Posts tagged "Nursing"
What to have on hand: supporting hospitalised small mammal patients
In my experience, optimal nutritional support is a cornerstone of successful clinical outcomes in sm...
9 min read
Webinar: Blood donation, blood banking, and safe transfusions
Blood transfusion is a critical part of veterinary practice, but the principles behind it are not al...
40 min webinar
Pocket Guide: Emergency and critical care nursing - triage, CPR and more
From triage to CPR, and from toxins to fluid plans, this concise digital guide puts critical ECC kno...
Explore: Infectious agents, biosecurity, and infection control in practice
Infectious diseases can cause a lot of problems for veterinary practice. Not only are they a common ...
2 min read
Webinar: How can I help the dyspnoeic patient?
Picture this: It's a busy day, the senior vet is on holiday, and a dyspnoeic cat comes in. Do you pa...
30 min webinar
Anaesthetic monitoring and troubleshooting: a guide for veterinary nurses
Anaesthesia is a common element of patient care in veterinary practice; however, it can present nume...
17 min read
Download: Position to perfect: your diagnostic imaging toolkit
This free diagnostic imaging toolkit is designed specifically for RVNs wanting to feel confident per...
Video: How to place a naso-oesophageal or naso-gastric feeding tube
Placement of a naso-oesophageal (N-O) feeding tube or naso-gastric (N-G) feeding tube is well tolera...
5 min video
Webinar: Nursing pelvic fractures in cats
Pelvic fractures are relatively common emergency presentations in felines, often caused by road traf...
1 hour webinar
Get to the bottom of it: a veterinary nurse’s guide to gastrointestinal endoscopy
Endoscopy is a minimally invasive procedure that allows the operator to look inside an organ or stru...
14 min read
A veterinary nurse’s guide to pain recognition and management in companion animals
Hopefully, the days are long gone of giving an animal in pain a shot of non-steroidal and hoping it ...
14 min read
Neurology – an anatomy refresher for veterinary nurses
Neurological conditions are commonplace in day-to-day veterinary practice. But to provide an effecti...
10 min read
Nursing feline patients with heart disease and heart failure
Feline cardiomyopathies are common in the general cat population, with reports assessing prevalence ...
15 min read
Post-operative feeding in companion animals
There is growing evidence to support the idea that promoting food intake as early as possible after ...
16 min read
Rehabilitation of common neurological conditions
To form an effective rehabilitation plan you need to fully understand the condition you are working ...
14 min read
Assisting the clinician with an otitis case in a 15-minute consult
Statistics show that 32 percent of canine consults are skin cases in general practice, and that 20 t...
10 min read
Managing anaesthesia for feline patients requiring oral surgery
Feline patients present regularly for oral surgery, ranging from a simpler scale and polish to surge...
12 min read
Nursing the ophthalmic patient
I have often given presentations at Vets North and Vets South on nursing the ophthalmic patient. “Wh...
9 min read
Nursing patients with gastrointestinal emergencies
The gastrointestinal (GI) system comprises the mouth, oesophagus, stomach, small intestines (duodenu...
13 min read
