We are all living through practicing during COVID. It’s an adjustment and we are all a little extra stressed throughout the day. But there has been a growing trend of burnout, negativity, and overall unhappiness seen in the veterinary clinic and it definitely is having a huge effect on everyone. To me, every day is… Read More
Team Culture
How Do I Want to Show Up for My Team?
If the past year has taught us anything, it is how quickly life can change. The veterinary industry is working through many challenges, including increased demand and a decreased workforce. My hospital is no exception. Since the end of last summer, we have been working with a skeleton crew when several of our team members… Read More
Top 5 Things I Want Veterinary Medicine to Keep
Maybe this will age me. That’s OK. As an aging Gen X’er, I am reminded often of the “Choose Your Own Story” books. For those who don’t remember, with these stories, every choice the reader made, they were instructed to skip to a section in the book that either gave you another choice or you had to read what fate your choices had sealed. Read More
“Choose Your Own Story”
Maybe this will age me. That’s OK. As an aging Gen X’er, I am reminded often of the “Choose Your Own Story” books. For those who don’t remember, with these stories, every choice the reader made, they were instructed to skip to a section in the book that either gave you another choice or you had to read what fate your choices had sealed. Read More
A Love Letter to the Front Desk Superstars
Dear Brave Guardians of the Front Door, Telephone, and Email.
Thank you. From the bottom of my heart thank you for keeping my introverted phone-hating self from having to answer calls. Thank you for preventing my stomach from tying into knots with every ring. Read More
The Swiss Army Knives of Vet Med
You’re awesome. You probably don’t get to hear it enough but thank you for doing what you do. It’s not easy, I know; I’ve been there. Read More