August 2016

VN Times editor Rebecca Hubbard reports from the launch of the VN Futures action plan summit.

29 mins

Stacey Bullock RVN reports from an afternoon of physical on-site team building activities for her college’s training practices.

8 mins

VN Times editor Rebecca Hubbard continues her look at RVNs’ daily working patterns by heading to a Liverpool small animal practice for a male perspective on the role.

10 mins

RVN Sophie Beckwith asks whether veterinary nurses training later in life could help the profession climb out of its retention problem.

24 mins

Samantha Thompson looks at the impact hyperthyroidism has on canine and feline patients, as well as management options and how VNs can increase owner compliance.

18 mins

Feline hypertension is a significant problem in clinical practice that causes morbidity and mortality in ageing cats.

10 mins

BVNA president Sam Morgan’s time at Pride in London leads her to look at acceptance, in both practice and life.

6 mins

Vets and VNs can be justifiably proud of what they have achieved to improve owner understanding and knowledge of nutrition, internal and external parasites, and vaccination. Sadly, however, the same cannot be said for dental and oral care.

10 mins

In a new series, VN Times hears from VNs who have learned or taken up a skill in practice they are proud of. Ann-Marie Mayren from the St Helens branch of White Cross Vets tells us how she has learned to suture.

15 mins

The use of antibiotics and probiotics in acute and chronic diarrhoea in small animals is controversial. Even the correct definition of a probiotic in the context of veterinary medicine can be challenging.

22 mins

July 2016

Rebecca Hubbard and Kate Robson look at one of the latter’s pet weight loss cases – and it’s on a pretty big scale.

19 mins

Get the latest independent information canine rickettsial diseases, tick-borne diseases that multiply within circulating cells.

33 mins

Rebecca Hubbard looks at possibilities the internet can offer nurse advocacy efforts and talks to a particularly impassioned VN on how this can be done.

12 mins

Emma Gerrard looks at the aetiology, investigation and treatment regarding FLUTD, as well as the vital role nurses can play in educating owners on prevention strategies.

24 mins

Hany Elsheikha looks at reasons behind poor compliance among owners when adopting helminth treatment protocols for their pets and proposes some solutions for VNs to action

29 mins

Babesiosis is an emerging threat to UK pets. Make sure you get the latest independent information here to help you tackle this.

38 mins

Rebecca Hubbard continues June's article on “a look at what’s occurring in practice” by hearing from more VNs about their day-to-day flea and tick treatment dealings, advice, compliance and more.

23 mins

Rebecca Hubbard reports from the 2016 edition of the BVA Animal Welfare Foundation’s annual discussion forum.

16 mins

Portly pups, colossal cats, hefty hamsters, rotund rabbits – the fight against flab is something most people struggle with, as do the nation’s pets.

19 mins

Rebecca Hubbard, in a new series, talks to RVNs about their day-to-day work, finding out what they like and love (and maybe what they don’t) about their jobs, and what it is they get up to.

15 mins