Hils Orpet
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Hilary is currently course director for the Foundation in Veterinary Nursing and BSc degree course run here at the RVC.
Biography
Hilary joined The Royal Veterinary College (RVC) in 1988 soon after qualifying and gained vast experience in the Queen Mother Hospital for Animals. In 1992 Hilary became senior surgical nurse and in 1993 she was awarded a Diploma in Advanced Surgical Nursing. At this time Hilary decided to put to use all the invaluable experience and theory absorbed over the years, and go into teaching. In 2001, with colleague and close friend, Perdi Welsh, they published their first book ‘Handbook of Veterinary Nursing’, The second edition was published last year. Developed the Ability model of nursing care along with Andrea Jeffery in 2007.
Research
Studying animal behaviour and more recently, human behaviour, having completed an Open University degree studying psychology. Completed MSc Veterinary Education in 2011.
Teaching
Having taught for a number of years, Hilary's main interest is in learning styles and assessment methods as well as literacy developmental issues.
Clinical
Keeps up to date with clinical work on a yearly basis spending time on the QMH. Main clinical area of interest is anaesthesia and models of nursing care.
Selected Publications
• Kinnison, T et al. 2011. Piloting Interprofessional Education Interventions with Veterinary and Veterinary Nursing Students. Journal of Veterinary Medical Education. Vol 38 issue 3. P311
• Orpet, H 2011. How well do you know your patient? The need for nursing assessment. The Veterinary Nursing Journal vol 26 issue 7 p242-245. July 2011 [won Meriel Literary Award 2011 for this article].
• Welsh, P & Orpet, H. 2011. Writing Patient Care Reports; Authors Guidelines for VN’s (part 1). The Veterinary Nurse Vol 2 No 2 March 2011
• Welsh, P & Orpet, H. 2011. Writing Patient Care Reports; Authors Guidelines for VN’s (part 2). The Veterinary Nurse Vol 2 No 3 April 2011
• Co-author of Orpet, H and Welsh, P (2011) 2nd Ed. Handbook of Veterinary Nursing. Blackwell Science, Oxford
• Orpet, H & Jeffery, A (2006) Moving Towards a More Holistic Model. The Veterinary Nursing Journal. Vol21 No5 May 2006
• Co-author of Orpet, H and Welsh, P (2001) Handbook of Veterinary Nursing. Blackwell Science, Oxford
vol 26 no.5 May 2006