Hi everyone, I’m Lucy! I have been nursing for 10 years. I recently started at Hollybank in April 2023. I used to work sole nights so it’s lovely to have a change, and some sunlight!

It took a while for me to realise what I wanted to do, including a stint at university doing a degree in English Language and linguistics. After working at a rescue centre after graduating, I realised whilst I was there that veterinary nursing was the only job, I could see myself doing. I have an array of animals at home, including two beautiful Labradors, a (no longer feral) cat, two bunnies, two zebra finches and a chicken. My other half is extremely outnumbered with the number of ladies in the household!

My passion is medical nursing and nutrition. I have a merit award in this area. Every single part of it is fascinating to me, from understanding the disease to an animal’s journey to recovery. Spending hours nursing and understanding a patient and seeing your positive effects is hugely rewarding.

As part of our vet nurse training, we need to learn a vast amount about many disease processes. Whilst we are not qualified to make decisions regarding diagnosis and treatment plans, we understand medical conditions and how patients should be nursed. When your animal is here at the practice to stay, we work alongside our vets to ensure their every need is attended to. We ensure they have the correct medication administered, take them outside for fresh air and make sure they’re comfortable with an environment as stress free as possible. We also make sure they have the correct nutrition, calculating their calorie requirements and ensuring their healing process is aided in the form of nutrition.

I am very proud of my journey through my nursing career and the decisions I’ve made advocating for my patients. I’m really enjoying being at Hollybank and the variety of day and night roles. I love looking after inpatients, falling in love with them on a regular basis, snuggling and supporting them – like my own – until they get to be back with their families. After all, we are guardians of the inpatient, and we are privileged to be able to nurse them.

I’m really looking forward to meeting you all and your lovely pets.