Browsing by Subject "0707 Veterinary Sciences"
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Award-winning Simulation Veterinary Clinic
(New Zealand Veterinary Nursing Association, 2013-12)Unitec celebrates the redesign and equip ment upgrade of its award-winning Simulation Veterinary Clinic. The clinic, which was the first of its kind when it originally opened in 2009, now has brand-new premises designed ... -
Comparison of expectations between veterinarians and veterinary nurses in tasks and responsibilities in clinical practice.
(2018-03)We asked Vets and VNs about a range of tasks VNs undertake in clinical practice, and a couple of tasks that anecdotally we know VNs are doing but according to current New Zealand legislation shouldn’t be. We asked how ... -
International differences in the journey toward compulsory veterinary nurse registration
(Mark Allen Group - MA Health Care Ltd., 2014-11)This paper seeks to explore the veterinary nursing profession and its regulation using five countries as examples, namely the United Kingdom (UK), New Zealand, Australia, the Republic of Ireland and the United States of ... -
It looks like a classroom to us. Veterinary nursing is the Pacific
(2017-10)Credit bearing course – week-long clinic In collaboration with South Pacific Animal Welfare Apply theory and skills they have learnt in class, to a high-pressure real world situation Alongside veterinarians and qualified ... -
Keep it or kill it? How the behaviour of domestic cats (Felis catus) impacts upon perceptions of their value and management methods
(2013)The domestic cat is the most commonly owned companion animal both in New Zealand and globally. Recent dialogues around the impact and value of cats have once again brought them into the spotlight and this presentation seeks ... -
Tourists’ perceptions of the free-roaming dog population in Samoa
(MDPI AG (Basel, Switzerland), 2014-09-29)SIMPLE SUMMARY: For travelers, the way in which people in other nations interact with animals may be different to that in their home nation. This research explores how the treatment of dogs impacted upon the holiday ... -
Veterinary nursing students help out in Tonga
(New Zealand Veterinary Nursing Association, 2014-04)For one week during December last year, a team from Unitec's Diploma in Veterinary Nursing Programme participated in a veterinary clinic as part of the volunteer programme run by South Pacific Animal Welfare (SPAW) on the ... -
Veterinary Nursing students support charity veterinary clinic in Tonga
(2014-03)What started off as an idea very quickly became reality as ten veterinary nursing students, two veterinarians and four Unitec staff (two veterinary nurses, one veterinarian and one support person) gathered at Auck land ... -
What we do, what we should do, and what we want to do : veterinary nurses in New Zealand
(2015-10)Unregulated profession No protection of title Three qualifications Certificate (1 year of study) Diploma (2 years of study) Bachelor (3 years of study) Lack of a guaranteed and standardised skill-based learning, ... -
Zoological Society of Auckland seminal series : Veterinary care, Tongan style - take 2
(2015-08)Who are we? Unitec Institute of Technology Department of Natural Sciences Diploma in Veterinary Nursing (DVN) Two year course >100 students The Idea: To immerse a group of first and second year DVN students in unique ...