https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/f/nonclinical-discussions/32004/becoming-a-vet Have any of you lovely nurses gone on to become a vet? Or regret not becoming one in the first place? It is something I have been thinking about for a little while now, 8 years into nursing. I like being a nurse and I work in a busy practice that utilisesen-USTelligent Community 10https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/176264?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 28 Jul 2020 12:08:27 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:2ecad56d-69f5-42d2-9df4-6129bd39e1ecashbee91<p>I went the other way,&nbsp; I was training at vet school and decided being a vet wasn&#39;t for me and I became a vet nurse. I did 3 years of the 5 year course.</p> <p>I can tell you that being academic is absolutely essential I&#39;m afraid. It is on another level to the nurse course, I really can&#39;t describe how it was. We started our first year with 120 students and had 100 by the end. Lost about 10 in second year. It&#39;s an intense course.</p> <p>As for being older, no worries on that score. There was lots of older students that had done previous degrees, previous careers and also foreign students too.</p> <p>I personally felt that i enjoyed animal husbandry and being with the patients, which is not what the vets do. I also felt surgery was not for me at all. I feel they are treated much worse than nurses (not being paid for overtime which is a regular occurrence, on call after 12 hour days at work etc, being expected to not have lunch breaks, just crack on doing stuff they&#39;re not confident doing .. the list goes on and on).</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>