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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.
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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.
Author: Gerianne Holzman
ISBN-10: 1119760097
ISBN-13: 9781119760092
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Language: English
Published: 12/27/2023
Pages: 384
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.70lbs
Size: 9.70h x 7.20w x 1.30d
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.
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