
Personal/Professional Development
Working With Service Dogs
Taking into consideration the many nuances of service dog ownership could ensure better veterinary care to these working animals and less stress on the owners.
Emergency Medicine/Critical Care
Finding Purpose in Critical Care
A young patient with an oral and tracheal thermal injury after chewing an electrical wire is an example of some of the cases critical care veterinary nurses manage.
Personal/Professional Development
Never Say Never: The Journey of Becoming a Teacher
Veterinary nurses who pursue career development could find new opportunities, such as teaching overseas.
Personal/Professional Development
Passion Project: Going the Extra Mile for Pets in Need
If helping animals in need—beyond those with loving owners and disposable funds—is a true passion of yours, consider what you can do to reach those patients and give them their happy, healthy lives back.

Personal/Professional Development
Mending the Broken: Lifelong Learning Through Restoration
Veterinary nurses have a multitude of specializing career paths following accreditation.

Pain Management
No Pain, All Gain: Becoming a Certified Veterinary Pain Practitioner
Becoming a Certified Veterinary Pain Practitioner is a great way for veterinary nurses to be more involved patients’ pain management process and client education and compliance.

Personal/Professional Development
The Art of Teaching in Higher Education
Veterinary medicine has evolved so vastly in recent years that veterinary nurses have many potential career paths available.

Personal/Professional Development
A Complicated Career Choice
The worlds of veterinary medicine and dog shows may seem vastly different, but the heart of each is the same—a love of animals.

Personal/Professional Development
ASPCA and the Arms of Angels
As veterinary nurses, we dedicate our lives to helping animals because we are animal welfare warriors.