VPN Plus+ ExclusiveA detailed look at ultrasound and vision – Part 2May 25, 2023Evaluate the cost of missing the lesion with respect to your patient, your pet owner client, your time, your team’s time, your image and report footprint, your reputation, and most of all how the cost of missing a lesion ultimately affects your art of veterinary medicine that you and your team have so painstakingly dedicated yourselves to all these years. Then look at these steps and knock off this checklist when looking at machines.
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VPN Plus+ ExclusiveWellness in the WorkplaceNovember 17, 2022This session will tell Dr. Becky Krull's story of burnout to help support and educate technicians on their well-being in the workplace. All team members can benefit from how she healed her way back to be the doctor, wife, mom, and leader she is today. She will focus on what worked for her and how she has implemented these tools into her daily life, as well as her business.
Vet Tech Week honors resilience of essential team membersOctober 21, 2022As National Veterinary Technician Week wraps, it behooves veterinarians, pet owners, and the industry at large to appreciate the essential role these professionals play in the day-to-day health and welfare of animals.
VPN Plus+ ExclusiveTech Talk: Promoting wellbeing in veterinary technology programsOctober 6, 2022By Jennifer Serling, CVT, RVT, VTES While there are many studies relating to veterinarians and the mental health crisis they are experiencing, the same cannot be said for the veterinary support staff, particularly credentialed veterinary technicians. Many of the same characteristics that draw students to veterinary medicine are also the same characteristics that contribute to burnout and compassion fatigue. Appalachian State University has become the first veterinary technology program to employ a full-time wellbeing coordinator on their team. The sole purpose of this position is to provide support for the students and faculty, and also develop best practice models for other veterinary technology programs to follow.
VPN Plus+ ExclusiveCytology for TechniciansAugust 11, 2022In this session: Juliann London, AAS, RVT, VTS (dermatology) discusses why cytologies are important in dermatology, covers the parts of a microscope, how to perform cytologies, and microscopic identification for technicians.
RVT self-advocacy strengthens profession, NAVC saysMay 30, 2022Veterinary nurses and technicians looking to enhance their self-advocacy communication skills may benefit from North American Veterinary Community’s (NAVC’s) upcoming webinar.
VPN Plus+ ExclusiveKnock ’em Down, Wake ’em UpMay 12, 2022In this session, Alyssa Mages, BS, CVT, covers the fundamentals of veterinary anesthesia for the veterinary technician. It addresses understanding the basics of vital parameters and the impact that anesthesia has on them. It covers what is needed to prepare for an anesthetic case. This includes equipment necessities, intubation approaches, anesthetic maintenance, and troubleshooting. The final portion of this session focuses on the process of recovery, and it reviews how we traverse from knocking our patients down to truly waking them up.
LVT preceptorship program expands at CornellMay 5, 2022Keeping pace with the growing demand for skilled veterinary professionals, Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine has increased capacity for its Veterinary Technician Preceptorship program.
VPN Plus+ ExclusiveVet technicians need and want title protection; why so inconsistent?March 3, 2022By Ashli Selke, RVT, CVTTitle 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.
VPN Plus+ ExclusiveProgress in reclaiming a profession in crisisDecember 30, 2021By Ed Carlson, CVT, VTS (nutrition)NAVTA President, Ed Carlson, focuses on what is being done to advance the profession, as well as the groups working on potential solutions to some of these ongoing problems.
