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Tag: CPD

  • Terms and conditions – are salaries the only bottom line?

    Terms and conditions – are salaries the only bottom line?

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    January can be a busy time in the job market as the new year makes people evaluate their lives and consider making changes, and when it comes to resolutions that actually stick, the plan to change jobs is up there. Whatever the reason may be for moving roles, there is a phrase often peddled to…

  • Is a non-clinical RVN still an RVN?

    Is a non-clinical RVN still an RVN?

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    Let’s start off this new year with a “State of the Nation” review. After all, in the murky half-light of January it can sometimes feel sluggish and gloomy if you’re uncertain about things coming in the future. So, let’s banish these feelings (at least for a little while) – where are we now for RVNs?…

  • Schedule 3 – evidence of our role secured

    Schedule 3 – evidence of our role secured

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    As well as traditional Halloween high jinks, 31 October 2017 marked a truly happy day for veterinary nurses, as the RCVS published results of its survey into VNs and vets‘ knowledge and use of – as well as future wishes for – the VN role under Schedule 3. As the full document is more than…

  • Getting #VNFutures on the road

    Getting #VNFutures on the road

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    It’s been just over a year since I attended the #VNFutures launch day. A very nervous me turned up at the RVC in Camden with the great and the good of the vet world to hear about plans to improve all of our futures. The presentation from Liz Cox and Sam Morgan for the RCVS…

  • An abbreviation too far?

    An abbreviation too far?

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    We love an abbreviation in the veterinary world. CBA, RTA, TTA – just hopefully not all on the same patient, or all at the same time. To laypeople, medical notes must seem like another language. Therefore, it’s no surprise, when said laypeople request access to their records, that these notes rarely hold the answer. So…

  • Reflection rebranded

    Reflection rebranded

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    Reflection. Yep, it’s the R word again. Now, don’t turn off, because I’m actually thinking we need a rebrand. Bear with me. As an idea, reflection seems to cause a whole heap of negativity in people. But, when you think about it, isn’t it just a process of reviewing new information and applying it to…

  • Professional conduct

    Professional conduct

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    “Profession” – here’s what the Oxford English Dictionary has to say about the subject: “[noun] A paid occupation, especially one that involves prolonged training and a formal qualification.” And on “professional”, it says the following: “[adjective] Worthy of or appropriate to a professional person; competent, skilful, or assured.” That doesn’t cover all of it, of…

  • VN training contracts: do all sides know the deal?

    VN training contracts: do all sides know the deal?

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    As we face increasing the number of training practices (TPs) to get more student veterinary nurses through the system, it’s time to look at how the relationship between employer, practice and student works. The costs of being a TP are often cited as an issue to becoming one. In last month’s blog, I gave an…

  • Human euthanasia

    Human euthanasia

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    This is a personal blog, filled with personal opinions, and it’s not that funny. Skip to the one about CPD if you fancy a chuckle, and, as ever, if you strongly object to an opinion of mine, bear in mind it was probably implanted by space aliens, so it’s not my fault. *** “We’re so lucky…

  • Role recognition: credit where credit’s due

    Role recognition: credit where credit’s due

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    Bloggers Jane Davidson and Nick Marsh team up to consider how much of each task on a typical invoice for surgery would, and could, be undertaken by a VN or vet. It reveals how, despite its importance, the role of the VN goes unnoticed and unrecognised. When Jane suggested writing a blog together, I thought…