CCC Veterinary Nursing Program

Small Patients, BIG Learning Opportunities! 🐰🐹🐭🦜

Our Vet Nursing students have been getting some hands-on experience with some of our smaller, and sometimes wigglier, patients during their exotic animal labs!

From rabbits and guinea pigs to birds, mice, hamsters, and gerbils, students are learning that veterinary medicine isn't just about cats and dogs!

These labs give students the opportunity to practice safe handling and restraint techniques, learn about species-specific care, and build the confidence needed to work with a variety of exotic companion animals.

While they may be small, these patients come with their own unique challenges, and knowing how to properly care for them is an important part of becoming a well-rounded veterinary professional!

Don't Let Your Pet Be the Stinky One at Thanksgiving Dinner! 🛁🍂

Thanksgiving is right around the corner, and while you're getting ready for family, food, and festivities, don't forget about your four-legged family members!

Let our Student Veterinary Nursing Association (SVNA) help get your pets fresh, clean, and ready for all those Thanksgiving cuddles!

📅 Saturday, November 14th
🛁 SVNA Pet Wash Fundraiser!

This is our LAST pet wash of the semester! So if your furry friend could use a little pampering before the holidays, now is the time! We won't be back with another pet wash until next semester!

💙 Your support goes beyond just a clean pet! Funds raised through our SVNA fundraisers help support student activities and projects. This year, potential uses include helping fund our sophomores' end-of-year trip, adding new play structures to our program's dog play yard, and giving back to others through holiday giving! 🎁🐾

Come support our future veterinary professionals while treating your pets to a little pre-Thanksgiving spa day!

Happy National Cat Day! 🐾🐱

Today we're celebrating our favorite whiskered, purring, and occasionally judgmental four-legged friends!

Whether they're curled up in your lap, chasing something only they can see, or knocking things off the counter just because they can, cats certainly know how to keep life interesting!

Here in the CCC Veterinary Nursing Program, our feline friends play an important role in helping students develop the skills needed to become future veterinary professionals. From learning safe handling techniques to understanding feline behavior and providing quality patient care, our students get plenty of hands-on experience with these unique personalities! 🩺🐾

And we have some extra special news to celebrate! ALL of the cats pictured from our program this semester have already found their forever homes many with students or faculty! We love knowing these sweet faces are getting all the love, attention, and spoiling they deserve!

National Cat Day is also a great reminder of the importance of responsible pet ownership, preventative veterinary care, and giving cats in need a chance at a loving home. 💙

Now it's your turn! 📸 Drop a picture of your feline friend in the comments! We'd love to see all those adorable faces (and maybe a few grumpy ones, too)!

🍁📸 When things don't go according to plan…

You would think getting a few cute fall pictures of our animals would be easy, right?

WRONG.

Apparently, no one forwarded that memo to the animals...

There were distractions, excited models, and plenty of moments that definitely weren't part of the plan.

But hey, sometimes the bloopers are even better than the actual pictures!

Enjoy some of our favorite outtakes from our very successful (depending on who you ask 😉) fall photoshoot!

Also be sure to check out our adoptable animals album to see which dogs are still looking for homes!

🔬🧪 Getting Creative with Crystals!

Who knew pipe cleaners could be a teaching tool in Veterinary Nursing?!

Our Vet Nursing students recently put their creativity to the test while learning about urine crystals during their urinalysis labs!

Instead of only looking at pictures or under a microscope, students got hands-on and used pipe cleaners to build 3D models of different types of urine crystals.

Being able to identify urine crystals is an important skill in veterinary medicine, as they can provide valuable information about a patient's urinary health. By building these structures themselves, students were able to get a better understanding of the unique shapes and characteristics that help distinguish one crystal from another.

Who says learning can't be a little crafty?! 🎨

Who says Vet Nursing students can't have a little friendly competition?! 🩺🏆

For National Veterinary Technician Week our sophomore students put their skills (and their competitive spirits) to the test during a fun-filled evening of Vet Nursing Olympic Games! From the Wet Glove Race and E-Collar Race to the ET Tube Toss and the hilarious Cat Got Your Tongue Fruit Roll-Up Challenge, there was no shortage of laughs, teamwork, and a little bit of chaos!

After some fierce competition, our Olympic champions were crowned! 🥇

🥇 1st Place - The Paper Plastic Porcupines
Each team member took home a scrub cap & a stethoscope!

🥈 2nd Place - The Jugular Juggernauts
Each team member earned a scrub cap!

While only two teams made the podium, everyone walked away with some great memories and plenty of laughs!

National Reptile Awareness Day! 🐢🐍🦎

October 21st is National Reptile Awareness Day, a day dedicated to celebrating the incredible diversity of reptiles, raising awareness about reptile conservation, and recognizing the important roles these animals play in our ecosystems. 🌎💚

From snakes helping control rodent populations to turtles, lizards, and other reptiles contributing to healthy food webs, reptiles are an important part of maintaining balance in the natural world. Unfortunately, many reptile species face challenges such as habitat loss, environmental changes, and human activity, making education and conservation especially important.

For veterinary nurses, awareness also means understanding the unique needs of our scaly patients! 🩺 Proper husbandry, nutrition, temperature, lighting, handling, and preventative care can all play a major role in keeping reptiles healthy.

Today, we’re celebrating the snakes, turtles, tortoises, lizards, and other reptiles that make our world a little more wild and wonderfully diverse! 🐍🐢🦎

Happy National Veterinary Technician Week! 💙🐾

October 18–24, 2026

This week, we celebrate the dedicated veterinary technicians who work tirelessly behind the scenes (and sometimes right in the middle of the chaos!) to provide exceptional care to animals of all shapes and sizes! 🐶🐱🐴🐮🦎

🩺 Veterinary technicians are more than just animal lovers. They are educated, trained, and skilled medical professionals who play a vital role in veterinary medicine.

From anesthesia and dentistry to laboratory diagnostics, nursing care, and emergency medicine, credentialed veterinary technicians bring an incredible amount of knowledge, compassion, and technical skill to the veterinary healthcare team.

🎓 And that's where we come in!

Here at the CCC Veterinary Nursing Program, we are proud to be educating and training the next generation of veterinary technicians! Through classroom instruction, hands-on laboratories, and real-world clinical experiences, our students are developing the knowledge, skills, and confidence needed to become valuable members of the veterinary profession.

As veterinary medicine continues to advance, the need for properly educated and credentialed veterinary technicians is more important than ever. We are proud to play a part in preparing these future professionals to provide the high-quality care that every animal deserves.

💙 To all the credentialed veterinary technicians out there, thank you for your dedication, expertise, and compassion. And to our future technicians, keep learning, keep growing, and remember that the work you're putting in today will make a difference in the lives of countless animals tomorrow!

Endless Compassion. Expert Care. 🐾

📣 Our CE Conference is this Friday! It is not too late to sign up if you plan on attending.

📢‼️ 🗣️ Click the link below to register for the conference today! 6 hours of CE provided over a variety of topics! We look forward to seeing you on October 16th!!

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