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Tag: RVN

  • 2014 ‘Drive Nutrition’ winner announced

    2014 ‘Drive Nutrition’ winner announced

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    In case you didn’t get the opportunity to attend the 2014 BVNA Congress (October 10-12), this is the moment unsuspecting RVN Lisa Reading learned she had won the grand prize in Hill’s Pet Nutrition’s “Drive Nutrition” promotion – a brand new Fiat 500! We also caught up with Lisa for a quick chat after the…

  • Work experience

    Work experience

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    It’s the start of another academic year. With this comes the students who have struggled to get work experience to secure their place on course, and those who have waited for a training practice (TP) place to come up. All veterinary nursing courses require the applicant to have completed a number of weeks work experience…

  • Thank you

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    It’s a well-established principle of motivational psychology that “carrots are better than sticks” – that is: motivating people works better when there is something in it for them than when there is a punishment. This works whether the “carrot” is a nice word or a cream bun, or whether the “stick” is an electric shock…

  • Back to the coalface

    Back to the coalface

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    Being in VN education means I can drop back into practice occasionally. We are actually required to spend a minimum of two days per year in practice for practical clinical updating, as well as another two days for updating theory. I’m booked in to enjoy two days with a favourite past employer of mine. It’s…

  • Euphemisms

    Euphemisms

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    I was enjoying a lovely nurse chat with a friend recently, and we started reminiscing about clients and the joyful comments they come out with – which brought us to the wonder of client euphemisms. For example, my friend had recently received a telephone call, during which the client had requested help as her dog…

  • The F word

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    This is going to be a tough one to write without winding somebody up. It’s about a taboo subject – one that trips a lot of new grads up. Sensitivity about this subject leads to a reluctance to discuss it openly, which then leads to high expectations but ultimately disappointment, embarrassment and complaints. I am…

  • Where should we get our pets from?

    Where should we get our pets from?

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    I gave a lovely Clinical Coach training course this week. It’s always lovely to welcome new CCs to the fold and, to add to the good feeling, there were three ex-students on the course, all freshly qualified and ready to train others – I was bursting with pride! I demonstrated our college’s virtual learning environment…

  • CPD in the sun?

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    I’m revisiting the eternal question of how to achieve 45 hours of CPD over the course of three years. One of my previous blog posts named vet specialist sites offering free and low-cost CPD and is worth a look, but more recently I have been exploring the world of MOOCs (massive open online courses). Simply…

  • Nay, nay, and thrice nay

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    Like most people in this profession I have problems with the RCVS Disciplinary Committee’s judgement on the Munhuwepasi Chikosi case last year. I have read the report available on the RCVS website, and spotted many of the subtleties of wording that the college now rely on to defend itself. I also agree with the criticisms levelled by…

  • Self-indulgent post

    Self-indulgent post

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    There are lots of things going on in the world of veterinary nursing at the moment: VN council elections have just taken place – congratulations to Hilary Orpet and Amber Richards The RCVS has announced the end of its Awarding Body role for the Level 3 Diploma The final OSCEs for them will take place in summer 2015 Due to this, the…