RVN to VS?

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AmyRVN5555 — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 07:28:31 GMT

Thanks everyone, it certainly does sound quite positive - am going to ring them today!

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Sandra Taylor RVN, MBVNA — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 18:49:35 GMT

The NVQ is not worth anything, certainly not at level 3 outside of vet nursing.Believe me I have asked.

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Fleabee99 — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 18:45:16 GMT

really curious about this thread so do you have to do the VN degree? or could a VN with just the NVQ be considered, just wondering as i havent got into a training practice yet and have alevels

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donovanlpool — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 14:43:35 GMT

Hi, like Supastar101, I work as an unqualified nurse/receptionist in practice and am a vet student but at Liverpool. Liverpool runs the same sort of post grad 4 year course as RVC with same entry requirements but charge the full fees.

Hope you find what you want!

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Caro Laithwaite VN — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 14:16:23 GMT

Think it is St Georges you are thinking of.

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Nicola Smith — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 13:25:40 GMT

I know 2 degree nurses who have gone to train to be vets. 1 went to liverpool and was told could go straight into 2nd year, the other did the west indies?one, can't think what it was called but a lot cheaper. They advertise every now and again in vet tims etc, they are in conjunction with one of the uk uni's.

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Anonymous — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 11:46:59 GMT

Before I start I should explain that I have a small confession to make... as well as working part time as an ana/receptionist I'm also a Vet student at the RVC, which is why I know so much about the course there!

The RVC does do a graduate entry programme, but the structure of the course is a little different to the usual way of doing things! In the first year (called the Graduate year) you will be taught a very very content heavy syllabus covering all the anatomy and physiology normally done in the first 2 years of the BVetMed degree. There is also some practical teaching, and the requirement to do 12 weeks of 'animal husbandry' EMS. This is 2 weeks on a pig farm, 2 weeks lambing, 2 weeks on a dairy farm, 2 weeks with horses and 4 weeks of other (which can include SA nursing). You can count half of this from before starting, but have to do the remaining six weeks during the G year. The fees at the moment are around £3k/year (even for grads) making it one of the cheapest options to do the vet course as a graduate. That said, it does make it one of the more popular postgrad vet courses, and there is a lot of internal competition from the college's BSc Vet Science students. Nottingham are also only charging around £3k/year but it's a five year course, and Bristol, Cam, Liverpool, Edinburgh and Glasgow all charge the full international fees (between 15 and 18k/year) for post graduates.

I'm not sure about the entry requirements elsewhere, but at the RVC they ask for a minimum of a 2.i in your first degree, and you may also have to take the BMAT exam. Its a science and logical thinking test which ranks you according to other students taking the exam at the same time. I think that they take into account a-levels, but use your degree ranking more heavily in deciding if you are a suitable candidate or not.

Hope that helps!

Jenny

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Nick Shackleton — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 11:19:43 GMT

Good luck with it, have you considered other universities???

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AmyRVN5555 — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 11:06:10 GMT

I went straight onto the degree but did it in the older format so did NVQ and degree together. I would hope it is a science degree - on the website they list animal science, biology etc but not VN degree altho prob a good thing as people would be doing VN degree to then get in vet school not to be VN's!

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Nick Shackleton — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 10:29:10 GMT

Did you do NVQ before you did the degree or did you go straight onto degree?? Because your NVQ is worth two A levels, plus your VN is a Batcholer of Science, so I reckon it is a Science Degree

Re: RVN to VS?

AmyRVN5555 — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 10:01:57 GMT

Hello, thanks everyone!

I'm glad to hear others have managed to do it! The thing that was worrying me is I do have a-levels but only at grade DDD. I will give vets schools a ring on monday and see. Have noticed they now do an accelerated degree at RVC if you already have a science degree but not sure if VN Bsc counts! I will let you know how I get on!

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Caro Laithwaite VN — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 10:01:21 GMT

One of the large animal ortho vets at liverpool large animal side was a vn they are weird people orthos human and animal.

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Cat Woman — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 20:35:47 GMT

A friend of mine who was a QVN, is now a vet. I think being a nurse first, perhaps makes a more compassionate, caring vet?

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Sandra Taylor RVN, MBVNA — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 20:08:26 GMT

It was Beth, I have her on my bebo, and she did or maybe still does some shifts for vetsnow.

I worked with a vet who used to be anurse, she was fabm she was always helping with the cleaning too which was a defin ite from us nurses

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Louise B — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 19:33:15 GMT

Hi, I doubt you'll have any problem. if you search the previous forum you'll find a VN talking about how she joined Edinburgh Uni as a vet - and used her VN degree to get in. She didn't have spectacular A-level grades either (I think Ds or Cs or something like that) - but she was having to pay international student fees which are about £16,000 pa. I think name was either Kate or Elizabeth. My memory seems to tell me it was the latter and I think her name on this site was 'Beth'. I also think she does some locum work for Vets Now Edinburgh so you might be able to track her down and chat to her. I know she was loving doing the degree and found her nursing really helped.

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Fleabee99 — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 18:35:02 GMT

hi coming from a person who looked at this before deciding to go down the VN route id say if you have alevels (which you prolly do doing the Bsc) what are they because most uni's ask for biology, chemisty at Alevel as a must and physics or maths as your 3rd alevel, altho nottingham have a different scheme where if you have AAA in other subjects you can do a 6yr VS course so you can catch up on science in the first year but i duno what theyd say if you have a VN degree as they look for science degree and dunno if that would be considered one, job one id say would be call all the uni's that offer it which was 6 last time i looked and tell them your situation and see what they can offer you, the uni's are (if you dont know) liverpool, bristol, edinburgh, glasgow, london (royal) and nottingham

hope this helps, like i said nottingham would be a good one to ask as they have the alternative course good luck!

and may i ask why the sudden change?