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Why have vet bills gone up so much?

Arlo Guthrie — Wed, 16 Oct 2024 21:19:25 GMT

Here is the first of a series of films I am making which look at the reasons for the increasing cost of veterinary care. If you think they might help foster greater understanding amongst owners, you might like to share them. Films will also be available on all the major social networks and of course YouTube

youtube.com/.../lg_EeamSbSI

Can you suggest what to use for a rat body suit?

Emma Elliott — Fri, 12 Jul 2024 18:42:39 GMT

A weird one which I am hoping you can help with.

We had a rat in for a very large lump removal from its right groin/lower abdomen. This has left a large wound to heal. We have placed intradermal sutures and glue as the rat is a known chewer. Any ideas for preventing wound trauma?

With a collar he pushed it off, we tried a sock too small, next sock too big, now trying a sock in-between. Tried dressing but chewed that off. Given their nature what have you tried that might work this time?

All advise gratefully received

Do any other nurses have experience of safari nurse consults?

Dan Lidgbird — Sat, 27 Jul 2024 13:04:43 GMT

My practice is just about to start engaging with nurse led Vaccination consultations, under the Safari method of nursing.
If successful we plan to then add in nurse led Euthanasia and other services. Do any other nurses have any experiences of this, along with any feedback be it positive or negative?

Any Farm RVNs out there?

Dan Lidgbird — Thu, 11 Jul 2024 14:57:28 GMT

Hi! I was wondering if within the community there are any other Farm Animal RVN's? I work solely in Large Animal practice and would be keen to connect with others who are in the same area of clinical practice. It would be great, if in the future, there was a Large Animal pathway. I know there is the Vet Tech apprenticeship, but this does not allow schedule 3 procedures, it is more about data collation etc.

How can I get out of nursing?

Wildlife Nurse — Wed, 28 Feb 2024 13:47:28 GMT

Does anyone have any advice on how to get out of nursing?! I've been nursing for many years and I am now struggling. It's time to hang up the uniform.

I've been looking for months now and can barely find any alternative roles. Would massively appreciate any advice, I'm loosing the will!!

Thank-you!

Can you give me any advice about starting to locum?

Nessa Harbottle — Sun, 12 May 2024 09:47:05 GMT

Hi all

I am in between jobs at the moment and don’t potentially start my next job until August. I need to locum between now and then and I have signed up with IVC and also an umbrella company. Other than that I have no idea what else I need to do.

I have been qualified as a RVN for 6 years but I suffer badly with imposter syndrome and confidence issues which worries me but should I be joining an agency as well. Who decides on the amount paid and how do I find positions near where I live?

I am literally looking for any advice and as much help as possible with this.

Thank you

Who'd like some money?

Arlo Guthrie — Wed, 28 Feb 2024 17:29:36 GMT

Recently, I've notice some of you coming quite quickly to answer questions posted on VetNurse, and I guess that means you must be subscribed to get the digest, here https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/p/questions

My ambition here is to grow this community of helpful people, so all vet nurses can think of this place as somewhere they can come to ask any question, safe in the knowledge that they will get a helpful, authoritative answer from other members of the community, and they will never be made to feel like they have asked a silly question, unlike some other social media platforms, where you also often have no idea what level of qualification someone has for expressing their opinion.

So, where i am going with this, is an idea to give a certain percentage of the profits of this website back to you, its members.

My idea is to give out Amazon vouchers every month to those members who have helped others, by answering questions posted in the forum.

To qualify, you would need to display your real name and level of qualification in your profile, and be subscribed to the digest: https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/p/questions

My thinking is that in the early days, whilst there are a relatively small number of questions posted, I can just dish out some vouchers at random to those who meet those criteria.

But if the idea is popular, then perhaps I can tie it in with an automated system which gives me a list of people to get vouchers according to a point system at the end of each month.

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Incidentally, recruitment advertising on this site is cheap by comparison with other sites, and in the future I may increase it and that will allow me to give even more back to you.

Does anyone have any SOP templates please?

Olivia Coulton — Sat, 16 Mar 2024 21:53:47 GMT

Has anyone got a couple of SOP templates that they could share with me as I would like to use them to show students the different ways of making an SOP for different things in practice. TIA

Is it still a struggle in practice?

fiona eldridge — Fri, 08 Mar 2024 11:40:47 GMT

I've been out of vet practice work and working from home for a while. What's changed? Are clinics still short staffed and stretched with a lot of stress?

What do you think about rubber mat table tops, esp in theatre?

hcd101 — Sun, 12 Nov 2023 19:29:50 GMT

Does anyone have any evidence or views on rubber mats on table tops especially in theatre? On environmental swabbing the rubber mat in our theatre came back harbouring nasties twice (I can't rememeber what as I don't have the results with me). I don't know if it's our cleaning protocol or that rubber is hard to disinfect properly with all the scores and marks in it?

I haven't swabbed the ones in consult rooms yet!

How do you store your orthopaedic kit?

Kerrie Oakley — Thu, 07 Mar 2024 12:33:08 GMT

Hi all,

I am looking at storage for Orthoapedic kits as our department grows.

I have used organised filing systems at previous clinics but I am interested to see what others have!

Is anyone willing to send me pictures of your kit storage / kit rooms?!

Are you using a filing system within drawers?

Are you using designated cupboards with boxes for kits etc?

Any feedback gratefully recieved!

Thanks in advance!

Has anyone been able to find Gabapentin 25mg?

jo wynn — Mon, 29 Jan 2024 13:40:49 GMT

Just reaching out to my fellow feline colleagues.
my cat is now on Gabapentin 25 mg SID with a view to increasing the dose. Was investigating getting a written prescription.
The chemists say smallest size 100mg and on line pharmacies the same. Anyone had any luck finding any?

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT RE FORUMS / AMAZON VOUCHERS

Arlo Guthrie — Fri, 08 Mar 2024 11:02:44 GMT

Hi everyone,

Wow - how amazing to see such a variety of good questions for the community here, and the wonderfully helpful answers, since I decided to offer the incentive: https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/b/veterinary-nursing-news/posts/vet-nurses-offered-money-to-help-each-other.

I know I am repeating myself, but that is what this site is ALL about: helping each other.

One small but important admin matter. When things got quieter here, I pre-populated the 'subscribe to thread' option with a tick when you posted a new thread or question, so you would be alerted to any replies.

That does mean, of course, that you get an email when anyone replies, and as the discussions get busier, that becomes a bit of a pain.

Plus, we now have the daily / weekly digest of questions and answers, and you have to subscribe to that to qualify for the vouchers. So no need for an email every time someone replies (unless you want it).

So - I have now disabled the autoselected subscribe when you create a post.

If you are now getting email notifications when people reply to forum threads, the link in the email to unsub appears to be broken and I am looking into that.

However, if you reply to a thread, you can unsub by ticking the 'mute' option before you post your reply.

Any questions, fire away. Otherwise, welcome back everyone!

When do you dispose of IV Paracetamol bottles?

Chris Peters — Tue, 30 Jan 2024 13:00:53 GMT

Hi Everyone,

I just want to know, when you use IV paracetamol on a patient, do you throw away the bottle after one use? Or do you keep it for a certain amount of time?

I know the bottle says to dispose as soon as the bottle is opened, but I understand that this is really a human drug so maybe we have some leeway with animals? Just seems so wasteful!

Can you recommend any basic equine triage cpd?

rose sutton — Wed, 28 Feb 2024 06:36:37 GMT

Hi all,

I'm a night small animal RVN, at my new job we take equine emergancy calls which we then pass onto the equine vet oncall. Now its been a few years now since I was a student and I can't remember anything about horses. Can anyone recommend any triage cpd so I don't have to just write down and repeat what the owner has said?

Thank you muchley!