Veterinary Nurse - Medicine Geek

07/08/2024

🐾🩺❤️ We cant always access the preferred area ❤️🩺🐾

This patient was having a CT of his thorax so I had to temporarily remove the ECG and pulse ox from the upper body region.

A toe worked beauuuutifully!!

There are other areas to use the pulse ox too, can you think of any?

06/08/2024

Join me this week, a panelndiscussion on GI disease in small animals!

Thursday evening 8pm BST

30 Days free trial of vet and nurse membership!

Click the link below and see you there 😍

https://membership.elearning.vet/e/BAh7BjoWZW1haWxfZGVsaXZlcnlfaWRsKwie3YOYBQA%3D--2e2eb424845774a421e0733fe0a2551639124b0b?skip_click_tracking=true

05/08/2024

Would you love to understand the blood panel more?

I've had the pleasure of recording a webinar for Veterinary CPD, all about interpreting the blood panel!

Cluck the link to register 🩺🐾

https://www.burtysboutique.com/event-details/interpreting-the-blood-panel-1

01/08/2024

Answer below ❤️🩺🐾

19/07/2024

🩺🐾 Today, I went to my sons school to teach a room of 3 year olds about being a vet/vet nurse! 🐾🩺

Inspiring the next generation and planting the seed early, is something which can change the course of somebody's life.

We are lucky to have a profession, which many people dream to be part of from a young age.

His teacher wants to test gender stereotypes, so has been inviting in a range of professionals to talk to the kids to help break these stereotypes.

We cleaned Teddy's ears, cleaned his wound and bandaged legs!

We discussed the many different vets such as small animal, large animal, exotic, marine etc! We also tied in African animals, which they've been learning about recently.

If one child remembers this visit and decides to follow their dreams, then I deem it a success 🩺

16/07/2024

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Following the General Election on 4th July 2024, we’re continuing to call for legislative change to reflect the veterinary nursing profession of today, including .

👉 Read more here; https://bvna.org.uk/blog/bvna-calls-for-overhaul-of-veterinary-surgeons-act-under-new-uk-government/

15/07/2024

💚 The veterinary profession needs some love at the minute 💚

And today, this patient reminded us why we do what we do. What we love and why we give so much to our patients.

In the middle of an abdominal ultrasound, a little heart appeared inside this patients bladder 💚🐾

For those of us who need to see this, here's a little reminder that our patients appreciate us 🥰💚🐾

12/07/2024

🩺🐾 Very excited to be speaking at BVNA Congress this year! 🐾🩺

And I'm talking about Addison's Disease - my favourite!

Are you going to BVNA Congress?

Please come and say hi! 🥰

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07/07/2024

🐾 Kittens mittens, complete with queen! 🐾

No, they're not ours 😅 they've joined the family at the grandparents house 🫶🤩

Aren't they adorable!

05/07/2024

🩺🐾 Why you should only use pencil on microscope slides 🐾🩺

Permanent marker....I don't think so!

Pen will run and wash off when the slide is stained!

Pencil will stay in place and keep your important slide labelled!

Keep a pencil with you for the microscope moments!

All haematology samples should have fresh blood smears. If you're not current doing this, start making fresh slides with every blood sample!

Are you a sharpie villain?

27/06/2024

The 2024 RECOVER Guidelines are now live!

Have a good read, get them printed and laminated on your crash trolley!

Do you use the RECOVER guidelines in your practice??

Please share this post to get the RECOVER guidelines into as many practices as possible 🐾💗

https://recoverinitiative.org/2024-guidelines/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR2pcsT8f_aVlrmIugnkmLKadQNuBN1zl1YPPOUGogXdaydBQSMnAs4_RZc_aem_jcqJ2fYwZvMEOj1VVbffwQ

The 2024 veterinary CPR guidelines from RECOVER Initiative. Read the collaborative effort between veterinary experts.

21/06/2024

Resharing this post as it was pretty popular last time and an absolute life-saver when it comes to small vessels 😍

We use this technique regularly in my practice and it works wonders!

Have you tried it yet?

Did you get a good result?

Share and let me know 🤩

I've seen a few posts about taking blood from peripherals vessels in cats, advising to remove the syringe plunger to prevent pressure on the vessel.

I tried it today and wow!

Thank you to all who shared this trick because it worked a treat!! 🩺🐾😻

P.s. I placed an IVC to prevent trauma as it was so slow flowing. I don't usually use winged IV's as I don't like them but this was the only one to hand for a quick blood sample.

10/06/2024

When you unexpectedly find yourself in a veterinary magazine...

There is an article written about the panel discussion with myself, Kelly Eyre Feline Healthy Ageing Clinic and the RCVS from BSAVA Congress 2024! The panel was about the past, present and future of RVN's.

And then I also found my husband in the same magazine!

🤓 Two McMurrough's in the same Journal 🤓

Shout out to for an awesome Clinical Conundrum article! Beth is also a medicine VTS holder and almost certainly did all the hard work on this article 😅 definitely worth a read!

Thank you for the feature 🤓

P.s. if you're wondering why on earth I'm wearing all red scrubs, apparently it's necessary to dress as Santa Claus when you're in charge of the hospital 😅🏥

07/06/2024

27/05/2024

💚 Veterinary Nurse Awareness Month 💚

May is all about raising awareness to the general public, about our incredible profession and role as a veterinary nurse!

We are lucky to be part of a profession that many people dream of from a young age!

But what does it mean to be a part of the veterinary profession as a nurse?

Read on to find out...

We need to raise awareness of the veterinary nurse community, in order to get a protected title!

So if you're a pet owner or love animals, help us by sharing this post!

Help people understand that we don't just cuddle puppies all day 😅 I wish we did!

Thank you 💚

25/05/2024

25/05/2024

🐾🐕 Tails on a blood product 🐕🐾

18/05/2024

💚 Anaemia for pet owners 💚

17/05/2024

💚 As part of Veterinary Nurse Awareness Month, lets showcase our skills 💚

Alice is an RVN who has mastered the skills of placing arterial cannulas recently 💉

This photo shows the pride Alice felt when she successfully placed the cannula into the artery of a dog prior to surgery (and I think the photo is adorable) 🥰

This allowed Alice to monitor the patients arterial blood pressure throughout the anaesthetic. And here is a photo of those beautiful results 😍

This is a super duper skill to learn and one Alice should be enormously proud of!

Well done Alice and happy Vet Nurse Awareness Month 💚

15/05/2024

Protecting the vet nurse title isn't just about pride and belonging—it's about safeguarding our profession and ensuring a safer working environment for all. As locum RVNs, we're our own business entities, and protecting our title allows us to uphold our professionalism and integrity. Let's work together to expand the vet nurse profession and pave the way.

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15/05/2024

💚 Veterinary Nurse Awareness Month 💚

Our role is often misunderstood amongst the general public, so here's a brief post to raise awareness of the vital role we play in the veterinary profession.

We are Registered Veterinary Nurses (RVN) but our title is still not protected. This means that anybody can care for your pet and call themselves a veterinary nurse!

Help get your pet into the best hands they deserve by raising awareness!

Every share may help get our title recognised and help protect your pet 🙏

25/04/2024

Drop a 🖤 if you’re focused on your success!

25/04/2024

Bit of a different post than my usual today....

I've just seen that only 6.5%of RVN's have voted and it is due to close by end of tomorrow.

The low percentage made me question why I never vote?

Although there are many, many things I would like to see change and progress, I still never vote!

Will my vote make a difference, will the RVN profession change, or will it continue at the same rate it always has?

There's only one way to find out!

So, ive voted! And it was a matter of a couple of clicks.

Will you be voting by tomorrow?

What would you change?

25/04/2024

Not sure what I was thinking with this funky sticker placement 😂 slightly embarrassed actually 😂

But, atleast we know what's in the syringe!

We have many different syringes and drugs per patient/procedure so safety is key!

Do you use drug stickers?

22/04/2024

Just going to leave this beauty here.....

Thoracic radiograph performed by a fabulous patient care assistant. And it's a thing of beauty!!

The same PCA who placed a FreeStyle Libre on a diabetic cat last week!

Absolutely rocking it 😎

28/03/2024

💚🩺 Lets start a discussion on Nurse Clinics 🩺💚

Do you perform nurse clinics?

Would you like to?

What kind do you see?

Do you see a variety of species?

Are there any specific consults you would like to do?

What's stopping you?

Lets start a discussion on the wide variety of nurse clinics we can perform as RVN's/Veterinary Nurses/Technicians across the world 🌎 💚

No matter how big or small, they're all important 💚

27/03/2024

❤️🐾 Today marks the end of an era for me🐾❤️

After 9 years in a head nurse role, I have decided to step away from management and focus 100% on my internal medicine VTS.

I am incredibly grateful for the experience and skills I have learnt over my management journey!
I have loved my role as the Head nurse of internal medicine, which made the decision an incredibly tough one!

But in the end, I decided that a decade is probably enough and that it is ok to put my passion first 💞

I am the biggest geek when it comes to all things medicine, emergencies, and anaesthesia! I am now super excited to give clinical work my 100% focus, learn a load of new skills, while teaching as many keen nurses along the way!

I will be doing medicine investigations 2 days a week and a third day doing medicine nurse consults 🩺

If you're a geek, you'll be on this journey with me, and I can't wait 🥰

So here's to a new journey of paw prints 🐶🐱and toe beans 🐾

11/03/2024

🩺🐾 Who's coming to the biggest event of the year?🐾🩺

BSAVA Congress 2024 is less than 2 weeks away, and I'm so excited!

I'm starting to plan my itinerary already, and I have a few sessions planned:

🤓 Thursday - I'll be judging the nurse case discussions! These were absolutely brilliant last year, so if you can make it, I'd definitely recommend coming along 🤩

🤓 Friday - Panel discussion on nursing the GI patient

🤓 Saturday - Panel discussion on the past, present, and future of RVN's

I'd love to see you there, who's coming?

06/03/2024

Well, what a day!!

A full day of Diabetes Mellitus at Knowsley Hall by Northwest Veterinary Specialists!

The venue was just stunning, the most gorgeous place I've ever been to for a CPD event!

And I am privileged to share the stage as a speaker with the incredible Rebecca Littler & Francesca Venier! Great talks from Royal Canin and Boehringer too!

Hope the delegates all enjoyed the event and learnt something they can take back to practice 🐾


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