Organisation looking for assistance with education and welfare sessions, run with The British Horse Society, that have been on hiatus for 15 months due to COVID-19.
Hospital’s VN team has been boosted by gaining two newly qualified RVNs, while senior nurse achieves Diploma in Advanced Veterinary Nursing qualification.
RVN Clare Burrows, from Lancaster Vets in Bowerham, has completed an advanced certificate in feline behaviour through the International Society of Feline Medicine.
The session aims to raise awareness of mental health and well-being, including what makes it good or poor, as well as the symptoms of poor mental health.
The virtual event will see more than 150 newly qualified veterinary nurses welcomed on to the register, as well as celebrate those who have recently achieved their Diploma in Advanced Veterinary Nursing.
The video has been made by Grace Oldham to mark Veterinary Nursing Awareness Month and highlight the crucial role of RVNs at Southfields Veterinary Specialists.
Europe’s largest non-clinical veterinary conference went online for the first time, with more than 600 delegates, exhibitors and speakers attending from 13 to 14 May.
The Kennel Club has urged the Government to continue pursuing the nationwide ban on shock collars after a legal challenge from electric shock collar manufacturers.
The awards are the result of a collaboration between VET Festival, MWI Animal Health and Vet Times, and have been created to honour practice staff for their heroic efforts during the pandemic.
All staff at VetPartners practices to be provided hard hats when working with horses as part of a company-wide Hat Hair – Don’t Care campaign (17 to 21 May).
The six videos – released to coincide with Veterinary Nursing Awareness Month – provide an insight into the highly skilled role of the RVN at a busy referral centre.
Action Plan for Animal Welfare to focus on five key areas – animal sentience and cruelty; international advocacy; farm animal welfare; welfare of pets; and kept wild animals.
North Downs Specialist Referrals’ pioneering new model – along with the appointment of a new head of nursing services – places a real emphasis on the importance of vet nurses and nursing assistants.
Vets at Axiom Veterinary Laboratories alarmed about an increase in confirmed CTVT cases, most of them in dogs imported from Romania – and have urged colleagues to be alert.
