‘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...
The dictionary definition of ‘consent’ is ‘acceptance of, or agreement to, something proposed by another’ (Encarta, 2009). Therefore, in veterinary practice, simply put, consent equates to the client...
LoBiondo and Haber (2002) discuss that research is a way to link theory, education and practice, and that theoretical concepts supported by research findings create the foundation for theory-based...
In 1995 four colleges with veterinary nurse programmes decided to set up a network, in order to share knowledge and ideas. Berkshire College of Agriculture (UK), Edinburgh Telford College (UK),...
Veterinary nurses intending on writing patient care reports suitable for publication are advised to adopt certain academic conventions for the writing and formatting of their work. In particular, the...
PCRs provide a written account of a practitioner's observations and experiences while nursing a particular patient. These reports should not only identify the patient's presenting problems and...
In addition to the above studies, the importance of personal attributes in professional competence has been supported in veterinary communications research. Here empathy has been described as the most...