Veterinary Critical Care Nurses
Artwork by Suzanne Small Fine Art/Illustrator
Veterinary Critical Care Nurses - A joint British Veterinary Nursing Association (BVNA) and ³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ Collaboration
Welcome to the Veterinary Critical Care Nurses Associate Partner page in collaboration with the . We aim to provide human & veterinary-centred critical care nurses with a unique collaborative learning experience. Whether you are in referral practice, general practice or working in a human critical care unit, we all see critical care patients. We offer study days and an annual conference, where you will learn from each other. We provide a unique opportunity for RN & RVNs to become part of the 'One Health' approach to education and research.
You can read more about this in a recently published (vntimes) paper One health: unique critical care approach for nursing | News | ³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ
Membership:
You can take advantage of all that the ³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ can offer you by becoming a member of the ³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ. It is discounted at just £30 for Registered Veterinary nurses, which gives you access to all the educational resources and discounts for conference and research funding opportunities. Membership benefits can be found HERE.
Contact:
To contact the Veterinary Critical Care Nurses Group please email: baccn.vccn@gmail.com
Follow us on Twitter @VCCNUK and Instagram #VCCNUK
Example 2021 VCCN Virtual Conference Poster Presentations
P39 - Poster Nursing the Brachycephalic Patient
P41 poster - Canine Cardiopulmonary Bypass - Mitral Valve Annuloplasty and Artif ScnmR81
P42 - Poster Sepsis in the Veterinary World
P43 poster - Take a deep breath whilst we talk veterinary ventilation
BVNA - Inspirational Nurses
In this new series championing nurses who have made a huge contribution to veterinary nursing, Junior Vice President Charlotte Pace interviews ‘Inspirational Nurses’.
In this first webinar, she interviews Helen Ballantyne. Helen is a dual qualified veterinary and human nurse, who is an established author, past BVNA Council member (now Honorary), and a strong advocate of One Health. She is now a Transplant Coordinator in the Cambridgeshire area. In 2020, she was awarded the Bruce Vivash Jones Award, for her contribution to veterinary nursing.
VCCN Study events - Recordings of the below events can be found in the members area.
January 23rd 2023 - Nursing Thrombocytopaenia - Lindsey Ashburner RVN
March 29th 2023 - ECG - Emma Hudson RVN
May 11th 2023 - Heatstroke - Elle Haskey RVN
June 21st 2023 - Antimicrobial stewardship in acute wounds - Amanda Curtis RVN
July 20th 2023 - Transfusion red cells and platlets - Helen Rooney RVN Pet Blood Bank
Oct 10th 2023 - Transfusion Coagulopathies - Helen Rooney RVN Pet Blood Bank
Listen to a VN Times interview with Laura Edwards explaining all about the VCCN and the 2022 Belfast conference.