The University of Glasgow is to start delivering an online distance learning Master of Science in Advanced Practice in Veterinary Nursing from September.
Veterinary nurses attending the 2017 The Association of Zoo and Exotic Veterinary Nurses Congress in Bristol learned they have a key role to play in assessing and improving animal welfare.
Staff have promoted the āawesome and importantā role veterinary nurses play by throwing their own careers event for Veterinary Nursing Awareness Month 2017.
One of the UKās most isolated vets is offering colleagues the chance to experience practice life ā island style. Vets, student vets and RVNs can undertake a week-long voluntary placement on the Isles of Scilly.
Former RVN Helen Ballantyne has said veterinary practices should empower VNs to become ālinkā and specialist nurses, replicating a similar model used in NHS hospitals across the UK.
Leeds-based Beechwood Veterinary Group is inviting pets to free nail clipping clinics to raise money for a local rescue fund that helps pay for the treatment and care of strays.
The Veterinary Christian Fellowship is to explore pain management in companion animals via a CPD session at the University of Bristol's vet school in May.