Julie Carlson, CVT, was tasked by her lab teacher to make a nerd book while in vet tech school. It is essentially a portable cheat sheet for day-to-day veterinary technician life in a note-card sized binder that fits in scrub pockets.
Firstline has partnered with Carlson to start a series which will offer free, downloadable PDFs to use to put your own nerd book together.
Source: Firstline, May 10, 2018. Link. “It’s impossible to keep everything in our heads all the time, so my nerd book has really proven to be invaluable,” Carlson says. This article starts with how to make a nerd book and with the cover and the external parasites section, as well as some blank notes pages.
INSIGHTS: This promises to be a good resource for veterinary nurses. Also, sales representatives will be able to gain perspectives as this series rolls out over the next months.