Vet Nursing A-Z

A is for adrenalin, it pumps through our veins in moments of urgency. We also reach for it with urgency in moments of emergency.

B is for blood, which is often imbedded around and under our fingernails.

C is for coprophagia, we all know one!

D is for dachshund. What did he eat? Or, what didn't he eat more like..

E is for ECG, don't get your wires crossed.

F is for fat Friday's. Easily the best lunch of the whole week.

G is for gastro. No need to elaborate.

H is for histopathology and that huge stash of samples that we keep just incase, forever and ever.

I is for instruments. Scrub, pack, sterilise and repeat for the rest of your life.

J is for jug-sticks. The other side is always better.

K is for kittens, we'll all end up raising a litter at some point or another.

L is for lunch on the go.

M is for the mess that the Vets make. They're lucky we love them.

N is for Nurses, the place just wouldn't run without us.

O is for ondansetron, highly underrated. It's really good stuff.

P is for pyometra. Which is more gross, closed or open?

Q is for that one word that we must never ever speak.

R is for reception and how Nurses will avoid it like the plague.

S is for stifle rads and the art of having them perfectly square.

T is for tablet and all the tricks you have come up with to get those suckers in.

U is for understaffed, we've all done these shifts from time to time.

V is for veins and how satisfying a big, juicy one is. We will admire them even in social settings.

W is for washing. A whole mountain of it.

X is for X-ray and a big thank you science, for gifting us with digital technology!

Y is for is for the yellow triage that comes in attached to a red client.

Z is for zoonotics and the symptoms you will instantly start to imagine that you're experiencing.