The RCVS Veterinary Nurses Council has given final approval for two new advanced veterinary nursing qualifications that will allow members of the profession at all stages of their career to develop their professional skills and knowledge in designated…

VetSkill has announced the launch of three skills-based Level 5 Advanced Diplomas in Veterinary Nursing: Medical, Surgical and Practice Nursing.

The recognised qualifications are expected to take 12 months to complete and are assessed via a combination…

Tracey Ison RVN has written a new book, Confessions of a veterinary nurse, an autobiographical journey through her career as a veterinary nurse.

Tracey, who started working in practice as a trainee in 1986 and qualified in 1989, spent her nursing career…

The Veterinary Management Group (VMG) has announced that candidates who want to sit its Certificate in Veterinary Practice Management (CVPM) this year have until 1 August to apply.

Achieved by VMG members who have demonstrated an ability to effectively…

The VN Futures Board, which oversees and sets priorities for the VN Futures initiative, has reported on the initiative's progress and appointed Racheal Marshall as its new Chair.

The initiative was launched by the RCVS and the BVNA in 2016 to identify…

Katie Whalley, a veterinary nurse at Chipping Norton Veterinary Hospital, has been awarded the first ever MSD Animal Health Veterinary Nurse Research Bursary.

Katie (pictured right) was awarded £1,000 for her research into the use of an ATP bioluminescence…

Zoetis has announced the winners of its awards to recognise the contribution of veterinary practices and the commitment shown by vet nursing students to the extramural studies programme (EMS) at the University of Bristol.

The awards, comprising academic…

Laura Rosewell, an RVN at the Ralph Veterinary Referral Centre in Buckinghamshire, has won the Diploma prize in this year's International Cat Care and International Society of Feline Medicine Distance Education Awards.

The 'Recognition of Achievement…

Speaking at last week's RCVS Veterinary Nurses Day, Rachael Marshall, Chair of Veterinary Nurses Council highlighted advances in the veterinary nursing profession and urged nurses to find ways of taking the lead in their career.

Veterinary Nurses…

Building work has started on the new Harper & Keele Veterinary School, which is due to take its first students on the veterinary medicine course in 2020, and will also serve students on Veterinary Nursing, Veterinary Physiotherapy and wider animal…

Lesley Moore, a senior veterinary nurse at Vets Now’s Macclesfield clinic, has become the inaugural winner of a bursary in memory of the legendary vet nurse Louise O’Dwyer, who died earlier this year.

Louise was one of the world’s leading…

The Royal Veterinary College Principal, Stuart Reid has become embroiled in a row over its students' annual charity calendar, after a veterinary vegan group complained about the month that showed veterinary students handling sheep.

The photograph…

The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons has announced that City & Guilds is to withdraw veterinary nursing from its portfolio of qualifications, meaning the Awarding Organisation will accept no new registrations from 1 September 2020, and cease certificating…

Vetpol has announced that it has been approved by the Veterinary Medicines Directorate as a regulator of SQPs, and will be offering SQP training, most likely before the end of this month.

Vetpol says its new course, which is delivered online, has been…

Hartpury University has launched a new equine veterinary nursing degree.

Hartpury says its four-year BSc (Hons) Equine Veterinary Nursing degree – accredited by the RCVS – is designed to produce a higher calibre of veterinary nurse than foundation degrees…

Cave Veterinary Specialists near Taunton has become an RCVS-approved VN training centre and launched an in-house training scheme to develop the veterinary nurses of the future.

The practice says its initial plan is to train two student nurses each year…

The RCVS Veterinary Nurses Council has approved an alternative assessment method for those awarding organisations and universities who are unable to provide objectively-structured clinical examinations (OSCEs) under the current social distancing guidelines…

CPD provider Improve International has announced that its directors have completed a management buyout of the company and now plan to expand its range of distance-learning opportunities for veterinary nurses.

Backed by RJD Partners, the directors bought…

Three veterinary nursing students have won first prize in RCVS Knowledge’s Veterinary Evidence Student Awards 2020.

The winners were the first veterinary nursing students to place in the awards, which were launched by RCVS Knowledge last year to…

Midlands-based Willows Veterinary Centre and Referral Service is launching a new three-year veterinary nursing residency programme in September which it says is the first of its kind in the world.

The programme, which is open to experienced veterinary…

Improve International has launched what it says are the first globally accessible distance learning certificate programmes for veterinary nurses, veterinary technicians and veterinary paraprofessionals. 

Veterinary nurses, veterinary technicians and certain…

Askham Bryan College is launching the Level 5 Vetskill Diploma in Advanced Veterinary Nursing (Practice Nurse), a new post-qualification progression route for Registered Veterinary Nurses, in 2021.

The College is the first UK centre to offer the course…

Three practice managers have been awarded the Veterinary Management Group’s Certificate in Veterinary Practice Management (CVPM).

The successful candidates, who completed their studies during 2020 and passed the examination in November, are Lucy Wilson…

Scotland's Rural College (SRUC) in Aberdeen has announced the launch of a three-year BSc veterinary nursing degree  – with the option of a fourth year to gain an honours qualification.

The course, which starts in September 2021 at SRUC’s Craibstone…

The veterinary nursing profession has taken another step forward with the announcement that the BSAVA has appointed Emma Gerrard RVN as a Committee Chair and Council Representative. 

Emma will take over from Kate O’Sullivan MRCVS as the chair of Cymru…