Full Description
The comprehensive guide to the role of the consulting veterinary nurse
The Consulting Veterinary Nurse is an invaluable guide for veterinary nurses running clinics and providing consultation. It covers the basics of setting up and marketing a clinic alongside the essential knowledge of the assessments, conditions, and issues required by a consulting veterinary nurse. Topics include nutrition, chronic illnesses, behavioral issues, lifestage clinics, and medical clinics for a full range of conditions from mobility and dental problems to epilepsy and cancer.
This second edition provides coverage of a wealth of new advances in veterinary medicine since the prior edition, exploring the normalization of telemedicine, novel diets, chemical castration and updates to the code of professional conduct. A notable addition is a new chapter on surgical clinics that discusses wound management, post-operative appointments, neutering, and other services delegated to the veterinary nurse.
The Consulting Veterinary Nurse readers will find:
The role of the nurse in the veterinary practice, covering ethics, consultations, diagnostic clinics, marketing, and named nurse and protocol writing
Feeding behaviors, dietary transitions, methods of increasing water consumption, and dietary supplements
Considerations for arthritis, cancer, cardiac disorders, cognitive dysfunction, dental problems, diabetes, epilepsy, obesity, and urinary tract disorders
Novel diets such as raw feeding and vegan pet foods as well as specific diets for puppies and kittens
The Consulting Veterinary Nurse is an essential read for veterinary nurses looking to develop their consulting role and expand their confidence in consulting with animal owners. The book is also valuable reading for veterinary nurses in general practice and students in the field.
Contents
Foreword vii
Abbreviations viii
Introduction ix
Acknowledgements x
Section 1 Fundamentals of Nurse Consulting 1
1 Ethical Aspects of Consulting 3
2 Theoretical Aspects of Nurse Consulting 6
3 Gaining Confidence in Consulting 13
4 Chronic Condition Clinics 16
5 Consulting Room and Resources 24
Section 2 Nutrition 27
6 How to Conduct a Nutritional Assessment 29
7 Nutrition 33
Section 3 Diagnostics 43
8 Diagnostic Clinics 45
Section 4 Well Pet Clinics 59
9 Preventative Medicine Clinics or Wellness Clinics 61
10 Feeding Behaviours 93
11 Alternative Forms of Nutrition 97
Section 5 Clinics 105
12 Cancer Clinics 107
13 Cardiac Clinics 112
14 Cognitive Dysfunction 119
15 Dental Clinics 123
16 Dermatological Clinics 131
17 Diabetic Clinics 141
18 Epilepsy Clinics 150
19 Gastrointestinal Clinics 155
20 Hepatic Clinics 166
21 Mobility Clinics 170
22 Obesity Clinics 175
23 Renal Clinics 189
24 Urinary Clinics 199
25 Noise Phobias and Fireworks 210
26 Surgical Clinics 215
Appendix 1 Diet History Sheet 220
Appendix 2 Chronic Condition Clinics Examples 222
Appendix 3 6 Month Health Check - Health Report 228
Appendix 4 Checklist for Obesity Clinics 230
Glossary 232
Index 235
