Practice Management
Is Your Team Suffering From Coronavirus Pandemic Anxiety?
Many people are suffering from anxiety due to the global coronavirus pandemic.
Personal/Professional Development
Stop Workplace Cyberbullying
Cyberbullying has the same effects, and should have the same repercussions, as traditional bullying or harassment.
Personal Wellbeing
Substance Abuse in the Workplace: What to Do?
Substance abuse in veterinary medicine has become a widespread problem and has repercussions in the abuser’s personal and professional life, as well as staff, patients, and clients in the workplace.
Personal/Professional Development
A Focus on Utilization
There has been a significant amount of focus on veterinary technician utilization—or rather, underutilization—as an issue within our profession.
Practice Management
The Issue of Title Protection
What can we, as veterinary technicians who are feeling helpless and frustrated against the misuse of our professional title, do?
Practice Management
Can We Talk? Ensuring Owner Compliance
Communication from the veterinary team and owner compliance go hand-in-hand in making sure the pet stays up-to-date on preventive medications and post-surgery care.
Practice Management
Teamwork Makes the Dream Work
Each member of the veterinary healthcare team plays an important role that is critical to the overall success of the team and, subsequently, to the overall wellness of the patient and success of the hospital.
Personal Wellbeing
Nurture Wellbeing in the Veterinary Workplace
Burnout, compassion fatigue, work-related stress, depression, and suicide are words that we veterinary nurses are unfortunately familiar with.
Practice Management
AVMA Creates Task Force to Look at Better Using Vet Techs
The AVMA Board of Directors will seek to develop a plan to improve veterinary technician utilization.
Practice Management
The Importance of Veterinary Technicians
By respecting and empowering veterinary technicians, we all benefit: clients tend to be more engaged and well-informed, and the health and wellbeing of their pets may also benefit as a result.