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To procrastinate studying I looked up a few things online and got to reading about how the vet profession is 'money hungry' and 'greedy.' We all know there are people out there who think vets suck, but for some reason it is really getting to me today.
For example, I came across about.com : veterinary medicine. They have a whole sections on vet med and here is an portion of what I read.
http://vetmedicine.about.com/od/pethealthinsurance/a/061604a.htm
I spent a few minutes reading these people's thoughts and experiences with their vets and it made me really angry. Someone was upset at a $340 bill where the vet kept and treated a blocked cat for 2 days. Someone else was upset at a $600 (blocked cat again) bill where the cat stayed in the clinic for 4 days AND he was upset that the whole bill was itemized and that the vet charged for every little thing possible. He even stated that he wanted the vet to just 'charge for his/her services' and not find every little thing to charge for. Riiiight. Because that vet didn't personally pay for those catheters and the radiology machine and the surgery table and the cages and the fluids and meds and hell even the freakin rent and electricity bills!! I don't get it. Are people really that stupid? And someone said how if they get sick and have no insurance they can go to the ER and be treated for free but if their cat gets sick and they have no money he/she must be euthanized, and that's just not right.
I could go on and on about the things people say and are upset about.
I want to think that I'll be this amazing vet who makes every client happy because I'll have communication super powers or something, but we all know that will never happen to any of us. I know we can't make everyone happy, but seriously people.
I once wrote down everything needed to place a catheter, so I could show it to people who thing $25 to place an IV catheter is absurd. It had about 20 things on the list- including two (or 3) techs, clippers, alcohol, clipper blade cleaner, gauze, tape, t-port, the catheter itself, vet wrap, the containers needed to hold the chlorihex solution, etc. It didn't even include the table the patient was on or the light bulbs and electricity needed to see, or the thousand dollar set of stainless steel cages the pet was put into afterwards. I think that clients need to see that. I think they need to understand that we don't charge them because we want to be rich, but because we have to pay for every cotton ball we use- but when we do charge for that cotton ball they call us money hungry.
Is there any hope out there??
For example, I came across about.com : veterinary medicine. They have a whole sections on vet med and here is an portion of what I read.
http://vetmedicine.about.com/od/pethealthinsurance/a/061604a.htm
I spent a few minutes reading these people's thoughts and experiences with their vets and it made me really angry. Someone was upset at a $340 bill where the vet kept and treated a blocked cat for 2 days. Someone else was upset at a $600 (blocked cat again) bill where the cat stayed in the clinic for 4 days AND he was upset that the whole bill was itemized and that the vet charged for every little thing possible. He even stated that he wanted the vet to just 'charge for his/her services' and not find every little thing to charge for. Riiiight. Because that vet didn't personally pay for those catheters and the radiology machine and the surgery table and the cages and the fluids and meds and hell even the freakin rent and electricity bills!! I don't get it. Are people really that stupid? And someone said how if they get sick and have no insurance they can go to the ER and be treated for free but if their cat gets sick and they have no money he/she must be euthanized, and that's just not right.
I could go on and on about the things people say and are upset about.
I want to think that I'll be this amazing vet who makes every client happy because I'll have communication super powers or something, but we all know that will never happen to any of us. I know we can't make everyone happy, but seriously people.
I once wrote down everything needed to place a catheter, so I could show it to people who thing $25 to place an IV catheter is absurd. It had about 20 things on the list- including two (or 3) techs, clippers, alcohol, clipper blade cleaner, gauze, tape, t-port, the catheter itself, vet wrap, the containers needed to hold the chlorihex solution, etc. It didn't even include the table the patient was on or the light bulbs and electricity needed to see, or the thousand dollar set of stainless steel cages the pet was put into afterwards. I think that clients need to see that. I think they need to understand that we don't charge them because we want to be rich, but because we have to pay for every cotton ball we use- but when we do charge for that cotton ball they call us money hungry.
Is there any hope out there??