NAVTA is excited to bring a new exciting collaborative workshop on where you will learn how to draft proposals to modify regulations and/or state veterinary practice acts to advance veterinary technicians in your state. To help bring standardization to our profession, we want to offer an opportunity for people to come together and collaborate on their proposals.

Upon completion of the workshop, each participant will:

• Outline achievable state legislative goals
• Write specific practice act language to progress the veterinary technician profession in their state
• Create an action plan to identify stakeholders and supporters.

Participants of the workshop will have the opportunity to break into small groups where they can work with peers to craft proposals and strategies to engage with their respective state legislatures. Small groups will be guided by mentors who have worked with legislatures and regulators in their own state.

Workshop Facilitators

• Sam Geiling, CVT
• Mandy Zachgo, LVT
• Ashli Selke, RVT, CVT

If you have experience working through state legislative processes, we are asking for your help to participate in the Legislative Strategies Workshop! The goal of this workshop is to help every participant with advancing the role of veterinary technicians in their state. We will discuss networking and relationship building, reading the current practice act and regs, writing a proposal, approaching legislators and more. We are looking for mentors to attend all the sessions and help serve as facilitators of our breakout groups. If you have interest in serving in this capacity, please click HERE

Description: Although most pet parents will search online for nutrition information following a cancer diagnosis, they still trust their veterinary healthcare team’s advice and want your guidance. A team approach that emphasizes the individual patient is the key to delivering a successful dietary recommendation. This presentation includes practical tips for communicating with pet parents and establishing a nutritional protocol within your practice to help support the cancer patient’s quality of life.

Learning Objectives:

1. Understand the importance of communication about nutrition to pet parents with pets that have cancer
2. Understand how to discuss the nutritional recommendation
3. Understand the importance of feeding a complete and balanced diet for dogs or cats with cancer

Veterinary Nurses + Technicians, it’s your time to shine! Registration is now open for NAVC HiVE’s FIRST event, the Vet Nurse+Tech HiVE!

Kick off National Veterinary Technician Week with a bang (or buzz??)! Join the Vet Nurse+Tech HiVE swarm October 16-18, 2023 at the Palmer Events Center in Austin, Texas for the industry’s first ever large-scale gathering to celebrate nurses + technicians. It’s well overdue, but will be well worth the wait!

This event is fully in-person so we can’t wait to see you in Austin!

NAVTA is delighted to provide you with this unique, free opportunity on October 19, 2023. Register today for the 2023 NAVTA Virtual Career Fair and prepare to connect directly with company recruiters in private, one-on-one conversations!