UNICORN BITES: QUICK BITS OF LEARNING
Invasive Blood Pressure Monitoring
This quick course teaches learners what invasive blood pressure monitoring is, how to set it up and how to monitor it.
Want to learn about Arterial Catheter Placement?
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Video: 17 Minutes
Want to learn about Arterial Catheter Placement?
Check out the art line video HERE after watching this.
Video: 17 Minutes
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Meet the Instructor
Anita Parkin, RVN,
AVN, Diploma (Surgery & ECC), VTS (Anesthesia & Analgesia),
CVPP, TAE
CVPP, TAE
Anita has been a veterinary nurse for over 30 years. Working in a general
practice for the first 10 years and joining Veterinary Specialist Services
(VSS) in 2001.
In 2017, VSS opened their 3rd practice to which Anita managed before moving into her current role of Employment Engagement Officer of all four VSS’s sites.
Anita has kept her Australian qualifications current including her Certificate IV in Vet Nursing, Diploma in Surgery and ECC, and is an Accredited Vet Nurse and a Registered Vet Nurse through the Veterinary Nurses Council of Australia (VNCA). Anita’s overseas qualifications include obtaining a Certified Veterinary Pain Practitioner (CVPP) in 2012 through the IVAPM (International Veterinary Academy of Pain Management) and Veterinary Technician Specialty (VTS) in Anaesthesia and Analgesia in 2009.
She is also the proud recipient of the Dr Steve Haskin’s scholarship award in 2018, and the Vet Nurse of the Year through the VNCA 2022 and the Dr Earl Rippie scholarship award in 2024.
Currently Anita is the President of the AVTAA, is on the VNCA’s board of directors and is also on the VSS conference committee, CPD committee (VNCA), conference committee (VNCA), executive board, and bylaws committee (AVTAA) and is the Chair of the National Industry Advisory Group (NIAG) Australia.
In Anita’s spare time, she likes to relax on the couch with her fur babies.
You can reach Anita: nurses.in.training.2025@gmail.com
In 2017, VSS opened their 3rd practice to which Anita managed before moving into her current role of Employment Engagement Officer of all four VSS’s sites.
Anita has kept her Australian qualifications current including her Certificate IV in Vet Nursing, Diploma in Surgery and ECC, and is an Accredited Vet Nurse and a Registered Vet Nurse through the Veterinary Nurses Council of Australia (VNCA). Anita’s overseas qualifications include obtaining a Certified Veterinary Pain Practitioner (CVPP) in 2012 through the IVAPM (International Veterinary Academy of Pain Management) and Veterinary Technician Specialty (VTS) in Anaesthesia and Analgesia in 2009.
She is also the proud recipient of the Dr Steve Haskin’s scholarship award in 2018, and the Vet Nurse of the Year through the VNCA 2022 and the Dr Earl Rippie scholarship award in 2024.
Currently Anita is the President of the AVTAA, is on the VNCA’s board of directors and is also on the VSS conference committee, CPD committee (VNCA), conference committee (VNCA), executive board, and bylaws committee (AVTAA) and is the Chair of the National Industry Advisory Group (NIAG) Australia.
In Anita’s spare time, she likes to relax on the couch with her fur babies.
You can reach Anita: nurses.in.training.2025@gmail.com
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