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Calling in the cavalry: get ready RVTs
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Calling in the cavalry: get ready RVTs

August 18, 2022

Imagine the time it could save you if multiple things at once were being accomplished: one by your RVT, or RVTs, and one by you. While a registered technician is placing a splint, you could be finishing the discharge instructions. While the splint is happening, another RVT could be performing a dental extraction on a patient they just induced. Again, one veterinarian, three procedures being performed correctly and legally, thanks to the skills of the RVTs.
Vet technicians need and want title protection; why so inconsistent?
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Vet technicians need and want title protection; why so inconsistent?

March 3, 2022

By Ashli Selke, RVT, CVT

Title protection across our profession lacks continuity. The guidelines for this vary across the United States, which creates a huge misunderstanding from within the profession as well as consumers. How can anyone keep up when our title is protected in one state but not even recognized in another? The answer is, we can’t. So, we need to work together to bring the “big” issues to the forefront.
Embrace Pet Insurance launches scholarship for veterinary technician students

Embrace Pet Insurance launches scholarship for veterinary technician students

April 12, 2019

Embrace Pet Insurance is awarding three veterinary technician students $1,000 scholarships as part of its Veterinary Technician Student Scholarship Program for the 2019-2020 school year. “Embrace is thrilled to be supporting the veterinary community by offering these scholarships,” says its director of claims, Jenna Mahan, RVT. “The impact veterinary technicians have on the health and well-being of our pets can’t be overstated. Our hope is each scholarship gets a lucky student closer to their …
How nurses can grow your revenue

How nurses can grow your revenue

March 29, 2019

What is the difference between an under- and top-performing health-care team? Let’s say you schedule appointments every 30 minutes. In an eight-hour workday, one doctor sees 14 patients and has an average transaction of $160, generating $2,240 in revenue. Your average doctor transaction should be 3.2 to 3.5 times your exam fee, according to the Well-Managed Practice Benchmarks Study.1 If you leverage your nursing team and schedule time based on the reason for the …
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