Veterinary Nursing Resources

01/05/2024

Happy Veterinary Nurse Awareness Month 💚

20/09/2023

We’re currently in the process of making some updates and changes to the VNR games, as well as introducing two new topics 🙌🏻 (a long time coming, I know!)

As a result the current flashcards won’t match the new games, so I have reduced them down as part of a clearance sale, to make space for the new ones ☺️

Once they’re gone, they’re gone! But there will be updated versions, alongside the new magnetic games.
They can be found at vnresources.co.uk 💚

They will be £1 each when you purchase two or more, including shipping!(standard 2nd class postage) 💌

And thanks again for all your continued support 🥰

05/05/2023

Veterinary Nursing A - Z; Dentistry 🦷

I love a good dental! And because I’m gross, the dirtier the better 😅 and it’s even more rewarding when there’s minimal extractions so they can keep their pearly whites after cleaning 🙌🏻

Although only veterinary surgeons can do extractions (unless loose enough to remove just using fingers), veterinary nurses aren’t limited to just the scaling and polishing! ✨

We can also link dental care into our nursing consultations, allowing us to educate owners of the importance of their pets dental health; particularly in rabbits, rodents and elderly pets. We can also demonstrate how to clean teeth, and recommend different tools and products to maintain their pets dental health at home 🪥

Who else loved a good scale and polish? 🤩

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05/05/2023

Veterinary Nursing A-Z; Cannulas 💉

Many people outside of the veterinary world may not realise that Vet Nurses are often the ones placing IV Cannulas🙌🏻
The most common site used for this is the Cephalic vein, but the saphenous and even the jugular can be used too!

By obtaining an intravenous access it allows us to provide certain medications*; such as analgesia, glucose, calcium and some anaesthetics*. It also allows us to administer emergency drugs* like diazepam, adrenaline or atropine 🚨

Another important use of an IV cannula is to provide intravenous fluid therapy (IVFT). This is a valuable support that we can provide to patients for various issues; from Hypovolemic shock to azotemia to an addisonian crisis. There are so many conditions that will benefit from IV fluids 💦

*MUST be done/given under veterinary direction and supervision*

05/05/2023

Veterinary Nursing A-Z; Behaviourist 🧠

Behaviour is another area that RVNs can complete additional qualifications that can then be implemented as part of nursing consultations. This is often to help with anxiety, fear or aggression, but can also involve socialising and tips on training. These consultations are useful to encourage positive reinforcement and to help provide owners with tips and tricks to continue to work on any behavioural issues at home 🏡

As well as anxiety and fear, we can also use behaviour to recognise pain. By being able to spot these signs, it helps us know when to approach our patients more carefully and when to alert the vet; allowing adjustments to the treatment being provided 💊

But not all behaviour at the vets is negative! We can use our body language to reassure our patients from a distance, making it easier to approach them once they understand that we have a mutual respect. My favourite example of this is the ‘slow blink’ from cats! This is used as an acceptance or greeting amongst cats, but they also recognise it in humans 😻

Don’t get this mixed up with an unbroken stare though! As this will have the opposite effect and is considered rude or threatening by cats 😾

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02/05/2023

Veterinary Nursing A-Z; Anaesthesia 🩺

Veterinary Nurses are able to get involved in many different aspects of anaesthesia such as; pre-operative health checks and giving an ASA score to determine any risks, calculating the fresh gas flow rate needed to ensure that patients have enough oxygen and adequate levels of volatile agent, carrying out leak tests and making sure the correct circuit is selected for the patient. Intubation can also be done by nurses to maintain the patients airways either for surgical procedures or during CPR in an emergency 🚨

Throughout the procedure VN’s will closely monitor the patients heart and respiratory rates, their temperature, mucous membrane colour and the depth of their anaesthetic to keep them at a safe level. This is done by using an ECG, capnograph, pulse oximeter or just a plain old stethoscope 🩺

*REMEMBER; only veterinary surgeons are authorised to adjust the level of volatile agent and to give incremental doses of anaesthetic injections *

Vet nurses can get involved with a surprisingly vast amount of tasks relating to anaesthesia! And there’s even NCERT qualifications you can do to further your knowledge in this area as a qualified nurse 🤓

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01/05/2023

A little reminder to kick start 💚

05/02/2023