Emergency Medicine/Critical Care
How to Place Nasogastric and Nasoesophageal Feeding Tubes
Learn the indications, contraindications, potential complications, and placement techniques for nasogastric and nasoesophageal feeding tubes as well as maintenance and troubleshooting tips.
Preventive Medicine
Noncore Vaccines: Tailored Protection for Every Pet
Noncore vaccines allow clinicians to design preventive care strategies that reflect the lived realities of pets and the families who love them.
Nutrition
Client Communication About Nutritional Management of Gastrointestinal Problems
This article provides examples of how core communication skills can help with effective information gathering, allowing for categorizing or triaging symptoms to support nutritional recommendations and improved client compliance and health outcomes.
Oncology
Multimodal Pain Management for a Patient With Metastatic Invasive Urothelial Carcinoma
Quality of life is the key goal in oncology in veterinary medicine. Sometimes that care includes not just treating the patient’s cancer but also treating the pain that may be associated with the neoplastic process.
Anesthesiology
Navigating Common Anesthetic Complications
Anesthesia veterinary nurses and other veterinary professionals must be proactive in identifying and managing anesthetic complications to ensure patient safety.
Emergency Medicine/Critical Care
Small Patients, Specific Protocols: Implementing the RECOVER Newborn Resuscitation Guidelines
The RECOVER Initiative has released the Newborn Resuscitation Guidelines to provide a standardized, evidence-based framework designed specifically for these first minutes of life.
Anesthesiology
Ultrasound-Guided Locoregional Anesthesia for the Veterinary Nurse
Locoregional anesthesia techniques are becoming more widely available and are gaining popularity as a component of a balanced analgesic plan for veterinary patients.
Personal/Professional Development
Discussing Costs With Empathy
Empathy in a veterinary cost conversation is the deliberate practice of organizing information so that the client can hear it, weigh it, and act on it.