UCD Veterinary Nursing
By Kate Acton
Episode 19: Sustainability in Veterinary
Join us for a very exciting episode where we discuss sustainability in veterinary laboratories, clinics and our own lives.
Ellen Lambert & Emily Lawless Greene are UCD final year students studying Sustainability with Social Science and Law. Their final year project has led them to the School of Veterinary Medicine where they have joined Dr. Mary Sekiya in investigating sustainability practices in veterinary laboratories.
Links from the show:
MyGreenLab: https://www.mygreenlab.org/
BeanAround: https://www.beanaround.ie/
UCD Sustainability Padlet: https://bit.ly/VetSus
UCD Veterinary Student Survey: https://forms.gle/ckuy4CM4sxFauzbp8
Episode 18: Andrea Regan
Andrea Regan Dip VN, LL.B (Hons) Irish Law, DIP. ARB., joins Kate in discussing her career in veterinary nursing, her profession now, and some top tips for nurses and students!
Episode 17: Maeve Farrell
Episode 16: Stage 3 Placement Tips with Andrea Regan
Episode 15: Applying to Study Veterinary Nursing at UCD.
Episode 14: Placement Tips for Students
Episode 13: OSCE Tips With Hannah Callaghan
Episode 12: Veterinary Nursing Awareness Month - A look back on our RVN's Top Tips pt.1
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
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
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
Episode 8: Mark & Tracey's OSCE tips
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:
"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
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/
Episode 5: Hannah Callaghan
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
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.
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!
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.
Episode 1: Mark McCorry
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Using the Ability Model - Nelson D, Welsh P (2015) Using the ability model to design and implement a patient care plan. The Veterinary Nurse. Vol 6 No.3. doi.org/10.12968/vetn.2015.6.3.141
. Teaching Clinical Skills - George JH, Doto FX. (2001) A simple five-step method for teaching clinical skills. Family Medicine. Sep;33(8):577-8. www.stfm.org/familymedicine/vol33issue8/George577