UCD Veterinary Nursing

By Kate Acton

Welcome to University College Dublin's Veterinary Nursing podcast! Each month we will talk to Veterinary Nurses both in practice and in other fields of work, finding out what made them choose Veterinary Nursing, their most memorable cases and some top tips for RVNs & SVNs.

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Episode 12: Veterinary Nursing Awareness Month - A look back on our RVN's Top Tips pt.1

In celebrating a very special month, Veterinary Nursing Awareness Month, we are taking a look back on our top tips for RVN's over the past year! In this episode we hear Mark McCorry, Laura McKay, Brenda Rooney & Rebecca Mahony's top tips. Full episodes can be found on Spotify. It is also the 1 year anniversary of the UCD VN Podcast! Stayed tuned for more top tips this week and some exciting interviews lined up in the next season of the UCD Veterinary Nursing Podcast.

May 31, 202305:59

Episode 11: International Women's Day with Samantha Feighery

Samantha Feighery, RVN, BSc. VN, BS. joins Kate in discussing her path in veterinary nursing, her profession as an equine veterinary nurse now and some top tips for students and nurses!

Publications:

Feighery, S., 2020. Diagnosis, treatment and nursing care of foals with diarrhoea. Veterinary Nursing Journal, 35(6), pp.158-161.

Feighery, S., 2019. Ensuring clinic and personnel biosecurity in an equine hospital: developing an infection control policy. Veterinary Journal Ireland.

Feighery, S., 2018. Neonatal maladjustment syndrome, the dummy foal: a patient care report. The Veterinary Nurse, 9(5), pp.270-276.

Feighery, S., 2017. Common equine upper respiratory tract surgery: a nurse's perspective. The Veterinary Nurse, 8(4), pp.215-220.

Feighery, S., 2016. Colic surgery in horses–nurse’s role in postoperative care. The Vet Times

Mar 08, 202319:48

Episode 10: Athena's Mind with Aoife Smith

Aoife Smith, BSc. VN, BA Psychology (H.Dip), Cert. Mental Health. joins Kate in discussing some tips for coping with life in practice.

Spotify and Apple links to The Vetglow Podcast:

https://open.spotify.com/show/0lujPpfuist0GSFQT1I4yu

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-vetglow-podcast/id1538775530

Aoife's research can be found here:

"Ireland's Veterinary Professionals: An Assessment of Compassion Fatigue, Stress, and Self-Care Participation" https://esource.dbs.ie/bitstream/handle/10788/4008/hdip_smith_a_2020.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y

Jan 16, 202324:33

Episode 9: Christmas Stories with Hannah Callaghan

Hannah Callaghan RVN, BSc.VN(Hons), joins Kate this week to discuss their "fondest" Christmas cases in practice!

Hannah can be contacted via the following:

LinkedIn - www.linkedin.com/in/hannah-callaghan-1ba48a19b

Consultancy Page - www.petproducthelp.com

Blog - bingsbestthings.com

Dec 22, 202226:14

Episode 8: Mark & Tracey's OSCE tips

Senior Labratory Attendant Tracey Murphy & Mark McCorry DipVN, BSc AAB, RVN.NUI join Kate in discussing top tips for the upcoming OSCE's (Objective Structured Clinical Examinations).

Nov 30, 202213:10

Episode 7: Aoife Smith

Aoife Smith, BSc. VN, BA Psychology (H.Dip), Cert. Mental Health. joins Kate in discussing her path in veterinary nursing, her profession now and some top tips for students and nurses!

Spotify and Apple links to The Vetglow Podcast:

https://open.spotify.com/show/0lujPpfuist0GSFQT1I4yu

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-vetglow-podcast/id1538775530

Aoife's research can be found here:

Oct 28, 202219:57

Episode 6: Laura Collins

After a short Summer hiatus, we are back!

Laura Collins, BSc.VN, RVN joins Kate in discussing her career in veterinary nursing, her profession now and some top tips for students and nurses!

Links from episode:

Liverpool OA LOAD score for dogs: https://dspace.uevora.pt/rdpc/bitstream/10174/19611/2/liverpool%20OA%20in%20dogs%20-%20load.pdf

Link to a paper where Laura Collins is an author and contributed to the research: Clinical outcomes following intra-articular injection of autologous adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells for the treatment of osteoarthritis in dogs characterized by weight-bearing asymmetry

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34628940/

Sep 30, 202221:35

Episode 5: Hannah Callaghan

Hannah Callaghan RVN, BSc.VN(Hons), joins Kate this week to discuss her career in veterinary nursing, and as always, some top tips!

Hannah can be contacted via the following:
LinkedIn - www.linkedin.com/in/hannah-callaghan-1ba48a19b
Consultancy Page - www.petproducthelp.com
Locum page - www.locumrvn.com

Jul 08, 202222:20

Episode 4: Rebecca Mahony

Rebecca Mahony RVN BSc.VN joins Kate this week to discuss her career in veterinary nursing and has some tips for leaving cert students who have applied for a veterinary nursing course.

Jun 10, 202219:25

Episode 3: Brenda Rooney

Brenda Rooney RVN, BSc.VN, Cert. CH joins Kate this week to discuss her career in veterinary nursing and as always, some top tips!

May 31, 202226:26

Episode 2: Laura McKay

Laura McKay RVN, Ncert(A&CC), Ncert(E&CC) joins Kate this week to discuss her career in veterinary nursing both in Ireland and abroad, and her top tips for RVN's.

May 27, 202218:01