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Patient Care Nurse
The day begins at 7am when the night staff hand over the patients to the nurses in their allocated wards. All the patients are walked out, weighed and recordings are made of their demeanour, temperature, respiration rate and pulse rate. Intravenous catheters are checked, flushed and re-dressed. Patients are examined and assessments made of bandages, wounds and neurological status.
All the ward nurses attend morning rounds with the clinicians to discuss each case and prepare a plan for that day. It’s decided then who will talk with the owner to give them an update.
The morning will be spent feeding the patients that can be fed, and administering medication. Generally patients are fed three times a day and medication will be given when prescribed by the veterinary surgeon.
We may have to do various blood tests and a variety of procedures, including the care and maintenance of various drains and catheters. It is important that the patients feel as relaxed as possible in the ward environment; each patient is treated as an individual and measures are taken to meet their needs. Each nurse is allocated to the same ward daily for a week so they can build a relationship with the patient and owner.
Patients are walked out regularly if they are mobile and physiotherapy performed if required. Patient stimulation is a very important consideration, more so for those patients that are unable to move or those that have been hospitalised for a while.
Ward nurses are responsible for ensuring patients have a comfortable and uneventful recovery and to help the patients adapt to any effects of surgery.
The late shift starts at 1pm when the evening nurses prepare patient kennel sheets for the next day. The morning nurses hand over to the evening nurse, discussing each patient and the care that has been required that day. It is the responsibility of the evening nurse to continue the care that patient is receiving, and hand over to the night staff at 8.30pm.
Additional support in kennels and elsewhere in the practice is provided by kennel assistants.
The day begins at 7am when the night staff hand over the patients to the nurses in their allocated wards. All the patients are walked out, weighed and recordings are made of their demeanour, temperature, respiration rate and pulse rate. Intravenous catheters are checked, flushed and re-dressed. Patients are examined and assessments made of bandages, wounds and neurological status.
All the ward nurses attend morning rounds with the clinicians to discuss each case and prepare a plan for that day. It’s decided then who will talk with the owner to give them an update.
The morning will be spent feeding the patients that can be fed, and administering medication. Generally patients are fed three times a day and medication will be given when prescribed by the veterinary surgeon. We may have to do various blood tests and a variety of procedures, including the care and maintenance of various drains and catheters. It is important that the patients feel as relaxed as possible in the ward environment; each patient is treated as an individual and measures are taken to meet their needs. Each nurse is allocated to the same ward daily for a week so they can build a relationship with the patient and owner.
Patients are walked out regularly if they are mobile and physiotherapy performed if required. Patient stimulation is a very important consideration, more so for those patients that are unable to move or those that have been hospitalised for a while.
Ward nurses are responsible for ensuring patients have a comfortable and uneventful recovery and to help the patients adapt to any effects of surgery.
The late shift starts at 1pm when the evening nurses prepare patient kennel sheets for the next day. The morning nurses hand over to the evening nurse, discussing each patient and the care that has been required that day. It is the responsibility of the evening nurse to continue the care that patient is receiving, and hand over to the night staff at 8.30pm.
Additional support in kennels and elsewhere in the practice is provided by kennel assistants.