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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 www.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 5, 2010; 10pm ET (USA) (Saturday, March 6, 2010; 2am GMT/UTC)
Friday Open Chat: Join Charlotte for an open chat about anything you would like to discuss with fellow VSPN members.

Sunday, March 7, 2010; 8pm Mountain Time (USA)
Wyoming Veterinary Technician Association meeting in the VSPN Meeting room.

Tuesday, March 9, 2010; 11am ET (USA) (Wednesday, March 10, 2010; 3pm GMT/UTC)
How to Navigate VSPN: Christine will be ready to give you this day time tour of VSPN!

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!
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)
Post-op pain
Sudden onset of crate anxiety
Extractions - during prophy or later?
Ear cytology - bacteria +++++/A>
Pemphigus
Dealing with stress at emergency hospital
Reporting work related animal bites
Screech owl echocardiogram normals
Stool softener for diabetic feline
Feline drug reaction
78 days post breeding and no puppies
Ear cleaner recommendation
Joint disease diets
Cat weight loss plan
Education for veterinary hospital manager positions
Tonopen technique
Interventional radiology
Enhanced nursing care
Autoclave testing question
Ingested plants that cause feline anemia
Choice of thermometers for small animals
Job termination
Turkey head tilt
FROM THE VIN NEWS SERVICE
Accreditation under fire in veterinary medicine
Message Board Discussion
ABSTRACT OF THE WEEK
Hypophosphatemia in cats after renal transplantation.
Eighty-six cats were identified. Hypophosphatemia occurred in 32 cats (37%), with a median onset of 2 days and median duration of 4 days. Treatment was initiated in 48 (56%) of hypophosphatemic cats. Survival and hemolysis frequency was not significantly different between groups, and no risk factors were identified.
WEBSITE OF THE WEEK
Small Ruminant Clinical Diagnosis And Therapy and more...
BOOK REVIEW OF THE WEEK
Plumb's Veterinary Drug Handbook, Sixth Edition (Review by VSPN's Oreta Samples)
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.
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VSPN This Week
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) to share your thoughts about VIN/VSPN CE and help us improve the experience of CE online. Thanks for your time!
Check out our shining faces on the VSPN Team bios - if you haven't "seen" our team recently, take a gander by clicking on the VSPN Team link to the left of Nanette's column on the VSPN main page.
Welcome:
North-West University Animal Health Technology students in South Africa
*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
Reminder: Your secure information is YOUR OWN. It should not be given out to anyone.
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