Veterinary Team Training

Stop Calling Yourself a Veterinary Technician/Nurse

Are you recognized by a state/country as a veterinary technician/nurse? No? Then stop calling yourself a veterinary technician/nurse because you are not one!

You are keeping the profession stuck in the 1970s which is causing all of our salaries to remain low. I address why it's so important that we all fight for our title and why it's important to distinguish between a veterinary technician/nurse and assistant. Don't call yourself a veterinary technician/nurse unless a state or country has awarded you the credentials to do so.

S#&! You Shouldn‘t Have to Put Up With: B****ing About the Small Stuff

I made this podcast because I saw on social media yet another veterinary professional go on and on for pages about a client complaining about money. Why do we let this stuff bother us? Are you a victim of yourself? How do we learn to let the small stuff go? Let's talk about ways to stop bi*#$ing about the small stuff. Apologies for some brief singing in this podcast.

Where are all the Women Leaders in Veterinary Medicine?

Veterinary industry is a 80-90% female workforce, but yet the amount of leaders that are female are slim. Why are there so few women in leadership roles? What data is out there? How can we work to ensure women have an equal voice at the leadership table? Let's dive into why there are so few women in leadership roles in the veterinary industry.

Is Veterinary Medicine Full of Cynics?

"Yes." That's how most of us would answer the question of whether veterinary medicine has a high percentage of cynics working in it. To some extent we need a healthy amount of cynicism in order to survive in the profession. But is too much cynicism unhealthy? Does veterinary medicine actually have a higher level of cynicism than other professions? I attempt to find data and facts while diving into our love of cynicism in the veterinary medicine.

This is the “New Normal:” Stop Making Excuses

We need to stop making excuses or waiting for things to change. Instead we need to accept the extra busy state of our hospitals and the shortness of staff in them. We need to stop making excuses as to why our team can’t take breaks, why we are burned out, and why we can’t be happy in our jobs.  We need to start figuring out how we can practice the best medicine with the resources we have. It's time to stop burning ourselves and our people out. Stop the excuses. Start making changes.

S#&! You Shouldn‘t Have to Put Up With: Devaluation of Your Credentials

If you are a credentialed veterinary technician (VT) does your hospital pay you more than someone who is on the job (OTJ) trained with the same experience? When a new OTJ and a new credentialed VT are hired into your practice does the credentialed VT earn more? Are there certain opportunities that are only awarded to the credentialed VTs of your hospital?  No??!!  Then this is S#$! You Shouldn't Have To Put Up With.  Let's dive into OTJ vs credentialed VTs. 

S#&! You Shouldn‘t Have to Put Up With: Your Technician/Nurse Skills Not Being Utilized

Are you a veterinary technician or nurse whose skills are not being utilized? Do you watch as your veterinarian places IV catheters, performs a dental prophy or vaccinates all the pets? Let's talk about the importance of utilizing veterinary technicians and nurses to the fullest. Failure to do so results in high turnover and a loss of revenue. This is s#&! you shouldn't have to put up with.  

What‘s Better? Empathy, Sympathy or Compassion?

Let's dive into these 3 terms and understand why they are all necessary depending on the situation. Having a deeper understanding will allow you to know when to apply them, but also how to protect yourself from compassion fatigue.

Stop the Stigma Surrounding Suicide Conversations

Disclaimer: I am not a licensed therapist, psychologist or counselor. This podcast is not meant to replace professional mental health resources.  This podcast is meant to bring awareness and resources about suicide prevention to those who work in the veterinary profession. It's meant to open up the conversation around mental health with a focus on suicide prevention. It's a tough, but important conversation that needs to happen in every veterinary hospital.

Resources That Compliment This Podcast:

https://www.mentalhealthfirstaid.org/

https://qprinstitute.com/

https://nomv.org/

https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/

https://www.cdc.gov/suicide/index.html

 

 

S#&! You Shouldn‘t Have to Put Up With: Bullying

Why do adults bully each other? How is it even a thing?? It's not only a thing, but prominent in many veterinary hospitals, the industry in general and everywhere online.  Bullying is S#&! we shouldn't have to put up with in veterinary medicine.