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...
‘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’.
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...
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...
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...
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...