Registered veterinary nurse Sarah Hancill has won the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons Charitable Trust’s (the Trust) ‘Driving Practice Innovation’ competition, with her idea for a peripheral venous catheter care checklist.
“The peripheral venous catheter care checklist is intended to increase patient safety. It consists of 14 quality indicators, repeated every 24 hours over a 72 hour period. This timing allows for objective assessment of clinical performance for insertion and management of the peripheral intravenous catheters” says Sarah.
Sarah has a BSc (Hons) in Veterinary Nursing from the Royal Veterinary College where she gained her foundation degree in veterinary nursing before becoming an RVN in 2011.
Her prize was £100 in shopping vouchers which she intends to spend on a pair of netball shoes. Her love of the sport helps to deal with the everyday stresses of being a veterinary nurse.