BSc (Hons) Veterinary Nursing

Abbie has been working in the veterinary industry for the past 15 years across a mixture of veterinary practices including, referral and large animal. She qualified as an RVN in 2011. 

In 2015, Abbie specialised in hydrotherapy, and has since gained additional advanced rehabilitation qualifications. IN 2017 she spent a month in India volunteering with the Worldwide Veterinary Service (WVS), neutering stray cats and dogs and vaccinating them against rabies. 

Following a brief career in sales and marketing, Brenda followed her dream of becoming a veterinary nurse, studying on a block release basis at North Highland College. She was entered onto the RCVS professional register as a registered veterinary nurse in 2006.

During her career in practice, she predominantly works with small animals nursing a vast range of different conditions but has also worked solely with horses again seeing a vast range of cases.

After qualifying as a Registered Veterinary Nurse with a Bsc (Hons) Veterinary Nursing from Edinburgh Napier University in 2006, she worked in a busy small animal practice in Inverness before moving to Caithness to begin her career in Veterinary Nursing education in 2010. For 13 years she worked as a Lecturer and Programme Leader in Veterinary Nursing at UHI North Highland. 

For the last 15 years I have been working as an Animal Care and Veterinary Nursing Educator in Aberdeen.

I qualified as a Registered Veterinary Nurse in 2001 and, after being in practice for ten years, changed careers and started out as an instructor with Aberdeen College. Although I find myself missing being in practice, I love being able to share my knowledge on all aspects of caring for animals with others. I am also currently completing an MSc in Veterinary Education.

In my spare time I volunteer for the BVNA as a regional rep organizing CPD events and enjoy nothing more than walks with my family and my dogs.

Janet has been a lecturer for the last 20 years, working in the rural sector. Previous to this, she worked as Head Nurse within a rural practice in the southwest of England. Her teaching subjects include ethics and professional standards, anaesthesia and analgesia, animal biology and communications. 

Her hobby, besides, gardening, is mountain biking - she has particular passion for bike packing as well as enduro type trail riding. 

Karyn has been a lecturer in Small Animal Care and Veterinary Nursing since 2006. Prior to this Karyn worked in veterinary practice in the Aberdeen area. As a qualified veterinary nurse Karyn does miss life in practice however is passionate about passing on knowledge to those who want to follow a career in caring for animals.

Marina is a Veterinary Nursing Lecturer working from Aberdeen Craibstone Campus (you might recognize her face from around campus as for the past year she has been teaching Animal Care and is now back in a full-time role teaching on The Veterinary Nursing programme).

Marina graduated from Edinburgh Napier University with an Honours degree in 2015. After this she went on to work at various Veterinary Practices, and has worked with a variety of species of small animal, exotic, large and equine. 

Pamela has worked in a mixed veterinary practice for ten years, six of them as a Senior Nurse specialising in ophthalmic nursing. She has also trained as a dog and cat groomer during her time with the practice, and worked for Norbrook, an animal pharmaceutical company, designing marketing materials for veterinary products.

The practical elements of the courses are Pamela’s favourite and she particularly enjoys teaching pharmacology, laboratory skills and dog grooming.