Preface vii
Acknowledgments ix
Section 1 Clinical Fundamentals in Promoting Good Health 3
1 The Elements of Environmental Husbandry 5
2 Considerations in Patient Management 11
3 Patient Exam and Assessments 27
4 Nutritional Notability 43
Section 2 Applied Nursing of the Veterinary Patient 49
5 Monitoring the Fluid Therapy Patient 51
6 Physical Therapy Applications 61
7 Perioperative Patient Management 67
8 Executing Emergency Care 75
9 Harmonizing Hospice Needs 89
Section 3 Proper Care of Tubes and Catheters 95
10 Venous and Arterial Catheter Care 97
11 Indwelling Urinary Catheter Care and Maintenance 107
12 Feeding Tube Care 115
13 Nasal Oxygen Catheter Care 123
14 Tracheostomy Tube Care 125
15 Chest Tube Care 129
Section 4 Comprehensive Areas of Focus 131
16 Cardiovascular Nursing 133
17 Regard for the Respiratory Patient 145
18 Grasping Gastrointestinal Nursing Care 161
19 Rendering Renal Care 175
20 Endocrine Nursing Encounters 185
21 Nursing Care of the Neurological Patient 191
22 Musculoskeletal Minding 201
23 Tending to the Skin and Special Senses 215
Appendix 1 Formulas 231
Appendix 2 Anatomy Illustrations 239
Appendix 3 Clinical Quick Reference Guides 245
Appendix 4 General Forms 255
Appendix 5 Employee Skill and Knowledge Advancement Plans 263
Index 271
Kimm Wuestenberg, CVT, VTS (ECC, SAIM) is a Certified Veterinary Technician Specialist in Emergency/Critical Care and Small Animal Internal Medicine in Phoenix, Arizona.
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