Technicians

It's your first day managing people in veterinary practice. Here's advice from seasoned supervisor Ori Scislowicz, LVT, PHR, SHRM-SCRP, on three things to nail down from the start.

For every vet professional on your holiday gift list this year, there exists the perfect gift. These are our favorites.

This veterinary hospital administrator impressed judges from dvm360 and the VHMA with her approach to team unity and change in the veterinary industry.

But you can educate your well-meaning veterinary clients on how to use them in the most rewarding way.

Here's the years most-clicked content for veterinary technicians, managers, assistants and more from dvm360.com and Firstline magazine. What did you miss?

Here's the years most-clicked medical content from dvm360.com, dvm360 magazine and Vetted. What did you miss?

Space to work, quiet to heal, more light: A tribute to my dog's stay in a veterinary emergency clinic.

What can general practitioners say for sure about all-natural, organic veterinary parasite preventives? Richard Gerhold, DVM, MS, PhD, says not much.

When you have a forgetful veterinary team member, it can be tempting to nag the living daylights out of them. Practice manager Emily Shiver offers a more productive approach. She says teamwork and encouragement is the way to go.

Making a change in this world doesnt necessarily require an army of people or millions of dollars. All it really takes is you.

The best outcome in patients receiving opioids requires the ability to differentiate pain from dysphoria. A veterinary technician specialist shares her approach.

Tell your veterinary clients their favorite four-legged friend might help them live longer, especially if they suffer a heart attack or stroke.

Commit to a better veterinary clinic experience for dogs. Pick one or two of these to try, or reinforce the ones youve done so far. Reap the rewards. Repeat.

Medical etiologies, including pain, must always be considered as differential diagnoses for behavior problems with veterinary patients, especially with a sudden change or exacerbation of a previously stable behavior. Heres what to watch out for as well as three cases where pain was the culprit.

Veterinary practice is hard enough without an impatient, demanding yeller in your life. Here are steps to change your thinking, to try to change a boss behavior and maybe to get out, if you can.

If youre devoted to pain management, the World Small Animal Veterinary Association wants you to try out for this scholarship to study and start your path to becoming a pain management thought leader in your country.

If youre bumping up against the ceiling of a job as a veterinary technician, its time to have some fun exploring your interests and your passions and doing the work of networking (it wont be so bad). Ready to start?

The pros and cons of having veterinary clients around while you work

Follow this step-by-step process to interpret ECGs

Start the conversation before Bella eats a bad mushroom. With the help from our partners at Pet Poison Helpline, we created a social-media-ready cartoon illustrating the toxic dangers of autumn for dogs and cats.

Video marketing campaigns are hot. Heres how search engine optimization for those videos can help your veterinary practice.

The feline-focused veterinary association has released its new feline zoonosis guidelines as well as a client brochure titled What can I catch from my cat?

Client communication is tough, but one veterinary school professor offered some tips to Fetch dvm360 attendees to improve honesty, open conversations and show mutual respect.

Even the loner Batman joined the Justice League for the good of all. Heres how this 2019 dvm360/VHMA Practice Manager of the Year finalist inspired her veterinary practice team to be all for one and one for all.

This information resource for pet owners identifies some staples of Halloween fun that need to stay far away from a households pets.

Unless your upbringing or work experience presented an example of how to set healthy boundaries, you may not know how to establish and maintain them. When you combine the lack of boundaries with your work as a veterinary professional in a caretaker role, this can create negative emotions. Lets diagnose and treat.

The loss of a pet is heartbreaking. As a veterinary professional, giving a sympathy card to your client shows you care when it matters most. Here are a few examples of sentences you can include in your card.

Oncology technician Jenny Fisher shares how she helps pet parents prepare for those last moments.