Re: Auxiliary Nurses

Sal the 1st — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 18:40:57 GMT

Its good that potential employees come into this job with their eyes wide open - as sadly I feel that many who do secure a job in practice or a training place dont and its only when they have had a hefty dose of reality they find the job isnt for them. This leads to high staff turnover and wasted training places so anything that gives a taste of what to expect is good

However how much value exactly this course will be to the individual or the practices I would have to query.

There are so many courses already out there for this or that and whilst I applaud you for taking a different stance and sourcing students before they even get to the stage of doing a pre veterinary nursing qualification maybe this is another layer of training or 'qualification' that isnt really needed?

No disrespect to yourself but it seems to me at the moment that the only people who are really benefitting from all the increased training are the training providers and not the actual nursing staff - its all getting far too complicated and dare I say it something of a gravy train

Re: Auxiliary Nurses

NJ_VN — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 18:37:04 GMT

I think a short introductory course is a good idea, I help interview potential degree nurses and some of them have no idea what nursing actually involves!! I would say subjects like Anatomy and Physiology, Client communication skills and Animal Care & Handling would be good subjects to start from, as they encompass everything they will need to know from day 1 (Especially the communication skills! Telephone manner is so important in our job,and ive delt with nurses who are simply awful at it)