Veterinary Career Essay

Career Research Paper Ever since I was a little kid, I have been interested in animals of all sorts. I just had this special attachment to all the animals. Every time I would see an animal, they would come up to me first and I just knew from that time, that I wanted to be a veterinarian when I grew up. When I was little we had many dogs that I loved dearly. No matter what the bred, I always loved my dogs. The one day came where my dogs would get sick and that was just a devastating time of my life. We never really had the money to pay for the veterinary visits so they would eventually just get sick enough and die. I hated that I could never do anything about that. Whenever that would happen I would cry because I wanted to help them and I
hated to see them suffer through all the pain. This moment in life I decided that I was going to go through whatever it took to become a veterinarian. I want to just be able to help out the families with pets that are sick. I can relate to them due to the fact that I know what they are experiencing. I don’t want any family to suffer from losing a close pet. I basically want to help as many families as I can when their pet is sick. Preventing possible diseases is what I want to focus on as well. I want to impact the environment

Cain 2 greatly with my successful business and the fact that I am a well, trusted doctor that can help anybody that comes in. Depending on what you actually become, there are different types of job tasks. For a veterinary assistant you, “administer medication and prepare animals for surgery,” as well as, “support animal doctors and technicians in their daily tasks by cleaning and maintaining equipment, feeding, exercising and grooming patients, preparing and sanitizing surgery suites, restraining and handling patients, and clerical and administrative work”. (Veterinary)You can be a veterinarian too. These tasks include, “Examine, diagnose and treat animals; prescribe and administer animal medications; take cell and tissue samples and perform diagnostic tests; perform surgery on animals”. (Veterinary) As a veterinarian you are expected to maintain your business and just do your job correctly. The national average salary for a veterinarian is, “82,580”.(Entry) “Average Entry-Level Veterinarians make around $69K annually,” that is a little less than 10,000 from the median wage.(Entry) You have to, “graduated from a United States veterinary school and earned a doctorate, which is required to practice veterinary medicine”.
(Veterinarian: Jobs)The minimum to be a veterinary technician you need an associated degree. Some GSU classes needed are biology and other science courses. You can obtain an internship at any local veterinarian hospitals. You will eventually need to get into vet. School and experience is key in getting into a vet school. So all the experience you get at an internship will be crucial. A professional organization is, “AAVMC - American Association of Veterinary

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Medical Colleges”. (Vet) There is not a specific organization here at Georgia state dealing with a veterinarian. Some challenges I may face are receiving enough experience and being able to afford vet school. I will start early trying to gain experience so that when the time comes I will be a better pick for vet school. In order to overcome the financial state I will save early. I will also look at scholarships early on and make sure I can obtain them. I will choices based on how they will impact me. If it will negatively impact me I won’t make that choice. I chose my career based on my love and passion for
animals.