Technicians
Emergency hot water bottle!
... and a cute puppy! Sorry, we got a little excited. Here's the lowest-cost-possible hot water bottle for small recovering veterinary patients.
Is it time for the veterinary nurse practitioner?
Could this new role solve a host of problems facing the veterinary profession?
Hail to the hairball: 5 fun facts about hairballs in cats
Hairball Awareness Day is April 25, 2014. So we're regurgitating the furry facts about furballs in your feline friends.
Laminate! It's magical!
Save the earth. Save money. Let plastic do the work for forms in your veterinary practice that get used over and over but don't need to be kept forever.
Scaling Mt. Vet: Pain and progress in practice
Our recent survey uncovered your most pressing problemshigh peaks you struggle to summit. Here are the top problems, with some suggested advice to help.
A new role for cardboard rolls
Protect the endotracheal tube (and the patients tongue) with this tip.
Rx for veterinary social media
Heres my advice for DIY social media to promote your great veterinary hospital that doesnt take all day.
Focus on the future: Comfort for clients
Do you feel it? The age of client service is hereand it's here to stay. Here are the six steps this veterinary practice took that lead to a record-breaking year.
Keeping track of pain control is not a pain!
At least it doesnt have to be. Let your practice software help!
Tough talks on titers
Do your veterinary team members know how to respond when pet owners ask about titers?
When your job becomes a chronic pain
Years of heavy lifting and repetitive motions as a veterinary technician took a toll on my body. Im sharing my story story to prevent others from sharing my pain.
Advice for a bad day
Youre a good person. Your team members are good people. Clients ready to pick a fight dont have to bring down your whole veterinary practices mood. Get some perspective, laugh about it, and get through it.
Data: Self-care for a bad day in veterinary practice
When today sucks, here's what your veterinary colleagues do to deal.
Idiopathic epilepsy: Seize the day (and save the pooch)
Deck: Guidance on the best practices for treating your veterinary patients with this neurologic disorder.
Get up to scratch with skin talks
Veterinary technicians: You can help patients with dermatology issues
Top 10 hospital inefficiencies, as identified by dogs and cats
These precocious pets are here to show you the gaps, rifts and design flaws that bust your ability to take care of business at your veterinary practice.
"Don't use that tone with me," said no clicker ever.
Clickers don't get frustrated and they never, ever sass, shout or dis your dog. Here's how to incorporate them into training at your veterinary practice.
Is your elite team ready for high-density scheduling?
Maximize medicine and manpower, but be aware of the cost
Put the PICK in PICTURE
Give veterinary clients a chance on your Facebook page to share pet picsand a chance to vote for the best one.
3 easy steps to take over the world ... or at least your practice
Take a page from this 90s cartoon and turn your team into a smooth running, client pleasing, world-dominating machine.
Can technicians be money producers?
A closer look at the clinic cash flow conundrum
Your pay: Stepping up (or down)?
Data from the 2016 Firstline Career Path Study shows team members' hourly pay. How does yours compare?
Bond with the brush
It's easy to attack pooch plaque at home.
Back Office Blunders, Episode 5: Cell phoned #obnoxious
Keeping it social in the exam room. Rudely.
Your hospital makes no SENSE
The five senses, that is. Touch clients in pleasant, calming, friendly ways by focusing on smell, sound and even taste.
Never suffer another cat bite
Feline expert Dr. Elizabeth Colleran shares how her practice has been bite free for more than five yearsand how yours can be too.
Fear Free tip: Bedside manner counts
It sounds too simple to be true, but accommodating a pets preferences can help take the scary out of a veterinary visit.
Client handout: How to create low-stress veterinary visits for cats
Getting a cat to the clinic can be tough for clients. Teach them how to relax their fraidy cats with this handout.
Game your day
Turn a rough day in veterinary practice into a game of knowing winks between coworkers and find a more little energy to smile with your clients (even the challenging ones) a little more.
Keep the slip slidin' away
A tip to stay in place while scooting about the clinic on your veterinary stool.
