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 Anesthesia - Anesthesia, Analgesia in Onychectomy Patients

 Anesthesia - Basic Anesthesia - History Taking and the Physical Exam

 Anesthesia - Basic Anesthesia - Signalment Part I - Species

 Anesthesia - Basic Anesthesia - Signalment Part II

 Anesthesia - Basics of the Art

 Anesthesia - Basic Ventilation Techniques

 Anesthesia - Basic Ventilation Techniques Part II

 Anesthesia - Blocks - Incisional blocks and local blocks for biopsies and more

 Anesthesia - Case - Chest wound - Rocky's bad day

 Anesthesia - Case Report - January 28, 2007

 Anesthesia - Commonly used Anesthetics

 Anesthesia - Complications - Is the Kitty Getting Fluffier?

 Anesthesia - Equipment and Monitoring - Tech Rounds April 23, 2006

 Anesthesia - Gastric Foreign Bodies

 Anesthesia - Machine Maintenance

 Anesthesia - Machine maintenance and troubleshooting

 Anesthesia - Nerve Blocks - Introduction

 Anesthesia - Post anesthesia monitoring

 Anesthesia - Tech Rounds August 6, 2006

 Anesthesia - The Preanesthetic Exam

 Anesthesia - Thinking outside the Box

 Anesthesia - Trauma Induced Acute Hemorrhage

 Anesthesia - Troubleshooting tips - Tech Rounds April 2, 2006

 Anesthesia - Ventilators

 Anesthesia - Ventilators 4/20/2008

 Anesthesia - VTS credential - Applying for your VTS (Anes)

 Behavior - Canine - Teaching an old dog new tricks, is it pawssible?

 Behavior - Feline - Indoor Cat Initiative - Joint VIN/VSPN Rounds

 Behavior - Feline - Is that Cat Mental or Medical?

 Canine - Dog Sports - Get active!

 Career - Resume - Building a resume that works - Looking for a new job?

 Case-Based Rounds - August 16, 2005

 Case-Based Rounds - August 30, 2005

 Case-Based Rounds - September 2005

 Client Education - Brochures - How to Procure the Perfect Brochure

 Client Education - Dog Sports - Who's playing and what to advise?

 Client Education - Euthanasia

 Client Education - Grief - Holidays - Rainbow Bridge

 Client Education - Grief - Rainbow Bridge

 Client Education - Heartworms, fleas, tick season

 Client Education - Home Blood Glucose Testing for Diabetic Cats

 Client Education - Introducing new staff to clients

 Client Education - Making clients better pet owners

 Client Education - Vet Techs and Vet Assistants - Roles

 Client Relations - Client Issues: How should the front office staff treat and deal with clients?

 Client Relations - Dealing with difficult clients - a case scenario

 Client Relations - Euthanasia and Care of Remains - Caring for the Client

 Client Relations - How to deal with upset clients - disgruntled, angry

 Clinical Pathology - Giardia - A GI parasite with many faces

 Clinical Pathology - In-House Lab Procedures - Maintaining Continuity

 Clinical Pathology - Lab Chatter Rounds - June 29, 2007 - Breaking into Exotic Field, Establishing a Lab Tech Specialty Certification for Techs & Glucose Monitors

 Clinical Pathology - Laboratory Microscopes - What to look for

 Clinical Pathology - Specialty organization - #1

 Clinical Pathology - Urinalysis- The mis-used laboratory test

 Clinical Pathology - Zoonotic Helminthes

 Communication – Burnout – How Can You Remedy Job Burnout?

 Communication - Consumer Reports Article 2003

 Communication - Elderly Clientele - Wowing the Wise and Wonderful

 Communication - Front & Back - Team

 Communication - Good Client Care - How to Help Clients be Better Pet Owners

 Communication - Job Burnout - Are You Committed or Should You Be?

 Communication - Making a Good First Impression

 Communication - Marketing yourself, differentiating your practice, and health insurance concerns

 Communication - Personality Testing - MBTI

 Communication - Sexual Harassment

 Communication - Veterinary Assistants vs. Veterinary Technicians - Can't we all just get along?

 Complementary/Alternative Medicine

 Complementary/Alternative Medicine - Flower Essence Therapy

 Computers - DVMAX system

 Computers - Security and Information Privacy

 Conferences - AVMA 2006 in Review - Tech Rounds July 23, 2006

 Conferences - In Review - Central Veterinary Conference 2005

 Conferences - In Review - Western Veterinary Conference 2006

 Conferences - In Review - Western Veterinary Conference 2007

 Continuing Education - How to get the most out of your CE - hints and tips

 Continuing Education - I want my free CE!

 Cytology - Fine Needle Aspirate

 Dentistry - Case Report - Foreign body

 Dentistry - Case Rounds - February 18, 2007

 Dentistry - Emergencies

 Dentistry - Endodontics

 Dentistry - Endodontics vs. Exodontics

 Dentistry - Marketing your Dental Practice - Dental Health Month

 Dentistry - Marketing your practice

 Dentistry - Open Chat - March 2004

 Dentistry - Pediatric

 Dentistry - Preparation for Pet Dental Month

 Dentistry - Products

 Dentistry - Products for home care

 Dentistry - Radiology

 Dentistry - The Complete Dental Prophy

 Dentistry - VTS Certification - How to join this specialty

 Disaster Preparedness - Humane Society of the United States (HSUS)

 Disaster Preparedness - Incident Command System

 Disaster Preparedness - Joint VIN/VSPN Rounds - Been there, done that

 Disaster Preparedness - LSU (Louisiana State University) and Disaster Response to Hurricane Katrina

 Disaster Preparedness - Open chat September 16, 2004

 Disaster Preparedness - Pet Safety - Emergency Preparedness

 Disaster Preparedness - Preparing for the Future

 Disaster Preparedness - Veterinary Medical Assistance Teams - Joint Rounds with VIN

 ECG - Electrocardiography - Basics

 Education - Distance Education

 Emergency Medicine - Case Based Rounds February 2, 2008

 Emergency Medicine - Clinic Relations

 Emergency Medicine - Emergency Drug Dosage Chart - Canine

 Emergency Medicine - History and Second Survey

 Emergency Medicine - Triage - Initial Assessment

 Equine - AAEVT (American Association of Equine Veterinary Technicians - Informational Chat

 Equine - Equine Hoof Injuries

 Equine - Laminitis - Rounds June 2, 2008

 Equine - Practice Management - Workplace stress unique to the equine clinic

 Equine Rounds - Bowed Tendons

 Equine Rounds - Large Animal/Equine Veterinary Technicians - What can NAVTA VTS offer?

 Equine Rounds - Open Chat February 4, 2008

 Equine - Topics from Western Veterinary Conference 2007

 Equine - Veterinary Technicians - Issues Facing Equine Veterinary Technicians

 Equine - Winter Preparation Tips

 Ethics - Animal Hoarders - Do you know one?

 Ethics - Dilemmas Facing Veterinary Staff

 Ethics - Ethical dilemmas part 2

 Ethics - Practicing veterinary medicine without a license

 Euthanasia and Grief

 Exotics-Pocket Pets

 Feline - Kitty Kindergarten

 Front Office - Creating that First Impression

 Front Office - Difficult Clients - checklist

 Front Office - Going paperless Part 1 - things to consider

 Front Office - Going paperless Part 2 - things to consider

 Hematology - Blood Gases - If your patient isn't the Energizer Bunny, can he still be Alkalotic?

 Hematology - CBC's - All Blood and Some Glory - Transcript of VIN CE Real Time Session

 Hematology - White Blood Cell Morphology

 Hospital Maintenance - Spring Cleaning - cleaning schedules

 Human-Animal Bond - Grief and Pet Loss

 Large Animal - Equine - Colic

 Large Animal - Equine - Colic - November 2005

 Large Animal - Equine - Dentistry - Joint VIN/VSPN Rounds

 Large Animal - Equine - Fly Control

 Large Animal - Equine - Vaccine Protocols

 Leadership - "Taking the Changing Styles in the Workforce and Putting Them to Work for You in Your Organization or Practice; A Review of the NAVTA 2002 Leadership Workshop."

 Marketing - Selling products and services

 Marketing Yourself When Job Searching, Differentiating Your Practice, and Health Insurance Concerns

 Medical Recordkeeping - Medical Records Part 1

 Medicine - Anipryl and Rimadyl

 Medicine - Diabetes mellitus

 Medicine - Emergency - Emergency Medicine

 Medicine Forum - Multilumen Catheterization Part I

 Medicine Forum - Multilumen Catheterization Part II

 Medicine - Medical Math - help with calculations

 Medicine - Pain Management

 Medicine - Tick Borne Diseases

 Medicine - Canine Vaccination Protocols

 Medicine - Feline Vaccination Protocols

 Medicine - West Nile Virus

 Nursing - Case Study - The Case of the Hunting Dog

 Nursing - CRIs - Constant Rate Infusions - Drugs - Formulations - Why use them? What drugs work well with them, formulas and more

 Nursing - Fostering abandoned kittens

 Nursing - Fostering Abandoned Kittens Part 2

 Nursing - Fostering Abandoned Kittens Part 3

 Nursing - Medical Record Keeping - How to Take Good Notes and Communicate With Others in Medical Records

 Nursing - Monitoring - Capnometry

 Nursing - Non-ambulatory Patients

 Nursing - Pain Management - Dr. Meghan Richey - Joint Rounds with VIN - Fall 2005

 Nursing - Pain Management - Recognition

 Nursing - Pain Management - Recognition and Management

 Nursing - Wound Care - Salt in the Wound? Part 1

 Nursing - Wound Care - Salt in the Wound? Part 2

 Nutrition - Clinical Nutrition - Getting Started

 Nutrition - Healthy Animals - In Hospital Feeding and Client Education

 Nutrition - Pet Food Recall - 2007 Resource List

 Nutrition - Pet Food Recall - 2007 Rounds

 Nutrition - Small Animals - RAW and BARF diets

 Nutrition - "What's In The Bowl?" The first in a series of discussions on nutrition.

 Nutrition - "What's in the Bowl?" Part II - Discussions on Nutrition

 Nutrition - What's in the Bowl? Part III - "Pet Food Ingredients"

 Nutrition - What's in the Bowl, Part IV - Home prepared diets

 Nutrition - What's In the Bowl? Part V - Feeding the hospitalized patient

 Nutrition - What's in the Bowl Part VI - Introduction to Nutraceuticals

 Oncology - Cancer and Chemotherapy paper - Ken Crump, AHT, AAS

 Oncology - Oncology and the Veterinary Technician

 Oncology - Oncology Nursing

 Open Chat - Hiring, Receptionist duties, Health screenings, Vaccine schedules, Reminders and call backs, Fees, Nail trims, New clients and thank you's, Emergency clinics, Safety, Intoxicated callers - From August 4, 2006

 OSHA - Setting up an OSHA program

 OSHA - Staying Safe in the Hospital Environment

 OSHA - Update on OSHA Rules 2002

 Parasitology - Giardia Life Cycle and Disease

 Personality Typing Chats

 Personal - Professional Development

 Personal - Stress at work - Cures for after work stress

 Pharmacy - In House Prescription Monitoring

 Phone Skills

 Practice Management - Accounts Receivable - Pit Bulls and Pussy Cats

 Practice Management - Attendance and Punctuality

 Practice Management - Budgeting Pt. I

 Practice Management - Budgeting Pt. II

 Practice Management - Building the business

 Practice Management - Civilized Workplace - The No A**hole Rule...Building a Civilized Workplace and Surviving One That Isn't - Book Review

 Practice Management - Client Retention

 Practice Management - Compensation and Benefits - VIN/VSPN Joint Rounds April 2003

 Practice Management - Competition - Feed Stores and Distributors - Price Wars

 Practice Management - Constructive criticism

 Practice Management - Creating a Positive Work Environment

 Practice Management - CVPM - Certified Veterinary Practice Manager - How to join this specialty

 Practice Management - Difficult Clients - Firing

 Practice Management - Difficult Co-workers

 Practice Management - Diversity - Diversity in the Workplace - Embracing Diversity in your Staff Part 1

 Practice Management - Diversity - Diversity in the Workplace - Embracing Diversity in your Staff Part 2

 Practice Management - Emergency Clinics - Joint VIN/VSPN Rounds

 Practice Management - Employee Interview Questions

 Practice Management - Employee Relations - How do you work as a TEAM?

 Practice Management - Employment Interview Test

 Practice Management - EMR's Electronic Medical Records - Joint VIN/VSPN Rounds

 Practice Management - Exit Interviews

 Practice Management - Fee Setting - What Should We Charge? Fee Setting Resources and Methodology

 Practice Management - Getting Staff to Buy In to the Practice Philosophy

 Practice Management - Gold Standard Part 1 - Looking toward the gold standard of veterinary practice

 Practice Management - Gold Standard Part 2- Looking toward the gold standard of veterinary practice

 Practice Management - Handling Difficult Clients

 Practice Management - Hiring

 Practice Management - Hiring and Retaining Great Employees

 Practice Management - Hiring in a Competitive Market

 Practice Management - Hiring, Introductory Periods, and Evaluations

 Practice Management - How to Tell if You Need a Consultant - Joint VIN/VSPN Rounds

 Practice Management - Interview Techniques

 Practice Management - Inventory Control

 Practice Management - Inventory Control Part II

 Practice Management - Large Practice Organization - So many veterinarians, so little organization...how to make a multi-doctor clinic run smoothly

 Practice Management - Leadership in the veterinary practice

 Practice Management - Leadership - Qualities of a great Leader

 Practice Management - Manager - How to Become a Manager

 Practice Management - Managing the Hospital

 Practice Management - Marketing - Marketing is not a dirty word

 Practice Management - Marketing - Pros and Cons of Other Animal Business

 Practice Management - Motivation - Team - How Does Your Practice Motivate The Team?

 Practice Management - NAVC 2001 Seminar Reviews

 Practice Management - Performance Appraisals - More than a Review

 Practice Management - Pet Meds - Are they a threat?

 Practice Management - Pharmacy Profitability - Joint VIN/VSPN Rounds

 Practice Management - Practice Indices - The Bow Wow Jones Index

 Practice Management - Practice Tips for 2008

 Practice Management - Pregnancy in Practice - Joint VIN/VSPN Rounds

 Practice Management - Pregnancy in the Workplace

 Practice Management - Prioritizing purchases for hospital toys vs. essentials

 Practice Management - Productive Hospitals - Joint VIN/VSPN Rounds on What Makes a Productive Hospital Productive

 Practice Management - Profit Center Bookkeeping - QuickBooks

 Practice Management - Purchases - Toys vs. essentials

 Practice Management - Relief veterinarians - Incorporating relief veterinarians for a win/win situation

 Practice Management - Salary Negotiation - How to get more money out of your veterinarian Part I

 Practice Management - Salary Negotiation - How To get more money out of your veterinarian Part II

 Practice Management - Salary Negotiation - How to have a Win - Win Salary Negotiation!

 Practice Management - Staff Appreciation during the holidays - Thanking your Staff During the Holidays

 Practice Management - Staff Meetings

 Practice Management - Staff Morale - Building

 Practice Management - Staff Motivation

 Practice Management - Student Interns in Practice

 Practice Management - Team Building, Part II

 Practice Management - Team Meetings - Side Tracked in Team Meetings?

 Practice Management - Theft and Embezzlement

 Practice Management – Training Staff – Teaching and Learning New Techniques in the Clinic

 Practice Management - Veterinary Technicians - Finding the best

 Practice Management - Where's the beef? Getting to the heart of the matter at staff meetings.

 Practice Management - Year End and Year Beginning To Do List

 Professional Development - How to be a writer!

 Professional Development - Interview - What to Know for a New Job Interview

 Professionalism - Professionalism and you!

 Professionalism - Resumes - Cover Letters

 Professionalism - What are your professional goals for 2008

 Radiology - Computed Radiography

 Radiology - Out of the Room - Positioning

 Radiology - Out of the Room - Positioning - Part 2

 Radiology - Positioning - Aids & Tips

 Receptionists - Children in the hospital

 Receptionists - Client Complaints - Strategies and Problem Solving

 Receptionists - Client Conflict - Unhappy Clients

 Receptionists - Client perspectives - If I were a client at my clinic I would...

 Receptionists - Client Referrals - Thanking your clients for their referrals

 Receptionists - Codes in the clinic

 Receptionists - Emergencies - Receptionist's Role

 Receptionists - General Discussion - May 17, 2006

 Receptionists - Goals for the New Year - practice, career, and you

 Receptionists - High Density Scheduling - VIN/VSPN Joint Rounds

 Receptionists - Maximizing Profit

 Receptionists - No Show Appointments

 Receptionists - Open Chat Topics - Walk Ins - Firing Clients - Home Delivery

 Receptionists - Reminders - Are reminders working for you?

 Receptionists - Scheduling

 Receptionists - Telephone Etiquette

 Receptionists - Telephone Etiquette - High Maintenance Clients

 Receptionists - The Client Who Won't Pay

 Receptionists - Time Management

 Receptionists - Welcome Kits - How welcoming are your welcome kits?

 Receptionists - Year End Things to Do

 Safety - Emergency Planning - Unexpected emergencies

 Safety - Staying safe in the hospital

 Shelter Medicine Part 1

 Shelter Medicine Part 2

 Shelter Medicine - Spay/Neuter - What clients need to know from YOU

 Shelter Medicine - The No Kill Debate

 Small Animal - Blood Pressure Measurements and Monitoring

 Specialty Certification - Veterinary Technicians - Emergency Critical Care - Hints and how to put all your information together

 Students - Veterinary Technology Distance Learning - Program information and review

 Surgery - Lasers

 Teamwork - Dealing with Veterinarians - Part 1

 Teamwork - Dealing with Veterinarians - Part 2

 Teamwork - Employees - How to be the best you can be

 Teamwork - Interstaff relations

 Teamwork - Make every day at work a good one - Strategies to maximize your productivity at work

 Therapy - Therapy Pets - Bringing joy to people through pet therapy

 Toxicology - Chocolate

 Toxicology - Holiday Hazards

 Toxicology - Managing Toxicoses - 2002 Poison Prevention Week Handout

 Toxicology - Managing Toxicoses - 2002 Poison Prevention Week Rounds

 Toxicology - Tips for making your pet's home poison safe

 Toxicology - Winter Hazards Part I - overview

 Toxicology - Winter Hazards Part II - Antifreeze Toxicity

 Town Hall Meeting Summer 2002

 Town Hall Meeting Fall 2002

 Town Hall Meeting - March 2003

 Town Hall Meeting - Summer 2003

 Town Hall Meeting - January 2004

 Town Hall Meeting - March 2004

 Town Hall Meeting - October 2004

 Town Hall Meeting - Fall 2005

 Ultrasound Basics

 Vaccination Open Chat - June 2004

 Veterinary Assistants - Thank you's

 Veterinary Technicians - Ask NAVTA - June 24, 2008

 Veterinary Technicians - Associations - NAVTA Leadership Conference - Grow your state association in 2008 with hints from the 2007 NAVTA Leadership Conference

 Veterinary Technicians - Career Opportunities

 Veterinary Technicians - Career possibilities

 Veterinary Technicians - Careers - Alternative/Non-traditional Roles

 Veterinary Technicians - Careers other than clinical practice

 Veterinary Technicians - Careers - Pet Sitters

 Veterinary Technicians - Dentistry

 Veterinary Technicians - Distance Learning - Online degree

 Veterinary Technicians - Licensure vs. OJT - NVTW Joint VIN/VSPN rounds 2004

 Veterinary Technicians - NVTW 2003 Utilization Joint Rounds

 Veterinary Technicians - NVTW 2005 Joint Rounds - Veterinary Technician Specialties

 Veterinary Technicians - NVTW 2006 Joint Rounds - Wellness in your practice life - How to prevent stress and burnout

 Veterinary Technicians - NVTW 2007 Joint Rounds - What you need to know about legislation

 Veterinary Technicians - NVTW 2008 Joint Rounds: Veterinary Technicians add Value to the Practice

 Veterinary Technicians - NVTW 2008 National Veterinary Technician Week 2008 - Celebrating the week of NVTW

 Veterinary Technicians - NVTW - Ideas for and what's worked to celebrate - "Who's doing what?"

 Veterinary Technicians - Personal - Balancing your work and your personal life

 Veterinary Technicians – Practice Management – Ideas on how to fill the technician gap

 Veterinary Technicians – Practice Managers - Finding the best

 Veterinary Technicians – Professionalism - Are you a professional?

 Veterinary Technicians – State of the Veterinary Technician - Regulations

 Veterinary Technicians - Technician Utilization in Veterinary Medicine - Joint VIN/VSPN Rounds

 Veterinary Technicians - Techs over 40 - Wise and Wonderful

 Veterinary Technicians - Ultrsound - practice builder

 Veterinary Technicians – Ultrasound – Part II

 Veterinary Technicians - Utilization

 Veterinary Technicians - Veterinary Assistants-Roles

 Veterinary Technicians - Veterinary Practice Acts - Part 1

 Veterinary Technicians - Veterinary Practice Acts - Part 2

 Veterinary Technicians - Veterinary Practice Acts - Part 3

 Veterinary Technicians - VT Program Alumni

 Veterinary Technicians - What do veterinary technicians REALLY want out of their job?

 VSPN - How to integrate VSPN into your practice

 Website - Design

 Wellness - Senior Wellness - programs, marketing, and pet health

 West Nile Virus Rounds Transcript

 Where is our profession headed?