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Improving Indian Veterinary Patient Care
Back in November a group of veterinary nursing students from The College of Animal Welfare / Edinburgh Napier University had the opportunity to spend some time at Kerala Veterinary School in India. They worked alongside Indian vets, vet students and technicians to share their nursing skills and knowledge. Despite India’s ever-increasing pet population, there are […]
RCVS responds to Defra statement on its ‘protect the VN title’ petition
In August 2015, the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) launched a petition asking the Government to protect the title ‘veterinary nurse’ by legally restricting it to registered veterinary nurses (RVNs), therefore making it an offence for unqualified and unregistered laypeople to refer to themselves as a veterinary nurse. The RCVS, along with the British […]
Mind Matters: Free well-being webinar – 8 January, 7-9pm
Do you work in the veterinary profession? Then don’t miss the free Mind Matters webinar this evening from 7-9pm on developing and improving well-being in your working life. You can register at http://www.theinternationalwebinarvet.com/rcvs
RCVS veterinary nursing student enrolment fee set to increase
The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) veterinary nursing student enrolment fee is set to increase on 1 January 2016 to £174 per student. This is a £5 increase from the current £169 fee.
Competition winners at BVNA and London Vet Show!
A big congratulations to Wendy Stiff of Spring Lodge Veterinary Hospital in Witham, Essex who won The College of Animal Welfare’s ‘Roll the Dice’ competition at this year’s London Vet Show. Whilst Registered Veterinary Nurse Fiona Wilson of Vets Now Beechwood and Student Veterinary Nurse Andrew Hunter of Hornsey Vets both won the competition at […]
Send a Vet Nurse to India: Student experiences
By Kirsty Dougherty, BSc (Hons) Veterinary Nursing student – Edinburgh Napier University/The College of Animal Welfare My first impressions of India were of smiling people, crazy driving and beautiful scenery -the sun shone, it was warm and life was instantly better. On arrival at the University campus we were met with a large poster with […]
Send a Vet Nurse to India: A student perspective
By Lydia Barry, BSc (Hons) Veterinary Nursing student – Edinburgh Napier University/The College of Animal Welfare After two long flights and a car journey where our lives flashed before our eyes on numerous occasions, we arrived at the first campus in the beautiful Pookode. At first, over taking on blind bends and the constant beeping […]
2015 CAW VN Consultation Survey: See the results!
Earlier this year, The College of Animal Welfare (CAW) carried out an online survey to gain views on the current veterinary nursing training qualifications that lead to RVN Registration with the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS). The aim of the survey was to identify what those working with the qualification, and in practice, thinks […]
Golden Jubilee Award for veterinary nurses relaunched for 2016
The relaunch comes after Veterinary Nurses Council agreed some significant changes to the award process and criteria at its October 2015 meeting. This included restricting the award to veterinary nurses only and making the award criteria more focused on leadership. Liz Cox, Chair of VN Council, explained: ‘We agreed changes to this award in order […]
International Day of Persons with Disability: 3 December 2015
What is disability? Disability is a name given to the barriers that exist for some people, because their bodies and minds work differently. We need to remove these barriers so that everyone can be included. Here are some examples of how barriers can be removed: A person who uses a wheelchair may not be able […]