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Clinical coaching – teaching and guiding future veterinary nurses
- 12 Mar 2021
RVN Kendall Adams shares her top tips for successfully tutoring student veterinary nurses.
Pet Blood Bank: how VNs can help
- 8 Mar 2021
Training and induction manager at Pet Blood Bank UK Helen Rooney highlights how VNs can get involved in the charity’s vital work.
My year as a front-line vet
- 2 Mar 2021
RCVS specialist in small animal surgery (soft tissue) John Williams MA, VetMB, DipECVS, CertVR, LLB, FRCVS, shares his experiences of swapping referral work with emergency cases amid a global pandemic.
Employee turnover: it’s all about money, right?
- 5 Feb 2021
In the final of her four-part series taking an evidence-based approach to bust myths around popular management concepts, Sarah Page-Jones BVSc, MBA, CertSAS, MRCVS, looks at various reasons why staff changes occur and the knock-on effect this can have on the rest of the team.
Employee engagement – is performance poor without it?
- 5 Feb 2021
Sarah Page-Jones BVSc, MBA, CertSAS, MRCVS, continues her evidence-based approach to bust myths around popular management concepts.
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Wildlife watch: how VNs can help care for these animals in practice
- 15 Jan 2021
Aspiring wildlife nurse Emma Onyejekwe shares her passion for nursing these patients, her experience of studying a new qualification in lockdown and results from a personal survey to ascertain the extent of wildlife knowledge in general practice.
Performance management – it’s wrong to neglect appraisals, right?
- 12 Jan 2021
Sarah Page-Jones BVSc, MBA, CertSAS, MRCVS, continues her evidence-based approach to bust myths around popular management concepts.
Time management – can we do less and feel better?
- 11 Jan 2021
Sarah Page-Jones takes an evidence-based approach to bust myths around popular management concepts, starting with this on time management.
From mucking out to running worm egg count samples: all in a day’s work
- 22 Dec 2020
Meet Cara Baillie – equine registered animal medicines advisor representative on the Animal Medicines Training Regulatory Authority council – who shares her career journey and how she has managed her new role amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Taking the leap from VN to practice owner
- 8 Oct 2020
Four RVNs from the Pets at Home Vet Group share their vet nurse to joint venture partner journeys.
Time for a change
- 7 Oct 2020
Helen Tottey RVN, reflects on an article she wrote for VN Times on client retention back in 2002 and, 18 years on, what needs to change in relation to client services and VN consults as we step into the new normal world…
From surgical suite to central support
- 23 Sep 2020
AMY BOWCOTT, DipAVN(Surgical), RVN, describes her role as a talent acquisition specialist for the Linnaeus Group, as well as her passion for passing on skills and knowledge to fellow veterinary professionals.
Emotional intelligence: making a difference to day one competences
- 17 Aug 2020
Emily Bridges – graduate programme lead at Vets4Pets and an emotional intelligence practitioner – defines this missing link between personality and performance, the reasons why it has been included in the RCVS day one competences and the difference it could make to veterinary surgeons embarking on their careers…
Virtual conference success shows profession adapting to new normal
- 17 Aug 2020
All our lives have been transformed in a few short months – and one area has been loss, at present, of the face-to-face conference experience so beloved by everyone in the profession. But organisations such as IVC Evidensia have found success with online events, as the company’s Trudi Purdy explains…
A tour of leadership styles
- 23 Jul 2020
Rob Williams, MVB, CertSAS, MRCVS, walks readers through various theories associated with assuming the role of a leader and how these apply in a clinical setting.
Pursuing my passion – life as a deaf RVN
- 13 Jul 2020
With 12 million people living in the UK with hearing loss, the chances of crossing paths in veterinary practice are very high. RVN Megan Blythe explains the difference between being deaf and Deaf, the challenges she has overcome while working in a referral hospital, and why being more deaf aware can have a big impact on your co-workers and clients.
Male vet nurses: why are they still lacking?
- 25 Jun 2020
Six male RVNs from the Pets at Home Vet Group discuss stereotypes and preconceptions they face, and share their thoughts on how to bring more men into the profession.
Healing hands of physiotherapy
- 14 Jun 2020
Tom Jackson speaks to Leanne Dobrowolski about why she diversified her veterinary career into this area of rehabilitation.
A walk on the wild side in Africa
- 14 Jun 2020
RVN Kim Houghton describes her route into the progression, and how falling in love with South Africa as a teenager led her to fulfil her dream of living and working in the country.
VN P-P-picks up penguins in need
- 7 Jun 2020
Amelia Poole shares her experience of volunteering with the South African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds in South Africa’s Eastern Cape and why you should never underestimate the “scrappy” African penguin.