Kendra the Vet Tech
Registered Veterinary Technician, Veterinary Technician Specialist - Equine Veterinary Nurse, sharing information on how to become a credentialed vet tech, what a credentialed vet tech is and the many career options available. This channel will be especially helpful for beginner credentialed technicians, vet tech students or those looking to this field as a career path.
Kendra the Vet Tech
Cutting Edge Veterinary Technician: An Equine Veterinary Nurse Story
Kendra the Vet Tech (LVT) chats with Sue, LVT, VTS-EVN for an episode featuring some cutting edge (new frontier) career opportunities for credentialed veterinary technicians. Sue tells us about her round-about journey of coming into her veterinary technician career and the winding path that led her to where she is today as the equine teaching herd manager at the University of Minnesota. A real story about not being afraid of change and saying "Yes!" to new opportunities. She is the first veterinary technician to hold her current position. Not only is she in charge of the health and well-being of the herd, she is shaping the veterinarians of tomorrow through hands-on instruction. She and some of her veterinary technician colleagues are now being more heavily utilized in formal veterinary student instruction. Join in to hear more about this first hand account of exciting changes in career possibilities for veterinary technicians!