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Wanted: Out of Date Fluid Bags!
If any practices have any out-of-date fluid bags that they no longer require, we would be able to make good use of these during students’ practical sessions at College. Thank you!
CAW Business School is Now Open!
We are delighted to announce that our new Business School is now open! Based at our Huntingdon centre, CAW Business School offers a range of accountancy and leadership and management courses accredited by the Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT) and the Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM) for those looking to gain industry recognised qualifications […]
RCVS 2014 VN Examination Dates
For those students who are still taking the Royal College of Veterinary Nursing (RCVS) VN Examinations, the 2014 dates have now been released and can be found on the RCVS website.
OSCE Task Help on VLE
Can all veterinary nursing students and their clinical coaches please remember that we have demonstrated a number of the OSCE tasks with picture storyboards on the VLE, including instrumentation, open gloving, WHO hand washing and anaesthesia. OSCE tasks can be altered up to four weeks before each exam window, so please make sure you visit […]
National VN Awareness Month is here!
There’s still time to take part in the British Veterinary Nursing Association’s (BVNA) 2013 National VN Awareness Month 2013. This is your chance to help promote the role of the veterinary nurse to the general public as well as raising awareness of the profession’s contribution to the welfare of animals. You can register your event […]
2013 RCVS Council and VN Council Election Results Announced
The results are now in for the 2013 Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) Council and Veterinary Nurses (VN) Council elections: RCVS Council election Candidate Number of votes WITTE, Thomas Hermann 2,251 Elected GRAY, Christopher John 1,974 Elected JINMAN, Peter Charles 1,949 Elected VINER, Bradley Phillip 1,927 […]
City & Guilds Mock Practical Exam Day – Friday 10 May
On Friday 10 May we are holding a City & Guilds Mock Practical Exam Day at our centre in Godmanchester in Cambridgeshire. This is an ideal opportunity to attend a life-like OSCE examination with City & Guilds examiners and is open to all final year CAW veterinary nursing students. You will be assessed by 12, 6 minute […]
Guidance for Students who have Completed their NPL
Upon completion of the Nursing Progress Log (NPL) please make sure you continue to complete your Reflective Training Log to show at least four hours of active training in practice per week. This training should now include OSCE practice. OSCE training should also be evident on the NPL. Please record all OSCE training on the […]
Just one week to go to the NPL completion deadline…
A reminder to all veterinary nursing students who are looking to sit the Summer OSCE exams that there is just one week to go to the NPL completion deadline.
RCVS Head of Veterinary Nursing to take early retirement
The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) has announced that its Head of Veterinary Nursing, Libby Earle, has decided to take early retirement and will leave the organisation on 19 April 2013. “As Head of Veterinary Nursing, Libby was instrumental in leading significant developments in the regulation of veterinary nursing and the establishment of national […]