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Congress on Demand 2021: Veterinary Nursing
Selected lectures from BSAVA virtual congress 2021
We are pleased to present a selection of lectures from BSAVA virtual Congress 2021 that are of interest to veterinary nurses. This collection can be purchased as a standalone item, with a discount for BSAVA members including veterinary nurse student members. Visit our Congress on Demand information page for information about how to access the rest of our 2021 congress lectures.
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Dental management in practice
BSAVA Congress Proceedings 2021Authors: Jens Ruhnau and Claire BloorErgonomics in the dental station for the veterinary surgeon: Ergonomically good positions are very important when doing dentistry, since procedures are often long and numerous in awkward back and head positions. This lecture gives the basic guidelines to sit and work with ergonomically good manners to prevent headache, neck, shoulder and back pain to develop. It covers hand instrument grip, light, units, magnifiers, table and chairs, and give a number of solutions to go home and use immediately or to consider when buying new equipment.
Ergonomics in the dental station for the veterinary nurse: Ergonomics is extremely important in the dental station as the veterinary surgeon may frequently spend significant periods of time operating on individual patients, as well as undertaking multiple procedures per day. This can take its toll on the veterinary surgeon’s health and wellbeing due to the potentially awkward head and neck positions they often adopt throughout these procedures. This lecture provides the veterinary nurse with knowledge pertaining to ergonomics in the dental station to take back and apply in practice immediately, to minimise or eliminate the aforementioned negative impacts on their surgeons. We discuss optimal set up of the dental station considering access to the dental unit, X-ray generator, anaesthetic machine and surgical instrumentation, including the positioning of the table and operating light, and explore the concept of four-handed dentistry.
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Desperately seeking vets and nurses: how do I make my practice stand out?
BSAVA Congress Proceedings 2021Authors: Dave Nicol and Brian FaulknerThe unfair advantage – a digital strategy to fill your vacancies: Hiring clinical team members is harder today than ever before. A shortage of qualified and applicants has left many practices scratching their heads wondering where all the vets and nurses have gone. The old model of posting an advert on a job board and expecting the applications to roll in doesn’t work like it used to. Nowadays, successful recruiters must also be masters of digital marketing. To fill a vacancy, you are going to have to get a message that stands out, in front of as many vets and nurses as possible. You are going to need a campaign plan that ensures you deliver your message to the relevant places in a way that gets views, lots of views. Your advert is going to start life as a long-form written document that is the foundational piece of content. This one piece of content is then cut up into as many as 15 smaller derivative media types including video, Instagram, Facebook and LinkedIn posts, story arcs for Facebook and Instagram, cross-posting/sharing on to influencer networks, and paid traffic advert campaigns. This session covers how to take a basic advert and turn it into a veritable feast of derivative content offerings that will help you reach your desired candidates. Practices may find this slightly overwhelming, but it is worth the investment because being able to reach the employment market in this way allows you a very big competitive advantage when it comes to fills your vacancies.
Writing a compelling advert: A job advert is also an opportunity to market the practice and impress applicants and other interested parties. An advert will need to be designed that will attract candidates that meet the job description and should include: the job title, practice name, logo and website address; an eye-catching headline; brief description of the practice and what it does; summary of the job such as, responsibilities, duties and hours; the skills and abilities required to make an application considered; the benefits that go with the post and employment; ways to apply such as, either an application form, application letter or CV; contact details for further information if appropriate or required; The closing date for applications. You may also wish to include any additional relevant accreditations or awards that the practice may have.
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Does all bleeding eventually stop...?
BSAVA Congress Proceedings 2021Authors: Laura Rosewell and Holly WitchellCommon coagulopathies: Coagulopathies are commonly encountered in practice, and the veterinary nurse plays a key role in the triage, diagnostics, treatment and nursing care of the bleeding patient. In order to provide the best possible care for these patients, it is important to understand the types of coagulopathies seen in practice, the patients they commonly affect, the clinical signs we see, and how these conditions are diagnosed. This session discusses how coagulation occurs in the body, the pathways involved, and what happens when these go wrong. Common congenital and acquired coagulopathies that nurses encounter in practice are covered, together with the common diagnostic tests performed.
Nursing the bleeding patient: This lecture discusses how to care for these patients in regards to patient handling, blood sampling and how to preserve these delicate vessels. It also covers monitoring for further deterioration and how to administer blood component therapy safely and what type of blood products to use and when.
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