Technicians

Learn to help pets fight the high numbers on the scale with this 6-part interactive training module.

Our clients, especially those with cats, don't think year-round heartworm prevention is necessary. What can we do about this?

Chew on this advice for improving dental compliance.

Here's a fun way to stop marking.

Here's how to catapult your client communications to the next level, save money, and make it home in time to put your feet up.

Sweaty palms, twitchy eyes, gritted teeth: These are sure signs your performance review looms on the horizon. Banish that dread. With a little forethought, your review will be a ray of light in your glowing career.

Specialties allow credentialed technicians to further their careers.

It's time to take stock of your supply situation. Are you neglecting the simple things? Go back to the basic building blocks, and you'll create a seamless system for tracking products and preserving profits.

I was glad to see in "The Truth About the Technician Shortage" (August 2008) that so many veterinary technicians are actually working in the profession.

Here's how to ask for an evaluation-and, in the meantime, initiate some positive feedback of your own.

Check out this idea for keeping track of lab specimens.

Credentials can be a contentious topic, but we can all agree that education is essential to success-regardless of your position. Here, two practice managers share the choices behind their career paths so you can better decide your own.

Sacramento, Calif. - Should unregistered veterinary technicians get a one-year window to take a certification examination based on a lot of experience and just 24 hours of education?

NATIONAL REPORT - Brett Cordes, DVM, turned 35 when he felt the lump in his neck.

It takes a compassionate approach to get clients to comply with diet and exercise recommendations.

You're in charge of how you feel, so make the decision that you won't let circumstances get you down.

Google's benefits are amazing-and amazingly costly.

National Report -- National Veterinary Technician Week begins today (Oct. 12), honoring veterinary technicians for their work.

Teach clients about the excellent care technicians provide pets.

75 percent would cut pet supplies, but only 50 percent of those would trim veterinary visits.

Do you wonder why sometimes you need to repeat the same message to staff or clients multiple times?

In the last session we talked about some habits that hold us back in our interpersonal relationships that impact our every day jobs.

Have you ever felt that the raise you got wasn't what YOU thought you deserved?

A look at the effects of aging on the body, common disorders of geriatric cats, and designing wellness programs for geriatric cats.

Fluid therapy is used when an animal is unable to maintain normal hydration by eating and drinking, when extra fluid is needed to replace lost extracellular fluid, when blood pressure is low and blood perfusion needs extra support, or when increased fluid volume is needed to promote diuresis.

Fentanyl is a schedule II narcotic approximately 100 times more potent than morphine.

Central line placement has become practical, affordable, and more often indicated in veterinary practice.

Oxygen therapy is indicated in the presence of hypoxemia (inadequate oxygenation of tissues within the body).