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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / May 2006Vet Tech Journals: Job Hunt Update
Hey everyone, You are probably wondering what happened to me. Well since i lost my job at the vet clinic in March, I've been just hanging around, playing World of Warcraft and working on my cross stitching. And every now and then going on interviews. And i'm finally happy to say that I finally found a job! It's in a small, very crowded clinic, that will be moving to a larger clinic next month. They have an RVT on staff and they are willing to help me finish my school requirements, (which is good since i'm supposed to graduate next month and I was getting worried) This place is going to pay me a lot more than the last place i worked at, so that's a great plus for me. I'm also going to be a relief vet tech for an emergency vet clinic. They didn't have any openings, but I still would like to work in emergency so I agreed to be a relief technician. If the staff is short someone and they can't get someone to fill a shift, I'm on a list and they'll call me. On the subject of school, I have 90% of my stupid list of requirements done, but the remaining activites are not often done in everyday vet medicine. For example, I have to help place an orogastric tube. Orogastric tubing is for flushing out the stomach when an animal has swallowed something poisonous. While i was at the other clinic, I can honestly say that animals came in for poisonings only once in a while, and we didn't do it. And my professor still expects me to get it done. What am i supposed to do? Hope that a dog swallows some snail bait? Sheesh! I have to do 2 PCV/TP (a blood test) a week, but how can i do it if we always send our blood out? She still expects me to do it! I'm so sick of the administration which expects me to complete everything on this blasted list, and I have this feeling that not everything is going to get done. It's graded on a point system and my professor says she'll evaluate the whole big picture and then give me a grade. I can still walk at the graduation ceremony, but if i don't complete the class, i won't get my diploma. Sooooo, all i can do is do as much as I can and complete what i can, and turn it in and hopefully i'll get a C or better so i can pass the stupid class. if I pass, i'll still graduate. And i'm not the only one that's feeling the heat over this class too. But at least now, I have a job, and can work on getting this semester overwith. Not to mention finally making some money too. :) Take care, Kristi sounds great, Kristi. Hope you are able to do the procedures you have to to graduate, and if not, hope they consider what you've done anyway and let you graduate. Good luck! Lily & her mama  SignatureIrulan from the stars we come to the stars we return from now until the end of time > Hey everyone, > [quoted text clipped - 47 lines] > > Kristi > Hey everyone, > [quoted text clipped - 47 lines] > > Kristi Major congratulations on the new job, Kristi. Sending purrs that you can fulfill as many of your requirements as possible and that the place is an enjoyable one in which to work. SignatureSam, closely supervised by Mistletoe > And every now and then going on interviews. And i'm finally happy to > say that I finally found a job! Congrats on the job! And purrs that you get to complete your degree. I still say it can't be right if they change the requirements in the middle of the year. SignatureMarina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki. Stories and pics at http://koti.welho.com/mkurten/ Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki > Hey everyone, > [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] > Sheesh! I have to do 2 PCV/TP (a blood test) a week, but how can i do > it if we always send our blood out? She still expects me to do it! Can you ask someone at the vet clinic to help you do it on a euthanized cat? Often euthed cats are used to teach procedures. Good luck in your new job - sounds fun! -L. > Can you ask someone at the vet clinic to help you do it on a euthanized > cat? Often euthed cats are used to teach procedures. That's a good idea - I wonder if they'd go for that? I have to say that I misread the line "Often euthed cats are used to teach procedures," and thought you were saying that euthanized cats were accustomed to teaching procedures! :) I think my reading skills must be slipping, or maybe I'm just not getting enough sleep. Joyce > Can you ask someone at the vet clinic to help you do it on a euthanized > cat? Often euthed cats are used to teach procedures. > > Good luck in your new job - sounds fun! > > -L./// First good luck with the new job Kristi! Good luck with getting the classes completed. I have to say though, that if someone used my euthanaised pet cat to teach procedures without my permission, and I found out, I'd be bloody pissed off. You're treading a whole difficult minefield there - so if you do go down that route be very careful. Helen M Yeah, in this day and age i doubt euthed pets would be used to teach unless we had permission from the owner in writing. It would make more sense in a school atmosphere. For my large animal class, we had a woman who euthanized her horse, donate its body so that we could do a necropsy on it. In a clinic atmosphere we don't touch that. People are so lawsuit happy, i wouldn't want to even go there. Not a bad idea, but not ideal for this day and age. :P I'll jsut do the best that I can and hope that it will be enough. Kristi Well if euthed cats are used to teach procedures, it's only if permission had been obtained in writing from the owner. I have never worked on a euthed cat, and honestly i wouldn't be too keen on working on an animal that was someone's pet. It's a tricky idea, but it's not a bad idea, but i don't think the clinic's would go for it. It would make more sense in a school atmosphere, but not in a clinic. My professor expects me to get everything done, so i'm just going to do what i can and hope that it will be enough. Kristi > Hey everyone, <snip> > And every now and then going on interviews. And i'm finally happy to > say that I finally found a job! <snip> Congratulations! It's good to see you posting again. Purrs you get everything done you need to graduate. SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy and Bagheera) Cats leave pawprints on your heart. http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk > Hey everyone, > [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > is going to pay me a lot more than the last place i worked at, so > that's a great plus for me. <snip> > Sooooo, all i can do is do as much as I can and complete what i can, > and turn it in and hopefully i'll get a C or better so i can pass the [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Kristi Congrats on the new job and we hope you get most (if not all) requirements finshed, Polonca and Soncek > But at least now, I have a job, and can work on getting this > semester overwith. Not to mention finally making some money too. > :) So glad that things are starting to work out for you. Signaturemonique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca |
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