What Staffing Shortage? How to Hire New Team Members During the Veterinary Staffing Crisis Any time a veterinary practice manager mentions hiring new staff, you likely think to yourself, “Good luck! It’s practically impossible!” In the midst of the ongoing veterinary staffing shortage, it is difficult to find and retain qualified, talented team members. In …
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When “Clean” Isn’t Good Enough: Why the Quality of Clean Matters We’ve all been in unpleasant situations where someone else’s cleanliness standards don’t align with our own. Sometimes, improper cleaning can be irritating, like clumps of fur left on an exam room floor, or trimmed toenails that landed on the computer keyboard and were left …
Suffering from a Veterinary Staffing Shortage? 5 Ways to Share the Workload With the workforce crisis hindering the veterinary industry, it’s tough to find—and retain—good help. Even if you can find a credentialed employee or two to pad your bare-bones team, it may not be enough help to manage your overwhelming caseload. So, what’s a …
6 Fool-Proof Ways to Keep Your Veterinary Technicians Happy No, pizza is not the solution to your veterinary staffing crisis. If you believe this is true, you’ve come to the right place. We’re here to help you keep your veterinary technicians happy in their current position, and prevent them from looking for greener pastures. According …
4 Reasons Why Your Veterinary Team Should Receive CPR Training Regardless of whether you work in emergency medicine or general practice, when a critical case takes a turn for the worse, you must be prepared to jump into action. Although your list of emergency drugs are already calculated for each patient going under anesthesia, and …
Find Purpose In Your Path: How to Refocus Your Veterinary Practice During the entire COVID-19 pandemic, veterinary practices reacted to the health threat to their team and clients, rather than being proactive. Playing this catch-up game has caused staff morale to tank, because teams always felt behind in learning and implementing efficient protocols and workflows. …
Layer and Graduate As a veterinary practice manager or owner, you may be focused on finding that unicorn employee as you work to fill staff vacancies. You know what unicorn employees are—they’re the ones with a great work ethic, a can-do attitude, and a desire to keep growing and improving. But as the name implies, …
Compassion Fatigue’s Unspoken Side Effect: Emotional Decision-Making As a veterinary professional during the COVID-19 pandemic era, you no doubt are hearing about compassion fatigue on all sides. In fact, your hospital likely has one, if not more, team members suffering from this serious condition. Times are more difficult than ever for veterinary professionals. And, while …
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Why Temporary Employees Make the Best Permanent Employees Is one of your veterinary practice’s major pain points finding—and keeping—good employees? While your resume file may be filled to overflowing with the contact information of animal lovers who claim to have years of experience, finding an actual veterinary professional who is the perfect fit for your …
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Is Your Donated Bedding Costing More Than You Think? Admit it—you likely wouldn’t feel comfortable sleeping on donated bedding that runs through your practice’s washing machine. You would want used bedding to have been sterilized to an inch of its fluffy stuffing in the autoclave before lying down for a nap. Why would you make …
