Marcia Fletcher Dip V.N (Distinction), VTS (A/A), RVNS

Marcia Fletcher is a registered veterinary nurse specialist and an international speaker. She worked for the Massey University Veterinary Teaching Hospital as the senior anaesthesia nurse for over 16 years. In 2011 she became New Zealand’s first Veterinary Technician Specialist in Anaesthesia and Analgesia. She has been New Zealand’s “Vet Nurse of the Year”, been awarded several teaching awards including “Teacher of the Year” and is a RECOVER certified instructor of basic and advanced CPR. In 2020 she left university teaching life and created “The Pink Stethoscope” and now independently provides postgraduate veterinary anaesthesia education throughout New Zealand and Australia. Loving all aspects of veterinary anaesthesia, her passion has always been instilling anaesthesia knowledge to all veterinary professionals. Away from work she enjoys her home life with her husband, daughter, son, and very special “fur-daughter” Minnie the tuxedo cat.