Tag: Clients
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Trust and risk
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PhD life continues and I’ve had a blast in the RCVS archives this summer, but as term is in full swing, I’m back to checking in on other schools’ courses and seeing what I can learn from them. As a PhD student I get to dip into other postgrad courses. It’s almost like the Trivial…
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Diarrhoea at midnight: the OOH conundrum
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The veterinary staffing crisis is hitting out-of-hours providers, which could potentially have a huge impact on the rest of the profession. Practices that outsource their out-of-hours care have been warned to have a contingency plan, while those struggling to staff their own in-house OOH services won’t have the option to outsource. There is no ideal…
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Temporary catheters in obstructed FLUTDs: buying time with a blocked cat
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Obstructive feline lower urinary tract disease (FLUTD) is a common presentation in both general practice and emergency settings. Every clinician has his or her own approach to treating and managing a cat with obstructive FLUTD signs. Working in an emergency setting, once I have confirmed an obstructed bladder via palpation, I focus on trying to…
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‘Big change starts small’ – working together to improve mental well-being
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Much has been written about the impact of working during COVID-19 on the mental health of nursing staff. Intensive therapy unit (ITU) nurses have consistently reported a range of symptoms of PTSD, having had to manage up to four or five critically ill patients who really necessitated one on one care. Ward nurses have struggled,…
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Vets in crisis: the perfect storm
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Working in veterinary at the minute is hard… We thought it was tough last year, but there always seemed to be a light at the end of the tunnel (staff coming back from furlough, the vaccine rollout, etc). We hoped by now that 2020 would just seem like a bad dream. But no. If anything,…
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Dr Google can be your friend
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Technology has changed how we practice veterinary medicine. Gone are the days of the paternalistic relationship between vet and client, where the client will simply go along with whatever the vet deems necessary for the pet. Clients are becoming more knowledgeable and, as vets, we’re often faced with a situation where a client comes in…
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Levels of care: charity versus private practice
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Following on from the previous piece on gold-standard care, I wanted to focus on an issue that seems to exist, but isn’t often acknowledged or explained. I think you all know I am a huge supporter of the vet care provided by charities; I’ve worked at RSPCA Harmsworth, Battersea and Mayhew, and I know the…
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Defining gold-standard care
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I started writing this about three years ago and could never find the right tone… so I am very grateful to be in the Veterinary Humanities group where we have had some great discussions on this. It has really helped me consider the right tone to discuss this issue. What is this Holy Grail of…
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Raking it in?
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The assumption is often made that many people get into the veterinary industry for the money. In fact, it’s always been a widely held public view that vets are raking it in. This is, perhaps, due to a combination of the recognised difficulty of the job, seemingly extortionate vets’ bills and a propensity for Range…
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Nutritional decisions
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When I first stopped full-time clinical work, I tried to keep up with any new meds or food types through journal papers and news reports. However I quickly realised that, without the filter of clinic or client preference, this was very hard to do. I still browse for articles, but find the amount of general…