Research

Assessing chronic pain in rabbits

This study aimed to look at how owners perceive pain in their pet rabbits because if owners were not thinking their rabbit was in pain, they would not be taken to veterinary professionals to be...

Client perspectives on the support provided for the management of diabetes mellitus in dogs and cats

Owners' feedback is crucial for gaining information on how a pet's DM is being managed at home and its effects on QoL (Reusch et al, 2006). Niessen et al (2012) found that the highest-rated negatively...

A qualitative study of final year student veterinary nurses' career plans and expectations

Online interviews via Microsoft Teams, with ten participants, were used to collect qualitative data. The semi-structured nature of the interviews provided a basic framework to ensure all of the core...

Exploring factors affecting clinical supervisors' capacity to train students during the COVID-19 pandemic

This was a prospective, cross-sectional survey-based study, approved by the RCVS Ethical Review Panel. The inclusion criteria for participation were being a registered veterinary nurse (UK practicing)...

Awareness, perceptions and practices of UK veterinary nurses on managing the risk of malnutrition in hospitalised cats and dogs

Current literature focusses on obesity, with minimal research surrounding malnutrition and species comparison. This study aimed to explore the current attitudes, awareness, and practises of veterinary...

Cross-sectional study of perceptions of competence and confidence in feline handling

The main aim of this research is to investigate the relation-ship that competence has to confidence and determine what factors in the registered veterinary nurse experience enable or disable competent...

Propofol wastage in anaesthesia: implications and environmental outcomes

A labelled box was placed in the hospital prep room and all staff were asked to dispose of any waste propofol syringes into the box once they had finished their anaesthetic and handed their patient...

Retrospective review of a Schwartz Rounds service for a veterinary team

In a recent RCVS survey of the veterinary profession, wellbeing scores had declined compared to 2014 and are lower than wellbeing scores from the national wellbeing survey, England, conducted in 2016....

The impact environmental variance in waiting rooms has on the expression of fear in canine patients

This study aimed to identify and evaluate the influence of environmental factors in the waiting room that may affect the expression of fear-related behaviours in canine patients visiting a veterinary...

Reviewing the emotional climates of student veterinary nurses completing industry placements

This research was focused on students' industry placement in veterinary practice's located across the UK as part of their FdSc Veterinary Nursing programme at University Centre Askham Bryan (UCAB) in...

Leading organisational change in the workplace: a review of the literature

Owen (2011) defines leadership as an individual's behaviour, rather than the position they hold. Historically, effecting change was identified as a key function of leaders (Kotter, 1996). More...

The effect of Pet Remedy on feline stress-related behaviours in a rescue centre

To test the hypothesis of whether Pet Remedy has an effect on stress-related behaviours in cats in a rehoming shelter, the relevant collected data were collated before pre- and post-treatment...