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Small Animal Hospital Employee
by Kim McClung, Veterinary Technician
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I work in a two doctor small animal hospital, cat and dogs. In our practice, everyone does everything, except one woman here that is the receptionist - she has been here for 20 years.

The technicians do everything, we answer the phone, make appointments, clean rooms, bring clients into rooms, take payments, assist the doctors whenever they need help (in rooms with clients, surgery), take x-rays and develop them, do fecals examinations, fill prescriptions, give fluids, administer treatments, vaccinations, walk the dogs, and clean cages.

We open at 7 am for drop-offs for surgeries, then have appointments from 8-10:30 am, then surgeries and treatments until 3 PM (but in between that everyone takes turns taking lunches), then from 3-5:30 PM we have the afternoon appointments, we close at 7 PM, and start all over again the next day!

Many thanks to Kim for taking the time to share what a day as a tech in a small veterinary office is like.

If you are a veterinarian, veterinary technician, student, or other pet-related career professional, please submit your story and share what YOUR day is like -- it not only helps those aspiring to be in a veterinary career, it serves to enlighten pet owners just what goes on behind-the-scenes at a typical (or not-so-typical?) vet clinic.

Additional Reading:

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Earn your Veterinary Technology degree on campus or via the web. An interview with Guy Hancock, DVM, MEd. the Program Director for the Veterinary Technology Distance Education Program at St. Petersburg Junior College in St. Petersburg, Florida.

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Veterinary Career Links
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