Mrs Evie Yon
BSc (Hons) PG Cert VE FHEA RVN
Senior Teaching Fellow
Department: Clinical Science and Services
Campus: Hawkshead
Senior Teaching Fellow in Veterinary Nursing
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9573-1524
Evie studied for her BSc in Veterinary Nursing at the Royal Veterinary College, qualifying as a Registered Veterinary Nurse in 2015 and graduating with her BSc (Hons) in 2016. She spent three years in clinical practice, both first opinion and as a Surgery Ward RVN at the RVC's Queen Mother Hospital for Animals, before becoming a Clinical Educator. In 2018, she gained her Postgraduate Certificate in Veterinary Education and becoming a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Evie then left the RVC, gaining teaching experience working for a college, before returning to the RVC as a Teaching Fellow in Veterinary Nursing in 2019. In 2022, Evie achieved her Postgraduate Diploma in Veterinary Education and became a Senior Teaching Fellow in Veterinary Nursing at the RVC.
Evie’s interests lie in post-operative orthopaedic, soft-tissue and ophthalmic surgery and wound management in addition to emergency veterinary medicine.
Externally to the RVC, Evie is a visiting Education Representative for the RCVS Veterinary Nurse Accreditation panel.
Nicholls, S. and Yon, E. (2023) Veterinary Nursing Journal 37(6): 39-43
Batt-Williams, S. and Yon, E. (2022) Investigation into the experiences of clinical supervisors and their perceptions of their role, in addition to the factors that affect them Parts 1-3. Veterinary Nursing Journal 36 38-54 DOI 10.1080/17415349.2021.1975591
Yon, E., Welsh, P. and Morrin, H. (2022). The Professional RVN. In Professionalism and Reflection in Veterinary Nursing (eds S. Badger and A. Jeffery). https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119664369.ch3
Lee, L. and Yon, E (2021) Pain management and intraocular pressure monitoring following phacoemulsification. The Veterinary Nurse 12(10): 478-482 https://doi.org/10.12968/vetn.2021.12.10.478
Yon, E. (2020) OSCEs: do you know how?. Veterinary Nursing Journal 35(9-12): 269-271 https://doi.org/10.1080/17415349.2020.1849235
Yon, E. (2020) The veterinary nurse's role in the management of wound drains. The Veterinary Nurse 11(6): 264-269 https://doi.org/10.12968/vetn.2020.11.6.264
Yon, E. (2019) How to reduce the risk of surgical site infections. The Veterinary Nurse 10(1): 42-46 https://doi.org/10.12968/vetn.2019.10.1.42
Evie is a Senior Teaching Fellow in Veterinary Nursing and is First Year Leader for the FdSc/BSc in Veterinary Nursing. She is also Module Leader for the Applied Animal Health and Welfare I module (Y1) and Deputy Module Leader for the Applied Animal Health and Welfare II (Y1). Evie is also Module Leader for the Understanding Disease module in Year 2. On the Certificate in Advanced Veterinary Nursing, Evie is Deputy Module Leader for the Fundamentals in Advanced Veterinary Nursing Practice.
Evie teaches across all years of the Veterinary Nursing FdSc/BSc and CertAVN programmes and is a Final Year Project supervisor in Year 4 of the BSc in Veterinary Nursing.