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New petition to protect the title VN

Published by Arlo Guthrie on Tue, 16 Feb 2010 2:11 PM - 0 Comments
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Veterinary Nurse Nick Shackleton has started a campaign to protect the title Veterinary Nurse The campaign has a section on Facebook where Nick explains: "The title veterinary nurse at present is not a protected title. A lot of people who work in practice call them selves veterinary nurse, when they have no theoretical training in such a position. As qualified nurses we feel that this issue should be addressed so that the general public are no longer confused as to the qualification and hopefully make them more aware of the hard work it is to gain the qualification. As we are heading for autonomy...
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