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Tag: Stress

  • Bob Michell: a tribute

    Bob Michell: a tribute

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    I never met Bob Michell. I never spoke to him and, as far as I’m aware, he never knew my name. I’m not a follower of veterinary politics, hence I was (and, for the most part, remain) unaware of his many achievements. Despite all this, he had a profound influence on my outlook and my…

  • Don’t you miss them?

    Don’t you miss them?

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    Odd spot of locum work aside, I have been out of general practice for a few months now, and a number of people have asked the same thing: “Don’t you miss the patients?” That’s a tricky one – simply because the gut reaction of “of course I do” gets complicated when I start to think…

  • It’s all about the litter

    It’s all about the litter

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    I’ve had a bad week. I ordered a food delivery; it arrived, but not all of it – they forgot the prosecco. The horror! To make it worse there seemed to be no way of rectifying the issue, leading me to try to find a new supermarket to deliver – but which one? And why is…

  • 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…

  • Anything you say: defining mental health

    Anything you say: defining mental health

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    As an industry, we’re getting better at acknowledging the stressful environment we work in. With this comes baby steps towards setting a better work culture and realising people need access to support – from good working practices in practice to external professional help. I’m hoping we realise the days of “physician heal thyself” are over.…

  • 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…

  • The beginning of the end of vet school

    The beginning of the end of vet school

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    As regular readers of this blog may have noticed, I was a little apprehensive about starting my final year at veterinary school… Having already been in the small animal hospital for two days, we finally received our results – confirming I and many of my fellow classmates had passed our exams and could now wear…

  • RVN awareness: promoting the profession

    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…

  • RCVS council election manifesto: Cheryl Scudamore

    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…

  • RCVS council election manifesto: Lucie Goodwin

    RCVS council election manifesto: Lucie Goodwin

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    LUCIE GOODWIN BVetMed, DipACVIM, MRCVS Axiom Veterinary Laboratories, The Manor House, Brunel Road, Newton Abbot, Devon TQ12 4PB. T 01626 355655 M 07834 784385 E lucie.mrcvs@gmail.com PROPOSERS: Katherine Hall, Hayley Mitchell I graduated from the RVC in 2004 and spent the following two years working in a busy small animal hospital in Bristol. Having been…