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  • Veterinary Nursing Awareness Month 2024

    Veterinary Nursing Awareness Month 2024

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    VN Times Scavenger Hunt winners Our scavenger hunt enjoyed 138 entries, of which the winners and their corresponding prizes are detailed below. Congratulations to all winners – particularly our overall winner Gem Harrison, who will be the recipient of a coffee machine. Our other winners are:

  • From blog to where?

    From blog to where?

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    Following on from my little nostalgia tour, which I started when I hit my 10th anniversary writing for Vet Times, I thought I might give you a look at what happens after my blogs are published… Some blogs created some extra interest or led to other things; others provoked letters to Vet Times, comments on…

  • Join us for VN Happy Hour: finding your nursing niche

    Join us for VN Happy Hour: finding your nursing niche

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    THEME: Finding your nursing niche: how developing a nursing specialism can enhance your clinical career DATE: Thursday 28 April TIME: 8pm Join us for this month’s VN Happy Hour while we discuss finding your nursing niche! The event will include guest speakers including Emma Gerrard, Jack Pye and Abi Edis the discussing everything from how…

  • Is that you ’rona?

    Is that you ’rona?

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    I couldn’t not write about where we are right now with coronavirus. It’s Sunday 22 March and we’re not yet in full lockdown, but it must be coming – who knows what will be happening by the time this is published. So, what can I write about? I want to write about you – the…

  • EMS vs TP – four years on…

    EMS vs TP – four years on…

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    I’ve been pondering over a blog on the current situation of the EMS and training practice (TP) schemes for a while and thought I should search for anything I may have written as I pondered. Well, shock of all shocks, I’ve not just made notes, I’d already written and published a full blog on this…

  • “If you don’t know where you’re going, any road will get you there”

    “If you don’t know where you’re going, any road will get you there”

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    Holly Kernot, VN Times editor, uses Lewis Carroll’s timeless tome to discuss the array of adventures RVNs embark on and ask readers, where do you want to go?

  • IV as a sign of competence?

    IV as a sign of competence?

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    There’s a trend in our industry that has been apparent to me since the early days of my training and I’m wondering if this attitude is prevalent elsewhere. I see, time and again, the placement of an IV being used as a marker of general nursing skill level and competence. Yet, it‘s common for vet…

  • Oh, what a month

    Oh, what a month

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    From the banning of puppy and kitten sales in pet shops to outlawing electric shock collars, Holly Kernot summarises the spate of notable victories for animal welfare that took place in August.

  • VN Times calendar competition

    VN Times calendar competition

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    This competition is now closed for entries Public voting on shortlisted entries begins on 02 October, 2018   Whether much-loved pets, grazing livestock or weird and wonderful wildlife, little gives many people more pleasure than seeing animals out and about in the great outdoors. So, we’ve decided on the theme of “Out and About” for…

  • VN Times calendar competition 2018 – terms and conditions

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    The competition is only open to practising RVNs, SVNs and veterinary nursing assistants who subscribe to VN Times, who work in veterinary practices and are residents of the United Kingdom aged 16 years or over. Veterinary surgeons are unable to enter. All entrants will be checked against our Vetfile database and the RCVS register for…