Veterinarian Assistants

Animals have played a big part in my life, I have always had some sort of animal ever since I was born. Growing up I've had dogs, hamsters and fish and I have loved all of them deeply. This love for animals has showed me that I want to work with animals for the rest of my life. Becoming a Vet Tech is a great job because I get to see animals all day every day and I get to care and love for them.Vet Techs provide care for all animal's, anywhere from dogs, cats, exotic pets, lab animals and zoo animals. They help animals recover from injury, illness and help maintain animal's overall health. Vet Techs are commonly called ''nurses'' for animals, having the same jobs nurses have but just for animals.

Do you ever get a sore throat? Feel sick or hurt yourself ? Well, we tell our parents and go to the doctors. Unlike us, animals can’t tell us when they’re sick, so vets have to check for them, to if they are sick or injured.

The NAVTA, which stands for National Association of Veterinary Technicians in America, started as a place for veterinary technicians to discuss issues and information that revolves around the veterinary profession. Now the association has scholarship programs and education that could help one expand the career of a veterinarian. For example, one can strength his/her profession by practicing the skills on a model or working with others to come up with a solution. This association also has programs for veterinary nurse initiative and veterinary assistant. The NAVTA has created and approved on the AVA, which stands for Approved Veterinary Assistant, it is an examination test that one must take to receive the certificate for proof of passing the examination. But one would need to graduate from NAVTA approved veterinary assistant program. After completing it all graduates would be open to the NAVTA approved training program.

I am writing to you today because I came across your open position for a veterinary assistant on Indeed.com. I am currently a college student majoring in biology with an interest in attending veterinary school in the near future.

efficiently to ensure the safety and wellbeing of their patients. If the vet techs and

When you were a kid, you probably carried around some sort of toy that you liked. For girls it might have been barbie dolls or the life-sized baby dolls. If you were a boy it was probably little toy cars (and we all carried around a blanket at one point in our life). But for me it was always stuffed animals that hung around in my hands. I was hardly interested in the dolls and doll houses that other girls had. My mother tells me that wherever I went (and there are pictures to prove it) I always carried a stuffed animal around. Whether it be a pig, cat, or monkey, I was always holding a stuffed toy. When I was told that there was a job for caring for the animals that I cherished, I was overcome with joy, I wouldn’t stop answering the question,

A Veterinary Technician works as a skilled technical assistant to a veterinarian, or to another biomedical researcher or scientist. Veterinary technicians do not prescribe, diagnose, or perform surgery, and they always work under the supervision of a veterinarian. Thus being said, a veterinary technician career is a natural step for an aspiring veterinarian wanting to test the waters. Most veterinary technicians find employment in private veterinary practices doing traditional clinic work, but veterinary technician career opportunities are also available in other fields, such as teaching, biomedical research, and zoo wildlife medicine.

I am currently employed as a Program Assistant within the Veteran Administration at the Vet Center. My duties and responsibilities entail greeting past and present members of the military as they enter the center. The Vet Center was initially created to welcome home Vietnam Veterans that arrived home and felt very stigmatized when they arrived. The Vet Center offers readjustment counseling today and in the past to those veterans. It also offers readjustment counseling to other combat veterans as well. In the center we offer counseling, outreach and referral services to these veterans and their families.

“No owner wants a pet to suffer because medical care is out of reach.”(Humane Society, 2014) As a veterinary technician (vet techs) we take are job very seriously. The best ways to ensure the wellbeing of all the animals that vet techs care for they must learn all the duties at the animal hospital. A vet tech working in a veterinarian hospital has five main areas of focus that include laboratory, surgical, office management, customer service and reception, examination and treatment.

In order to become a certified veterinarian, you must get a doctor of veterinary medicine degree, which typically takes four years. It is sometimes possible to get into a college of veterinary medicine without earning a bachelor's degree first. Though most students have completed their undergraduate degrees before enrolling.

I started my day by attending bed unit meeting. Afterwards I attended a pre-surgery meeting with my site coordinator. The rest of my day was spent filling isolation carts and creating welcome packets.

I got the opportunity to carry out my Shadowing Project at Caring Hands between the months of February and March. This project let me see how the average workday would play out for both the assistants and the doctors themselves by observing the activities and procedures they performed on animals each day. Throughout my stay at Caring Hands, I was able to learn about how animals get an ultrasound, a dental abscess removal, and have their blood drawn. In addition, I observed

In the United States approximately sixty seven percent of all veterinarians specialize in companion animals such as dogs or cats leaving an alarming thirty three percent of veterinarians concentrated on large animals of that thirty three percent only two percent specialize predominantly on livestock that will produce food products. (Kelly Roy,2011) In nine predominantly rural states there are more cattle than people. South Dakota leads this statistic with close to four times the number of cattle to people. With statistics like these there is a clear deficit of accredited veterinarians to treat these animals. This leads to the question; how does America solve this looming issue?

A career I have been interested in is that of an animal health technician, which are responsible for animals and their wellbeing. Work usually takes place in an animal hospital, clinic, or an animal control setting. Unlike animal health technician, “Uncertified workers are called Veterinary Assistants” (EUREKA). As a certified technician, one works under a veterinarian and would help them by in assisting with surgery, providing treatment to patients, prescribing medications, and inject immunizations. Animal health technicians also provide emergency assistance to animals, including suturing skin incisions, administering anesthesia, casting broken bones, and bandaging wounds (EUREKA). Although the job requires a lot of medical responsibilities,

My career ambition is to be an equine veterinarian, with an emphasis on sports medicine, at an equine hospital. I plan to achieve this by earning an Animal Science degree, then completing OSU's Veterinary Medicine program to become a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine. Throughout the course of my schooling I will continue to volunteer my time at animal shelters and work in the veterinary field to further prepare myself for my career.