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sunnex3 said:
then this week i had a physics test and physics lab report, and an orgo lab report due tomorrow. all while trying to finish my tufts application.

THIS WEEK AND LAST WEEKED SUCKED/SUCKS!!!! i want to pull my hair out.
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Ahh - this week is almost over! Just keep at it and it'll all be over soon! 👍

On a similar note, just got out of an orgo exam :bang:
 
Coquette22 said:
I hate histology.
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So the DAY after I get everything working in my kitchen ( I have been totally without for 3 months because we are remodling) a freak snow storm hits and we have been without power for two days! Not only do I not get to cook in my finally finished kitchen, but it's 56 degrees in my house. My fishies are FREEZING! I need power!!
 
Fireflysushi said:
So the DAY after I get everything working in my kitchen ( I have been totally without for 3 months because we are remodling) a freak snow storm hits and we have been without power for two days! Not only do I not get to cook in my finally finished kitchen, but it's 56 degrees in my house. My fishies are FREEZING! I need power!!
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I lived in Boulder most of my life and I heard about that random October snow storm! A little jealous as it just recently pulled out of the 90's here in Austin and I really miss the snow... but I'm sure you're not too thrilled about the whole no power thing. Good luck with that and I hope you and your fish get some heat soon!

PS from all the thread lurking I've done, I think I saw that we've applied to a lot of the same schools -- CSU (my IS), Edinburgh, RVC... I'm guessing CSU is your number 1 choice? Best of luck to you!
 
LetItSnow said:
My favorite class is (or was, since we're done) Clinical Skills. 🙂 Sure, it's totally basic, but hey - it's nice to go play with horses and cows and get a break from the 'real' classes.
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Hmphf. We don't get that until next semester. 🙁

I HAVE FORGOTTEN WHAT ANIMALS ARE LIKE. *dramatic sigh*
 
I got a terrible cold. Again. It always hits me over the 3-day-weekends. Last time I went home and got to spend all weekend in bed. This time I'm supposed to go to a horse show tonight, but yeah.. gonna see about that.. :[
 
I got a BRAND new iPhone and it fell like 2 feet and cracked on the front! I even had a case on it... of course, my 3 friends i was with have had theirs for months with no cases and of course no cracks or scratches.... GRRR 😡
 
My lovely husband shared his foul, disgusting, painful, ugly cold with me, and my parents had to euthanize their 2 year old kitty two days ago.

Also, a client came into the clinic where I shadow yesterday. She has two cats and needed to bring a fecal in for each. So that she could tell them apart, she FED ONE OF THE CATS A HAIR TIE. :smack:
 
You mean, like an elastic ponytail holder? She's lucky the cat didn't have an obstruction! I always think that you meet the weirdest people out there while working in vet med. That takes the cake!
 
Bisbee said:
You mean, like an elastic ponytail holder? She's lucky the cat didn't have an obstruction! I always think that you meet the weirdest people out there while working in vet med. That takes the cake!
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Yep, that's it. Thankfully the cat passed it without issue!
 
I avoided the freshers' flu ALL term and get it the night of the Halloween party 🙁
 
shortnsweet said:
I avoided the freshers' flu ALL term and get it the night of the Halloween party 🙁
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The Freshers' flu sucks. I remember getting it when I was studying abroad in England two years ago. Feel better soon!

On my end, this impending snow storm is annoying me. Since I'm no longer in school I don't get off and it's interfering with my plans to go visit some friends at PSU for Halloween and I just made a really cute/fun costume. =(
 
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I broke my pinky toe 🙁 and of course working in a vets office I must shove my foot into tennis shoes everyday(no crocs allowed at my clinic). Ouchies. I'm just waiting for our 120lb long-term boarding patient to step on my foot...
 
Jamr0ckin said:
I broke my pinky toe 🙁 and of course working in a vets office I must shove my foot into tennis shoes everyday(no crocs allowed at my clinic). Ouchies. I'm just waiting for our 120lb long-term boarding patient to step on my foot...
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Ouch! That sucks. Maybe you could ask the boss to make an exception, given that you're walking wounded?
 
got all excited that someone had posted in another thread since last time i visited... BUT IT WAS A TROLL 🙁

sad or what?! :laugh::laugh:
 
Might have to bring Ella to the vet on Monday. Just a tiny patch of mucousy diarrhea but there were a couple drop-amounts of blood in it, so I guess I'll monitor her this weekend and see. Hopefully this doesn't turn into the up-all-night episodes from when she had hookworm. Really wish I was home and had the vet I know and like. I'm sure I can find some good ones up here but urgh.
 
that redhead said:
Might have to bring Ella to the vet on Monday. Just a tiny patch of mucousy diarrhea but there were a couple drop-amounts of blood in it, so I guess I'll monitor her this weekend and see. Hopefully this doesn't turn into the up-all-night episodes from when she had hookworm. Really wish I was home and had the vet I know and like. I'm sure I can find some good ones up here but urgh.
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Oh bugger. 🙁 Classmates seem to like the clinic at school, but I hope it's nothing serious. Gentle hugs for Ella.
 
blackangussteak said:
Made the decision to quit my job at the clinic. I had no prior experience (shadowing or otherwise) in a clinic and unfortunately was a small clinic with few employees who had been there for 4+ years each. Only time I would learn what was 'right vs wrong' or 'acceptable vs. not acceptable' was if I were to make a mistake. I always asked questions, but most of these things were unforeseeable. And if I were to explain that I was unfamiliar with a certain thing, I was scolded as well. There was a huge lack of documentation or anything where I could look and check for these types of things. Maybe it was just me, but almost every day we had a client with something I've never seen/dealt with before, so questions must be asked. Again, I had no prior experience in a clinic before this job, and they were well aware of this.

I read the thread on mistakes on the job, and how most people believe firing the employee isn't the first thing you should do, but instead make sure your employees are educated about these things. I made a mistake that I had been mislead to believe was alright to do myself which was vaccinating a patient (as the Dr. had instructed/OK'd me to do so several times before by myself). The Dr. considered firing me because this was an issue that could have had the Dr's license taken away. Obviously, this does not take blame away from me, as I take responsibility but I feel it could have been avoided.

I would have continued to feel uncomfortable, because if I have no way to know (besides asking and therefore scolded or then having the other employee just tell me to leave it for them) then how am I to prevent things like this? I don't want to risk the Dr's professional license, and I don't want to risk it myself. So I made the decision myself.

This decision did not make an impact on my decision to pursue vet med, as this most likely could have been prevented. Do I sound too accusatory? 🙁
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Get another job.

If it works out fine, consider yourself lucky for evacuating a sinking ship.

If the same problems follow you, the problem likely is you.

Change or don't change accordingly.
 
Did you give a Rabies vaccine? In my home state (assuming it's similar for MO?), I can give something like Distemper, but I can't legally give Rabies since I'm not a CVT/RVT/DVM. Not something you would know right off the bat unless someone told you, especially if you were allowed to give something like Bordatella before.

I was in a similar (but not quite so bad) situation before, BAS. I worked in a small clinic that was pretty new and very very unorganized. The lack of training and instruction wasn't intentional... it was just a crazy work environment and nobody ever knew what was going on. There was a lot of employee turnover and it was VERY difficult to get trained to do things or get questions answered, which made it hard to feel like a useful employee. I eventually pursued other things and just covered shifts for people sporadically.

If it's not working out, it's not working out. Sounds like you've tried to be communicative. If you don't feel comfortable there and don't work well with them, then it sounds like you're doing the right thing.
 
blackangussteak said:
DHLPPC. I know not to touch rabies 😛

I have already quit. I don't feel as if I am not competent or that I am a liability but it was frustrating, with the lack of organization and training.
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I totally feel for you. My first job at a clinic came out of me shadowing there for a while (the office manager pretty much said, "you're here anyway so why don't we pay you for being here"). There was no job description or training, it was learn as you go. It was very difficult at first and I got my fair of being scolding for doing things "wrong", but the RVT eventually took me under his wing and taught me things that the doctors and the office manager did not want to teach.

I guess I was lucky to have someone there that actually wanted to teach me what was proper protocol and what was not.
 
blackangussteak said:
DHLPPC. I know not to touch rabies 😛

I have already quit. I don't feel as if I am not competent or that I am a liability but it was frustrating, with the lack of organization and training.
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Hey, like I said, it's not something you'd know unless you were told. Didn't ask as a slight, just curious.
 
blackangussteak said:
Made the decision to quit my job at the clinic. I had no prior experience (shadowing or otherwise) in a clinic and unfortunately was a small clinic with few employees who had been there for 4+ years each. Only time I would learn what was 'right vs wrong' or 'acceptable vs. not acceptable' was if I were to make a mistake. I always asked questions, but most of these things were unforeseeable. And if I were to explain that I was unfamiliar with a certain thing, I was scolded as well. There was a huge lack of documentation or anything where I could look and check for these types of things. Maybe it was just me, but almost every day we had a client with something I've never seen/dealt with before, so questions must be asked. Again, I had no prior experience in a clinic before this job, and they were well aware of this.

I read the thread on mistakes on the job, and how most people believe firing the employee isn't the first thing you should do, but instead make sure your employees are educated about these things. I made a mistake that I had been mislead to believe was alright to do myself which was vaccinating a patient (as the Dr. had instructed/OK'd me to do so several times before by myself). The Dr. considered firing me because this was an issue that could have had the Dr's license taken away. Obviously, this does not take blame away from me, as I take responsibility but I feel it could have been avoided.

I would have continued to feel uncomfortable, because if I have no way to know (besides asking and therefore scolded or then having the other employee just tell me to leave it for them) then how am I to prevent things like this? I don't want to risk the Dr's professional license, and I don't want to risk it myself. So I made the decision myself.

This decision did not make an impact on my decision to pursue vet med, as this most likely could have been prevented. Do I sound too accusatory? 🙁
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I have a similar problem with the clinic I work with at home, actually. I haven't given any vaccination incorrectly, but the complete lack of organization in "training" is SUPER frustrating, especially as it was my first time working with a clinic (which they also knew).

I haven't decided whether I'm going to be returning to volunteering at the clinic in the spring or not (studying abroad right now). But if I do go back, though, I'm definitely sitting down with a tech during a lull and making several checklists of different tasks I should be trained/competent in, then going through them and figuring out what I am comfortable with and not.
 
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If it doesn't blow your cover or interfere with whatever covert espionage you're currently involved in, please feel free to email me your half of our proposal, which is due in less than 8 hours.

I assume you're currently somewhere in the Afghan back country or the interior of China, which is why you can't respond to my 4 emails over the last 4 days. I definitely don't want to compromise your mission, but I would like to get some points for this garbage assignment.

Send me two pages of typewritten background information tonight, via encrypted carrier pigeon, or I will phone the consulate with information regarding your facebook page.

Do the right thing, Macgyver.

-Dan
 
We have to do a group project for one class, but we also have the option of doing it alone. While it would be nice to have group effort, I learned a long time ago that I care a lot more about the success of projects than most of the world. This resulted in one of two things, either I did the entire project by myself and harbored resentment towards the rest of the group, or got pissed when no one would listen to my ideas and shut down. Therefore, I am doing the project by myself.
 
I bet there would be a whole new set of problems in vet school. You wouldn't have anyone in the group that just doesn't give a flip... EVERYONE would care, and everyone would want to step in and take charge. Dunno if that's better or worse.
 
🙁 I'm supposed to be presenting about my study abroad to a group of fourth graders in NC right now, but nobody has shown up in the online classroom and the teacher hasn't responded to my emails from earlier today. I feel... stood up.
 
Really? Because anatomy lab seems to consist of 2-3 people desperately vying for alpha position while 1-2 other group members just look really sad all the time.

It surprises me that group work would be any different...
 
As far as groups go, I've lucked out this year. I was dreading group work, but I have some really fantastic groups. My anatomy lab partners were picked on the basis that they were the only ones not already in a group of 3 on day one :laugh: but they're both really great, especially J. My Structure and Function group was drawn by the instructors, but we all get along great and help each other out. Not sure yet about Animal Production Systems, but I know the people and I don't forsee any problems there either.
 
So... my school is going on strike tomorrow. You maybe seeing us on the national news.
 
breenie said:
Me too. 🙁
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🙁

Well don't worry, the same alpha people are going to be the ones that don't do absolutely anything for graded but pretty much busy work assignments and shove all the responsibility to you. I guess that's them sharing and letting you be the alpha person...

(my anatomy group wasn't that bad in that sense, but I saw some of the meanest people come out in other groups. hope your groupmates are just selfish and not mean.)
 
Arrrggghhhhh!!!! My graduate advisor is now telling me that I may not be done with my PhD before the Fall 2012 (the term I applied for vet school), even though my other committee members think I have enough data to finish in May. Apparently, she needs me to stay so that she can get more funding... seriously, that is not a reason to make me stay another year or so. Well too bad, I'm leaving in August whether she likes it or not.
 
For anyone willing to spare a prayer or a good thought, some good friends of mine went to the OB-GYN earlier this week to find out the sex of their baby only to find out that the baby had passed away. This was their first child and are just devastated.
 
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It certainly puts all the other little things we get upset over into perspective, doesn't it? What a hard thing to go through. I hope they will be okay.
 
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