Utilisation of RVN's in practice and the affect this has on job satisfaction.

RE: Utilisation of RVN's in practice and the affect this has on job satisfaction.

Kirsty RVN — Fri, 03 Feb 2017 23:35:28 GMT

Yeah I completely agree

I have contemplated leaving the profession many times and only don't as I have done this 16 years so wonder what else I could do.

I locum at different places and witnessed many times unqualified people being allowed to do schedule three and using the title Veterinary Nurse.

Yet I once went to a practice where as a Registered nurse I was not allowed to place IVs or take bloods and was just a glorified cleaner after having spent 4 years training to become a RVN and even longer trying to get my foot in the door to do my training

So it gets very frustrating to go to some practices and not be able to utilise your skills and on the other hand go to another practice and have unqualified people doing the same job as me

I know there is the VN future project but very sceptical about that

However I still feel like the profession has come along way but still along way off in terms of retention rate in the profession

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Sue P — Fri, 03 Feb 2017 17:33:47 GMT

In my opinion RVN's are feeling ever more demotivated - our government rejected calls to make us a legal profession yet the RCVS are planning to make the CPD process more complicated. So we have non qualified 'veterinary nurses' who do not have to complete the 45 hours CPD and 'illegally' complete schedule 3 tasks (yes they do I've witnessed it many times) - no wonder RVN's choose to leave the register - it's not really worth the fee

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enigmaticat-uk — Tue, 17 Jan 2017 16:29:27 GMT

Done! You might want to change the spelling of affect to effect before you submit though.

RE: Utilisation of RVN's in practice and the affect this has on job satisfaction.

Charly Thompson — Mon, 16 Jan 2017 19:50:37 GMT

Thank you to all that have completed the survey so far, your time is greatly appreciated!

RE: Utilisation of RVN's in practice and the affect this has on job satisfaction.

Charly Thompson — Mon, 16 Jan 2017 19:48:57 GMT

[quote user="Arlo Guthrie"]VERY interesting subject Charly Thompson - I'd be happy to send this out to all members as part of the next newsletter. When does the survey close. Will you be publishing the results publicly, and if so, when do you think they might be available?[/quote]

Thank you Arlo Guthrie. That we be fantastic if you could send it out in the newsletter! The survey closes at the end of February, around the 28th! I will not be publishing the results, however I can tell you a summary of my findings. Which would be around august time.

Charly Thompson

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Rachel Woodcock — Sun, 15 Jan 2017 15:44:14 GMT

Done

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Emma Gerrard Dip AVN (SA) DipHe CVN BSc (Hons) CVN RVN KSQP RAM — Sun, 15 Jan 2017 12:05:00 GMT

Done x

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Jeniflower — Sun, 15 Jan 2017 09:29:37 GMT

Really interesting- I started to complete it but the questions are aimed at those RVNs still in practice so it may be worth stipulating this when asking for completion. - Great project though and I'd be interested to see the outcome.

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Saskia Quinn — Fri, 13 Jan 2017 01:16:02 GMT

Completed. .

RE: Utilisation of RVN's in practice and the affect this has on job satisfaction.

Arlo Guthrie — Wed, 11 Jan 2017 18:50:59 GMT

VERY interesting subject Charly Thompson - I'd be happy to send this out to all members as part of the next newsletter. When does the survey close. Will you be publishing the results publicly, and if so, when do you think they might be available?