The strangest things vet techs have heard clients sayJanuary 2, 2017It's time for another round of "weird stuff clients say!" vet tech edition, this one with a little more snark than usual. Courtesy r/VetTech on Reddit.
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Which Vet Tech School is Best? Community for Accredited Online Schools ranks each oneNovember 30, 2016The Community for Accredited Online Schools has come out with rankings for the best veterinary technician schools in the United States. Looking at online and on-campus programs at two-year and four-year schools, The Community for Accredited Online Schools determined which ones have the best overall value for future vet tech students.
Why vet techs are the veterinary profession's backboneOctober 11, 2016Veterinary technicians are an essential piece to every practice. Whether one or several work at a hospital, veterinarians know that each is crucial to the practitioner, the clients and patients, and the clinic.
The best of the worst pet health advice vet techs have ever heardOctober 4, 2016Educating clients on pet health is one of the most important things veterinary professionals do on a daily basis. But, truth be told, people get pet health from the most unprofessional sources. These are the true stories of vet techs and their not so accurate conversations with pet owners about their health.
Where did all the vet techs go?September 30, 2016Here at Veterinary Practice News, we try to poke fun at the difficult aspects of the veterinary technician profession. (We call them #vettechproblems.) But joking aside, there are some serious issues in the vet tech profession.
What it's like to be a vet tech in 14 tweetsJuly 11, 20161) 5-hour shift? 8-hour shift? Same difference. My 5 hour shift turned into an 8 hr shift in the blink of an eye, that's how Veterinary Emergency medicine works. #exhausted #vettechlife — Tracy Adkins (@tearaysea17) July 9, 2016 2) We're gonna tell him. When your boyfriend asks how you take a cats temperature ???? #vettechlife — Breeann Cassidy (@breezer103096) July 8, 2016 3) "Why is everyone looking at me?" Nvr realize how fast I eat until I'm in a group setting of non-coworks #foodgoals #nevergetalunchbreak #vettechlife — Kellie Raether (@kelljo14) July 1, 2016 4) Just say "you should see the other guy." Between the scratch on my arm and the bruises on my leg, you'd think I got in a fight or something. #oops #vettechlife — Kelsey Brunner (@KelseyBrunner) June 26, 2016 5) "You can check-out any time you like, but you can never leave."
6 ways clients tick vet techs offJune 7, 2016We love our veterinary clients. They are the reason we have a job and work in the industry we love. We love their enthusiasm for their pets and their desire to keep them healthy.
First class of Mountwest vet techs has graduatedMay 16, 2016According to the school, the common theme among students in the veterinary technology program at Mountwest Community & Technical College is “passion.”
