What we do, what we should do, and what we want to do : veterinary nurses in New Zealand
Harvey, Laura; Ladyman, Rebecca; Dale, Arnja
Date
2015-10Citation:
Harvey, L. C., Ladyman, R., & Dale, A. (2015, October). What we do, what we should do, and what we want to do: Veterinary Nurses in New Zealand. Paper presented at BVNA Congress 2015, Telford, UK.Permanent link to Research Bank record:
https://hdl.handle.net/10652/3537Abstract
Unregulated profession
No protection of title
Three qualifications
Certificate (1 year of study)
Diploma (2 years of study)
Bachelor (3 years of study)
Lack of a guaranteed and standardised skill-based learning,
Capabilities of veterinary nurses in practice may not be being fully utilised.
We conducted a nation-wide study of veterinary nurses in New Zealand to investigate current clinical veterinary nursing practices.