Nursing

Patients with neuro-intoxication can often be the most challenging and require intensive nursing care, but can also be the most rewarding

It’s important to be proactive, not reactive, in the management of our senior patients

It is important to prepare puppies for separation from their owners and littermates to minimise any distress

No practice can work efficiently without veterinary nurses – so why are so many practices still not maximising their potential?

Non-conventional analgesics may be useful when traditional drugs are insufficient or need to be avoided

Returning to Birmingham for the 30th year, what does BSAVA Congress 2020 have to offer?

From telemedicine to tilapia, what technologies and techniques are advancing wound healing?

Patient care is uppermost in our minds when at work; it is what we are all about and why we go to work. Our practices have advanced in kit and facilities over the years and veterinary surgeon and nurs…

A final year veterinary student reviews The New Vet’s Handbook, published in June 2018

Using techniques in skin prep, wound lavage, debridement and topical antimicrobial dressings to reduce the use of antibiotics in wound care

Nikki Cumberbeach steps up to a challenging case involving a 17ft python with a tumour, and finds herself rising to the occasion.

Nikki Cumberbeach looks at the effect of the relaxation of pet passport laws on animals already domesticated in the UK, and the diseases ticks are bringing with them – some very serious.

Nikki Cumberbeach examines the new rules that all veterinary practices must follow for the microchipping of dogs, as well as the role veterinary nurses play in the procedure.

Nikki Cumberbeach is proud to have her official RVN badge but believes the profession cannot move on until all veterinary nurses are properly trained and qualified, creating a truly level playing eld…

NIKKI CUMBERBEACH addresses a number of challenges that practices face in caring for rabbit patients, including ward conditions, pain relief and diet, and the importance of monitoring their faeces

NIKKI CUMBERBEACH highlights the plight of the rabbit, a pet not suitable for all and which has very special dietary requirements that many actual and would-be owners tend to overlook, to the animal’s…

NIKKI CUMBERBEACH continues her series on how veterinary nurses can take the lead with obese patients, using food diaries and weight graphs to help compliance with clients who may not appreciate the i…

NIKKI CUMBERBEACH begins a new regular column, this month talking about the role of RVNs in tackling the obesity epidemic and how owners often overlook some of the most obvious causes of weight gain

THE Government’s chief nursing officer said recently that there was a need to put the compassion back into nursing. Which begs the question, why did it ever leave? There have been any number of storie…

VETERINARY nurses celebrated the achievements of their profession’s first 50 years and looked forward to the challenges of the next half century at a symposium in London in June.