RVNs and Vet Technicians do not get nearly enough compensation for the work they do for vet practices in my opinion. They are the pins holding all the cogs together, and much of our work as vets would not be possible without them. According to the 2019 RCVS study, out of the nearly 25% of RVNs … Continue reading The Real Pay Difference Between Locum and Permanent RVNs
Answer: you tell them. Thanks to the negativity bias, all humans, RVNs and vets included, do not assume they’re doing a great job. Not only that but they’re naturally more likely to assume they’re doing a bad job. Negativity bias is the tendency not only to register negative stimuli more readily but also to dwell … Continue reading How Does Your Vet Team Know They’re Great?
Talking about mental health is becoming more mainstream and I’m all here for it. There are no end of initiatives in vet practices now to improve vet and RVN wellbeing and mental health. Yet despite all this, where you probably wouldn’t hesitate to take a day off if you were stuck in bed with the … Continue reading How to Ask for a Mental Health Day
Since graduating vet school, with each job I’ve had, I’ve increased my salary. I started on £25k, and for the interests of transparency, increased that over 4 years to £38.5k by either changing jobs or receiving pay-rises. With increased earnings, I’ve also taken on more expenses, I now I have a dog (who I insure, … Continue reading Money Scarcity Mindset and Me
Starting your career as a vet can be daunting, exciting and a whirlwind to say the least; and it can be incredible to put all the knowledge and skills you’ve learnt over the last 4-5 years into practice in real-life scenarios – finally! Clinically, vet school does an incredible job of preparing us for day … Continue reading 6 New Grad Hacks They Don’t Teach You at Vet School
The FIRE movement is an exciting revolution taking over the typical financial route that society sets out for us. And that is the long-trodden path of working from the age you graduate school or university until 65, retiring on your pension and any extra savings you hope to have put away, hoping you’ve got enough … Continue reading How to Retire Early with FIRE
Yep, we’ve all been there. The new year’s resolutions of practicing daily gratitude, the weekly meditation or yoga, healthy eating or reading before bed every night. Starting with a whole heap of enthusiasm, and then before you realise it, you can’t remember the last time you picked up your book or got out the yoga … Continue reading 3 Reasons Why You Can’t Commit to Self-Care Habits
By putting in the effort to notice positive events, our brain is open and searching for those day-to-day good things that you might not have noticed before, which, in-turn makes them seem to happen more! Continue reading The Science Behind Gratitude
We’ve all had a cry with an owner while euthanising a beloved pet, or felt the burden of making really difficult ethical decisions under a lot of pressure, especially when the threads of a client’s finances and love for their animals under our care become entangled.
But we can slowly become exhausted emotionally and physically. What exactly does compassion fatigue feel like and what can trigger it? Continue reading How to Recognise Compassion Fatigue & What to Do About It
I’ve stolen this term from Professor Damien Hughes on the High Performance Podcast. The leaders, the change makers and the shakers he interviews all get asked the same thing: what do they do as cultural architects? So what do we mean by cultural architects? These are the people who become the change they want to … Continue reading How to Become a Cultural Architect
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