Our Vet Nurses
Caring and compassionate nursing team
We have an amazing team of Veterinary Nurses who are always more than happy to help. Whether it’s finding the best diet to suit your pets needs or giving that little bit extra TLC when your beloved pet is staying in hospital, our girls will be there to lend a hand.
Lauren
Veterinary Nurse
About Lauren
Lauren is an experienced vet nurse who completed her Certificate IV in Veterinary Nursing in 2012. Lauren came to the clinic in August 2012 after spending many years working at Symbio Wildlife Park where she was involved in the daily care of many animals, both Australian and exotic.
Lauren brings to the clinic an extreme enthusiasm and energy for animal care and customer service, as well as an extensive knowledge of Australian wildlife.
Shauny
Veterinary Nurse
About Shauny
Shauny has been a Veterinary Nurse since 2014 after completing certificate IV in veterinary nursing. She grew up with a passion for small animals including rodents, reptiles and avian.
Shauny enjoys meeting all clients and their pets, and loves sharing her knowledge to help their needs.
In her spare time she loves spending time with family pets (Sky- husky, Ruby- border collie x retriever, Sox-cranky DSH, Titan- DSH) and her own pets Stella- DSH and Max- bull arab.
Katie
Veterinary Nurse
About Katie
Katie joined the Dapto Veterinary Clinic team in 2023 after making the move to the Illawarra from
the Blue Mountains. Growing up she was always surrounded by a large variety of animals. She had
many different pets and assisted her dad who was a WIRES carer. Katie also spent time as a
volunteer at a local wildlife park. Katie has a passion for small animals and has a particular interest in cats.
Currently at home she has many pets including Merlin the Norwegian Forest Cat, Maisy the
Domestic Shorthair, Zeus the American Staffy, Duckie the Cavalier King Charles Spaniel and Franklin
the Murray River Turtle. In her spare time she loves spending time with her son, partner, family and
friends.
Megan
Veterinary Nurse
About Megan
Megan completed her Certificate IV in Veterinary Nursing in 2020 and brings valuable experience in emergency, surgical, and medical nursing. She is known for her calm approach, attention to detail, and the high standard of care she provides to every patient she works with.
Outside of the clinic, Megan loves spending time outdoors — especially camping with her family, catching up with friends, and heading out for bushwalks to enjoy nature.
At home, Megan has an 8-year-old cattle dog × kelpie named Sunny. True to the breed, Sunny is incredibly clever and is still mastering new tricks — proving you really can teach an old dog new tricks!
Renee
Veterinary Nurse
Savanna
Veterinary Nurse
About Savanna
Savanna is studying her Certificate IV in Veterinary Nursing, which started in July 2024. Growing up, she always loved animals and wanted to help as many as she could. Savanna is an enthusiastic person who is willing to learn. At home she has an English Blue staffy named Nala. In her spare time, she loves to hang out with family and friends as well as read books.
Sibylle
Veterinary Nurse
About Sibylle
Sibylle (also known as Bella or Belle) joined the team at Dapto Vet Clinic in February 2025. She is a late bloomer when it comes to vet nursing and graduated in June 2024.
After a long and illustrous career in Marketing, Stakeholder and Project Management across a variety of different industries such as aviation, forensic criminology, early STEM education and youth mental health, she decided that life is too short to stay in the safe lane and pursued her childhood dream of working with animals.
In her free time Sibylle loves reading good books or listening to a variety of different Podcasts, cooking and eating deliciuous food, spending time with her friends and family and of course – her four dogs! Bella is a firm believer in “Adopt, don’t shop” and has her own little rescue bunch at home.
Alexis
Veterinary Nurse
About Alexis
Alexis joined the Dapto Veterinary Clinic team at the end of 2024 after completing her certificate IV in veterinary nursing.
From growing up with ferrets to guinea pigs, to chickens and roosters, and even occasionally lizards she would find in the backyard, Alexis developed a passion to help and nurture animals of all kinds.
Alexis has two cats, Sonny a white domestic medium hair, and Poppy a black domestic shorthair.
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