Episode 36 - First friends, a perfect storm and the hunger games

This week we chat about everything from the hunger games to the investigation of anaemia! Ashley is a real veterinary nurse inspiration and a true friend. We chat to Ashley about her amazing career in veterinary nursing and some of the challenges that have faced the profession recently, particularly in out of hours practice. Ashley grew up in a small town in rural North Carolina. From there she moved to a slightly bigger part of the state to go to university at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, NC where she studied animal science and obtained a bachelor’s degree in that field in 2003. While studying, she started working nights at an ECC veterinary hospital and I developed a passion for ECC nursing and teaching. Ashley moved to the UK in 2008 to take a job as an ECC nurse at Vets Now Gateshead and has been there ever since (currently as Clinical Nursing Lead).  Ashley earned her CertVNECC in 2010 and continue to tutor for that program, as well as other teaching and mentoring for IVC, Vets Now and the veterinary thought exchange.   In our clinical segment we start a series of discussions about the investigation of anaemia with our very own Scott. We want to say a massive thank you to IDEXX for their support of this podcast. For more information about IDEXX haematology:   https://www.idexx.co.uk/en-gb/veterinary/analyzers/hematology/procyte-dx-analyzer/ https://www.idexx.co.uk/en-gb/veterinary/analyzers/hematology/   Remember that their team of specialists are always on hand to chat about cases and particularly those challenging culture results. IDEXX are also kindly sponsoring our anaemia course:   https://vtx-cpd.com/courses/anaemia-in-dogs-and-cats-where-did-all-the-red-cells-go/