{"id":5908,"date":"2019-08-01T00:00:37","date_gmt":"2019-08-01T07:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/todaysveterinarybusiness.com\/?p=5908"},"modified":"2022-03-14T20:38:49","modified_gmt":"2022-03-14T20:38:49","slug":"technician-not-nurse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/navc.sitepreview.app\/todaysveterinarybusiness.com\/technician-not-nurse\/","title":{"rendered":"Technician, Not Nurse"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the April\/May 2019 edition of Today\u2019s Veterinary Business, the editor\u2019s commentary [\u201cIn support of \u2018nurses\u2019 \u201d]<\/a> wholeheartedly supports the nationalization of the term \u201cveterinary nurse.\u201d In my small, decidedly unscientific poll of the LVTs employed at my clinic, none support or appreciate this new terminology.<\/p>\n

In human medicine, the term \u201cnurse\u201d applies to the person doing the nursing care. It doesn\u2019t apply to the person assisting in dental procedures (that\u2019s a dental technician) or the person drawing blood samples (phlebotomist) or the person taking radiographs (radiology technician) or performing ultrasound studies (ultrasonagrapher). It doesn\u2019t include the laboratory technician who performs blood tests or urinalyses or cytologies. It doesn\u2019t include the person who stocks the pharmacy shelves, fills prescriptions or goes over the dosing instructions with the client (pharmacy technician).<\/p>\n

In short, using the term \u201cnurse\u201d to encompass veterinary technicians gives laypeople a very limited perspective on exactly how many roles those technicians play within the realm of veterinary practices.<\/p>\n

With all due respect to the Veterinary Nurse Initiative<\/a>, my technicians will continue to be referred to as technicians, and that\u2019s the way they want it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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