February 2019

And baby came, too

Stud vet Kayleigh Barker explains how she coped taking her eight-week-old baby along to BEVA Congress, and how she believes combining motherhood with a career is achievable.

10 mins
Senior cats and dogs: tackling an age-old problem

Emma Gerrard provides an overview of what RVNs should be telling owners of older canine and feline pets.

46 mins

October 2018

Canine and feline foods: helping owners negotiate options

Marge Chandler breaks down the never-ending myriad of pet dietary offerings to aid veterinary nurses in helping their clients make nutritional choices.

50 mins

September 2018

Pet probiotics – application in vet practice

Marge Chandler details the core benefits these live organisms can have on small animal pet health, including on specific diseases.

69 mins
Small animal joint care – latest in canine and feline products

Dan Skeldon details options regarding mobility-aiding drugs, supplements and therapies for treating canine and feline patients.

42 mins

July 2018

Fleas, ticks and worms: learning from owner experience

Hany Elsheikha discusses how economy, age and compliance – as well as potential treatment resistance, and drug reactions and interactions – play a part in how to approach pet owners on parasite management in companion animals.

39 mins
Nursing notes: paediatric patients

This month, Louise discusses the many challenges paediatric patients can pose, but also reveals the deep joy a successful nursing outcome can bring.

13 mins

June 2018

Allergic disease clinics – how to set up and run them

Emma Gerrard DipAVN(SA), DipHECVN, BSc(Hons), CVN, RVN, K-SQP, PHC, advises on how to offer an allergy clinic to support dermatology patients with skin diseases – a common problem in small animal veterinary practice.

25 mins

In the latest in our Practice Champions series, we team up with Ceva Animal Health and hear from Stephanie Barnard-Horne DipVN, RVN, ISFMCertFN, FnD(WVA), from Oxford Cat Clinic on high blood pressure in feline patients and the ease of measuring it.

15 mins

April 2018

Is it (coco)nuts – or are we too dismissive of clients’ claims?

With research suggesting many vets are concerned with clients’ use of the internet for their pet’s health care needs, Louise Buckley ponders whether engagement with their search interests would strengthen vet-owner relationships.

28 mins

March 2018

Nursing notes: capnography part 2

Completing her capnography series – part one of which appeared in VNT18.02 – Louise looks at how to interpret the capnogram.

20 mins
Taking pets on holiday – ensuring your clients are prepared

Emma Gerrard DipAVN(SA), DipHECVN, BSc(Hons), CVN, RVN, K-SQP, PHC, gives VNs the information they need to help intrepid companion animals and their owners. Reviewed by Joy Howell RVN, DipAVN(Surgical), C-SQP.

34 mins

February 2018

This year, VN Times is teaming up with leading animal health companies to applaud VNs leading the charge in areas and conditions. First up, we hear from Holly Warrilow RVN and her work with older pets, with the help of Norbrook.

10 mins
Obesity in small animals – achieving owner understanding

RVN Laura Lacey urges VNs to talk, talk and talk some more about this potentially tricky problem in pets.

50 mins
Nursing notes: capnography

For February's VN Times, RVN Louise O'Dwyer begins an article series on practical capnography – a topic highly requested by readers.

13 mins

January 2018

Congestive heart failure – a model for nursing our patients

RVN Emma Gerrard details the protocol she designed to help owners follow the nursing plans they are given for pets with this condition.

34 mins
Nursing notes: cardiac arrhythmias

Continuing her series of articles on electrocardiography, RVN Louise O'Dwyer takes a look at how to identify cardiac arrhythmias.

11 mins

December 2017

‘Tis the season: highlighting festive hazards for pets

RVN Laura Lacey talks vet nurses through potential dangers pets can encounter during the Christmas period, and what to advise owners regarding prevention strategies.

47 mins
Nursing notes: electrocardiograms

Starting a series of articles discussing electrocardiography, Louise O'Dwyer begins with the basics – how to understand an ECG.

9 mins

November 2017

Rabbit triage and critical care

An often poorly understood and cared for species, Matthew Rendle spotlights the key steps VNs and vets can take to help when presented with a rabbit in need of urgent help…

38 mins