Handbook of Veterinary Nursing, 2nd Edition
De: Hilary Orpet (The Royal Veterinary College, Hawkshead Lane, Hatfield, UK), Perdi Welsh (The Royal Veterinary College, Hawkshead Lane, Hatfield, UK)
ISBN: 9781405145534
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Publicação: 2011, Wiley-Blackwell
Descrição
Handbook of Veterinary Nursing presents essential guidance and helpful tips on developing and delivering high quality nursing care and skills.
Fully updated, this easy-to-follow guide reflects recent changes to veterinary nursing qualifications, current terminology and drugs in use. The emphasis is on the importance of working methodically, using high quality procedures, to help the whole veterinary team ensure the most successful outcomes in animal care.
Written in note form for quick reference by veterinary nurses and technicians at all stages of their training and career, this will be invaluable for both exam revision and quick reference in clinic.
Contents include:
The nursing process in veterinary care, physical assessment of the patient, managing the hospital environment, managing the operating room, surgical nursing activities, anaesthesia, diagnostic imaging, diagnostic tests, triage and emergency procedures, and essential calculations for drugs, fluids, nutrition and radiographic exposures.
Key features:
•Gives clinical advice quickly and simply
•Written by authors with many years experience of veterinary nurse training and education
•Contains essential calculations
•Illustrated in colour throughout
Contéudos
Preface
Acknowledgements
SECTION 1 CONTEMPORARY VETERINARY NURSING 1
1 Present-day Veterinary Nursing in the UK 3
2 The Nursing Process 14
3 Physical Assessment of the Patient 35
4 Nursing Activities of the Ability Model 41
5 Nursing Notes for Surgical and Medical Conditions 87
SECTION 2 MANAGING THE HOSPITAL ENVIRONMENT 105
6 Communication Skills in the Workplace 107
7 Record Keeping 111
8 Minimising Risk in the Practice 113
9 Infection Control 126
10 Managing the Pharmacy 139
SECTION 3 MANAGING THE OPERATING THEATRE 151
11 An Introduction to Theatre Management 153
12 Preparation of the Theatre for Surgery 155
13 Sterilising Equipment for Theatre 157
14 Care of Surgical Equipment 163
SECTION 4 THE OPERATING ROOM – SURGICAL NURSING ACTIVITIES 171
15 Preparation of the Patient for Surgery 173
16 Preparation of the Surgical Team 181
17 Assisting During Surgery 190
18 Skin Suturing Techniques 192
19 Practical Care of Wounds 202
20 Dentistry 219
SECTION 5 ANAESTHESIA 225
21 Introduction – Evaluation of the Patient 227
22 Inducing General Anaesthesia 232
23 Monitoring Anaesthesia 236
24 The Anaesthetic Machine 245
25 Anaesthetic Breathing Systems 253
SECTION 6 DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING 261
26 Practical Radiography 263
27 Selection of Exposure Factors 266
28 Radiographic Positioning 269
29 The Processing of Radiographs 289
30 Appraisal of the Film 293
31 Contrast Studies and other Imaging Techniques 296
SECTION 7 DIAGNOSTIC TESTS 305
32 Introduction – The Laboratory 307
33 Collection of Samples 313
34 Blood Tests 318
35 Urine Tests 325
36 Faecal Tests 329
37 Bacteriology Tests 332
38 Dermatology Tests 337
SECTION 8 TRIAGE AND EMERGENCY PROCEDURES 343
39 Initial Assessment 345
40 Emergency Procedures 349
41 Blood Transfusions 362
42 First Aid – The A–Z of Specifi c Conditions 368
Appendix – Calculations 382
Index 386
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