While published reflections on the design and implementation of care plans based on the OJAM (2007) almost uniformly identify the advantages of utilising this framework for planning patient care, they...
The medical model derived from the human medical practice focuses on the illness or malfunction of a particular part or system of the body (Faulkner, 1985). The treatment thus focuses on just that...
Chemotherapy, being a systemic treatment, is most commonly used to treat diffuse cancers, such as lymphoma, leukaemia (Chun et al, 2007). It may be used in a variety of ways, e.g. as an adjunct to...
The term hospice comes from the Latin word hospitium, which means to host. Hospice is defined as a facility or programme designed to provide a caring environment for supplying the physical and...
‘Veterinary nurses must work together and with others in the veterinary team and business, to coordinate the care of animals and the delivery of services.’.
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)....
To calculate an adequate sample size it is important to quantify the objectives of the study, for example:.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...