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Veterinary Technician Research Paper

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When pondering the question of who I want to become, I looked back on my childhood and remembered the many pets I had, 3 hamsters Ms. Shaq, Mr. Penny, and blister, four rabbits Cotton ball, Fluff ball, Whisky, and black boy. Later in my life, I got 3 dogs Mangum, Coogi, sandy. Taking a look down memory lane, I can remember having a love for animals from elementary until now, I have nursed and taken care of animals for so long On the day I graduated high-school I was assured I wanted to become a veterinary technician. I wanted to become a veterinary technician because the passion and love I have for animals through having my own pets I experienced giving my dogs medications, giving my rabbits antibiotic shots, clipping nails, and cleaning ears. …show more content…

During the program, I participated in an externship working at various veterinary hospitals such as Banfield where I saw and learned numerous thing pertaining to veterinary medicine. I thought that would be the perfect career for me until I accidently discovered I enjoyed working in the laboratory running in-depth testing the stool, blood, and urine samples of dogs and cats, as well as looking under the microscope to identify organisms such as roundworm, tapeworm, hookworm, and whipworm. after finishing school, I didn't like veterinary assistant as much as I thought I would because I was afraid of cats! As mentioned before I enjoyed the laboratory setting better which led me to the …show more content…

My favorite, of course, was the hands-on class participation in the labs, we would compound different ingredients together, make suppositories, work with intravenous medications, and role play with other students to practice our pharmacy technician skills. I remember being in class we did a lab where we had to weigh ingredients such as petroleum jelly, lotion, and other ingredients to make what my teacher called ash cream. After coming to class for six months I had to complete an externship at a pharmacy applying the knowledge I learned in class. I choose Walgreen's, on my first day I was filling medications and a customer was mad because her medicine wasn't ready, she was yelling "Why can't she help" and the pharmacist replied 'She's new, it's her first day. After that day I learned the in's and out of a pharmacy such as what questions to ask when entering patient's information into the computer system, customer service how to greet the customer, the proper way to dispose of patient information, and fill the prescription as well as find the medicine. Those three months lead me to truly discover what I wanted to become, a clinical pharmacy

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