This new edition continues to be the classic core textbook for veterinary nursing students and a useful resource for qualified veterinary nurses.  The edition has been revised and updated throughout and provides information covering the ‘Day 1 Competencies’ (D1Cs) and ‘Day 1 Skills’ (D1Ss), as set by the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS), and which every veterinary nurse graduate is expected to meet. This edition focuses on dogs, cats, small mammals, birds and reptiles. Learning objective boxes, references and further reading, and self-assessment questions accompany each chapter.

List of contributors

Foreward

Preface

Professional veterinary nursing

Principles of health and safety

Anatomy and physiology

Genetics

Principles of microbiology

Principles of parasitology

Principles of infection and immunity

Medicines: pharmacology, therapeutics and dispensing

Client communication and practice organization

Nurse-led clinics

Animal handling, restraint and transport

The nursing process, nursing models and care plans

Nutrition and feeding

Managing the hospital ward and basic patient care

Nursing interventions in hospitalized animals

Diagnostic imaging

Veterinary laboratory equipment and techniques

Medical disorders of dogs and cats and their nursing

Small animal first aid and emergencies

Small animal fluid Therapy

Anaesthesia and analgesia

Theatre practice

Small animal surgical nursing

Reproduction, obstetric and paediatric nursing

Dentistry

Appendices:

Index