{"id":16711,"date":"2021-03-10T08:45:11","date_gmt":"2021-03-10T13:45:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/schools.stlucie.k12.fl.us\/fpw\/?page_id=16711"},"modified":"2022-08-02T21:58:45","modified_gmt":"2022-08-03T01:58:45","slug":"veterinary","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/schools.stlucie.k12.fl.us\/fpw\/veterinary\/","title":{"rendered":"Veterinary Tech"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;16701&#8243; img_size=&#8221;medium&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h4>Ft. Pierce Westwood&#8217;s veterinary tech lab provides students hands-on experiences in veterinary medicine.\u00a0 Students have the opportunity to work closely with local veterinarians observing various procedures.<\/h4>\n<h4>Students can receive on-the-job training in the kennel and clinical facilities. Following graduation, students can work immediately as Veterinary Assistants or continue further education at the college level.<\/h4>\n<h4>Areas of study include:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>Classroom studies include Animal Nutrition and Behavior, Anatomy and Physiology and Disease Processes, Medical Terminology, Parasitology and Immunology, and Surgical Nursing.<\/li>\n<li>Wide varieties of skills are emphasized with classroom and lab lessons, including science, math, communications, leadership, management, and technology.<\/li>\n<li>Student responsibilities include care of dogs and cats, restraint of dogs and cats, vaccinating animals, medicating animals, and observing\/assisting in surgery.<\/li>\n<li>Students work daily in a state-of-the-art veterinary facility that includes classroom space, wet labs, dissection room, small animal housing, and kennels.<\/li>\n<li>Careers in Veterinary Science include: veterinarian, veterinary technician, veterinary assistant, veterinary specialty surgeon, veterinary pharmaceutical and diagnostic equipment sales, grooming\/obedience training, pet store advisory and food sales, USDA personnel, research, CDC scientist, horse trainer, wildlife rehabilitator, marine mammal specialist, and much more!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\">Students at Fort Pierce Westwood Academy can complete the Certified Veterinarian Assistant Certification through the Veterinary Tech program.<\/h4>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Slide 1 of 7: About the program<\/p>\n<p>This program is a planned sequence of instructions consisting of 4 courses. This is the foundation for a veterinary medicine &amp; science career.<br \/>\nVet 1: Practice safety, Recognize normal\/abnormal behaviors, breed identification for dog\/cats, medical terminology<\/p>\n<p>Vet 2: basic first aid, understanding tools, equipment, instruments, vital sign techniques, breed identification of several species<\/p>\n<p>Vet 3: animal control, laws and welfare,\u000bUnderstanding nutritional requirements, reproductive\/breeding of companion animals, exotic animals and fish, understanding of preventive medicine and disease<\/p>\n<p>Vet 4: maintain and analyze records, diagnostic testing and animals in research<\/p>\n<p>Certified Veterinary Assistant (CVA)\u000b- 250+ volunteer hours with local veterinarians \u000b- hands on training and labs<br \/>\nAll classes participate in daily care of companion and exotic animals. We also harvest our own mealworms and breed our feeders to feed to our reptiles.<\/p>\n<p>We offer grooming, in house diagnostics and lots of play time with our doggy day care program[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-17257\" src=\"https:\/\/schools.stlucie.k12.fl.us\/fpw\/files\/2022\/08\/meet-ms-shoun-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/schools.stlucie.k12.fl.us\/fpw\/files\/2022\/08\/meet-ms-shoun-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/schools.stlucie.k12.fl.us\/fpw\/files\/2022\/08\/meet-ms-shoun-700x526.jpg 700w, https:\/\/schools.stlucie.k12.fl.us\/fpw\/files\/2022\/08\/meet-ms-shoun-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/schools.stlucie.k12.fl.us\/fpw\/files\/2022\/08\/meet-ms-shoun-768x577.jpg 768w, https:\/\/schools.stlucie.k12.fl.us\/fpw\/files\/2022\/08\/meet-ms-shoun.jpg 1242w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Meet Your Instructor &#8211; Ms. Shoun<br \/>\nI graduated from Westwood in 2012 from the Vet Assisting Program as a certified veterinary assistant! Since then I have followed my career path from general practice to emergency &amp; specialty practice.<br \/>\nNow I teach the vet assisting program! I fell in love with what I did for a career, so why not teach it to others!? When the opportunity came, I could not resist! I had to grab it and run with it. I have been loving every minute. Best of all I get to be the co-advisor for our FFA chapter.<\/p>\n<p>It means so much to be apart of the same FFA chapter and vet program that built me<\/p>\n<p>-Brittany Shoun, CVA<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Dalton and Toby\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XQcvQf9kdQc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Jayden Weil 9th grade vet\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2mXmJ0sMPIM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Tykeon &amp; Alex\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3HVTIE7Rg2M?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;16701&#8243; img_size=&#8221;medium&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Ft. Pierce Westwood&#8217;s veterinary tech lab provides students hands-on experiences in veterinary medicine.\u00a0 Students have the opportunity to work closely with local veterinarians observing various procedures. Students can receive on-the-job training in the kennel and clinical facilities. Following graduation, students can work immediately as Veterinary Assistants or continue&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":922,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-16711","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","description-off"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-03 07:14:33","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/schools.stlucie.k12.fl.us\/fpw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16711","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/schools.stlucie.k12.fl.us\/fpw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/schools.stlucie.k12.fl.us\/fpw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.stlucie.k12.fl.us\/fpw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/922"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.stlucie.k12.fl.us\/fpw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16711"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/schools.stlucie.k12.fl.us\/fpw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16711\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/schools.stlucie.k12.fl.us\/fpw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}