u/bunnykins22

So I work with a few RVT's who have been in the industry for ages so they are knowledgeable and I trust their judgement and love learning from them since I'm a student. However, yesterday I had to collect urine via a urinary catheter twice for two different anesthetized patients. I gloved up with sterile gloves to collect the samples, used sterile lube and a sterile red rubber to collect these samples.

I have had two different senior techs tell me to do it this way and I firmly believe that it is the right way to do it just because you are putting something in a patient's bladder and you want the sample to also be as sterile as possible. I want to avoid introducing bacteria. BUT as I was doing this one of the senior techs who I've seen do this without gloves on saw me doing this and was confused as to why I was gloving up, and stated you don't need to do all of that to collect a sample.

I politely let her know that one of the DVM's asked me the last time when I collected a sample if I had done it using sterile techniques and if there was any chance of contamination, implying they want you to be gloved up and as sterile as I possibly could be. And mind you I have seen this RVT get a 'sterile' sample via a urinary catheter without wearing gloves or being as sterile as possible.

So now I'm kind of confused and just wanted to know what is the actual best practice? Am I just being a know-it-all or is there really no need to be as clean as possible while collecting a sample this way?

So I have a bit of a problem. I've recently fallen down a rabbit hole of all things The Odyssey. I love O Brother, Where Art Though, EPIC: The Musical and am currently extremely excited about the upcoming release of The Odyssey and also the possible animated work for EPIC.

I love re-tellings, especially if an author really makes it their own-so please if you know anything inspired or that is a reimagining of The Odyssey I would greatly appreciate a recommendation. TYIA.

I think I could like Classics. I just think I've read some ones that were not my favorite-for example I was not a fan of The Great Gatsby, The Catcher in the Rye or On The Road.

I liked Of Mice & Men, Anthem, Dracula, and add in the authors Agatha Christie, and Jane Austen. I also didn't mind To Kill a Mockingbird OR The Giver, though they were not my favorites.

I have wanted to pick up 1984, Animal Farm, and Fahrenheit 451 for awhile now since I didn't read those during school like most people my age have and they seem like they may be more up my alley than some of the ones I was not the biggest fan of-however, I am trying to be careful with my spending and can only buy one.

I'll get the others from the library if they are available and then save up to buy them eventually if I end up liking them. I just wanted to know which one you guys would recommend for me based on my previous interest in classics. Thank you in advance-or if you have any other recommendations you think I could enjoy!

Saw a video clip of an owner manhandling their big ass dog with an ill fitted muzzle while trying to clip nails on the dog. The dog was growling, body completely tense, thrashing around, and even the owner stated that the dog gets so anxious in anticipation that they stop eating. And they keep going on and on about how they got their dog to a good point at some point but then regressed after a negative experience with a nail trim at the vet and they are going to get their dog back to that point again.

They stated that they have tried oral sedatives with no success. But the comment section was literally people just praising the owner for working so hard....the dog was STRESSED as all get out. How do people seriously think exposure therapy when a dog is that stressed and freaked out is GOOD!? This is a bite wound and attack waiting to happen. How can people be so ignorant??

I know that I may be overreacting but holy cow I just needed to vent somewhere because the comment section was hyping the owner up for fully freaking their dog the fuck out.