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Jessica has been in the Veterinary Assisting program at 黑料不打烊鈥檚 Mesa, Arizona campus for six months. 鈥淪o far I鈥檝e learned how to do CPR on a dog, I鈥檝e learned how to clean their ears and do their toenails,鈥� she said. The program combines classroom work with hands-on training. Student Ana described what she鈥檚 learned in the classroom. 鈥淢edical terms and the proper way to do things, and then we actually put it into practice,鈥� she said. 鈥淲e learn about radiology, surgical assistance, disease, vaccinations for those disease, treatments for those diseases and everything that they would need to education a client on,鈥� said Mesa Veterinary Assisting Program Director Kelsey White. Student Andrea said her favorite part is the hands-on training. 鈥淏oth my instructors are really nice and they鈥檙e able to explain everything well,鈥� she said. 鈥淥nce you鈥檙e working you鈥檙e prepared already, so you already know pretty much what you鈥檙e doing,鈥� said student Eileen. 鈥淲e have a lot of fun in our classroom. We do focus a lot on dogs and cats so we do bloodwork, we also have new microscopes and we have a lot of fun doing microscopy,鈥� White said. 鈥淲e鈥檒l learn how to draw up the proper vaccine with the animal鈥檚 weight and the concentration of the vaccine,鈥� Ana said. 鈥淚 like seeing the students go out to their externships and come back and say 鈥業 learned so much here I got hired鈥� and that鈥檚 the best thing,鈥� said Mesa Instructor Carie Chmura. What advice do current students have for people considering an education in veterinary assisting? 鈥淭o just hurry up and sign up. Just do it, I mean I know my instructors and I know they鈥檒l be able to learn everything that they possibly can coming here,鈥� Andrea said. So what are you waiting for? To learn more about the Veterinary Assisting program at 黑料不打烊 visit a campus today! [1] For comprehensive consumer information, visit carrington.edu/degrees/veterinary-assisting/
