Any vet nurses on here?

[kate.m.]

Yeah im really enjoying it! I deffo think ive made the right decision! Its (obviously) soo different to teaching, but i love it! It has its sad parts, and its stressful parts, but working with animals is just so rewarding! This cat hadnt eaten at all after its op & it had to eat before it went home, and i eventually persuaded it to demolish a whole tin of cat food! I felt so chuffed! lol! I think that something that annoyed me about teaching is that: there is no end goal/result... even if ur kids get fantastic results, u gotta push em further n make em do more...& it made me feel like whatever u do isnt good enough, because you could always do better (not sure if that makes sense?! lol!) but this is different!

 

[Jenren]

Id love to be vet nurse - sounds like you def made the right decision.
xx

 

[eightambliss]

Good for you! Think how awesome it will be to tell your child that mommy saves animals for a living (I'm a major animal lover). By the way, that's a huge dog in your profile picture!

 

[kate.m.]

Im tempted to describe my career as "I help kittens get better!" Sounds too cute for words! Thats my "baby" in my pic! lol! She is a bit of a monster, but such a softy.... I had to get up at 5am the other day..... because there was a fly in her bed that she wanted me to get rid of, because she was scared of it! She was just whimpering at it from the corner of the room!!!

The major decision for me was the wage cut: Choosing between bein rich & miserable, or poor & happy! I finally went for the latter.... but ive recently realised ive made that decision before! When my parents divorced I chose to live with my Mum in her 2 bed housing authority flat, rather than live with my Dad in his 5 bedroom house with stables, horses, acres and an orchard.... and i felt pretty damn happy about my decision! Wouldnt have had it any other way!

 

[pinklizzy]

Yeah im really enjoying it! I deffo think ive made the right decision! Its (obviously) soo different to teaching, but i love it! It has its sad parts, and its stressful parts, but working with animals is just so rewarding! This cat hadnt eaten at all after its op & it had to eat before it went home, and i eventually persuaded it to demolish a whole tin of cat food! I felt so chuffed! lol! I think that something that annoyed me about teaching is that: there is no end goal/result... even if ur kids get fantastic results, u gotta push em further n make em do more...& it made me feel like whatever u do isnt good enough, because you could always do better (not sure if that makes sense?! lol!) but this is different!

That's one thing that I love about this job, you can really feel as if you've made a difference and getting an animal to eat is one of those things! Sending an animal home after major surgery/medical treatment and knowing that the nursing care has made a big difference to their recovery. Much more important than the vets I do have days when I come home and cry and it can be very stressful but I still can't imagine doing anything else. I'm really glad you're enjoying it