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Appendix 1
The questions in the online survey distributed to veterinary nurses
Page 1 : Barriers to RVN confidence in rabbit anaesthesia
The purpose of this questionnaire is to gather registered veterinary nurses ' opinions about anaesthesia in rabbits , for a BSc final year project at the Royal Veterinary College . The survey will take around 5 minutes to complete , and all data will be confidential and anonymous . You may choose to provide an email address to be entered into a prize draw for a £ 25 funkynurse . com gift card . Your participation is voluntary but , as data is anonymised , participation will not be able to be withdrawn . Email addresses can be withdrawn at any time and these will not be stored beyond the end of the project .
If you have any questions about the study , please contact [ email address withheld ]. This research has been approved by the Royal Veterinary College social sciences ethical review board and is supervised by [ email address withheld ].
1 . I am a qualified , RCVS registered veterinary nurse , currently working in the UK . □ Yes
2 . I consent to the data I supply to be used for this research project .
□ Yes
Page 2 : Demographic data
3 . What is your sex ?
□ Male □ Female □ Other
4 . In what year did you qualify as a veterinary nurse ? ( Free text , number only )
5 . What route of training did you take to qualify ?
□ Higher education – FdSc or BSc
□ Vocational training – Level 3 diploma
□ Other ( leading to free-text box )
6 . Please specify any additional training or qualifications you have completed about exotic species or anaesthesia . ( Free text )
Page 3 : Practice information
7 . What type of practice are you currently working in ?
□ Primary care □ Referral □ Other ( leading to a free-text box )
8 . How many rabbits do you usually anaesthetise in 1 month ? ( Free text )
Page 4 : Anaesthesia confidence
9 . Please rate how confident you feel undertaking a routine anaesthetic in the following species ( 1 is NOT AT ALL confident , 10 is VERY confident ).
Dog Cat Rabbit
10 . Please indicate how you feel about the following statements . [ See table below ]
11 . Are there any other reasons that have impacted your confidence at rabbit anaesthesia ? ( Free text )
12 . What changes do you think will be beneficial to increase veterinary nurses ' confidence when undertaking rabbit anaesthesia ? ( Free text )
Page 5 : Entry into prize draw
13 . To be entered into a prize draw to win a £ 25 funkynurse . com gift card please provide an email address here . The gift card will be sent to the winner via this email at the end of the research project . ( Free text )
Page 6 : Final page
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Thank you for your participation . If you have any concerns , please contact [ email addresses withheld ].
Statements relating to question 10 |
Strongly
agree
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Agree |
Neither
agree nor
disagree
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Disagree |
Strongly
disagree
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I had a lot of education about rabbit anaesthesia when training to be a veterinary nurse |
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I am confident at airway management for rabbits |
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I am confident at administering medications to rabbits ( e . g . SC , IM , IV , PO ) |
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I am confident at using monitoring equipment on rabbits |
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I am provided with specific equipment for rabbits within the practice ( e . g . V-gels ) |
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I am comfortable using different induction and maintenance protocols for rabbits |
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I am confident about emergency protocols in rabbits |
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My confidence is improved when other staff are confident at rabbit anaesthesia |
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My confidence is improved by having good previous experiences at rabbit anaesthesia |
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