You see another PTO request sitting on your desk and you are filled with dread. Your veterinary practice is already operating with a bare-bones staff as you struggle to hire qualified candidates, and you certainly do not have extras to cover a colleague’s time off—much-needed time off, you admit. So, how can you manage your …
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Change Starts Here—Radical Improvement in Veterinary Medicine Requires Radical Change No matter where you go or where you are, modern veterinary professionals all seem to be saying the same thing: “Everything is so bad right now.” “How much worse can it get?” “We can’t go on like this.” Serious issues affecting professional and personal wellbeing—including …
We’re almost to the end of the long haul of gaining regulation of veterinary technicians in the state. The bill was voted on and passed in the senate the first week of May. This means that it is in the final stage: waiting to be signed by the governor! Effective January 1st, 2023, veterinary technicians …
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Veterinary Technician Regulation In Colorado- Myth Busters Edition Colorado continues to move towards regulation of veterinary technicians. CACVT has been working closely with CVMA and Colorado State Representative Karen McCormick who is sponsoring the inclusion and regulation of veterinary technicians in the veterinary practice act bill. The bill is assigned to the House Agriculture, Livestock, …
Advocating for career advancement and recognition for CVT’s of Colorado. The Colorado veterinary community has been buzzing about the new recommendation for regulation of veterinary technicians. But what does this actually mean? What does the process look like? How will it affect your practice? Starting April 2020, the CACVT formulated a task force of CVT’s …
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. …
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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What do you think of when you hear the word “professionalism”? Competent Confident Respected Businesslike Teacher Honest Establishes priorities Driven Above gossip Productive Well-dressed Takes initiative Problem-solver Resilient Self-aware Relationship builder Professionalism is another area where we should focus as we excitedly anticipate the changes coming about from NAVTA’s Veterinary Nurse Initiative (VNI) (for more …
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I left veterinary medicine in 2014, almost exactly a decade after I started working in the field. I was burned out, bored, frustrated, and looking for a way out—any way out. I didn’t see a path forward for me in the industry. If I didn’t want to specialize or go into management, it seemed as …
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