patients, safe in the knowledge that you’re meeting their exact needs.
Want to confidently plan care that makes a real difference to your patients, and develop a whole load of practical skills in the process?
I’d love to spend the next year helping you do exactly that.
Created for nurses who want more
Tell me if this sounds familiar:
➡️ You pride yourself on giving every patient the best care possible, but you feel like you could do more to help them.
➡️ You love inpatient care and feel like you could be doing it even better, but you feel like you don’t know enough about your patient’s complicated medical disease to plan care that really helps them.
➡️ You feel stuck and frustrated - limited by ‘we just don’t do that here’ or ‘that’s the way we’ve always done it’ - and want help injecting some new ideas into your practice.
➡️ You desperately want to get more ‘hands-on’, placing feeding tubes, placing urinary catheters, placing advanced IV access devices, performing medical imaging, doing more lab work, delivering medical nursing clinics, and building real relationships with your clients… but you don’t know where to start.
➡️ You want to work side-by-side with your vet team to give better patient care, not underneath them - but don’t feel confident speaking up and advocating for your patients.
Here’s the thing. Veterinary nurses and technicians CAN (and should!) have a huge role in patient management… when we’re given the opportunity.
We should be planning and delivering tailored nursing care - whilst feeling empowered to make nursing decisions, use our initiative, suggest interventions, confidently discuss cases with our vets, and advocate for our patients’ needs.
And THAT is why I created the Foundation Award.
Inside the course, we learn the need-to-know theory behind different medical disorders - so you can take that underpinning knowledge and turn it into nursing care. No swallowing textbooks, no learning loads of extra things that don’t really matter - just the stuff you need to know to do your job well.
Want to get a sneak peek at my teaching style and the type of content you’ll receive?
Inside the Course, You’ll Learn:
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How the different body systems work (in an easy-to-digest way - I promise, even the endocrine system!)
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Which diseases commonly affect them - and what this means for our patients
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Which diagnostic tests we perform, and the role we play in diagnosis
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How we treat these diseases, and exactly why we use each individual drug
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What to focus on when anaesthetising these patients, so you can safely and confidently monitor them
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How to turn all of that knowledge into nursing care that meets each of your patients’ specific needs
What’s Inside
The First On-Demand Medical Nursing Course with Live Support
An on-demand curriculum that you can binge, or take at your own pace (most lessons are <30 minutes!)
6 core modules covering GI disease, liver disease, kidney and urinary disease, respiratory disease, endocrine disease and haematological disease
Unlockable case studies at the end of each module
Monthly interactive live sessions where we plan care together for specific cases
A supportive community where you can ask questions, celebrate your wins, share ideas, discuss cases, and seek support
An unlockable skills lab - complete the course, and get a how-to hub for all the skills you can use with your patients!
Beyond the Core Curriculum, You’ll Also Get:
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The Medical Nursing Community
The Medical Nursing Community is the place for all our members to hang out, support each other, discuss cases, share ideas and learn together.
It is SUCH a vibe - there has been nothing but positivity and support inside since it started in February 2023. -
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The Practical Skills Lab
Once you've submitted your case study you'll unlock the practical skills lab - a course full of useful how-to guides and step-by-step instructions on the practical skills we can perform with our medical patients!
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Live Interactive Case Study Sessions
Monthly live interactive case study calls in our ‘Treatment Room’ sessions.
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Case Study Feedback
At the end of the curriculum, you'll submit your own medical nursing case study to showcase everything you've learned, and how you're applying that to your patients.
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Graduate in 12 Months
With your Foundation Award in Medical Nursing. And you'll also get a graduation certificate and badge to celebrate your achievement!
How much does it cost
£750
Flexible payment options
pay in one lump sum or spread the cost across 6 monthly instalments of £125 (self-funding students only)
VAT note
prices are ex VAT (where applicable)
Paying via invoice
I can invoice your practice directly if that’s easier for you, just complete this form and I’ll be in touch
What's inside the core curriculum modules?
GI Disease
Liver Disease
Respiratory Disease
Endocrine Disease
Renal disease
Urinary disease
Haematology
Plus, put everything you’ve learned into action in our interactive monthly calls!
Introducing The Treatment Room - one of the things that makes this course like no other.
Every month, we'll use our Treatment Room Framework to work through a real medical case together, planning the nursing care given to that patient.
We'll also have bonus time at the end for teaching, additional case discussion, or for any questions you might have!
Got a question? Let's get them answered.
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The Foundation Award is for qualified/registered (or equivalent) veterinary nurses, technicians and paraprofessionals.
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Once you sign up, you've got one year to complete the course, submit your case study, and unlock and enjoy the Practical Skills Lab.
The on-demand curriculum is designed to give you all the information you need in quick, easy, bite-size lessons - without adding tons to your overflowing to-do list! Each module should take around 3-4 hours to complete - work through them at your own pace, as quickly or slowly as you like!
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I pride myself on making the academy as accessible as possible.
The curriculum and the monthly call replays are available in both audio podcast and on-demand video formats, with transcriptions.
The curriculum is also available as a written ebook.
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Yes, the Foundation Award is accredited by RACE, AVNAT and VCI.
This means that veterinary nurses and technicians can use points gained from completing the course for their registration in the UK, USA, Australia, Ireland, and in any country that recognises RACE certification, and the course counts towards VTS application/recertification. -
The course costs £750 (+VAT where applicable) with pay-in-full and split-pay options available.
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Yes! Most students have their clinic cover the cost of their academy course via their CPD/CE budget. I can invoice many clinics directly for this; please complete this form if you’d like me to do this. I also have a CPD Form Template you can use to request the course from your CPD/CE budget, which you’ll find here.
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Yes! If you're self-funding, you can choose to pay over 6 monthly payments or pay the course in full. The price is the same regardless.
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Creating a supportive learning environment is vitally important to me. You'll have 24/7 access to the Medical Nursing Community, where you'll have not just the support from me as your instructor, but from the rest of our academy members too.
I check the community at least daily Monday-Friday, and for any queries you'd like to post or ask anonymously, you can contact me directly via email. -
Yes! We have nurses and technicians from across Europe, the USA, Canada, Asia, Australia and New Zealand inside. The course will be relevant to you regardless of your location!
Meet Your Instructor
Hi, I’m Laura
I could sit here and reel off a whole load of postnominals and reasons why I teach this course - but the most important one is this: I know what it’s like to want more for your patients.
I was the nurse in the ward starting fluids at 2 x maintenance without understanding my patient’s fluid therapy needs. I was the nurse trying to get my patients eating without feeling like I could ask for a feeding tube. I was the nurse doing CPR on an IMHA patient on the floor at 7am having no idea why they crashed (without a vet in the building - yes, that happened) and then wondering what I missed.
I learned more through 10 years working as a specialised medicine nurse - and then wanted to save every other nurse the years of hard work. So, I took the most important bits I had picked up along the way, and poured them into the Foundation Award.
But, if you (or your clinic!) want those ‘official’ reasons, I’m a Veterinary Technician Specialist in Small Animal Medicine, a diploma and degree-holder in Advanced Veterinary Nursing, a RACE-approved course provider, and I’m currently completing a Postgraduate Certificate in Veterinary Education, Leadership and Mentoring.
More importantly, though? I’m a human being and a practising RVN, just like you, who wants to give the best care she can.
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Become a Medical Vet Nurse Expert, and Enroll Today
Boost your veterinary nursing skills with our comprehensive course. Access expert-led lessons, interactive monthly calls, and a supportive community to help you apply what you learn in real-world veterinary settings.