RN to veterinarian

4 Sorry, couldn't resist, in light of the other two threads on this page.

But seriously, if I wasn't an RN (and I was 20 years younger) I would totally go to veterinary school. I'd specialize in giant breed dogs.
That is my dream....be a veterinarian...at least animals growl before they bite and you can muzzle them and lock them in a cage when they get outta hand.
I wanted to be a veterinarian, up until I started in EMS. Even now I still want to work with animals in some aspect.
When I think of certain (human) patients....oh, my kingdom for a muzzle...!!
Our dogtor told me it's his patient's humans who drive him crazy. They google everything and forget they are bringing in animals not humans.The grass isn't greener on the other side, it just get's peed on (how he put it)
Haha! Going into med would be easier. In vet med, you learn many systems -equine, bovine, porcine, canine, feline, avian. And then there are the exotics! Thinks it's hard to remember meds and dosages, MOA now? Try it for many species! And on top of it, they all come with "parents".
Quote from Fiona59Our dogtor told me it's his patient's humans who drive him crazy. They google everything and forget they are bringing in animals not humans.The grass isn't greener on the other side, it just get's peed on (how he put it)
Was pre-vet, got my Bio degree but then worked for a large animal vet for many years. Ran anesthesia. even did my undergraduate thesis on parasites of ostriches, emus and rheas. medicine is medicine. What kills me is that 20 years ago, we were using ketamine for field anesthesia and now it is used on people for pain. Never saw that coming!. I decided not go because new grad vets makes NO money. I was useful though. Learned a lot of patho and pharm, even anatomy. Not very glamorous though
Quote from mmc51264Was pre-vet, got my Bio degree but then worked for a large animal vet for many years. Ran anesthesia. even did my undergraduate thesis on parasites of ostriches, emus and rheas. medicine is medicine. What kills me is that 20 years ago, we were using ketamine for field anesthesia and now it is used on people for pain. Never saw that coming!. I decided not go because new grad vets makes NO money. I was useful though. Learned a lot of patho and pharm, even anatomy. Not very glamorous though
Quote from Carpediem1012Haha! Going into med would be easier. In vet med, you learn many systems -equine, bovine, porcine, canine, feline, avian. And then there are the exotics! Thinks it's hard to remember meds and dosages, MOA now? Try it for many species! And on top of it, they all come with "parents".