ABSTRACT: As newly enrolled student veterinary nurses (SVNs) enter into placement, there will be some who observe clinical practices which do not meet with the legal and ethical requirements of the profession. Reflecting on one scenario, a new graduate evaluates how four years of training has developed a deeper knowledge and more confident personal standpoint regarding the importance of their ability to step in as the patient’s advocate, and the desire to exercise agency in the promotion of ethical and legal delivery of practice.

Author

Sairead Wild, BSC (Hons), RVN

Sairead graduated from Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge in 2016, with a First Class BSc (Hons) in Veterinary Nursing with Applied Animal Behaviour She currently works at the Old Golf House Veterinary Group in Watton, Norfolk, and has a special interest in infection control.

Email: sairead.wild@cvsvets.com

Keywords: Veterinary practice, Clinical 

To cite this article: Veterinary Nursing Journal • VOL 32 (02) • February 2017 pp45-49

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