Technicians

Believing you have some control over the events in your life is crucial to happiness and could make a huge difference in your personal life and veterinary career.

People with an internal "locus of control"who believe that they have control over their destinies and that their actions matterare happier and healthier. But making changes in your life isn't as easy for everybody, and we need to acknowledge that more than we do.

We selected confessions from the Vet Confessionals Project that reflect the feelings of control (or lack thereof) that plague the profession.

Why the hit HBO show has something to teach those who lead in veterinary medicine. Are you Stark, Lannister, a Direwolf or one of those misfit leaders? (Hint: I'm down with Khaleesi.)

For us, veterinary medicine is a form of friendship, and caring for hospice and palliative-care patients is a team activity that asks for attention, care and skill from every single team member in our hospitals.

Veterinary technicians, we know what you're thinking. No, we're not mind readers. It's your, ahem, body language. Here's a quick guide.

... where you inject them after researching some of the biggest names in microchip technology and their current veterinary products to get lost pets home faster.

Were taking the guesswork out of your CVC scheduling dilemmas. Heres a list of cant-miss clinical sessions (and on-topic resources you can use today).

Lap of Love Veterinary Hospice co-founder sets the record straight.

These items help my older patients live more comfortable, pain-free lives. How many do you already use or recommend?

How can you talk to pet owners about euthanasia when their immediate reaction is to flinch away from the very word? Here are some tips to help your veterinary team smooth the transition for clients.

Do you know your drug schedules? Here's a sneak peek of Mary Berg's CVC session.

I wear that title as a badge of honor. My value as a veterinarian lies in the art and skill of death at the heart of my mobile hospice practice.

A wildly innovative session at all three CVC shows this year puts pet owners in a room on camera with a classroom of attendees listening to their exam room and practice experiences. Here are four things moderator Brian Conrad, CVPM, learned at the first one in Virginia Beach.

What veterinary clients don't know about tick control can hurt them. Here's a look at who's buying tick control, why clients resist and more.

Tools that have been around for years are more useful when we understand them better, and new tools can increase patients quality of life, says emergency and critical care specialist Dr. Garret Pachtinger.

For pruritic puppies, lifes an itch. And there may be important clues in this patients short life so far. You can help uncover them and set a path for comfort.

Oh that's right. You don't have a helicopter. But there is someone who could could chop away at your duties and increase efficiencya midlevel practitioner. Is it time to consider an answer out of human healthcare's playbook?

Are you a pus-loving lemur, or a psychic skunk? True veterinary tech spirit animal enlightenment awaits!

No crane needed here; this team looked instead to an innovative carbon fiber design.

Dont stay stuck in your career. There are plenty of doors waiting for you to open and explore.

This CVC educator and Iowa State University faculty member breaks down some ear-cleaning basics every general practitioner can put to work today.

The place to see all of the articles in our alphabetical look at veterinary dentistry thus far.

Embrace the immediacy of the medium.

See which of our articles have most assuaged the stress of veterinary visits for pets.

Veterinary Nurse Initiative Coalition will pursue legislative amendments in all 50 states.

CVC Educator Kari Santoro Beer, DVM, DACVECC, of the Veterinary Specialty and Emergency Center in Philadelphia, offers these pearls for critical emergency patients.