I do think it definately depends on the practice you are at and the vets there. I was told at one practice that it didn't matter what I studied as long as the crap wasn't there in the evening it was fine...and they didn't even care if I monitored anaesthesia or not! :evil: At the clinic I am sort of at now I suggested it to the practice partners & they were heaps excited, so they could set up a system to have nurse consults etc... and have someone else there who would do more stuff... but at the same time they were concerned that if more people studied that much than there would be no one there to clean a cage... which is why they had to make sure I would still clean up poo so funny that some vets think that once a nurse knows more they are less inclined to clean...