Kimm Wuestenberg

Clinical Small Animal Care (eBook, ePUB)

Promoting Patient Health through Preventative Nursing

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Clinical Small Animal Care: Promoting Patient Health through Preventative Nursing is an introduction to the principles of day-to-day veterinary practice, with coverage ranging from the initial assessment, fluid therapy monitoring, and perioperative management to care of animals with specific diseases. The book offers concrete guidance on best practices for promoting patient health in veterinary care, emphasizing specific techniques to prevent complications before they happen. A practical, clinically relevant resource for veterinary technicians, Clinical Small Animal Care provides step-by-step descriptions of the core tasks associated with examining, nursing, and monitoring small animal patients. Taking a hands-on approach to the fundamentals of clinical practice, the book gives specific advice for how to perform tasks associated with patient care. Chapters begin with basic information on topics such as husbandry and nutrition, then move into more specialized information on applied nursing and the care of tubes and catheters. The final section presents information on caring for animals with a variety of conditions organized by body system. Clinical Small Animal Care: Promoting Patient Health through Preventative Nursing offers veterinary technicians and nurses with achievable steps for improving health in their small animal patients.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 284
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Februar 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781118233160
• Artikelnr.: 38239150

Autorenporträt

Kimm Wuestenberg, CVT, VTS (ECC, SAIM) is a Certified Veterinary Technician Specialist in Emergency/Critical Care and Small Animal Internal Medicine in Phoenix, Arizona.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Acknowledgments Section 1 Clinical Fundamentals in Promoting Good
Health 1 The Elements of Environmental Husbandry 2 Considerations in
Patient Management 3 Patient Exam and Assessments 4 Nutritional Notability
Section 2 Applied Nursing of the Veterinary Patient 5 Monitoring the Fluid
Therapy Patient 6 Physical Therapy Applications 7 Perioperative Patient
Management 8 Executing Emergency Care 9 Harmonizing Hospice Needs Section 3
Proper Care of Tubes and Catheters 10 Venous and Arterial Catheter Care 11
Indwelling Urinary Catheter Care and Maintenance 12 Feeding Tube Care 13
Nasal Oxygen Catheter Care 14 Tracheostomy Tube Care 15 Chest Tube Care
Section 4 Comprehensive Areas of Focus 16 Cardiovascular Nursing 17 Regard
for the Respiratory Patient 18 Grasping Gastrointestinal Nursing Care 19
Rendering Renal Care 20 Endocrine Nursing Encounters 21 Nursing Care of the
Neurological Patient 22 Musculoskeletal Minding 23 Tending to the Skin and
Special Senses Appendix 1 Formulas Appendix 2 Anatomy Illustrations
Appendix 3 Clinical Appendix 4 General Forms Appendix 5 Employee Skill and
Knowledge Advancement Plans Additional References Index