Laura C Harvey

Academic Programme Manager, School of Environmental and Animal Science, Unitec Institute of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand

Assessing body condition scores assigned to images of dogs by veterinary nurses working in urban, rural and suburban settings in New Zealand

This quantitative study used a cross-sectional design comprising 26 questions. A questionnaire targeting veterinary nurses in clinical practice in New Zealand was distributed via social media (private...

Stress and compassion fatigue in veterinary nurses in New Zealand

This research demonstrates that veterinary nurses in New Zealand report a high incidence of stress and compassion fatigue in their lives due to their working environment. Methods of coping by...