Master the veterinary technician's role and skills in surgical assisting! Small Animal Surgical Nursing, 4th Edition helps you learn the protocols and techniques you need 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. This edition is updated throughout and includes timed instrument identification exercises on the Evolve website. Written by well-known educator Marianne Tear, this comprehensive resource ensures that you are highly competent in performing all of the vet tech’s surgical responsibilities.
1. Introduction - p. 132 2. Responsibilities of the surgical technician - p. 132 3. Abdominal procedures - p. 132 4. Specific abdominal procedures - p. 135 5. Reproductive procedures - p. 146 6. Pyometra - p. 150 7. Cystotomy - p. 154 8. Ear procedures - p. 157 9. Ophthalmic procedures - p. 159 10. Orthopedic procedures - p. 165 11. Minimally invasive surgery - p. 183 12. Review questions - p. 208 13. Bibliography - p. 209 14. 11. The postoperative patient - p. 212 15. 12. The technician’s role in pain management - p. 237 16. 13. Client education for postoperative care - p. 245 17. 14. Postoperative cleaning - p. 256 18. Answer key - p. e1 19. Appendix A: Quick reference for common intravenous infusions and analgesic protocols - p. 274 20. Glossary - p. 278 21. Index - p. 282
Master the veterinary technician's role and skills in surgical assisting! Small Animal Surgical Nursing, 4th Edition helps you learn the protocols and techniques you need 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. This edition is updated throughout and includes timed instrument identification exercises on the Evolve website. Written by well-known educator Marianne Tear, this comprehensive resource ensures that you are highly competent in performing all of the vet tech’s surgical responsibilities.
1. Introduction - p. 132 2. Responsibilities of the surgical technician - p. 132 3. Abdominal procedures - p. 132 4. Specific abdominal procedures - p. 135 5. Reproductive procedures - p. 146 6. Pyometra - p. 150 7. Cystotomy - p. 154 8. Ear procedures - p. 157 9. Ophthalmic procedures - p. 159 10. Orthopedic procedures - p. 165 11. Minimally invasive surgery - p. 183 12. Review questions - p. 208 13. Bibliography - p. 209 14. 11. The postoperative patient - p. 212 15. 12. The technician’s role in pain management - p. 237 16. 13. Client education for postoperative care - p. 245 17. 14. Postoperative cleaning - p. 256 18. Answer key - p. e1 19. Appendix A: Quick reference for common intravenous infusions and analgesic protocols - p. 274 20. Glossary - p. 278 21. Index - p. 282
