Vet Times

Tag: MRCVS

  • Supporting the whole team

    Supporting the whole team

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    While the nursing profession progresses with the protection for the title in the code of conduct and #VNFutures, we still have a shortage of RVNs, and while veterinary care will always a be a team effort, this shortage means care assistants can feel they are taking on a bigger role within the team than first…

  • Communication is key

    Communication is key

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    Recently, I have been engaged in a battle with my internet provider and – ignoring the fact I’ve been without the world wide web for a month – no one seems capable of doing anything about it. Despite these grievances, it’s actually a) the communication factor and b) lack of desire to please the customer…

  • Stronger together

    Stronger together

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    As regular readers of my blog will be aware, I was at the amazing #vetfutures last month. I’ve already written about the great day and the brilliant plans for #VNFutures. But there’s something I haven’t told you, because I wanted some time to reflect (and log that in my PDP). While I’ve been here spouting…

  • A view on VN Futures

    A view on VN Futures

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    This is an odd blog to write. I’m still pretty speechless after attending #vetfutures #VNFutures at the start of this month. This, in London, was the launch of both of the working parties’ projects. The VN presentation said everything I want to see for us in the future, and it was an amazing moment in…

  • Some notes on notes

    Some notes on notes

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    This is going to be a preachy one, I’m afraid, and I hate getting preachy unless it’s about something close to my heart (such as all the things Tim Burton’s remake of Planet of the Apes got wrong, or why The Force Awakens being basically a remake of A New Hope is no bad thing…

  • Moments (part two)

    Moments (part two)

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    There’s a horrible moment we’ve all experienced – a nasty creeping sensation as it slowly dawns on you someone, somewhere has made a terrible mistake… This is usually followed by an even more unpleasant sensation as panic threatens to set in and you ask yourself a simple, horrible, question: was it me? This sensation is…

  • Moments (part one)

    Moments (part one)

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    This is a blog about a moment in time; that heart-stopping, sweaty, cold and confused moment you never quite get used to, no matter how often it happens: the middle of the night phone call. Sometimes it invades a dream – you’re wandering on a strange shore, floating in a strange world, sitting on a…

  • Volunteering in Malawi

    Volunteering in Malawi

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    Last year I spent three months in Blantyre, Malawi. My visit mainly focused on helping Mission Rabies set up its vaccination campaign. Twelve months on and Mission Rabies has done an amazing job; its teams have not only vaccinated more than 70% of the dogs in the city of Blantyre, but also in the entire…

  • RVN debate: nurse or not?

    RVN debate: nurse or not?

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    As Veterinary Nursing Awareness Month draws to a close, I wonder where we are when it comes to informing the public about RVNs – our level of training, our expertise, our standing within the profession, or that we even exist at all. I realise we are a drop in the ocean in terms of numbers…

  • Don’t you even care?

    Don’t you even care?

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    “I’m telling you, I haven’t got the money! Are you going to leave her like this? She’s in pain! Don’t you even care?” If you haven’t heard this sentence already then don’t worry – you will. The problem with trying to make money out of pain and suffering is… well, frequently, you’re dealing with suffering…