Ravyk

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/ipad/dont-litter-get-your-dog-desexed/story-fn6bqphm-1226087557683

She is evil! Will be having a good play with it this coming weekend [after all my exams finish]. We're headed to Pt Pirie so I'll give it a good work out then.

Not working in a clinic at the moment [i don't think the Tafe clinic counts! ], but we were asked to talk to a VN working in industry. I know the questions are broad, so maybe just what your clinic does should be enough for the assignment.

The middle one is Miss Evil Incarnate...who goes after toes and fingers! Yes they're Silver Laced Wyandottes [except for the 1 Gold Laced]. Sorry to hear yours was taken by a fox.

Well I was impatient and went and grabbed my lens! :D Only tested it out briefly on the way home. So expect some more shots later on.

Ooops forgot about this thread. I'll post the questions here, and you can either PM me the answers or post them here. In relation to a pyometra surgery: What surgery class and risk class is a pyometra surgery? Are they always emergency cases? Detail all surgical instruments that will be prepared or used. Include any specialised instruments that will be used for this surgery. [just a list of names is fine, I can fill in the details] What [premedication] drugs are used? What [anaesthesia] drugs are used? What type of fluids are used – name and classification? What is the length of hospital stay for this procedure? What anaesthetic circuit is being used and why? What is a vet nurse's role within this procedure? I also need a brief description of the actual procedure. I may or may not have more lurking in the depths of my assignment pages

OH's is grabbing it at lunch time and depending on how impatient I am [and how much of my sucky assignment I get down] I'm going to wizz down and grab it off him! Pity it is so overcast and dreary today!

I have a crop [550D] and hoping to upgrade eventually, either to another crop [7D] or a full frame [5DMII].

That's a gorgeous cat, LOOOOVE the eyes. Well we sold our car today, so tomorrow I have a new toy to play with!! OH is going to go pick up my 10-20mm. :D

Thanks kja-it's mainly for a trip we're doing along the great ocean road in a few months. And I mainly want it for landscapes.

Can I quickly steal the thread? I'm currently looking for a wide angle at the moment. Looked at the Sigma 10-20mm 3.5 and the Simga 8-16mm 4.5-5.6 and can't decide between them. [i have a Canon 550D]

I can vouch for AIRC also as they are who I have done my Cert IV through. They are very thorough and accomodating. They do expect alot from their students in the way of assignments etc (case studies ), but I beleive you are a better nurse for it. What kind of practical work do you do through the AIRC course?

Who did she talk to? Make sure she chats to a course-coordinator [preferably the co-ordinator of the cert she wants to do], not just the reception people. Whilst they know basic info about the courses, for more particular information she needs someone who knows the course inside and out. Our terms are similar to school terms. Approx 10 weeks in length, with a 2 week break in between. Next week is our last week for term 2. We aren't there every day but this may change with the course change next year. 1st term we were there 3 days a week, this term it was 4 days a week and term 3 & 4 are 4 days [3 of which are clinic rotations].

Get her to call Gilles Plains Tafe and talk to the co-ordinator of the certificate she wants to do, I know Cert IV is changing starting next year [it's now shorter than 2 years]. I'm currently studying Cert IV first year and we are the last year to do the 2 year course. Parts of it can be done external, but that is up to the discretion of the Tafe [i'm going to be doing some subjects next year external]. External students still need to come down to the Tafe at certain times to complete the practical side of those subjects. The problem I can see if she doesn't want to move down and do the course internal is the completion of the log book and practical competencies. We have practical lessons nearly every week for each of the subjects we do and some subjects have practical exams where we have to put our knowledge into practice. We do rotations through surgery, consult, grooming, merchandise with the lecturers/vets and have a log book that the supervisors need to tick off the skills we are competent at. There are two sections and the first must be completed before the internship and the second by the time the internship is over. The only real way to avoid having to come down here would be to get a traineeship in your area. Although I know the trainees we have still come in at least 1 day a week. We have a student who is from Keith, which is 3 hours from Adelaide-who stays with rellies for the days she is at Tafe and drives back home each weekend-is that a possibility? If she is really passionate about it, moving to Adelaide for a period of time to complete the necessary education [either Vet or Vet Nurse] shouldn't be too much of an issue [she should be able to get Student Allowance whilst living down here to help pay for accomodation]. I know the city sucks [i can't wait to get out of here again!] but it would only be a temporary move. Personally I would be very wary of online sites offering the course, do your research on the site before signing up-some can be rather dodgy. OH's ex was burnt by an online course [not vet nursing]-forked out $1000s only to find out once she completed it, that the 'certificate' was not recognised by the relevent boards! So she basically wasted all that money for a useless piece of paper.

I was wondering if I could get some help on a surgical nursing assignment. Having difficulties answering some of the questions, as I need real world Australian industry answers, not out of the textbook [which is British]. It would be particularly helpful if you've had experience helping in a Pyometra surgery. Thanks in advance.

thanks for the heads up miss squish

Looks good! It looks like they haven't stuffed it up they did with Marley and Me [iMO]

I'm currently studying to become a qualified vet nurse.

I think the use of the dogs for student vets to gain valuable knowledge in surgery if acceptable, as long as its humane and ethical. Whilst it is very sad that these dogs are scheduled to be PTS, at least some valuable experience and knowledge has been gained through their deaths. It's less of a waste than those euth'd and thrown away. We don't want inexperienced vets out in the workplace, operating and diagnosing our precious pets, without having any practical experience on a living breathing dog. Whilst I have no issue with animal ethics, I do have an issue that it is going too far. A lot of my Tafe lecturers [i'm studying Vet nursing] believe that within the next 5-10 years, vet students won't be allowed to do anything with live animals and that vet nurses also wont be able have live animal pracs. It will severely effect the industry, imagine getting a vet nurse who doesn't even know how to lift a dog safely without getting bitten, or restrain a cat for an injection? Or a vet who can't work out what organ they're supposed to be removing?

Spot my cattle x is a mouser, he hunts them for hours and has caught quite a few now.

What is a necropsy? Is that an autopsy for dogs? Yes

lucious, PM me. I'll have a chat to OH but we might be able to help you.

I hope everything works out. Seriously though...if the council wants to stop the 'epidemic' of dogs, how about they get off their butts and impound the ones that are straying, fine the owners for straying animals and fine people for not picking up their dog's poo? It wouldn't surprise me if a number of the stray dogs don't actually have owners.

Do you still need help moving furniture? I have a ute, and may possibly be able to borrow a 7x5 trailer complete with cattle bars.

Sheep and cows are not stupid animals, they are remarkably smart. They sure as hell understand what is going on when they are locked in yards at abattoir, they get frightened, they stress, they try to break out of the yards and injure themselves or other in the process. They can smell the fear and the death of the live stock around them. Slaughter on mass scale in an abattoir is frightening and brutal for any animal, horse, sheep or cow alike. I also disagree with that most horse meat was someone's pet. More likely the majority of horse meat comes from failed racers or unwanted horses.