Suzannah Harniman

Career Overview

I am a Registered Equine Veterinary Nurse with over a decade of experience working in the veterinary industry. I have a keen interest in surgical nursing and prior to joining the Hartpury Veterinary Nursing Team, in 2014, I was the Senior Equine Theatre Nurse at a mixed practice.

I have an MA in Education and for my dissertation completed a qualitative research project focusing on the factors that motivate student veterinary nurses to make academic and career based decisions.

Teaching and supervision

I am the Programme Manager for the BSc (Hons) Veterinary Nursing and BSc (Hons) Equine Veterinary Nursing programmes.
I teach across a range of veterinary nursing modules, subjects including, surgical nursing, pharmacy management and professional veterinary nursing.
I also supervise undergraduate dissertations.

Research interests

I presented my research titled 'Final year student veterinary nurse's future career plans: values, beliefs and anxieties' at the RCVS MMI Symposium in October 2023.
My article titled 'A Qualitative Study of Why Students Choose to Study Veterinary Nursing' in the Journal of Veterinary Medical Education in 2023.
My other publications include, articles in The Veterinary Nurse titled, 'Don't forget the foal: The nursing requirements of foals when the mare is the primary patient' and 'Equine Neonates and Infection Control'.
At the, 2015, British Veterinary Nursing Association Congress I delivered a lecture on Common Traumatic Injuries of the Competition Horse.
I am currently researching student veterinary nurse professional identity.

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