Giving Nurses a Voice in Change

BVNA are pleased to be collaborating with VDS Training to offer this webinar on ‘Giving Nurses a Voice in Change’ – which is FREE to attend for BVNA members.

Do you feel confident leading change in your practice? Are there elements of how you deliver care you would like to improve? What gets in your way of being able to care for your patients or for your clients?

In this webinar we will explore the central role nurses play in understanding and improving how care is delivered. Sharing insights from recent PhD research, we will look at what might stop nurses feeling able to ask for change. Respect, relationships and effective communication are at the heart of teams that are able to create and sustain change. You will leave with some ideas and tips to help you step into leading change.

Learning Outcomes;

• Understand common blockers to sharing our ideas and concerns
• Recognise how relationships and trust impact team communication
• Understand what psychological safety is and how to build it
• Build confidence in your role as a nurse in identifying and leading improvements in practice
• Know what effective feedback look like and how to build a feedback culture

Speaker: Elly Russell MA VetMB CertAVP(GSAS) MRCVS

Elly qualified as a veterinary surgeon in 2002 and has worked in a variety of small animal settings.  After completing a surgery certificate in 2019, she started a PhD at the University of Lincoln, supported and funded by the Veterinary Defence Society (VDS), researching communication and patient safety in the veterinary profession. Elly is particularly interested in team and organisational communication and is passionate about helping veterinary teams deliver safe care. Her research focuses on how veterinary teams communicate and how we can make ongoing and meaningful quality improvements in how we deliver care as a team in practice.  Elly is part of the VDS training team where she heads up the communication training provision and supports vet teams use and benefit from Vetsafe, the VDS’s adverse event reporting system. She is passionate about helping veterinary professionals, teams and practices communicate well, achieve great patient outcomes, and to thrive.

Ticket price:

BVNA and VDS RVN members: FREE*

Non-members: £15

*If you are interested in this event as a VDS member, please contact VDS Training directly at info@vds-training.co.uk with any booking enquiries.

Thank you to VDS Training for providing this webinar.