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.

I began my career in the animal industry as an Animal Care student at Barony, before progressing into veterinary nursing and qualifying as a Registered Veterinary Nurse (RVN) in 2011. Since qualifying, I have gained valuable experience working in mixed veterinary practice before progressing to the role of Head Nurse within a small animal practice, where I worked for a number of years.

As an Registered Veterinary Nurse, I gain great satisfaction from taking a proactive approach to supporting clients and improving animal welfare. I particularly enjoy promoting preventative healthcare and providing clients with the knowledge and guidance they need to maintain healthy, happy pets. Building positive relationships with clients and delivering a high standard of care and service are important aspects of my professional approach.

I now particularly enjoy sharing my knowledge and experience with veterinary nursing students, helping to prepare them for the realities of practice. Supporting students to develop their clinical skills, confidence and communication abilities, while encouraging them to adopt a proactive approach to patient and client care, is a particularly rewarding aspect of my role.

I graduated as a Registered Veterinary Nurse in 2014 from SRUC Barony Campus. I then went on to work in a mixed animal practice before coming back to Barony as a Teaching Associate in 2022. I'm very proud to have studied and graduated from SRUC Barony and am able to offer the same support I received as a student.

As a lecturer, I find the most rewarding moments to be when students have their lightbulb moments when everything clicks, and their confidence builds. Graduation day is another highlight of my role, I am able to witness the hard work and dedication students have put into their studies and what they have achieved.

I am passionate about providing a supportive and inspiring learning environment and look forward to continuing to help students reach their full potential.

I graduated from the University of Glasgow Veterinary School in 1998 and spent 15 years in mixed and small animal veterinary practices across the UK. I have been directly involved in Veterinary Nursing training for over 25 years; first as an assessor in practice (now called clinical supervisors) and since 2013 as a lecturer at SRUC Barony campus.

I teach our veterinary nursing, Veterinary Care and Animal Welfare and animal care students and am year tutor for our 2nd year BSc (hons) Veterinary Nurses. My particular interests are in internal medicine, anaesthesia, and the management of pain to improve animal welfare.

Since graduating from Edinburgh Napier in 2013 I've worked as a Registered Veterinary Nurse in a variety of practices from first opinion to referral and charity. I currently enjoy working in practice alongside lecturing at SRUC. While at SRUC I teach on Animal Care, Veterinary Care and Animal Welfare and Veterinary Nursing. I love being able to use examples from practice when talking about the theory with students. 

In 2022 I studied a Master's in Animal Welfare Science, Ethics and Law at Glasgow University. The ethical situations that can arise in veterinary care are complicated and many sided; looking at these from all angles and being an advocate for the animal has always been a passion of mine.

I have a young saluki called Rudi who you might meet as a teaching dog at Barony.