There are four key touch points that veterinary teams have with owners and/or their dog during the veterinary clinic journey – pre-appointment, reception and waiting area, consultation,...
A questionnaire consisting of both qualitative and quantitative questions was distributed to eligible participants via email, social media and advertising. Participants were selected through purposive...
Schwartz rounds are named after their originator, Kenneth Schwartz, who was diagnosed with cancer in his 40s and died after 11 months of treatment. During his treatment, he found the compassion shown...
The authors could find limited articles detailing the experience of SVNs in the CLE. The veterinary nursing profession could therefore look to the literature currently available in student human...
The climate crisis is the largest and most prolonged threat to global health ever described (Costello et al, 2009). The rising temperatures documented over recent centuries are attributed largely to...
The Oxford Dictionary defines conflict as a situation in which people or groups disagree strongly or are involved in a serious argument. In a working environment, workplace conflict is likely to be as...
Introducing exercises that elevate the activity of the parasympathetic nervous system (PNS) can help counteract SNS domination and reactivate essential physiological functions such as digestion and...
PPE places a barrier between staff and exposure risk and with appropriate use, helps prevent the spread of pathogens between animals and within the practice (Stull et al, 2018). Person-to-person...
The colloquial term ‘spoonies’ has been adopted by many suffering from chronic illnesses to describe the debilitating effect of limited physical and emotional energy that chronic pain and fatigue can...
