Table of Contents

Section 1 Contemporary Veterinary Nursing

Section 2 Managing the Hospital Environment

Section 3 Managing the Operating Room

Section 4 The Operating Room - Surgical Nursing Activities

Section 5 Anaesthesia

Section 6 Diagnostic Imaging

Section 7 Diagnostic Tests

Section 8 Triage and Emergency Procedures

Appendix: Calculations

About the Author

Hilary Orpet and Perdi Welsh are Lecturers in Veterinary Nursing at the Royal Veterinary College, Hatfield, UK

Reviews

"Veterinary nurses of all levels of experience will find thishandbook invaluable in practice. This edition reflects the advancesour profession has made in recent years and will equip the readerwith the information they need to deliver nursing care of thehighest standard." Liz Branscombe, DipAVN(Surg) RVN "This second edition is very timely in providing updated andadditional material in the developing field of veterinary nursing.The Contemporary Veterinary Nursing section includes a detaileddescription of the Nursing Process and a Model of Nursing Carespecific to veterinary nurses which can be used to inform thepractice of nursing described in the subsequent sections." Andrea Jeffery, MSc DipAVN(Surg) Cert Ed RVN