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Tag: Stress

  • Well-being in the workplace

    Well-being in the workplace

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    Well-being. Is it just another annoying buzzword, overused on Instagram and soon be consigned to the hashtag dustbin along with #livelovelaugh, #eatclean and #wellness? It does seem to be the latest fashionable concept in the veterinary sector, but I sincerely hope it isn’t just a fad. Well-being is the state of being comfortable, healthy or…

  • Hollie: a cautionary tale

    Hollie: a cautionary tale

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    Dan Amos

    “For Hollie, my soulmate, my daemon, my constant shadow”   I saw this today – words I had written elsewhere, but forgotten about – and the stoic face I had worn for the past few months melted away. Hollie died in October and I have been in a strange state of denial, relief and grieving…

  • The unintentional client fondle and what to do about it

    The unintentional client fondle and what to do about it

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    Dan Amos

    We’re all well aware of what is appropriate physical conduct with others and what isn’t – we’re in the post #metoo period and it’s okay to speak out about issues of conduct and consent. Yet, there is another veterinary great unspoken #metoo problem: the unintentional client fondle (UCF). Vets, vet nurses, male, female – none…

  • Soft skills seem to be the hardest learned

    Soft skills seem to be the hardest learned

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    As clinicians, we’ve spent our whole lives learning, consolidating, revising and sitting exams so, one day, we would finally be practising. You would think after spending a couple of decades or more in full-time education we would be done with lusting after qualifications; that life would be about honing our newly acquired clinical skills, fixing…

  • Handling an Addisonian crisis – part 1

    Handling an Addisonian crisis – part 1

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    Addison’s disease (hypoadrenocorticism) is one of those annoying diseases that does not always play by the rules. One of the main reasons is the clinical signs of Addison’s disease can be frustratingly non-specific and we don’t often see the classic “low sodium, high potassium” electrolyte changes we are attuned to noticing. Therefore, it is important…

  • This one’s for the vets… #PlanVetRVN

    This one’s for the vets… #PlanVetRVN

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    Dan Amos

    I’m sorry if it looks like November is Schedule 3 (SIII) month for my blog, but I’ve had both posts brewing for some time and other more timely blogs have always taken precedence… but here they are. The results of the RCVS survey on SIII showed many vets aren’t sure what SIII means, which makes…

  • ICU later

    ICU later

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    In a few recent blogs, I have reminisced nostalgically about how things have changed in the profession since I qualified in the distant misty-swirled lands of the last millennium. However, there’s something I don’t miss: blearily sleepwalking my way through morning surgery in the numb haze only familiar to chronic insomniacs, those with young children,…

  • How I finally fell in love with my job

    How I finally fell in love with my job

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    I’m Ami, and I’m a farm vet. I first wrote for Veterinary Times as a new graduate – wide eyed and enthusiastic, with a hint of terror that comes from not quite feeling ready to fly the nest. I’ve been a vet for seven years now, and it’s taken about six of those for me…

  • Extracurricular activities

    Extracurricular activities

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    Even for someone like me, who is introverted and has the social skills of the average nerd, university was the most socially active period of my life. Most of my nights were spent with friends – either at the cinema, hanging around at other people’s houses – or at pubs, scavenging for free food in…

  • Is the grass greener?

    Is the grass greener?

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    Kele Harris

    My classmates and I recently reunited at our beloved university to celebrate joining the profession as qualified vets around a year ago. While there we attended a CPD event based around managing difficult situations as a new grad, be that with clients, colleagues or bosses. While the scenarios were entertaining, they also highlighted aspects of…