Protecting veterinary nurse title

RE: Protecting veterinary nurse title

Selena Carnell — Sun, 17 Jan 2016 21:09:35 GMT

Must admit i wasn't surprised about this. With the current lack of RVNS anyway.. protecting the title would put a fair few people out of a job and even more vet surges understaffed.

RE: Protecting veterinary nurse title

kerryfeehan — Sun, 10 Jan 2016 19:35:33 GMT

I agree, with such a mix of nurses it would have been impossible to 'protect the title'. I however disagree that nurses are trying to force their qualifications upon employers. When I undertook my training, I was completely oblivious that you could be a nurse without having completed a course?! Had I have known that maybe I wouldn't have my qualification now?

RE: Protecting veterinary nurse title

Sal the 1st — Sun, 10 Jan 2016 17:46:46 GMT

glad it was a joke - but knowing some of the hot heads on here I could really see this becoming a reality

RE: Protecting veterinary nurse title

Kate Dutton — Sun, 10 Jan 2016 16:39:09 GMT

[quote user="Sal the 1st"]

Great idea! lump the vet nurses in with some of the extremist nutters that will certainly raise the profile of vet nursing

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This was a joke Sal..... Though perhaps it doesn't come across to all as such...

RE: Protecting veterinary nurse title

Sal the 1st — Sun, 10 Jan 2016 11:36:05 GMT

Thank Gawd for common sense! sorry but this was never going to work anyway - there are too many nursing staff without qualification and too many employers not wanting the qualification that some of nurses are trying to ram down their throats and no absolute requirement for practices to employ qualified nursing staff.

So now people have wasted their time over this one maybe its time to look at something that is important - and that would be to ensure that all nursing staff have a basic, recognised training and access to it as part of their employment (I am thinking along the lines of VNA or VCA - and please leave this qualification alone, it doesn't need 'improvement, 'amendment' interference from VN Council / anybody else who wants to tamper with it or generally ballsing up like the veterinary nursing qualification has been - its a good basic qualification dont ruin it!).

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I'm still shocked by the lack of support within the veterinary profession though (only 21,000 signatures?!)

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I did say when this first came out that not everybody supported it even within the profession - perhaps people will start listening to what others have to say now rather than ignoring them . This was never going to be that important in the scheme of things it would have made no difference to anything. To the average Joe out on the street they only care about what they are having to pay - the title means nothing to them until something goes wrong and they are looking round for somebody to blame. I have to wonder whilst folks were busy rallying support for this one what else was being decided/planned on our behalf that we will find about at a later date if we are lucky?

[quote user="Kate Dutton"]

Maybe we should get the animal rights groups on board - they know how to rally the troops!!

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Great idea! lump the vet nurses in with some of the extremist nutters that will certainly raise the profile of vet nursing

RE: Protecting veterinary nurse title

Kate Dutton — Sat, 09 Jan 2016 11:28:37 GMT

Very disappointing indeed. I'm still shocked by the lack of support within the veterinary profession though (only 21,000 signatures?!) never mind the general public. Maybe we should get the animal rights groups on board - they know how to rally the troops!!