Tag: MRCVS
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RVN awareness: promoting the profession
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It’s almost here again, folks – May is Veterinary Nursing Awareness Month (VNAM), an initiative to raise awareness of the vital role played by veterinary nurses in animal care and treatment. Despite the long title that sounds almost like it’s about our own capacity for introspection, it’s actually a fantastic reason to engage with the…
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Patient checks: OOH by another name
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My blog posts are generally written in an attempt to provide a balanced view on VN and industry issues or to get your opinions on certain subjects. Well, let’s forget that for today – I’m getting off the fence… I loathe the subtly titled “patient checks” I see on some job adverts, particularly when those…
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RCVS VN council election manifesto: Wendy Nevins RVN
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WENDY NEVINS RVN Operations manager, The Webinar Vet T: 07809 702074 E: wendy@wendynevins.com Wendy began her VN career in 1991 as a trainee at a small animal practice in Surrey. On qualifying, she moved to Yorkshire and started work in mixed practice, and after becoming head nurse, left to relocate to Germany with her forces…
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RCVS VN council election manifesto: Helen Tottey RVN
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HELEN TOTTEY RVN Trainer at Onswitch; project manager at Mojo Consultancy T: 07885 408811 E: helentottey@blueyonder.co.uk Helen has had a varied career. Qualifying in 1996, she started in general nursing before concentrating on consulting. In 2004, she left practice to work for Petplan, but quickly realised she missed practice life. Returning in 2007, Helen opened…
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RCVS VN council election manifesto: Matthew Rendle RVN
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MATTHEW RENDLE RVN Senior clinical VN, London Zoo T: 07947 812630 E: matthew.rendle@zsl.org Matthew’s VN career kicked off in 1989 at The Park Veterinary Centre in Watford, a busy mixed and exotics 13-vet practice. It was here he completed his training and here in 1994 where he became senior theatre nurse. Leaving in 2003, Matthew…
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RCVS VN council election manifesto: Samantha Thompson RVN
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SAMANTHA THOMPSON RVN Wards supervisor at North Downs Specialist Referrals (NDSR), Surrey T: 07736 736341 E: samantha@thompson.co.za Summerleaze Veterinary Hospital in Maidenhead was where Samantha gained her NVQ in veterinary nursing in 2009. Shortly afterwards, she began working at North Downs Specialist Referrals (NDSR), where she achieved her Graduate Diploma in Professional and Clinical Veterinary…
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RCVS VN council election manifesto: Racheal Marshall RVN
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RACHEAL MARSHALL RVN Head of clinical nursing, Vets Now T: 07860 924759 E: racheal.marshall@vets-now.com Racheal qualified as a VN in 2003 and worked in a busy mixed practice for three years, progressing to a senior nurse position. After that, she worked as a lecturer in veterinary nursing and animal management at York’s Askham Bryan College.…
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RCVS VN council election manifesto: Stacey Bullock RVN
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STACEY BULLOCK RVN VN team manager at Northumberland College T: 07702 064124 E: staceybullock@vetnurse.co.uk Stacey started her career with an animal care course in 2000. However, she soon saw a local advert for a student VN position and got the job. She registered as an RVN in 2004 and by 2006 was a head nurse.…
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RCVS council election manifesto: Christopher ‘Kit’ Sturgess
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CHRISTOPHER ‘KIT’ STURGESS MA, VetMB, PhD, CertVR, CertVC, DSAM, MRCVS 39 New Forest Drive, Brockenhurst, Hampshire SO42 7QT. T 01590 623033 M 07974 017303 E kit@vetfreedom.com PROPOSERS: Rob Lowe, Gerry Polton I qualified from the University of Cambridge in 1986 and spent six years in first-opinion practice, moving from mixed through equine to 100 per…
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RCVS council election manifesto: Cheryl Scudamore
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CHERYL SCUDAMORE BVSc, PhD, FHEA, FRCPath, FRCVS Mary Lyon Centre, MRC Harwell, Harwell Campus, Didcot OX11 0RD. T 01235 841017 M 07714 484522 E c.scudamore@har.mrc.ac.uk PROPOSERS: Nicky Paull, Susan Rhind I graduated from the University of Liverpool in 1988 and completed a PhD at the Rowett Research Institute in Aberdeen. I continued my research interests…