Vet Tech Life

I am a Registered Veterinary Technician. I work in emergency and critical care, working every day to care for people’s companion animals.   RVTs will relieve their patient’s pain, perform diagnostic tests, treat/cure their ailments, soothe and comfort them, provide fluffy beds and hand feed pets, administer and monitor anesthesia, and assist in their surgeries and recovery…. Read More

There is no doubt that veterinary technicians do a lot to keep veterinarians on track and hospitals running smoothly. No one is perfect, though. In this DVM360.com video, Drs. Andy Roark & Dave Nicol investigate the ways vet techs fail vets. 5. Techs fail to read vets minds. via GIPHY | Full video on DVM360.com 4…. Read More

Does Hilton have the best customer service, hire the right people or are there just nice people in this world? I heard the words I never wished to hear again: “Your Mother has had a brain bleed.  We recommend she be transported to the Thomas Jefferson University Hospital of Neurosciences and……”  I am sure he… Read More

Those people who insist upon being the first at work in the morning and the last to leave at night share a common malady. They share it with people who don’t use their vacation time and who are the “only ones” who know how certain things at work are done. They make themselves indispensable and… Read More

I’d like to correct a logical error we, as veterinarians, have been making, that we should look at as more of a typo. In veterinary medicine we should change the spelling of alone to allone. I have felt alone and helpless in my darkest times. I am a thirty-four year old veterinarian with ADHD, elementary… Read More

It starts early. At least it did for me. I had decided to be a veterinarian when I was very young. Before I understood anything about money or the fact that the reason you work is related to making an income. Even once I got into veterinary school, I was incredibly naïve. It wasn’t until… Read More