A day in the life of a veterinary nurse ?

Re: A day in the life of a veterinary nurse ?

Mrs Dot Dot — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 23:12:23 GMT

[quote user="lisajane"]

I'd like to go to animal heaven and nurse them all up there.

Anyway, thanks f for all your replies. The more i think about it, the more i want to do it. Its sounds great. Im hoping to go off and study it in sept 2010. I plan on spending the next year saving for college and looking for work with a vet.

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Good Luck! I'm still thinking about us vet nurses up there, post-vet nursing!!

Re: A day in the life of a veterinary nurse ?

lisajane — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 22:46:23 GMT

I'd like to go to animal heaven and nurse them all up there.

Re: A day in the life of a veterinary nurse ?

Mac Feather — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 17:26:10 GMT

I am defo planning to be a little old lady that has a bizarre pet that i trundle around in a tartan shopping trolley (I have one already, a 21st birthday prez from a fellow V.N!)

And I intend on attending the vet regularly and irritate them by continually mentioning I was a V.N you know!

Re: A day in the life of a veterinary nurse ?

Edwina [Eddie] Norbury — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 14:48:14 GMT

I bet we wil be laying i sh** !!

Re: A day in the life of a veterinary nurse ?

Naomi Jackson RVN — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 14:37:46 GMT

I have a vision of a sunny field somewhere with arm chairs full of little old vet nurses sunning themselves in retirement. Still wearing greens and very hard for their carers to see as they camoflage very well in the grass.

Re: A day in the life of a veterinary nurse ?

Mrs Dot Dot — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 22:36:32 GMT

Food for thought, eh?!.....I hadn't thought that far ahead, but I'm not that far away!!!!!

There must be a big vet nurses graveyard in the sky... or do we just all go in the freezer?!

Re: A day in the life of a veterinary nurse ?

paula morgan — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 21:41:16 GMT

I am just starting my ANA and am 45! What am I thinking! x

Re: A day in the life of a veterinary nurse ?

Edwina [Eddie] Norbury — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 11:25:59 GMT

I've been a vet nurse for 35 years and its all I have ever wanted to do.Its been a wonderful life and i have loved it. Now the wong side of 50.I find I am getting too old to be scrabbling about on all fours., cleaning kennels.{ being over weight and suffering from arthritis and all] The thing is what to do now. Too thick to go into management , hate reception.Not qualified to do anthing in the outside world .Where do old nurses go of to die!!??

Re: A day in the life of a veterinary nurse ?

Karen S — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 08:37:10 GMT

[quote user="Shane"]

Want to see what it's like being an equine vet nurse?

Go to our website and click on the link:

http://www.rossdales.com/pages.php?page=000163

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Equines all the way! Even when they rear at you, hoof you, bite you and ram you against the stable wall :D

Re: A day in the life of a veterinary nurse ?

Avril Louise Jackson RVN — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 00:39:47 GMT

hehe :) so true. This career demands a lot. There are rewards in return but it's no easy job, in fact it's not a job, it's a lifesty;e.

You need to be practical and dynamic to survive and thrive in vet nursing. If you like to switch off when you clock off then it's the wrong career but if you want to work hard, make a difference, dry tears, kick some ass, clean up shit, learn something new nearly every day, feel proud, help animals AND people then it's a fabulous career. I love this job. I started my training later than the average VN student at 27 years old. I sometimes regret not doing it sooner but never regret doing it :) It's not an easy job physically or emotionally but I could never go back to what I did before (management retail).

Re: A day in the life of a veterinary nurse ?

Shane — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 10:18:07 GMT

Want to see what it's like being an equine vet nurse?

Go to our website and click on the link:

http://www.rossdales.com/pages.php?page=000163

Re: A day in the life of a veterinary nurse ?

Sandra Taylor RVN, MBVNA — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 01:17:14 GMT

A life in the day.......hmm, go to work 8.30, admit the ops, look at inpatients, put all records on the computer, including not missing out any eensy weensy injection form ANY PATIENT!!!, set up for op 12 on average couple of ortho ones that will spill over inotolate afternoon,

Afternoon, discharge patients, clean prep/theatre/dental room/ kennels, wash all kits and sterilise, wash scrubs,trolley drapes etc sterilise, medicate inpatients, admit some more inpatients ( oh we are up to 10 now....lotta work!), work out drugs and drip rates, write up sheets for night nurse, assist any vet that looks lost( a lot do lol), drag ass home walk the dogs make the tea, hoover, wash dishes, get uniform ready for tomorrow, .................. and then go to bed..usually about midnight, and up again at 7 to start again

Does that sound about right???? oh thats a good day, we wont mention any lunchtime PM's or emergencies or no breaks whatsoever

Re: A day in the life of a veterinary nurse ?

les punton — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 20:48:40 GMT

oh yes definately and I appreciate the awkward ones is prob just their way of expressing their worry!

someone once told me that every1 remember a bad job (or a difficult client) and not a godd one.

maybe I should try and bear that in mind - i like to try and please every1!!

Re: A day in the life of a veterinary nurse ?

Doolally — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 20:36:16 GMT

The clients can be difficult and awkward, but you get so many who are grateful for everything we do....especially the ones who recognise what an important part the nurses have played in their animal's care..and just a thankyou from a grateful client makes it worth putting up with all the arsey ones.

Re: A day in the life of a veterinary nurse ?

les punton — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 20:09:44 GMT

I agree with all of the above but the most difficult thing I find is the difficult clients! crap pay but I cant imagine doing anything else.

good luck with everything

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Steph Phillips — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 15:14:25 GMT

I love it.... well except the shit shoveling! lol.. it's highly rewarding, like everyone else says.. so you wont mind the occational (or more often) stress.. it's all part of it :-) ..

good luck with everything!! :-)

Re: A day in the life of a veterinary nurse ?

Mrs Dot Dot — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 14:14:09 GMT

[quote user="Dippy"]

Busy, stressful, dirty, smelly, not well paid, long hours but rewarding. The latter usually outweighs the first six!

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He!He! Exactly! Plus 98% cleaning, can be an emotional rollercoaster, full-on long weekends/ nights on call etc etc... Why do we do it? Because I can't imagine doing anything else!

Re: A day in the life of a veterinary nurse ?

Maisy — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 13:13:21 GMT

http://www.bvna.co.uk - click on Careers, and then What is Veterinary Nursing as this tells you a bit about general veterinary nursing. But yes, it's often smelly, dirty, stressful at times and long hours. But when you get an anorexic cat to eat, or a happy tail wag from a dog you've been looking after, makes it all worthwhile

Re: A day in the life of a veterinary nurse ?

Dippy — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 09:24:13 GMT

Busy, stressful, dirty, smelly, not well paid, long hours but rewarding. The latter usually outweighs the first six!