31/05/2025
The month of May has been Veterinary Nurse Awareness month!
At Burford Lane Vets we have 3 RVNs (Registered Veterinary Nurses) and a student Veterinary nurse. The British Veterinary Nursing Aasociation (BVNA) are the primary sponsors of Veterinary Nurse Awareness Month. They continue with their theme “Progression”, which we feel can be interpreted by how a nurse either progresses throughout their career or how far the Veterinary Nursing profession has come over the years.
Gemma our Head Nurse has been nursing now for 25 years! Over those years she’s studied to be an Assessor, Animal Behaviourist, Zoologist, teacher of Veterinary Nurses. She loves Radiology and all things surgical (especially if it’s a procedure she’s allowed to perform). She is clinical coach for our Student Nurse Georgie, who started her Veterinary career when we opened in 2021. Initially working on reception she decided she wanted to train to be a Nurse which she started in 2023. She is progressing well and is nearing the end of her studies . Dannii joined us in 2022. She started out as a Nursing Auxiliary Nurse before completing her Nursing qualification prior to joining us at Burford . Dannii has a love of exotics, she runs our weight management clinics and hopes to complete further studies in Feline Nursing.
Kirsty is our newest RVN member, joining Burford Lane end of 2024. She left school and immediately went to work in a Vets. She has already completed a certificate in Advanced Veterinary Nursing of small Animals and is keen to do more! She especially loves intensive care nursing and emergency Nursing.
For anyone wanting to find out more about what Veterinary Nurses do or career advice the BVNA or Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVs) are great sources for information.
We hope you enjoy the pictures drawn by Gemma….inspired by moments in practice (some of what we do) 🐾
