Putting employer engagement at the heart of Higher Education degree programmes. Sharing Edinburgh Napier University’s experiences.
Conference Proceeding
Smith, D., & Hussian, M. (2015)
Putting employer engagement at the heart of Higher Education degree programmes. Sharing Edinburgh Napier University’s experiences.
Edinburgh Napier University has 50 year history of working with regional employers to develop programmes of study which produce appropriately skilled and qualified graduates. ...
Veterinary Nurse training in the UK
Conference Proceeding
Cooper, B., & Smith, D. (2015)
Veterinary Nurse training in the UK
Veterinary Nursing in the UK is still a relatively young profession. Whilst it is known that there were animal nurses in existence in the late 1800’s the role and title ‘Veter...
Regulations relating to Registered Veterinary Nurses in the United Kingdom.
Conference Proceeding
Smith, D., & Copper, B. (2015)
Regulations relating to Registered Veterinary Nurses in the United Kingdom
Veterinary nursing is now a well recognise professional route in the UK. There is considerable capacity within the industry to increase the number of veterinary nurses employ...
Ensuring standards of clinical care provided by veterinary nurses through regulation, registration and accredited training.
Conference Proceeding
Smith, D., Dougherty, K., & Yates, K. (2015)
Ensuring standards of clinical care provided by veterinary nurses through regulation, registration and accredited training
The gestation of veterinary nursing as a recognised and self-regulated profession in the United Kingdom can be best described as long and difficult. Caught between the twin e...
Addressing professional competency barriers that restrict bilateral international mobility of undergraduate veterinary nursing students.
Conference Proceeding
Smith, D., & Webster, B. Addressing professional competency barriers that restrict bilateral international mobility of undergraduate veterinary nursing students. Manuscript submitted for publication)
Smith, D., & Webster, B. Addressing professional competency barriers that restrict bilateral international mobility of undergraduate veterinary nursing students. Manuscript submitted for publication
This paper is primarily aimed at addressing some of the issues that relate to student mobility in the area of veterinary nurse education across the world. Mobility of veterin...
Towards a values-based person specification for recruitment of compassionate nursing and midwifery candidates: A study of registered and student nurses' and midwives' perceptions of prerequisite attributes and key skills
Journal Article
Waugh, A., Smith, D., Horsburgh, D., & Gray, M. (2014)
Towards a values-based person specification for recruitment of compassionate nursing and midwifery candidates: A study of registered and student nurses' and midwives' perceptions of prerequisite attributes and key skills. Nurse Education Today, 34, 1190-1195. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2013.12.009
Summary
Selection and retention of preregistration nursing and midwifery students are issues that exercise educators, universities and commissioning bodies both nationally an...
Value and training of veterinary nurses: Curriculum and qualification.
Conference Proceeding
Smith, D. (2014)
Value and training of veterinary nurses: Curriculum and qualification
Enabling candidates to demonstrate their compassionate and caring attributes during recruitment and selection.
Presentation / Conference
Waugh, A., Smith, D., & Horsburgh, D. (2013, September)
Enabling candidates to demonstrate their compassionate and caring attributes during recruitment and selection. Paper presented at 24th International Networking for Healthcare Education, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Practical Donkey and Mule Nutrition
Book
Smith, D., & Burden, F. (2012)
Practical Donkey and Mule Nutrition. In R. J. Geor, M. Coenen, & P. Harris (Eds.), Equine Applied and Clinical Nutrition: Health, Welfare and Performance, 106-140. Saunders
The effect of pasture restriction on dry matter intake by foraging donkeys in the UK.
Book Chapter
Wood, S. J., Smith, D., Morriss, C. J., & Cuddeford, D. (2012)
The effect of pasture restriction on dry matter intake by foraging donkeys in the UK. In M. Saastamoinen, M. J. Fradinho, A. S. Santos, & N. Miraglia (Eds.), Forages and grazing in horse nutrition, 163-176. Wageningen Academic Publishers. https://doi.org/10.3920/978-90-8686-755-4_17
Good pasture management on equine operations is essential to maintaining the productivity and value of the pasture as well as providing the proper nutrients and environment to...