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Day 22 – Bearers of more information! If doing notice boards wasn’t enough, Veterinary Nurses are in charge of putting together information packs for clients. This will often include useful ‘night time reading’ on vaccinations, insurance, microchipping,…
Day 15 – Endure a day covered in bodily fluids… Disgusting, I know, but there are always days when a cat has peed on you, a dog has slobbered all down your top, emptied their anal glands…
Day 8 – Dentals A vet will be doing the extractions, but more often than not it’s the nurse’s job to scale and polish the teeth, whilst checking for signs of gum and dental disease. The nurse…
It’s that time of year again! Veterinary Nurse Awareness month! Throughout May I will be writing a daily diary entry showing the world what us Veterinary Nurse’s do! Day 1 First and foremost, we have a genuine…
We are on the hunt for qualified vets, vet nurses, veterinary students or others in the professional field, who would like to contribute towards educating the veterinary community of the future. You can either write for us…
I’m pleased to say sinonasal aspergillosis is not a condition I see very often in either cats or dogs as I know it can be challenging to diagnose and manage. However, after watching Simon Tappin’s webinar on…
Most businesses have been affected by coronavirus pandemic resulting in reduced income. That is extra hard for places like zoos – they rely on money from tickets to pay to feed animals and for keepers to keep…
If you want to take the plunge and volunteer abroad for the first time, that is fantastic and I encourage you to! But be warned, once you start, you will most likely catch the travel/volunteer bug! I…
It’s no secret that I have always been a strong supporter of the veterinary nursing profession! The respect for my co-professionals developed during my 4th and final years at Bristol vet school, when I realised just how…
There is no getting away from the fact that these are literally unchartered territories. None of us have been through anything like this and it is almost futile to speculate as to how this whole outbreak will…
