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Re: FFS

Nick Shackleton — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 18:13:26 GMT

If you like surgery think you have to be prepared to do anaesthesia as well. Where I used to work, before a move to the dark-side , was predominately surgical biased and we used to rotate between GA nurse and scrub nurse.

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Steph Worsley — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 22:18:43 GMT

[quote user="Kim Blowing RVN"]

We do soft tissue, ortho, opthamology, neurology, internal medicine and oncology referral.

I doubt you would get a theatre nurse job which didn't involve having to do anaesthesia. We have anaesthetists for scary cases and for help if we need them but otherwise the nurses do it.

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suppose i am lucky that we have (usually) plenty of anaesthetists plus we have the vet students who do anaesthesia rotation (obv supervised by the qualifieds) so that pretty much doubles our anaesthesia quota during term time

plus we have specialist nurses so i dont have to rotate round all the services ....... heaven!!!!!

Re: FFS

Kim Buckley — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 22:13:42 GMT

[quote user="Steph Worsley RVN MBVNA"]

the most anaesthesia I do is monitoring sedations during imaging or if they are pushed i will monitor for endoscopy or on a weekend (very rare though) which i find fab, personally found anaesthesia/surgery boring hence me going into internal medicine

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Theatre is my least favourite thing. Prefer it when my patient is awake!

Re: FFS

Kim Buckley — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 22:13:00 GMT

We do soft tissue, ortho, opthamology, neurology, internal medicine and oncology referral.

I doubt you would get a theatre nurse job which didn't involve having to do anaesthesia. We have anaesthetists for scary cases and for help if we need them but otherwise the nurses do it.

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Steph Worsley — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 22:06:57 GMT

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Stella Skelton RVN — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 21:59:26 GMT

[quote user="Stella Skelton SVN MBVNA"]

What referral work do you do? Anybody know of any jobs that would enable me NOT to do much, in any anaesthesia?? I like assisting in theatre, just not monitoring...

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I meant IF any....ha

Re: FFS

Stella Skelton RVN — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 21:58:47 GMT

What referral work do you do? Anybody know of any jobs that would enable me NOT to do much, in any anaesthesia?? I like assisting in theatre, just not monitoring...

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Kim Buckley — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 21:46:11 GMT

Had soooo many stupid clients in my last job! Used to really get to me.

Had a couple turn up with their cat who had been hit by a car and had a broken leg. They refused any treatment due to cost and took the cat to see a friend who was a VN! Ahhhh!

Love my referral job as don't have a lot to do with clients which suits me just fine!

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Doolally — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 21:19:36 GMT

[quote user="Emma Kerry"]

The 'classic' one I had this week was a cat with a fractured hind leg that we x-rayed, told them needed referral for fixation, arranged the referral... and then couldn't get hold of them. Nothing for weeks.

The cat turned up this week for neutering. When we got the vet to come and speak to the owner they had 'healed' the cats leg themselves at home using Reiki so didn't need the referral.

Under GA we did do a thorough check and the leg is significantly shorter, has a huge callus and is swollen, and the cat is still lame, but in the owners eye is completely fixed and therefore they will do nothing more to treat it

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Seriously?!!! I've had 2 Reiki attunements and you are taught that if there is ANY suspicion of a fracture you should NOT give reiki, as it can speed up healing times, and if there is a malunion then obviously you don't want a increased healing time! How incredibly ignorant of both veterinary advice and the actual 'treatment' they thought was helping.

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Stella Skelton RVN — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 21:10:50 GMT

Yeah, no more revision, college etc...but also i'm thinking of working part-time...or just a couple of nights shifts a week at the emergency vets...mostly because i've decided that i'm going to have child after i've qualified...i know that's hard work...but it's not actual work...i didn't mean that qualification means less work, i mean that i'll be qualified, job done, just cpd to do which i generally like, and i can chose to work less once i don't have to be a student...

BTW: I'm not having a child to work less...just in case some of you get the wrong end of the stick on that one! I just don't want to do it until I'm qualified...

Re: FFS

Steph Phillips — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 18:07:21 GMT

[quote user="sazzle RVN"]

why do you have this idea that when you r qualified you work less? can someone shed some light cos if thats the case then I'm getting taken for a ride!

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I think she means work as in no more revision, college, etc..

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bongo — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 16:55:46 GMT

why do you have this idea that when you r qualified you work less? can someone shed some light cos if thats the case then I'm getting taken for a ride!

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Steph Phillips — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 14:03:38 GMT

Oooh we had a few numpties in recently.. the worst was someone came running in saying there cat had been in an rta 2 WEEKS AGO - and has not urinated since!!!!!!!!!! I was suprised the cat was still alive!

I made a point by saying to them on registration : "so this happened 2wks ago? did you by any chance see anyother vet in that time? only the vet will need history of treatment" client: um no, should I have? .. WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I think my look said it all!

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Emma Purnell — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 13:15:25 GMT

The cat turned up this week for neutering. When we got the vet to come and speak to the owner they had 'healed' the cats leg themselves at home using Reiki so didn't need the referral.

As for working less when qualified... I wish I was aware of that! I do far more now than I ever did as a student and I thought I was swamped then!!

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Stuart McQueen RVN MBVNA — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 12:56:48 GMT

what about when they listen to a 45 sec emergency message and the first words that comes out there mouth is - "it's not really an emergency but..."

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Anonymous — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 12:56:04 GMT

[quote user="Stella Skelton SVN MBVNA"]

Argh! It's really getting to me the amount of stupid people that are allowed animals......

can't wait to qualify then i can work less...

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interesting.

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Sal the 1st — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 12:51:01 GMT

[quote user="Stella Skelton SVN MBVNA"]

....can't wait to qualify then i can work less...

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Do you reckon?

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Saskia Quinn — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 23:52:35 GMT

I do sympathise with you. Had a number of 'ignorant' calls today - cat which suffered from dog flea treatment applied to it, 3 euthanasia's, fitting cat which owners decided to pts, rta sbt, and on thursday, a jack russell in labour & 'pressing' unproductively for 5 hours!!!!

It doesnt get any easier to cope with either, Im afraid, I guess you just learn to cope

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A-J — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 22:08:25 GMT

yup people can be stupid, chin up.