b'PROFILEIf you find yourself in a role that is not fulfilling, take a step back and evaluate what it is that you really enjoy doing and be honest about your strengths and what you want to learn and develop further.regained vision and are able to see theirWhat advice can you share with others family again! embarking on similar paths about findingWhat is the biggest challenge to stayingfulfilment in their veterinary career? passionate in your veterinary careerWhile it tends to be a good idea to have youve overcome, and how did yousomething of a career plan, I would approach it?recommend allowing yourself some Nurse management was rewardingflexibility here to accept that the path for a long time, but the role eventuallyyou are heading down might not be evolved to one where I was office andstraightforward. You could find it steers admin-bound and found myself feelingyou down some new avenues that are demotivated by the vast amount of HRworth your time to explore before you work that was my responsibility, rarelyplough ahead. If you find yourself in a being involved in patient care.I stillrole that is not fulfilling, take a step back felt loyal to the company I had workedand evaluate what it is that you really for since leaving school, so I avoidedenjoy doing and be honest about your addressing my uneasiness out of fear ofstrengths and what you want to learn letting others down. Once the companyand develop further. Sometimes gaining was sold to a corporate organisation, Isome work experience in different roles realised this was the ideal opportunity(even in other professions) can give you to move on and find a role that couldan insight into what you might want to reignite my passion for nursing. aim for in the future. Everyone has a right to feel happy, respected and valued at The move from office-basedwork so look for the people who help management back into a purely clinicalmake this happen in your work. Speak up role in a brand new environment wasfor yourself and dont lose sight of your daunting. It took some soul-searching togoals when you hit a bump in the road. take the leap; I was concerned that I hadSometimes these tricky moments allow de-skilled in the time that I was awayus to re-evaluate what we really want from the floor. With the support of myfrom our careers and re-focus. peers and family, I took the plunge into a role that refocused on anaesthesiaWhat best sums up your approach to nursing and Im so glad that I did. Afterkeeping yourself and your team a brief hectic period of change, it wasmotivated and engaged within exhilarating being back in the thick ofveterinary careers? it and feeling like I was making a realI love helping veterinary nurses to find difference to patient outcomes. the area of their role they are passionate 26www.inspiredvet.co.uk'