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ANA stands for Animal Nursing assistant.
Did you know an ANA does more than assisting the vets and nurses? Here at St Boniface vets we have 1 animal nursing assistant, Grace.
You may have seen her on our Facebook page before or at the practice. Grace helps keep the practice clean throughout the working day, keeps clinical areas fully stocked, assists the inpatient nurse which includes cuddles and handfeeding, laboratory work, hydrotherapy assistant, helping run the Facebook...
A Student Veterinary Nurse, often known as an SVN, is someone in training to become a qualified veterinary nurse.
They usually wear a green and white stripey uniform with green trousers, but this can vary between veterinary practices with some students wearing blue, blue striped and even purple!
Most Student Veterinary Nurses have carried out an Animal Care or Animal Nursing Assistant course before starting their Veterinary Nurse training, though this isn’t always the case, but...
Did you know…
The Veterinary Nurse role is widely variable and covers everything from seeing your pet in a Nurse Consultation through to monitoring their anaesthetic during a surgical procedure.
Nurses are responsible for:
After qualifying, there are many career pathways for veterinary nurses!
Working overseas - the UK Veterinary Nurse qualification is highly respected outside of the UK and can lead to many working or volunteer roles within practices or charities, and even with wild animals such as Chimpanzees and Bears!
Clinical Coach - Student Veterinary Nurses train alongside a qualified member of staff, usually an RVN, to teach, support and mentor the SVN....
Back in April, the government launched a campaign urging pet owners to trust their vets on the use of antibiotics.
Antibiotic resistance is one of the biggest global threats with estimates suggesting it could be responsible for ten million deaths per year by 2050 - and cost the global economy $100 trillion.
Following a government strategy to tackle AMR launched in 2013, antibiotic use in livestock has fallen to an all-time low, but attention must now address antibiotic use in...
We have a rare and exciting opportunity for the right candidate to join our friendly team as a Farm Coordinator at our modern, well equipped practice in Crediton.
The chosen candidate will be an experienced administrator with proven communication and organisational skills. The Farm Coordinator will be able to take on responsibility, show initiative and pay close attention to detail while being able to work under pressure. They will also have a strong work ethic, with a drive to...
We have been invited to participate in the largest ever UK flea research project to advance understanding and treatment of the parasite.
The Big Flea Project, from MSD Animal Health, is the largest piece of academic research in the UK to examine fleas:-
To take the fight to fleas, we want to know:
1) How common each flea species is in the UK?
2) Which diseases are carried by these fleas?
3) How many fleas are carrying disease?
The...
Devon County Show marks the start of the show season in the South West and St Boniface Veterinary Clinic are looking forward to being honorary vets for the 4th year.
Tony Kemmish BSc BVMS GPcert(DCP) MRCVS Practice Principal says: "We are proud to be continuing the Wolfgar tradition, by providing veterinary surgeons to treat the magnificent livestock"
St Boniface Vets have been there, for the farming community in Devon for more than six decades. Since 2001 St Boniface Vets has...
Veterinary Nurses make up part of the veterinary team in any practice. Their role includes many and varied jobs from monitoring anaesthetics, and caring for hospitalised patients, to laboratory diagnostic tests, taking x-rays, assisting with physiotherapy and running a range of nursing clinics. They also provide lots of love and cuddles for pets that visit the practice!
The Veterinary Nursing team can be made up of Registered Veterinary Nurses (RVNs), Student Veterinary Nurses (SVNs...
We are excited to offer our own generic alternatives to well known ‘brand leader’ products. These products have been specifically chosen as we feel it is important to offer an equally high-quality product to our loyal clients, at a reduced cost.
We have a number of ‘generic’ products on the shelves, but this weeks focus is St Boniface Joint Support GLM (green lipped mussel).
Green Lipped Mussel has been used for quite some time as it contains high levels of...
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