Short Staffed? Are You Utilizing Your Vet Techs?
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Fact: If you are not fully utilizing your vet techs/nurses/assistants then you are contributing to them leaving the profession.
Fact: If you are not fully utilizing your vet techs/nurses/assistants then your hospital is not as profitable as it could be.
Fact: If you are not fully utilizing your vet techs/nurses/assistants then your doctors are burning out at a higher rate.
I understand we are all short staffed, but the failure to utilize the team to their highest potential is adding to the shortage. It is a reason why people are turning OUT of the profession all together.
Let's talk about the complex issues of utilization, define some misconceptions about the profession, talk about why rolling back licensure is not a solution (I'm looking at you Washington) and what effective utilization looks like.
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