Clare Espley's Activities

Hi all, I need your help

Lauren.wilko — Tue, 21 Jan 2025 12:53:21 GMT

Are you a student or registered veterinary nurse currently training or working in England? Please read.

Hello! my name is Lauren Wilkinson, and I am in my 4^th year of Veterinary Nursing and Companion Animal Behaviour BSc at the University of Bristol. As part of my final year, I am undertaking a dissertation on the confidence of student and registered veterinary nurses with the exotic pet species.

I would really appreciate if you would take the 10 minutes of your day to participate in the survey linked below. If unable to participate, don’t worry you can still help by distributing my survey to friends and colleagues who may fit the criteria.

https://app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/svs/confidence-of-veterinary-nurses-in-the-nursing-care-of-the-exot

The closing date and time for this survey is (28/02/2025).

Thank you for reading my post!

What do other older nurses do when they cannot do the normal nursing role?

scubamoo — Wed, 02 Oct 2024 16:26:35 GMT

What do other older nurses do when they cannot do the normal nursing role?

What else could we do for this diabetic dog?

Emma.b.25 — Sat, 14 Sep 2024 16:05:58 GMT

Hello, we have a recently diagnosed diabetic patient, the owners are probably in their 60’s and have taken this diagnosis really hard. They are struggling with injections as dog appears to react, although he has been fine when I’ve done it. I really feel for them, their worries and anxiety are really challenging them to inject. We have done it together many times, I have listened and empathised and feel I have offered huge amount of support and encouragement. What else could I do? I’m at a loss as to how to help them?

Looking into dog bites

PJ Zurawel — Tue, 16 Feb 2021 16:28:43 GMT

Hi all

I'm working on some coursework and need to look into media reports on dog bites and why they are more reported than cat bites. While looking into fatalities in the UK over the last 10 years, unsurprisingly, certain breed names kept cropping up and it got me thinking about experiences in practice. I was wondering what peoples experiences are in regards to bites at work and which breeds, this isnt to go into my coursework or anything like that more my own curiosity at SBT being 'repeat offenders' when I've had more chihuahuas I've had to muzzle.

Thanks

Protocols For Patients On Raw Diets

Clare Espley — Wed, 02 May 2018 08:33:44 GMT

Hi all

Does anyone currently have a protocol in place in practice for the care of animals being fed raw meat-based diets (commercial and home made). We have recently seen a big trend to owners switching in our area, but while we want to respect the owners food choice for their pets if they are hospitalised, we also want to ensure the safety of our other patients and staff.

I know that the zoonotic problems sometimes associated with RMDs (salmonella, campylobacter etc) are rare if diets are prepared properly, but I am concerned that if they are present then they may pose a risk to immunosuppressed patients.

Does anyone have a protocol in place for when rmd patients are admitted and hospitalised?

Thank you :)

Vet Nurse

Tue, 15 Apr 2014 09:28:50 GMT