Technicians

Use this sample policy to define acceptable computer behavior and outline the consequences of putting the practice at risk.

Putting issues on the table and talking about them openly isn't easy, but if you want a healthy work environment, it's necessary. To get you started, Shawn McVey, MA, MSW, shares this example.

The Web offers all sorts of new ways to reach out and touch your clients. But are all of these new technologies boons or boondoggles for your practice? They can be useful, says Dr. Ernest Ward Jr., owner of Seaside Animal Care in Calabash, N.C., if used with care.

A veterinary assistant in a college town seeks advice about how to educate young pet owners.

Following your practice's safety protocol, makes you an essential employee.

Understanding the brain's inner-workings will help you convert potential clients into perpetual ones.

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Don't let online-only pharmacies take your business.

Some team members always seem to shoot down ideas. Here's how to turn those objectors into supporters.

Posting client forms online saves pet owners' time and yours.

Receptionists can play a part in preventing too much overtime and too much downtime.

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A routine fecal exam leads to an extraordinary find.

Malocclusions need to be recognized early to prevent damage to the maxillary palate.

Veterinary technicians held about 71,000 jobs in 2006.

Disease caused by parvovirus in dogs (destruction of intestinal crypt epithelium, lymphocyte depletion, neutropenia) is generally more severe than that caused by coronavirus (destruction of intestinal villi).

Portosystemic shunts (PSS) are the result of reduced total hepatic blood flow and the inability of the liver to extract noxious substances from the portal circulation.

Veterinary technicians are staying in the field longer, reinventing themselves and making their job into a career full of passion and compassion.

The role of the veterinary technician in traumatic emergencies is pivotal to the survival of the incoming patient.

Why is it that 60% of a manager's time is spent on human resource issues?

Transfusion of blood products is an important lifesaving measure performed frequently in veterinary medicine.

In the last ten years, exfoliative cytology has been gaining popularity as a diagnostic aid in veterinary practice.

The demand for better care has resulted in unprecedented interest and involvement of the veterinary community in shelter operations.

Veterinary dentistry is emerging as one of the fastest growing "new" disciplines of veterinary patient care.

Endodontics is the diagnosis and treatment of diseases inside the tooth that affect the tooth pulp and apical periodontal tissues.

Anatomic and physiologic considerations are the basis for proper diagnostic techniques.

The main goal of fracture repair is to regain a normal and comfortable occlusion.

The field of veterinary dentistry has changed rapidly in the last few years.

Oxygen delivery to the tissues must be prioritized in any critical patient.