Education

Establishing quality online presence for veterinary practices

In a literal sense, when talking about developing an online presence for veterinary practices we are talking about digital marketing (otherwise known as internet marketing or online marketing)....

Statistics in veterinary nursing research: what to know before starting the study

To calculate an adequate sample size it is important to quantify the objectives of the study, for example:.

Experience of designing and implementing a care plan in the veterinary environment

As well as forming an evidence base of its own, the progression of the veterinary nursing profession has led to the modification of the way in which veterinary nursing is approached, hence the...

A practical guide to publishing research for veterinary nurses

Although preparing a paper for publication can be one of the most difficult stages of completing a research project (Kurmis, 2003), it can also be regarded as one of the most important as publishing...

Legal and ethical considerations when undertaking veterinary nurse research

Ethical research is about ensuring the welfare of the patient but also ensuring the research itself is valid and non-harmful in a wider social context. Not only does invalid research use valuable...

Collecting data and designing experiments

Quantitative studies involve collection of numbers, percentages etc, whereas qualitative studies involve collection of descriptive words and sentences (Blumberg et al, 2011). When deciding on how to...

Literature searching and reviewing

In reality, literature searching can be tedious and an inexperienced VN or researcher can often spend hours searching for useful information to no avail; this can happen to experienced researchers too...

Veterinary nursing research: types, importance and dissemination

‘Without the development of a research base to refine and provide evidence about the value of practice…[it] simply will not survive, much less thrive as a profession’.

How to run Talking Walls: an interprofesional education resource

The present paper will focus on Talking Walls, a small group teaching technique, first described within interprofessional healthcare education by Parsell et al in 1998. A veterinary version of Talking...

Triage in the veterinary emergency room: part 2

The neurologic triage examination begins as soon as the patient is seen. It is an abbreviated neurologic examination that observes components of the patient interacting with the environment. If...

Triage in the veterinary emergency room: part 1

Respiratory distress is a common scenario for which owners seek emergency treatment. Respiratory emergencies require rapid assessments and decisions. The patient's respiratory rate, effort, and noise...

Development of the VN online clinical placement tool

The ‘VN Online Clinical Placement Tool’ was based on the EMS Driving Licence and was developed in Adobe Flash. As several members of the project team were co-authors of the EMS Driving Licence CAL, it...