Joy Shutt discusses the vital contribution veterinary nurses can make in providing support to owners who want to make a change to their pet’s weight and nutrition.

Providing cat-friendly resources in a feline patient’s veterinary cage, which meets its species-specific needs, will not only optimise its physical and mental well-being, but safeguard its emotional state and aid its physical recovery, too. Laura Watson RVN from International Cat Care tells us more...

Georgia Vinall draws on several studies to remind readers about cleaning your mobile phone – and every other fomite in your pocket – in the workplace.

Gemma Fielden APVN(Zoo), RVN, explores the benefits and the vet nurse’s involvement in this field.

RCVS VN Futures project lead Jill Macdonald RVN, discusses the new RCVS Academy course, designed to provide newly registered VNs with consistent, meaningful and personalised support during the transition from student to RVN.

Alex John explains how VN clinics can be of help in all areas of pets’ health and well-being – and in the vet practice, too.

Alison Mann explains how knowledge summaries have been a “go-to” to find up-to-date evidence, along with how they can aid in growing a healthy evidence base – benefiting nurses as well as patients and their owners.

Sarah Whittaker takes a look at the options available to benefit canine and feline patients, and how the RVN is ideally placed to champion this.

Ahead of her lecture in the preventive health care stream at BSAVA Congress, Georgia Woods-Lee describes the profession’s role in ensuring companion animals are fed correctly while growing, as adults and at the senior stage, and how making appropriate suggestions at the right times is vital for maintaining owner engagement…