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The Vet Nurse Hacker Podcast

The Vet Nurse Hacker Podcast

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 Welcome to the Vet Nurse Hacker Podcast, your go-to source for all things veterinary nursing! Dive into the vibrant world of veterinary life with Vicky as she uncovers the secrets, tips, and hacks that you won't find in any textbook. From heartwarming stories to practical advice, we explore the highs and lows of being a vet nurse. Whether you're looking for motivation, education, or a good laugh, this podcast is here to inspire, inform, and entertain. Tune in and discover how to elevate your career and make the most out of your journey in veterinary nursing!Copyright Vet Nurse Hacker 出世 就職活動 生物科学 科学 経済学
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  • The Hidden Burden: Chronic Illness in the Veterinary Profession | Ep15

    The Hidden Burden: Chronic Illness in the Veterinary Profession | Ep15
    2025/10/20
    The Hidden Burden: Chronic Illness in the Veterinary Profession
    Five years of constant pain, fifteen years of chronic illness, and what it’s really like to work behind the scrubs when your body won’t play along.

    💬 What does it mean to work in a profession built on care when your own body won’t cooperate?

    In this deeply personal and powerful episode, Vicky opens up about living with hemicrania continua — a rare, constant migraine condition — and fifteen years of navigating chronic illness as a veterinary nurse.

    She explores the invisible reality faced by so many veterinary professionals, sharing the latest research, practical ways to support yourself and your team, and an unfiltered look at what real strength actually means in our profession.

    Whether you’re living with a chronic condition yourself or simply want to better understand your colleagues, this episode is a love letter to the quiet resilience that keeps veterinary medicine running.

    🕓 Timestamps / Chapter Guide

    0:00 – Welcome back + Vet Nurse Day reflection
    2:25 – Imagine living with pain until 2030
    4:00 – The day the migraine started
    6:30 – Two and a half years to diagnosis: the long road to Hemicrania Continua
    9:00 – Managing the unmanageable
    11:45 – The invisible workforce: chronic illness in the vet profession
    20:10 – Supporting yourself at work when your body won’t play along
    27:15 – How to support a teammate living with chronic illness
    33:45 – Redefining strength + why “pushing through” isn’t the goal
    37:00 – The Hidden Burden survey: why your story matters
    40:15 – What chronic illness has really taught me
    44:30 – A message for anyone living with something invisible
    44:00 – A message for anyone living with something invisible


    💌 If this episode resonated with you, please take a few minutes to share your experience in The Hidden Burden: Chronic Illness in the Veterinary Profession survey.

    Your voice matters — and every response helps create a more compassionate, inclusive profession for those living and working with chronic illness.

    🧠 Take the survey here: https://forms.gle/XwNPHumqBK6L2hFo9

    Follow Vicky on Instagram @vickythevetnurse for behind-the-scenes stories, survey updates, and upcoming episodes of The Vet Nurse Hacker.

    🐾Follow @vetnursehacker for updates on upcoming episodes and exclusive podcast content!

    💬 “You don't need to be pain free or symptom free or have everything figured out to still be amazing at what you do.”

    This week on The Vet Nurse Hacker, I’m sharing something deeply personal — five years of constant migraine and fifteen years of chronic illness. This episode is for every vet nurse, vet, and student who keeps showing up when it hurts — for everyone who’s ever felt invisible behind the scrubs.

    🎧 Listen now: The Hidden Burden: Chronic Illness in the Veterinary Profession
    💌 Take the survey: https://forms.gle/PHE9MJuYYgPRetMm9
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    29 分
  • Ticked Off: Inside The Ehrlichiosis Epidemic With Dr. Peter Irwin - Part 2 | Ep14

    Ticked Off: Inside The Ehrlichiosis Epidemic With Dr. Peter Irwin - Part 2 | Ep14
    2025/09/22
    Ticked Off: Inside The Ehrlichiosis Epidemic With Dr. Peter Irwin - Part 2

    📄 Episode Show Notes

    In Part 1 of this series, Dr Liisa Ahlstrom helped us understand what ehrlichiosis is, where it’s spreading across Australia, and why prevention is so different from paralysis tick disease.

    In this episode, we take the next step with Professor Peter Irwin, internal medicine specialist and one of Australia’s leading experts on vector-borne disease in dogs. Peter was directly involved in the very first confirmed cases of ehrlichiosis in the Northern Territory back in 2020, and he brings decades of experience in research, teaching, and clinical medicine.

    We dive into:
    • 🩸 Why Peter ranks ehrlichiosis among the top three most serious canine diseases worldwide
    • 🔬 The pathophysiology of Ehrlichia canis — how it causes widespread inflammation, immune complex disease, and systemic illness
    • 📈 The phases of disease (acute, subclinical, chronic) and how dogs present in each stage
    • 🧪 Key diagnostic clues for nurses to watch for on CBCs, blood smears, and biochemistry
    • ⚖️ Differentials and co-infections — when babesiosis or anaplasmosis might also be at play
    • 💉 Treatment pearls: doxycycline, supportive nursing care, blood transfusion considerations, and the controversy around corticosteroid use
    • 🏥 Surgical implications in endemic regions — pre-anaesthetic platelet checks and monitoring for delayed bleeding
    • 🐾 Ehrlichiosis in cats — what’s known, what’s theoretical, and what to watch for
    Between Part 1 and Part 2, you now have the full ehrlichiosis picture:
    from prevention and epidemiology to the clinic floor and patient care.

    🔗 Resources mentioned in this episode
    • Australian Government DAFF ehrlichiosis resources
    • Fourie et al. 2013 – Transmission within 3 hours of tick bite
    • Stanneck & Fourie 2013 – Seresto preventing E. canis transmission
    • Jongejan et al. 2016 – Comparing repellents vs systemic tick products
    💬 If this episode gave you a lightbulb moment, share it with your clinic team or tag me on Instagram @vetnursehacker or @vickythevetnurse.

    Your feedback and stories help keep this community strong.
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    48 分
  • Ticked Off: The Ehrlichiosis Episode with Dr. Liisa Ahlstrom | Ep13

    Ticked Off: The Ehrlichiosis Episode with Dr. Liisa Ahlstrom | Ep13
    2025/09/14
    Ticked Off: The Ehrlichiosis Episode with Dr. Liisa Ahlstrom

    Ehrlichiosis is here—and it’s not your usual paralysis tick story. In this warm, technical chat with Dr Liisa Ahlstrom, technical vet at Elanco for Seresto, we break down what ehrlichiosis is, where it’s showing up across Australia, and why prevention looks different when transmission can occur in as little as three hours. This is Part 1 (the what/where/prevention); Part 2 brings Prof. Peter Irwin for diagnostics, differentials, and nursing care.

    📄 Episode Show Notes

    Most of us on the east coast know the paralysis tick all too well — but did you know there’s another tick-borne disease spreading across Australia that looks completely different? In this episode of the Vet Nurse Hacker podcast, I’m joined by Dr Liisa Ahlstrom, technical vet at Elanco for Seresto, to shine a light on ehrlichiosis.

    We unpack:
    • ✅ What ehrlichiosis actually is (and how to pronounce it without tripping over your tongue)
    • ✅ The difference between the brown dog tick and the paralysis tick — and how their diseases show up so differently in patients
    • ✅ Why prevention for ehrlichiosis is a whole new ball game, with transmission happening in as little as three hours
    • ✅ How this disease arrived in Australia, where it’s spreading, and what that means for clinics everywhere
    • ✅ Key myth-busts and takeaways for vet nurses, techs, and vets on the frontlines
    This is part one of a two-part ehrlichiosis series.

    Today we set the scene with the what, where, and how to prevent it. In part two, I’ll be joined by Professor Peter Irwin for the clinical deep dive into diagnostics, differentials, and nursing care. If you’ve ever pulled a brown dog tick off a patient and thought “phew, at least it’s not a paralysis tick” — this is an episode you can’t afford to miss.

    🔗 Resources mentioned in this episode (Links Coming Upon Upload!)
    • Australian Government (DAFF) ehrlichiosis resources: Ehrlichiosis in dogs – information for clinics, owners, and rescues
    • Fourie et al. 2013 – Disease transmission within 3 hours of tick bite: Vet Parasitol. 197:595–603
    • Stanneck & Fourie 2013 – Seresto preventing Ehrlichia canis transmission: Parasitol Res. 112:S21–S32
    • Jongejan et al. 2016 – Comparing repellent vs systemic tick products for ehrlichiosis prevention: Parasit Vectors. 9:348
    💬 Got a question, case story, or lightbulb moment from this episode?

    I’d love to hear it — DM me on Instagram @vetnursehacker or @vickythevetnurse, or email me at vetnursehacker@gmail.com.
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    42 分
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