Undertaking nurse clinics and consults is an important aspect of veterinary nursing, whether you are the designated clinic nurse or not. Admit and discharge appointments are a form of nurse consulting, and the same skills are required. Good communication skills are needed in order to help improve client compliance/concordance and client education, and in turn help to improve animal welfare. Confidence is not something that can be learned like a set of rules; confidence is a state of mind. Positive thinking, practice, training, knowledge, and talking to other people are all useful ways to help improve or boost your confidence levels.
The session looks at what confidence is and how we can improve it. There is no hard and fast way to improve your confidence and no correct answer. By exploring the many different factors that affect confidence, we can look at ways to boost confidence.