Tag: mental health
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You are what you eat
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I think vets can be a little hypocritical when it comes to recommending a balanced diet for our patients, particularly as we – along with other medical professionals – tend to be a little lacking when it comes to our own diets. There are two main issues in the veterinary community when it comes to…
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Euthanasia: lets talk about it
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I think your first PTS as a new graduate is a significant moment across the board; there’s nothing that truly prepares you for it, as it’s very unlikely you’ll have seen many during work experience placements. Personally, I hadn’t seen a single one with the owner present. Your university might try to prepare you by…
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Listen to your physical health
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I passed out in theatre… In my 20 years of being in practice, of scrubbing into a variety of operations, of holding “this instrument” while I get hit in the face by an arterial bleed, I’ve never fainted. Which begs the question: why today? In the most bloodless of orthopaedic procedures, one I’ve assisted in…
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Five strategies to develop your resilience
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The ability to learn resilience is one reason research has shown that resilience is ordinary, not extraordinary. Like building a muscle, increasing your resilience takes time and intentionality. With that in mind – and following last week’s article, which explored what resilience is – here is a five-point plan to help develop it. 1. Develop…
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Mental health and self-care in our veterinary nursing community
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As Veterinary Nursing Awareness Month nears its end, the appreciation I have as a vet for hard-working nurses worldwide remains endless. You are compassionate and empathetic, counsellors to distressed clients, shoulders to cry on, advocates for pets and a vet’s most reliable comrade. Together, we have the power to save and better the lives of…
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Thank you to ‘incredible’ nurses during VN Awareness Month
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As a vet in a busy emergency hospital, I have the utmost appreciation for our team’s incredible hard work and the compassion they show – not just for our patients, but towards each other. Special thanks, this month, has to go to the incredible veterinary nurses of this world. The compassionate way they carry themselves…
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Prophylactic mental health
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Many facets of mental health are comparable to physical illness/fitness, and I’ve gained a lot of introspection on how to keep myself mentally healthy and happy on the vet course from lessons I’ve learned from my physical training. Since joining the gym a couple months before the pandemic hit (as futile as that turned out…
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‘Tis the season for your well-being
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After nine Christmases of blogs for Vet Times, what is the vet nurse blogger’s festive message this year? Previously I’ve espoused the issues of spending Christmas at work, at home and alone. I’ve shared the tales of the “turkey lollipop” and the festive chocolate roulette, so in another crazy year of COVID and staff shortages,…
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Roper, Logan and… Janey?
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If you follow me on Instagram you will be aware that I have been at home nursing Joey with a badly fractured leg. Eight weeks in (at the time of writing) and he’s healing well, but it has been far from plain sailing. I have had to revisit some of my clinical nursing skills to…
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When is a dog not a dog?
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Every vet has their niche, speciality or personal interest. I think I’m slowly finding that mine may be located somewhere in the gastrointestinal (GI) system; as the daughter of an endoscopy nurse I like to think I’m following in the family footsteps. I was really enjoying my lectures on the topic until we reached the…