Veterinary Technician - Madison Area Technical College

Veterinary Technician from Madison Area Technical College is a Campus Associate Veterinary degree that prepares you for a Healthcare career. About: Students are taught the skills and procedures to effectively contribute to the health and well being of veterinary patients. Veterinary technicians , while always working under the supervision of a veterinarian, provide many services. Routine duties include restraint of animals , sample collection, nursing care (IV catheter placement, bandage application, medication administration, etc.), feeding of animals, record keeping, office procedures, and client education and communication. Other skills include administration of anesthesia, surgical nursing, radiographic procedures, dental prophylaxis, clinical pathology procedures and medication preparation. This job requires the physical strength to lift and carry 50 pounds, the ability to distinguish colors, and to have good vision and good hearing. Upon completion of the program, graduates are eligible to take the Veterinary Technician National Exam (VTNE) administered by the Veterinary Examining Board of the Wisconsin Department of Regulation and Licensing. Receiving a passing score on the VTNE permits the use of the title of Certified Veterinary Technician . Program Outcomes: 1. Participate in facility management utilizing traditional and electronic media and appropriate Veterinary Medical Terminology and abbreviations. 2. Communicate in a professional manner in all formats, written, oral, nonverbal and electronic. 3. Read and follow protocols and procedures accurately and within time constraints. 4. Work as a team member demonstrating initiative, and applying time and stress management techniques. 5. Identify and manage stressful and emotional work situations. 6. Follow and uphold applicable laws and the veterinary technology's profession's ethical code to provide high quality care to patients. 7. Safely and effectively administer prescribed drugs to patients, and accurately dispense and explain drugs to clients. 8. Demonstrate and perform patient assessment techniques, husbandry, nutrition, therapeutic and dentistry techniques in a variety of animal species (including laboratory animal species, companion animals , and food animals). 9. Safely and effectively manage patients in all phases of anesthetic procedures, as well as safely and effectively select, utilize and maintain anesthetic delivery and monitoring instruments and equipment. 10. Demonstrate and integrate all aspects of patient management for common surgical procedures in a variety of animal species. 11. Properly package, handle and store specimens for laboratory analysis, properly carry out analysis of laboratory specimens. (Blood, urine, feces, tissues, skin scrapes, discharge, body fluids) 12. Safely and effectively produce diagnostic images. View more details on Madison Area Technical College . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Veterinary courses.