Fuzzy

I work in veterinary medicine. Whenever I hear a client calling herself a "nurse", I cringe. She usually comes in with a chip on her shoulder and with a very sick animal that she has been "treating at home". She gets upset when we tell her that he...

Don't feel bad and I'm glad that your furry companion is recovering well. I am a veterinary professional (CVT). I will tell you that my brain shuts down when it's one of my own that is sick or hurt. Fuzzy

The smell, the look the texture, the cleaning up, being close and personal with the situation etc. This is another reason why I tell people who want to go into vet med to do some shadowing at a veterinary hospital. If the potential tech can live th...

Also keep in mind that the picture is different when you are reading the stories online instead of experiencing them in person. Fuzzy

I'm Fuzzy because I work as a certified vet tech in a vet hospital. So I'm covered in hair. Of course I'm "fuzzy" in other ways too. Fuzzy

Some of the things that my patients have eaten include: underwear; thumb tacks; cell phones; toys; nails; string/rope; socks; clothes; poo; spoons; garbage; etc. Oh, I'm also a Certified Veterinary Technician. Some of our worse foreign bodies have ...

We are the nurses of the animal world. In most countries we are called veterinary NURSES. So I would guess that veterinary technicians (which is what we are called in the US and Canada) would include us. I've been on this board for a number of yea...

It also must be mentioned that most of our job as technicians involve dealing with people. The animals are the easy part. So if you are wanting to get into this profession to get away from people (crazy or otherwise) you need to consider a differen...

We use several acronyms in vet medicine: PITA has already been discussed DIC Death is coming or dead in cage SDBD Small dog vs big dog HBC Hit by car TBT Trashed by truck or trailer SOD Stupid owner disease SNOP Should not own a pet Call Dr. Deere La...

I'm not a nurse but I started a new job in one of the maintenance staff positions at the local hospital. Yup I was a basement rat. My first week in this job involved a very comprehensive orientation. I was thinking wow this is an awesome place to w...

I've been on the other side of this door so to speak. I've been a patient. An involuntary patient. If you didn't attend groups, you didn't get to leave as a rule. So I attended groups. This facility (private) offered only one group that was a on...

I have changed my focus. I have choosen to leave veterinary medicine for at least a year. The compassion fatigue and burnout is killing me. Plus my workplace has become more Toxic" Fuzzy

From Ethicrn4life: "My point is i think the LGBT community learned from these movements and decided that they would be in this fight for the longhaul, and would not relinguish til they could be treated as full citizens in every aspect of being a citi...

Ethicsrn4life: I too am a single person living on my own. I also live in an area where there is a lot of stigma. The state that I live in has been in the top five of suicides for the last twenty years. It is currently number two. In the past it h...

Coping skills. Those of us that have mental disorders must learn good coping skills if we want to maintain some kind of "normacy". Those of us that don't often end up homeless, committed, in prision, or dead. Just because we have a mental illness, ...

Congrats. I'm thinking of going towards the dark side also...into human medicine. The pet euthanasia really takes a toll on me. We see a lot of it this time of year. At least I won't be killing patients however I will miss the animals and their p...

Ice cream and beer. Sometimes in the same glass... Fuzzy

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Oh Heck!!! (I really wanted to say HELL) Fuzzy

I've not had a problem. The people that I work with are competent and very good in their positions. We need to stop stigmatizing and just do our jobs to the best of our abilities. Fuzzy

I hope that you get accepted too. Sounds like this will be wonderful for you. Fuzzy

If you feel that you are being discriminated against or treated differently because of your disability, contact someone in your state's proctection and advocacy (P&A) office. National Disability Rights Network They do have the knowledge and res...

I "WOW" my patients all the time. They just want a scratch behind their ears, a little walk, maybe a bit of soft food if the doc okays it. The clients on the other hand can be royal pains. Now we are expected to "baby sit" out of control children....

"You idiot, I told you not to open THAT door."

Type 1 bipolar here. I so love mania Until the demons come out and get me. That does become a problem. Fuzzy