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The Veterinary Support Personnel Network is for veterinary support staff working with, for, or in the field of veterinary medicine, under the direction of a licensed veterinarian. Membership in VSPN is free. In order to have access to all of VSPN's community features including message boards, chats, and CE, you will need to register (click on the REGISTER button on the left side of this screen).

(General Public should utilize www.veterinarypartner.com, VIN/VSPN's public, veterinarian supervised website)

(Veterinarians should register at beta.vin.com, the premier site for veterinarians)

REGISTERING for membership:
When you complete your registration application, your information will be reviewed. If you have not heard from us within 48 hours about the status of your application, please email Nanette@vspn.org

Thank you for helping us make VSPN the BEST online veterinary support staff site!

This week in VSPN:


Mark these interactive sessions on your calendar! To attend please go to the VSPN Chat/Rounds room (unless otherwise noted).


Friday, March 12, 2010; 9pm ET (USA) (Saturday, March 13, 2010; 1am GMT/UTC)
  Student Chat: Ready for spring break? Join Charlotte and your fellow vet tech students for this open chat.

Friday, March 12, 2010; 10pm ET (USA) (Saturday, March 13, 2010; 2am GMT/UTC)
  Practice Management Chat: Join Cindy to discuss issues encountered in the practice management position.

Monday, March 15, 2010; 7pm ET (USA) (Monday, March 15, 2010; 11pm GMT/UTC)
  How to Navigate VSPN: Jennifer is on deck to give you a personal tour of VSPN!

Friday, March 19, 2010; 10pm ET (USA) (Saturday, March 20, 2010; 2am GMT/UTC)
  Friday Open Chat: Join veterinary staff members from far and wide to discuss topics that are on your mind.

Sunday, March 21, 2010; 930pm ET (USA) (Monday, March 22, 2010; 130pm GMT/UTC)
  Sunday Rounds: Matthew will be here to discuss and take questions about remote chemical anesthesia.

Sunday, March 21, 2010; 9pm ET (USA)
  VCTS (Oncology Society) Board members only at 9pm ET in the VSPN Meeting room.

The World Clock - Time Zones - need to find out what time chats or CE are in your neck of the woods? Click here!

Frequently Asked Questions - FAQs; Wondering about how to utilize this website? Click here!

FROM YOUR MESSAGE BOARDS
 VSPN Get Together at VNCA Conference (Australia)
 Veterinary Technician National Exam January 2010 results are coming in!
 Use of Propofol with felines
 PEEP valve
 German Shepherd with diarrhea episodes
 The definition of biochemical media
 Intravet online reminder service
 Cocker Spaniel with skin problems
 Cage door oxygen setup-O2 concentration sensor
 Equine anemia
 Monthly promotion ideas
 Opinions Vectra use
 Nature's Variety pet food recall
 Rethinking recent hire
 Health insurance inquiry
 Small animal kennel systems
 Hazardous waste fees
 Decreasing cat injuries
 Point system for employee evaluations
 Measuring client retention
 Interesting radiographs
 Contacting owners whose pets are overdue
 Co-worker accusations in front of client
 Veterinary technology student kennel duty hours
 Human versus animal medicine - gold standard
 Knott's filter heartworm test
 How to coach new hire
 Surgical soap dispensers

FROM THE VIN NEWS SERVICE
 Memorial services help veterinarians, clients process grief
     Message Board Discussion
 Proposal to mandate bittering agent for antifreeze hits Congress
     Message Board Discussion
 Western U receives full accreditation
     Message board discussion

ABSTRACT OF THE WEEK
 Bilateral iliopsoas muscle contracture and spinous process impingement in a German Shepherd dog.
Iliopsoas muscle abnormalities should be considered in dogs with limited hip extension and pain. MRI is useful for diagnosing muscle fibrosis. Iliopsoas tenectomy may improve clinical function in dogs with fibrotic myopathy.

WEBSITE OF THE WEEK
 Society for Veterinary Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine

BOOK REVIEW OF THE WEEK
 Clinical and Feline Reproduction: Evidence-based answers

RECENT HANDOUTS / ROUNDS HIGHLIGHTS:
 Emergency Case Rounds
 Ask NAVTA rounds with the NAVTA board

VIN/VSPN CE courses available for registration:


For more information on Continual Education courses you can take online, please see the VIN/VSPN CE course listings at the top of the CE page.

Test this brand new VSPN feature:


Want to test our beta site?


VSPN This Week

LAST CHANCE to help!
Have you taken a VIN/VSPN Continual Education course in the last few years? If so, the VIN/VSPN Continual Education Team needs your feedback about Course Navigation Tools - what worked, what didn't, and what we could do better. Please take this short survey (it should take less than 5 minutes to complete and it is the last week for you to do so) to share your thoughts about VIN/VSPN CE and help us improve the experience of CE online. Thanks for your time!SURVEY LINK

Remember that there is a time change this weekend for the USA. The time "springs forward," so please make sure to set your clocks one hour forward.

Please welcome our newest message board monitor Jennifer Withrow. Jennifer is a VT student getting ready to graduate and has already passed the VTNE! Her moderating duties will be forthcoming.

Welcome:
Crowder College Veterinary Technology Program in Neosho, Missouri
Minnesota School of Business Moorhead Campus Veterinary Technology Program in Moorhead, Minnesota
Rochester Community and Technical College Animal Health Technology Program in Rochester, Minnesota

*Need more help? How to Navigate VSPN sessions are on the Chat calendar.

*Wondering about how to utilize this website? Click FAQ!

* VSPN Participant Resources Center

*VIN STORE: LOGIN > Search for “VSPN”

*MyVSPN is your ticket to update personal info. Click on that tab at the top left of the main screen of VSPN and keep your VSPN preferences current!

*VSPN is on Twitter - follow @vspnorg after you login to your Twitter account to get up to the minute tweets!

** VSPN now has a Facebook Fan Group page!

VT VSPN logo window slick decal is now available in the VIN Store
VSPN Notebook® version 3.0
LOG IN using your VSPN/VIN Username and password to have access to the order form.

Sincerely,
Nanette Walker Smith
M.Ed., RVT, CVT, LVT
Nanette@VSPN.org
VSPN Content Director

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