Why vet med and not vet nursing?

they r like completely different in my mind.....its like saying y be a doctor not a nurse..or physiotherapist or whatever...

Reply 3

tessa

and anyway i can't imagine them asking that in interview.....at least not worded like that..usually just y do u wanna do vet med..or whatever

Reply 4

I'm a nurse and hope to become a vet someday, although vet nursing in itself is a rewarding career. The main problem with nursing is low pay because there are people lining up to be nurses, the entry qualifications aren't very demanding and it isn't regulated like human nursing is.
On the flip side, vets have to deal with a LOT of stress; in our 'compensation culture' people are quick to blame someone when things go wrong, as they do occasionally, and ultimately the buck usually stops at the vet's door.
So although I know I'll never have as much responsibility, be able to do invasive surgery, get to explain things to the owners etc., there is a price to being able to do all that stuff.

Reply 5

my main reason would be the limitation, and the fact that I would never have the chance of 'reaching the top' so to speak.
I mean it wouldn't seem right being a 30 year old Vet Nurse and 23 year old Vets are getting paid better and being allowed to do alot more.
Even if I didn't get into VetMed there was no way I would do Vet Nursing, it sounds harsh but true.

Reply 6

Hawk

my main reason would be the limitation, and the fact that I would never have the chance of 'reaching the top' so to speak.
I mean it wouldn't seem right being a 30 year old Vet Nurse and 23 year old Vets are getting paid better and being allowed to do alot more.
Even if I didn't get into VetMed there was no way I would do Vet Nursing, it sounds harsh but true.

I figure being a nurse gives me loads of valuable experience and a really solid knowledge of what I'd be getting myself into when I come to applying for vet school.

Reply 7

Evenstar

I figure being a nurse gives me loads of valuable experience and a really solid knowledge of what I'd be getting myself into when I come to applying for vet school.

Oh yeh certainly before applying it would be good, probably the best work experience you can get. I just mean as a future career I couldn't do it.

Reply 8

Hawk

Oh yeh certainly before applying it would be good, probably the best work experience you can get. I just mean as a future career I couldn't do it.

I could easily stick with nursing for an easy life. I'm in a full-time job doing something I love, and going to vet school means leaving my life behind, moving across the country and resigning myself to relative poverty for five years! I think it'd be worth it though.
I really enjoy the work as a nurse. But as you say, being a vet is like being the best you can be in this particular field of work, and I feel the same way. If I stayed a nurse, I'd be fairly happy, but I don't think I'd feel fulfilled. I'd probably look back and think 'what if?'.

Reply 9

Hawk, are you a vet student. If so, where? *is nosy*

Reply 10

Evenstar

Hawk, are you a vet student. If so, where? *is nosy*

Ill be a vet student in a couple of weeks :biggrin:

at Glasgow

Reply 11

Oh wow, that's really cool for you! I really hope I can work hard enough to also get to vet school! Who knows, I might end up at Glasgow while you're still there. I work with quite a few cool vets who went to Glasgow, so you're in good company.

Reply 12

Evenstar

Oh wow, that's really cool for you! I really hope I can work hard enough to also get to vet school! Who knows, I might end up at Glasgow while you're still there. I work with quite a few cool vets who went to Glasgow, so you're in good company.

Yeh Glasgow rocks!! :biggrin:

Best of luck with applying, from your posts you seem to have your head well screwed on about it all, I don't see you having any problems getting in.

Reply 13

platinumki

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Vet nurses are over educated for the job they do, which leads to lots of frustration. Lots of the vet nurses I have met are quite resentful about having to double check and ask permission for the most obvious steps e.g. an animal is in pain but cannot be given more pain meds until the vet oks it

Reply 14

The entry requirements are really low for vet nursing, but the course is really demanding, involving a lot of maths, biology and chemistry as well as the practical stuff such as animal handling. Too many silly young girls come along thinking it's all about the fluffy animals, and it SO isn't! It's a hard, dirty, emotionally draining job that demands hard work, the willing to get your hands dirty and a certain level of intelligence to be able to complete the training.

Reply 15

sweetlikechocol

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I have a lot of respect for the nurses that i work with at my local vets, they have ****** hours, crap pay an dhave to do so much on call work, on top of that they have to complete all their college stuff (thats not even the nursing degree!) like portfolios, and a lot of the time they get little or no respect from the vets and little or not thanks from the public. I think that the nurses do a grand job, i dunno how they manage it! I chose vet med......dunno y over vet nursing...neva thought bout it!
xxx

Reply 16

Vet In Progress