Veterinary Critical Care Nurses

 

Artwork by Suzanne Small Fine Art/Illustrator

 

Veterinary Critical Care Nurses - A joint British Veterinary Nursing Association (BVNA) and BACCN Collaboration

Welcome to the Veterinary Critical Care Nurses Associate Partner page in collaboration with the British Veterinary Nursing Association. 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 | BACCN

Membership:

You can take advantage of all that the BACCN can offer you by becoming a member of the BACCN. 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 PODCAST interview with Laura Edwards explaining all about the VCCN and the 2022 Belfast conference.