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When were caught between the family we love and the veterinary career we cherish, our fears and guilt can overwhelm us. Stop beating up on yourself, veterinarian moms.

When it comes to urolithiasis in cats, nutrition is part of the problem and the solution. Use this chart to find the best therapeutic diet for your stone-prone veterinary patients.

Heres what we see as the most toxic team member behaviors in veterinary practice today and some tips for managers and peers to navigate these situations.

A prolapsed box turtle rectum pushed me to make the typical veterinarian choice: Get some time off or be the leader a freaked-out team member needed in the moment.

Thoughts on the veterinary nurse shortage from a veteran registered technician.

In veterinary medicine, there exists a culture of shame surrounding surgical error. Here, one DVM shares her experience with mental and emotional trauma during surgery and offers 7 steps to help veterinarians rewire their brains after a traumatic event in practice.

When a workplace issue arises but theres no such thing as a human resources department in your veterinary clinic, things can get hairy. Heres what your veterinary colleagues think.

If you're pussyfooting around the idea of starting up a kitten foster care program, shelter medicine expert Dr. Amanda Dykstra can help you think through the resources youll need. And if youre already up to your ears in foster kittens, its not too late to take some good advice.

Shelter medicine expert Dr. Amanda Dykstra makes a case for equipping foster parents with detailed instructions on the care and keeping of kittens.

Kittens demand their own set of rules. Shelter medicine expert Dr. Amanda Dykstra shares some of the medical protocols she follows to give foster kittens and their families the best chance at success.

One patchy kitten with ringworm can send a shelters veterinary team into a panic. Before you start scrambling, review the research so you can manage this pesky dermatologic problem effectively.

A veterinary practice management consultant diagnoses your business problems, explains whats wrong and develops a business treatment plan to fix it. Coaching comes after, when you need the accountability, feedback and ongoing conversations to make sure you follow through like a compliant veterinary client.

Dont like online pharmacies competing with you for veterinary product sales? Dont penalize your clients for it, says a 2019 dvm360/VHMA Practice Manager of the Year finalist.

When a pet owner can't afford the highest standard of veterinary dental care, what choices do we have left?

You dont need us to tell you about the importance of communication with veterinary clients. But a recent survey proves a gap in pet owners understanding of animal pain and surgery.

One veterinarians story of a dog who reached a place few of her patients are allowed to goher heartand the lessons the experience taught her.

His heart may have been in the right place, but an Atlanta orthopedic surgeon has voluntarily shut down his nonprofit organization after backlash from area veterinarians.

A UK study found that in the veterinary profession, women are overlooked for promotions and often seen as incompetent by overtly sexist clients.

Veterinary associates, remember that small contractual oversights in production-based pay can add up to substantial chunks of money in your employment contracts. Heres what to watchlike a hawk.

In a session focused on small, practical changes veterinary technicians can make in their thinking and habits to prevent compassion fatigue or burnout, Fetch dvm360 conference speaker Kristina Guldbrand, ACC, BS, CVT, CSP, offered more than a dozen suggestions. Here are our three favorites.

Although rare, several forms of adverse reactions have been documented after vaccination in dogs and cats. Heres what veterinary teams need to know today.

Veterinary economist crunches the numbers to quantify the difference between open veterinary positions and DVMs seeking employment.

The good, the bad and the awesome lessons one veterinarian learned as a new practice owner.

When it became apparent that her growing practice needed more team leads, this dvm360/VHMA Practice Manager of the Year finalist set out to create a hiring process that would fit the already strong culture and demonstrate fairness and transparency.

Two smart data wonks in the animal health industry recently shared market information at an exclusive event in Kansas City. Heres the skinny on what they see coming down the pike for veterinary practices like yours.

Owners of chronically and terminally ill pets have a high risk of caregiver burden, but newer tools are refining the ability of veterinary teams to detect this burden in their clients.

Have a veterinary employee who cant seem to show up on the most stressful day of the week? This tried-and-true method will hold them accountableand show support for the rest of your team.

Think you know ticks? Think again. Here are some facts about the tenacious tick that may surprise you.

One recent study explores the effect of dysfunctional workplaces on veterinary team members, while another focused on the secondary stress involved in helping stressed pet owners, something called burden transfer."

I would have never dreamed of a daytime sleep habit, but doctors orders made me a believer.