Sophie - Shelter Medicine

In this episode I caught up with Sophie to talk about her experience working in shelter medicine. Sophie worked as head nurse at the RSPCA and was kind enough to share some eloquent and considered thoughts on the shelter environment, behaviour, and enrichment.

The shelter environment is a crazy one and really different to general practice. Nurses and technicians working in this area have an extremely high volume of patients passing through their care, each needing extra love and TLC since they’re not at that stage rehomed with a family. Despite this high-level care-giving, and Sophie’s work with the RSPCA inspectors and exposure to cruelty cases, she paints a really positive picture of nursing within this niche.

It was a pleasure catching up with Sophie and this episode is a must-listen for anyone who has ever wondered about working in the shelter environment.

· Sophie’s favourite podcast is No Such Thing as a Fish.

· She is studying the Advanced Certificate in Feline Behaviour with the ISFM.