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Exceptional Veterinary Nursing
Blood transfusion
team featured on
BBC Newsround
ur amazing blood
transfusion team featured
on BBC Newsround
Oin October 2023 to Oengagement activities
showcase the fantastic work
of the Blood Transfusion Service. showcase some of the ways VNs can
With behind-the-scenes footage
of the QMHA, the team showcased
how our cat and dog superheroes
make donations that are vital for
emergency treatments and help
animals after surgery and for
those with chronic diseases.
Carrying out more than 700
blood transfusions annually,
the VN blood transfusion
team is a vital part of the
hospital’s operation.
Think your cat or dog
could become an
RVC Blood Donor
Superhero?
rvc.uk.com/
pet-blood-
donor-socials
Explore our VN content page
www.rvc.ac.uk/study/veterinary-nursing
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role models
ur VN alumni and VN teams Ilaria Vercesi & Lyn O’Byrne
work together to engage Efficacy of silver-coated urinary
in a range of public catheters for reducing urinary tract
infection in dogs
and disseminate knowledge, to The Veterinary Nurse. (2023)
be involved in the community and Lowrie Hamilton &
professional development. Sarah Batt-Williams
Airway management preferences
Alumni published work and barriers to endotracheal
Read more about how RVC RVNs have intubation in elective feline neutering
been role models for the profession: procedures Part 1: a literature review
Veterinary Nursing Journal. 38, 1, 36-39 (2023)
Hayley Ayers Airway management preferences and
Anaesthesia in exotics part 2: barriers to endotracheal intubation in
birds elective feline neutering procedures
The Veterinary Nurse. 15, 4. (2024) Part 2: an investigation
Anaesthesia in exotics part 1: Veterinary Nursing Journal. 38, 1, 40-49 (2023)
small mammals Lyuben Iliev Dzhugdanov &
The Veterinary Nurse. 15, 2. (2024) Hilary Orpet
Do ‘CARE’ labelled canine patients
Anne-Marie McGivern & Perdi Welsh get a lower standard of nursing care?
Tail docking: a professional dilemma The Veterinary Nurse’. 14, 4, 186-194 (2023)
for veterinary nurses
The Veterinary Nurse. 15, 6 (2024) Ilaria Vercesi & Perdi Welsh
Leading organisational change
Krishna Mistry & Evelyn O’Byrne in the workplace: a review of
Nursing a patient with feline the literature
urethral obstruction The Veterinary Nurse 14, 6, 262-265 (2023)
The Veterinary Nurse. 15, 6, 5- 42. (2024)
Flora Foxx & Hilary Orpet
The need for recovery:
An investigation into short-term
work-related fatigue in
veterinary nurses
Veterinary Record: 194. 10, 1-16, (2024)