If everyone would take a minute to look into the human medicine by comparison, RN are not the only hospital staff that can place an IV catheter. LPN's, even though not trained to do this for school, can place IV catheters if trained by a registered nurse. The RN and/doctor are responsible for this. They are not taught this at all in school, but on the job. LPNs go to school for 9-18 months. LPNs are limited in what they can do because they must be supervised by either a registered nurse or a doctor. If the board can define veterinary assistants roles and allowances this could be implemented in veterinary medicine. If everyone claiming we need to be more like human medicine, then take a look at how human medicine works rather than just assume that only RNs do everything. The leadership roles and potential earnings are more for RNs than LPNs but this is very similar to veterinary assistants and technicians. We need to think how to better veterinary medicine and I think defining assistants roles and allowing certain things while a veterinarian or LVT is present is a step in the right direction.