Golden Jubilee Award Winner 2017: Kathy Kissick!
Kathy Kissick has been announced as winner of this year’s Golden Jubilee Award. Alongside a long list of impressive achievements throughout her career, Kathy has worked with The College of Animal Welfare on multiple occasions in order to improve the experience of veterinary nurses and clinical coaches, just recently delivering a presentation at TP Congress 2017.
The award is the highest honour The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) can bestow upon a veterinary nurse. On winning the award, Kathy said: “I am delighted, honoured and humbled to accept the Golden Jubilee award and hope that I can continue to inspire veterinary nurses, throughout their careers, to always do the very best for their patients, clients and colleagues but not to forget to follow their dreams.”
Kathy was nominated by Lynne Kerrigan, a colleague and former student of Kathy’s. In her nomination Mrs Kerrigan said: “She has become a role model for both aspiring and qualified veterinary nurses through her relentless passion and tenacity to raise the profile of veterinary nursing and her continuous drive to achieve improved recognition and protection of the title veterinary nurse.”
Kathy will receive the accolade at this year’s RCVS Day, the RCVS’s Annual General Meeting and Awards Day, which takes place on Friday 7 July at the Royal Institute of British Architects. Further information can be found on the RCVS website.