Mar 27, 2024 | Building your skills, Innovation, Mental health resources, Veterinary Nurse / Vet Tech
A wonderful sense of well-being and optimal mental health are not just achievable but an amazing experience! It’s extraordinary to look back at my 43-year career as a busy mixed practice vet and realise that is exactly what I achieved. My last ten years were the best....
Feb 22, 2024 | Managing & Leading People, Mental health resources, Our Veterinary Life
Could moral distress and moral injury be one of the reasons why people develop empathy fatigue and burnout? Last year, I wrote a blog post for Nature Watch Foundation, “Let’s talk about compassion fatigue”, which focused on burnout and empathy fatigue (EF)...
Sep 1, 2022 | Innovation, Managing & Leading People, Mental health resources, Our Veterinary Life, Veterinary Nurse / Vet Tech
Get ready for 100 Days of Happiness 2022… The search for a few easy tips & tricks to help make yourself a happier veterinary professional. I consider myself a happy person. I have high energy levels, a positive outlook on life and generally can find the good...
May 19, 2022 | Building your skills, Managing & Leading People, Our Veterinary Life, Veterinary Nurse / Vet Tech
Are you in a cycle of overthinking and over-analysing? How often have you gone through the same thoughts? Over-analysing why the outcome of your thoroughly considered treatment plan was unsuccessful or why the patient died. We go through conversations we have had with...
Mar 3, 2022 | Our Veterinary Life
Goal to raise $1 million and save 1,000 dogs from shelters to become therapy dogs for people with mental health adversities #WALK4PAWS #MentalHealthMarch Vaughan McVilly is on a life-changing mission with his inspiring pooch, Gilly. They want you to sign up and join...
