Small Animal Surgical Nursing, 5th Edition

by Marianne Tear, MS, LVT

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ISBN: 9780443350450

Page Count: 352

Imprint: Elsevier

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Help your students master the veterinary technician's role and skills in surgical assisting! Small Animal Surgical Nursing describes the protocols and techniques a vet tech needs to work together with the veterinarian as a smoothly functioning surgical team. Clear guidelines are provided in areas such as surgical instruments and procedures, anesthesia, patient monitoring, preoperative and postoperative care of the animals, pain management, and client education. Updated throughout, and with exceptional teaching and learning resources on the Evolve website, this comprehensive resource ensures that students are highly competent in performing all of the vet tech’s surgical responsibilities.

New to This Edition
- NEW! Updated content and new protocols and skills ensure that students have the latest information available
- NEW! Updated and additional Review Questions include multiple-choice, listing, and open-ended questions that challenge students to apply the knowledge they have learned in each chapter
- UPDATED! Improved instructor resources, including test bank, lesson plans, and PowerPoints, accommodate the needs and pain points of instructors and students
Key Features
- Coverage of small animal surgical nursing provides a full review of the role and responsibilities of the veterinary technician in the surgical setting, including sterilization, protocols, gowning, gloving, anesthesia, wound management, and care of the animals before and after surgery
- Focus on exceptional clinical skills and practice tips draws from the authors’ real-world experiences of what is most commonly encountered in the clinical setting
- Nearly 500 full-color illustrations and photographs show surgical equipment, instruments, sterile techniques, suturing techniques, and wound management
- Detailed presentation of essential information ensures understanding of the skills covered in required veterinary technician surgical nursing courses that are required
- Learning Objectives and Key Terms at the beginning of each chapter identify the material that should be mastered in the upcoming chapter
- Key Points and Review Questions at the end of each chapter facilitate study and reinforce understanding
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Contents

1. Preoperative Room Considerations
2. Instruments
3. Anesthetic Machine
4. Preoperative Patient Considerations
5. Patient Preparation
6. Patient Monitoring
7. Asepsis
8. Operating Room Personnel
9. Surgical Assisting – Duties During Surgery
10. Surgical Procedures
11. The Postoperative Patient
12. The Technician's Role in Pain Management
13. Client Education for Postoperative Care
14. Postoperative Cleaning Answer Key
Appendix: Review Questions Answer Key
Glossary
Index
Authors

Marianne Tear, MS, LVT, Program Director, Veterinary Technology Baker College of Clinton Township, Clinton Township, Michigan, USA
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