Surgical Patient Care for Veterinary Technicians and Nurses (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Holzman, Gerianne; Raffel Kleist, Teri

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Surgical Patient Care for Veterinary Technicians and Nurses A step-by-step guide to caring for small animal surgical patients Surgical Patient Care for Veterinary Technicians and Nurses, Second Edition offers a complete, practical guide to nursing care for patients undergoing common and advanced surgeries in small animal practice. Written by veterinary technicians for veterinary technicians, the book is organized chronologically, beginning with the initial client contact and continuing through surgery to discharge and aftercare. The new edition significantly expands the surgical procedures chapter, adding new procedures, and incorporates updates to reflect new knowledge throughout. Topics cover all aspects of surgical patient care, including surgical assisting and patient comfort, for orthopedic, soft tissue, and emergency surgeries. A companion website offers video clips and review questions and answers, plus the figures from the book in PowerPoint. The Second Edition features: * Hundreds of clinical photographs to support the text, with more than 100 images new to this edition, including many new instrument photos * A logical chronological organization, from initial client communication through to discharge and aftercare instructions * Topics ranging from laboratory testing, patient preparation, and instrument care and maintenance to bandaging, client communication, rehabilitation, encompassing orthopedic, ophthalmic, soft tissue, and emergency surgeries * Expanded coverage of surgical procedures and wound management * A companion website with video clips, review questions and answers, and the figures from the book in PowerPoint Surgical Patient Care for Veterinary Technicians and Nurses is equally useful for veterinary technician and nursing students and for veterinary technicians and nurses in practice, providing practical advice in a well-illustrated format.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. November 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781119760290
• Artikelnr.: 69569563

Autorenporträt

Gerianne Holzman, CVT, VTS (Dentistry) is a veterinary technician, emerita from the University of Wisconsin - School of Veterinary Medicine (UW-SVM) in Madison, Wisconsin, USA. Teri Raffel Kleist, CVT, VTS (Surgery) is retired from the Veterinary Technician program at Madison College in Madison, Wisconsin, USA. She is an adjuvant instructor at Lincoln Memorial University, Masters of Veterinary Clinical Care program in Harrogate, Tennessee, USA; a guest lecturer at Melbourne Polytechnic's Bachelor of Veterinary Nursing program in Epping, Victoria, Australia; and a part-time OR technician at Edinger Surgical Options in Madison, Wisconsin, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword to the First Edition xv

Preface xvii

Acknowledgments xix

Author Biographies xxi

List of Contributors xxv

About the Companion Website xxvii

1 History and Physical Examination 1
Gerianne Holzman and Lana Bishop

2 Preoperative Planning 17
Gerianne Holzman and Lana Bishop

3 Asepsis and Infection Control 45
Teri Raffel Kleist and Cassandra Simmons

4 Intraoperative Surgical Assistant and Circulating Nurse 153
Teri Raffel Kleist and Cassandra Simmons

5 Surgical Procedures 196
Teri Raffel Kleist, JoAnne Mead, and Gerianne Holzman

6 Wound Management 269
Gerianne Holzman and JoAnne Mead

7 Postoperative Care 289
Gerianne Holzman and Sandra Engelmeyer

8 Aftercare and Home Care 319
Gerianne Holzman and Sandra Engelmeyer

Glossary 335

Index 341