https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/f/nonclinical-discussions/6826/nurse-clinics---parasites Just wondered what your opinions are in terms of having an animal in for a nurse clinic and it having parasites.I know the areas for what vet nurses can do is very shadey but this is something I have debated with my boss about. A few weeks ago I haden-USTelligent Community 10https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/67316?ContentTypeID=1Thu, 28 Jan 2010 14:58:10 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:e7e67947-7d5b-4c83-bf6a-0675096416c0Fiona Leathers<p>I agree with Claire &amp; Maisy - legally you are not allowed to diagnose anything, so even if it had a tick, theorectically you couldn&#39;t even diagnose that!!&nbsp; Carry on doing what you are doing but let the vet think it was their idea!!</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/67310?ContentTypeID=1Thu, 28 Jan 2010 14:22:20 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:e4329b99-aef9-4a30-b61f-571227e4372fMaisy<p>Tend to do a lot of samples in nurse clinics for cats with ear mites, bunnies with cheyletiella and do as Claire said. That way at the vet knows about the case, can confirm the condition (even if its a blatently obvious mite) and authorise treatment. </p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/67304?ContentTypeID=1Thu, 28 Jan 2010 13:22:27 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:40418183-5a3f-4f4b-be62-7eae57739560Claire Cameron<p>I would try and identify a parasite under the microscope, fetch the vet, show them and they could diagnose. That&#39;s the way I would go about it. </p> <p>That way you haven&#39;t diagnosed it, you have found it, pointed it out and the vet has done the diagnosis. </p> <p>I do this regularly when I get kitties in for ear mites etc.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>