Just for fun (ish)

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Katie Drew — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 15:12:38 GMT

Caro thats very moving and I feel the same.

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Caro Laithwaite VN — Sun, 15 Jul 2012 12:46:30 GMT

Brian dying put a lot in perspective now it is just a job. I will do the best l can at any but l wont give up all the life l have done in the past for work. Andy is now what's important along with family and friends. l now go to work to earn money to live my life......I work to live not live to work.

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Julie-Anne Wilson — Sat, 14 Jul 2012 18:52:45 GMT

I'd like to say it's a career 'cos it's a job that I love and I'm currently in a practice that lets me do so much as a nurse and I actually like going in every day (as opposed to my last place of work which made me really hate nursing), but I can't see me doing this into my old age. I'm not quite 30 yet but my knees, hips and back are already causing me hassle and I can see it making work difficult as I get older.

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Lauren Innes Bsc(hons) , RVN — Sat, 14 Jul 2012 18:32:00 GMT

for me its a career. I do have other jobs around my nursing that I also get a huge amount of satidfaction from, but nursing is where I am most happy.

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Shelly vn — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 14:19:46 GMT

For me it is, unfortunatly, just a job. I used to have so much passion for it, but the way things are with the profession just now and things that have happened in a few places i've worked my passion for it has gone. I do my job to the best of my ability and probably will always do this job, as its the only thing i'm qualified for.

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StMongo — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 14:11:29 GMT

I think if my boss wasn't such an asshat, I would love it more. I love the animals and I love all the things I do in a day to help them...even when they poop/pee/bleed/barf on me. My boss just makes me want to not go in ever. He's a total micro-manager, lecturerer, inconsiderate, and condesending to both the clients and us. My only consolation (apart from the animals) is that it can't get worse. The next doctor I work for can't possibly be such a douche, right? Right???

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Selena Carnell — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 17:17:15 GMT

It's the only job I have ever done, I am returning back in to vn work on the 1st of August after a 7 years break for kids. I worry that I won't have the passion I did but we will see.... I know I am done with night duties though!

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Vibeke Dahl — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 20:29:20 GMT

It´s not just a job! It´s the only job I have ever had, that I can se my self growing old with...

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bongo — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 18:41:32 GMT

for me it is a career, not just a job. I love every minute of my job and in the future I hope to pass this passion on in teaching.

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Louisa Cocks — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 18:09:21 GMT

I have always wanted to be a V.N for as long as I can remember and qualified in 2000. However 2 years ago I left my job to become a full time mum to my 2 little boys and I honestly dont know if I will ever work as a V.N again. Even when I do return to work I'm not even sure it will be in a practice or even a related job. Think I've become a bit disillusioned with the career.

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Yvette Patton RVN MBVNA — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 10:16:23 GMT

I love being a VN, the day I don't feel passionate about the job, or get upset over patients and angry over certain situations is the day I know I am in the wrong job.

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Sal the 1st — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 09:54:35 GMT

Cut me down the middle and I probably have VN through me like a stick of rock. Vet Nursing is my life and has been for a very long time, thats why I get so het up when I see its future sliding down the pan

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Victoria Nielsen RVN — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 16:27:22 GMT

It's who I am. Can't imagine doing anything else outside of Veterinary Nursing.

I will always be working within the veterinary nursing profession, right now I'm a Head Nurse and in the future, I aim to become a lecturer teaching the future generation of veterinary nurses.

Veterinary nursing is my profession and defines me as a person personally and professionally.

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Katie Mansfield — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 16:15:44 GMT

It's me.

Came to that conclusion cos I started back in 1991, left in 1996 to start family and during the 15 yrs I had off I worked for 2 door to door catalogue companies, a loans company, was PA and accounts person for my hubby and then started my own pet sitting business cos I missed working with animals so much. Finally reached the stage where kids were old enough to cope with full time SVN mummy and I've not looked back since.

K x