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While shining a light on the many different areas of the field of veterinary technology, we aim to have thought provoking discussions about the issues facing veterinary technicians and nurses with the leaders in our field.
Episodes
Sunday May 03, 2020
Sunday May 03, 2020
We kick off our May series of Mental Health Awareness episodes with Joe Defulio, CVT, LVT, CFE, CCFP. Joe is the vice president of clinical services for MedVet and is also the cofounder of East Coast Veterinary Education with past guest Liza Rudolph. We had a great discussion about compassion fatigue, how to recognize it, and steps to take to get out of it. Joe also taught us about the differences between compassion fatigue and burnout as well as giving us tools to help recognize if we're going through it.
Links:
Link to the self test: https://www.proqol.org/uploads/ProQOL_5_English_Self-Score.pdf
https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/ 800-273-TALK (8255)
https://www.facebook.com/groups/NOMVSupportStaff/
https://www.mhanational.org/mental-health-month
Sunday Apr 26, 2020
Sunday Apr 26, 2020
In this episode we talked with Amy Newfield, CVT, VTS (ECC). She is a highly decorated speaker, has been published in numerous publications, and has been involved with the AVECCTN board for a number of years. Her current role is the Project Manager for Training and Health and Wellness for BluePearl Hosptials. We have a great discussion about the pros and cons of working for a large cooperation vs a smaller private practice. Amy taught us about working with a social worker that BluePearl has on staff and all the benefits that come with that. Finally, we all shared a few stories about a dear friend that we lost almost a year ago. We hope you enjoy this episode!
Links:
https://www.vetfolio.com/learn/article/the-spleen-anatomy-and-common-complications
https://eveccs.org/2020/01/03/the-eveccs-veterinary-nurse-technician-scholarship/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/amynewfield
Sunday Apr 12, 2020
Sunday Apr 12, 2020
In this episode, we interview Noah Jones BSRT, RRT-ACCS, RCP, RVT, VTS (Research Anesthetist). Noah is a respiratory therapist working in North Carolina as well as an RVT. We have a really clinical and medical discussion about COVID-19. Noah discusses it's effects, what the respiratory therapists and doctors are doing for these patients, and some strategies they are employing to protect themselves.
Links:
http://www.ardsnet.org/files/ventilator_protocol_2008-07.pdf
https://www.atsjournals.org/doi/pdf/10.1164/rccm.2020C1
https://www.facebook.com/foundationveterinarysolutions/
Sunday Apr 05, 2020
Sunday Apr 05, 2020
In this episode, we chat with Tiffany Baleigh, RN AND RVT!!! She is now a CN IV, charge nurse for the Cardiovascular and Thoracic unit at UCI Medical Center in Southern California, where she lives with her wife, Jess, and son Rowan, and two dogs. She still works as a relief technician at Animal Urgent Care and maintains her RVT license, after 10+ years out of the field in a full time capacity. She brings a unique perspective to VNI (let's just say she suggested we change our podcast title to Vet Nurse Cafe!) and offers a lot of insight into the similarities and differences between the two fields. We talk about education and career options in each field, and struggles that BOTH professions face. We also talk a lot about COVID-19 and what that looks like at her hospital, and the real-life struggle with PPE. As always, we'll end with the @vettechcafe #wouldyourather so please keep sending in your ideas for that-we'd love to give you a shout out if we use your suggestion in a future episode!
donatemasksucisom@gmail.com (for PPE donations)
www.redcross.org (for blood and plasma [if fully recovered] donations)
www.ucihealth.org/medical-services/blood-donations
https://www.livescience.com/cat-infected-covid-19-from-owner.html
Wednesday Mar 25, 2020
Wednesday Mar 25, 2020
This episode of the Vet Tech Café is a bit different. This episode is the collaborative effort of 5 different veterinary podcasts: The Vet Tech Café, Veterinary Anesthesia Nerds, Radio Vet Nurse, Two Vets Talk Pets, and this was all coordinated and edited by the Internal Medicine for Vet Techs Podcast. In this episode, the 8 individuals that make up these 5 podcasts discuss what exactly what COVID-19 is, how it works, and our own individual experiences with dealing with this virus, in terms of how our hospitals are operating. We also discuss how to find reliable information and some strategies to combat the mental health related side effects of being on the front lines. It is our hope that nobody listening to this podcast is or becomes directly affected by this virus, but we hope to provide useful information and a bit of a respite from this difficult time.
Links:
https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/map.html
https://www.avma.org/resources-tools/animal-health-and-welfare/covid-19
https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/internal-medicine-for-vet-techs-podcast/id1483584801?ls=1
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/radio-vet-nurse/id1419394156
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/two-vets-talk-pets/id1360813259
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/veterinary-anesthesia-nerds/id1493232245
Sunday Mar 22, 2020
Sunday Mar 22, 2020
For this episode we interviewed Amber LaRock. She runs the instagram page Vet Tech and Travel which we have talked about before on our podcasts. (link below) We talked about her career path from working in an ER to traveling abroad and also her work as a writer. She also gives us a look into her adventures in Cambodia and Thailand working with rescue groups and also with some amazing wildlife. We would like to note that Amber has told us that the US embassy is asking all US citizens to go back to the US before they end flights in the coming week. All the countries around where Amber is have closed their borders so she's heading back to the US to ride out the storm!
Links:
Sunday Mar 08, 2020
Sunday Mar 08, 2020
In this episode we interviewed Jenny Fisher, RVT, VTS(Oncology). She was recently named one of the top ten "Vet Tech Superstars to Follow" (Along with some other recent guests on the Vet Tech Cafe) We discussed her long and storied career from becoming the head oncology technician at the LSU Veterinary Teaching Hospital to her current position as the Education Director for Practivet. She discussed some of the issues with drug standards and protocols as well as answering our latest #vettechcafewouldyourather question.
Links:
Sunday Mar 01, 2020
Sunday Mar 01, 2020
In this episode of the Vet Tech Taproom, we dive into the current hot topic of the VNI and the petition that is making the rounds on social media asking for NAVTA to re-evaluate it's efforts. We realize this may be a very controversial topic, but please understand that we are not trying to advocate for one side over the other in this discussion. We are simply trying to discuss the issues and bring them to light. If there's something we say in this episode that you think we are wrong about, please please please contact us either on our FB page, IG account, Twitter, or by our email vettechcafe@gmail.com. We would love to continue this discussion beyond just this episode.
Sunday Feb 23, 2020
Sunday Feb 23, 2020
We spoke with Kelsey Beth Carpenter for this episode of the Vet Tech Cafe. We learned about her amazing career path and how she ended up in a "unicorn practice" She told us about all the ups and downs of being a social media manager for her own pages and for drandyroark.com. Kelsey works in an "open practice" and opened our eyes to how it can be effective, rewarding, and most importantly, not scary. Finally, we discussed Uncharted Vet which is an amazing veterinary community that offers education, conferences, and collaborative support system. We had a lot of fun recording this episode and we hope you enjoy it!
Links
https://www.facebook.com/VetTechKelsey/
Sunday Feb 09, 2020
Sunday Feb 09, 2020
In this episode, we interview Stephen Cital RVT, SRA, RLAT, VCC, CVPP, VTS Lab Animal (Research Anesthetist). He has an amazing career path that has allowed him the opportunity to work with some amazing animals. Stephen is an expert in the field of veterinary cannabinoid usage and he educated us both on a lot of topics and issues we did not understand previously. We also talked about the lack of diversity in our field and what can be done to improve upon it. We had a great time recording this interview with him and we hope you enjoy it as much as we did.
Links:
https://www.veterinaryanesthesianerds.com/
https://www.ellevetsciences.com/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/MCVMA/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/VetCannAcad/