{"id":14747,"date":"2022-01-28T12:17:58","date_gmt":"2022-01-28T17:17:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qa.vet.purdue.edu\/news\/?p=14747"},"modified":"2022-01-28T12:17:58","modified_gmt":"2022-01-28T17:17:58","slug":"pvms-paige-allen-concludes-two-year-term-as-navc-president-with-focus-on-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/pvms-paige-allen-concludes-two-year-term-as-navc-president-with-focus-on-future.php","title":{"rendered":"PVM\u2019s Paige Allen Concludes Two-Year Term as NAVC President with Focus on Future"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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VMX 2022, billed as the world\u2019s largest veterinary education conference, provided the stage last week for Paige Allen, MS, RVT, Veterinary Nursing Program assistant director of academic advising and recruitment, to wrap-up a two-year term as president of the North American Veterinary Community (NAVC). Paige is just the second veterinary technician to serve as president of NAVC, which hosts the annual VMX conference in Orlando, Florida.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As part of her presidential duties during VMX this year, Paige participated in a news conference announcing the NAVC\u2019s \u201cVeterinary Nurse\/Technician Empowerment Initiative,\u201d which is a bold new program to elevate and advance veterinary nurses and credentialed technicians who are vital members of veterinary practices, but whose skills are often underutilized. The goals of the initiative are to achieve improved access to care, better patient outcomes and client satisfaction, improved overall well-being of the veterinary nurse\/technician, and to encourage more people to go into veterinary careers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news conference on January 17 included the presentation of a new video which includes several PVM staff members talking about the importance of veterinary technicians. Click here to view the video<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paige said key components of the new initiative include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Launching a national consumer veterinary nurse\/technician awareness and education campaign sponsored by VCA Animal Hospitals, with support from the National Association of Veterinary Technicians in America (NAVTA).<\/li>
  2. Fostering greater consumer awareness and understanding of the important role and significant educational requirements of veterinary nurses\/technicians.<\/li>
  3. Providing new programs with a wide range of resources and support for veterinary nurses\/credentialed technicians, such as: career development and growth; scholarships for continued learning; new intensive hands-on courses specifically designed for nurses\/technicians at the NAVC Institute<\/a> to further advance their expertise; and a new webinar series that brings together industry leaders to address key issues facing the veterinary nurse\/credentialed technician profession.<\/li>
  4. The launch by Today\u2019s Veterinary Nurse of the new \u201cClinic Champions\u201d series to recognize the positive impact veterinary nurses\/technicians make, and a mentorship program that will help the next generation of veterinary nurses and technicians succeed.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Click here to view the complete press release<\/a> from the news conference. \u201cI am so proud to be a part of NAVC and am excited to see the opportunities for future technicians\/nurses and I know that you will be a part of this change,\u201d Paige said in comments after VMX directed at today\u2019s veterinary nursing students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The NAVC also released a collection of interview excerpts from VMX, which includes comments from PVM\u2019s Courtney Waxman, MS, CVT, RVT, VTS (ECC), talking about clinic readiness and emergency medical response.  Her comments begin at the 8:50 mark in the video, which can be viewed by clicking here<\/a> \u2013 let the video begin and then you can advance to her segment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Looking back on her two-year tenure as NAVC president, Paige said the experience was unlike any responsibility she had held before.\u00a0\u201cI think that\u2019s what made it so rewarding,\u201d Paige said.\u00a0\u201cIt\u2019s the kind of position that demands your best effort every day, in a supportive environment where you can utilize your existing skills while benefitting from amazing mentors and teamwork that ultimately makes possible such an incredible event as VMX.\u00a0 It stretches you, humbles you, and yet builds you up through the empowering influence of teamwork, and leaves you with new perspectives, treasured memories, and a very thankful heart.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    VMX 2022, billed as the world\u2019s largest veterinary education conference, provided the stage last week for Paige Allen, MS, RVT, Veterinary Nursing Program assistant director of academic advising and recruitment, to wrap-up a two-year term as president of the North American Veterinary Community (NAVC). Paige is just the second veterinary technician to serve as president of NAVC, which hosts the annual VMX conference in Orlando, Florida.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":14750,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[41,29],"tags":[26,56,135,252],"class_list":["post-14747","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-faculty-staff","category-our-people","tag-featured-story","tag-homepage","tag-staff","tag-veterinary-nursing"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14747","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14747"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14747\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14754,"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14747\/revisions\/14754"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14750"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}