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The Veterinary Support Personnel Network is for people working with, for, or in the field of veterinary medicine. Membership in VSPN is free. In order to have access to all of VSPN's community features including message boards, chats, and CE, you will need to register (click on the REGISTER button on the left side of this screen).

(Veterinarians should register at www.vin.com, the premier site for veterinarians)

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When you complete your registration application, your information will be reviewed. If you have not heard from us within 48 hours about the status of your application, please email Nanette@vspn.org

Thank you for helping us make VSPN the BEST online veterinary support staff site!

This week in VSPN:



Monday, July 21, 2008; 3pm ET
  How to Navigate VSPN with Debbie. See all our new stuff! Get to know your VSPN better.

Friday, July 25, 2008; 10pm ET
  Practice Management Rounds: How Does Your Practice Motivate The Team? Join Julie for methods of getting your team pumped up.

The World Clock - Time Zones - need to find out what time chats or CE are in your neck of the woods? Click here!

Frequently Asked Questions - FAQs; Wondering about how to utilize this website? Click here!

FROM YOUR MESSAGE BOARDS
 IVAPM Tech certification
 VSPN meet-up at AVMA
 Exposure of children to isoflurane
 Ferret anesthesia protocol
 8-month-old canine dribbling urine
 Having trouble with fungal cultures
 Y2Spay brochure
 Team building exercises
 The new iPhone
 Dental radiograph of 6-year-old canine
 Case of the week: Canine with ruptured gallbladder
 Ehrlichiosis and Lyme in horses
 Horse peppered by birdshot
 Questions regarding rescue canines from Kuwait
 Soloxine, yea or nay
 Vectra side effects
 Labradoodle seizures
 New employer progress report
 Protocols on cleaning oncology rooms
 Employee job abandonment
 When one family member approves treatment and the other questions
 Employees who bring their pet to work
 Kennel odors and noise
 Age to restrain animals for x-rays
 Kitten season
 Alcoholic employee
 Waterless shampoo
 Oxygen therapy

ABSTRACT OF THE WEEK
 Pharmacokinetics of zonisamide and drug interaction with phenobarbital in dogs
These data suggested that repeated administration of a clinical dose of phenobarbital enhanced the clearance of zonisamide, and the enhanced clearance lasted at least 10 weeks after the discontinuation of phenobarbital. Caution may be necessary when zonisamide is given with phenobarbital and when antiepileptic therapy is changed from phenobarbital to zonisamide.

WEBSITE OF THE WEEK
 Disaster Preparedness and Response and more...

BOOK REVIEW OF THE WEEK
 Handbook of Veterinary Emergency Protocols: Dog and Cat

RECENT HANDOUTS / ROUNDS HIGHLIGHTS:
Coming soon:
Practice Management Rounds: Side Tracked in Team Meetings?
Sunday Rounds: Medical Math
 Equine Rounds: Bowed Tendons
 Ask NAVTA

VIN/VSPN CE courses available for registration:


For more information on Continual Education courses you can take online, please see the VIN/VSPN CE course listings at the top of the CE page.

VSPN This Week

This week's New Feature is actually an upgrade to our FAQs. The FAQ button just above Nanette's column takes you to all sorts of links that can help you with your Frequently Asked Questions. The newly revised set, complete with PICTURES are those FAQs for the message boards. Click on the FAQ and then the links for questions about the message boards! Charlotte's doing an awesome job in upgrading these for our members! Enjoy!

Make sure you plan to stop by the How to Navigate VSPN session on Monday, July 21. Debbie can show you all of the other new things going on in VSPN.

The new message boards are still in progress with some continued beta testing going on. If you see a post in the boards that says "Posted in 2.0 boards" that means it's one of our staff helping test. Soon, we will be letting you know when you can take advantage of these new features; likely within the next week or so.

STAF122-0608 Personalities certificates were sent 7/8 (email) and 7/14 (paper). If you haven't received yours by July 25, please contact Heather@vin.com.

NEW to the VSPN Library page!
VIN Store link: You can now link directly to the VIN Store for textbooks; students, be sure to check our prices first!
Gift Certificates: You can now purchase gift certificates from VIN for your veterinarian, coworkers, and yourself! It's not too soon to start thinking of year-end bonuses and gifts!

The MyVSPN button on the left side of the main screen still has a few more edits to its features before it can become fully functional for you - very soon.

VSPN VT Decal - window slick is now available in the VIN Store!
VSPN NotebookŪ version 2.0 is now IN THE STORE!
Version 1.0 Supplements are also there for order too!
You must LOG IN using your VSPN/VIN Username and password to have access to the order form.

Sincerely,
Nanette Walker Smith, M.Ed., RVT, CVT, LVT
Nanette@VSPN.org
VSPN Content Director

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