Blackwell's Five-Minute Veterinary Practice Management Consult

Blackwell's Five-Minute Veterinary Practice Management Consult
Author: Lowell Ackerman
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 1010
Release: 2020-01-09
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1119442540

Provides a quick veterinary reference to all things practice management related, with fast access to pertinent details on human resources, financial management, communications, facilities, and more Blackwell's Five-Minute Veterinary Practice Management Consult, Third Edition provides quick access to practical information for managing a veterinary practice. It offers 320 easily referenced topics that present essential details for all things practice management—from managing clients and finances to information technology, legal issues, and planning. This fully updated Third Edition adds 26 new topics, with a further 78 topics significantly updated or expanded. It gives readers a look at the current state of the veterinary field, and teaches how to work in teams, communicate with staff and clients, manage money, market a practice, and more. It also provides professional insight into handling human resources in a veterinary practice, conducting staff performance evaluations, facility design and construction, and managing debt, among other topics. KEY FEATURES: Presents essential information on veterinary practice management in an easy-to-use format Offers a practical support tool for the business aspects of veterinary medicine Includes 26 brand-new topics and 78 significantly updated topics Provides models of veterinary practice, challenges to the profession, trends in companion practices, and more Features contributions from experts in veterinary practice, human resources, law, marketing, and more Supplies sample forms and other resources digitally on a companion website Blackwell's Five-Minute Veterinary Practice Management Consult offers a trusted, user-friendly resource for all aspects of business management, carefully tailored for the veterinary practice. It is a vital resource for any veterinarian or staff member involved in practice management.

Companion-animal Dental and Surgical Instruments

Companion-animal Dental and Surgical Instruments
Author: Gail E. Marshall
Publisher: American Animal Hospital Association
Total Pages: 438
Release: 2011
Genre: Veterinary dentistry
ISBN: 9781583261545

Improve exam room efficiency through clear, effective communication among your technicians, assistants, and doctors. Companion- Animal Dental and Surgical Instruments is a pocket reference guide that will help your team quickly identify, stock, and maintain the tools you use on a daily basis. This resource includes a picture, name, purpose, and features for the following types of instruments: * General surgical * Dental * Orthopedic * Ophthalmologic * Endoscopes * Staples * Sutures The manual also covers care and cleaning of instruments to maintain the quality and integrity of the tools, and tips for organizing inventory. Appendices contain lists of instruments commonly included in surgical packs, as well as common conversions. Don't let your team go another day without this quick-reference guide!

Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery, An Issue of Veterinary Clinics of North America: Small Animal Practice, E-Book

Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery, An Issue of Veterinary Clinics of North America: Small Animal Practice, E-Book
Author: Alexander M. Reiter
Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences
Total Pages: 305
Release: 2021-11-30
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0323849210

In this issue, guest editors bring their considerable expertise to this important topic.Provides in-depth reviews on the latest updates in the field, providing actionable insights for clinical practice. Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create these timely topic-based reviews.

Small Animal Surgical Nursing - E-Book

Small Animal Surgical Nursing - E-Book
Author: Marianne Tear
Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences
Total Pages: 310
Release: 2021-01-28
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0323764851

**Selected for Doody's Core Titles® 2024 with "Essential Purchase" designation in Veterinary Nursing & Technology** 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. - Coverage of small animal surgical nursing provides a full review of the role and responsibilities of the veterinary technician in the surgical setting, including sterilization, protocols, gowning, gloving, anesthesia, wound management, and care of the animals before and after surgery. - Focus on exceptional clinical skills and practice tips draws from the author's real-world experiences of what is most commonly encountered in the clinical setting. - Nearly 500 full-color illustrations and photographs show surgical equipment, instruments, sterile techniques, suturing techniques, and wound management. - Attention to detail ensures understanding of the skills covered in required veterinary technician surgical nursing courses. - Learning Objectives and Key Terms at the beginning of each chapter identify the material that should be mastered in the upcoming chapter. - Key Points and Review Questions at the end of each chapter facilitate study and reinforce understanding. - Quick Reference for Common IV Infusions and Analgesic Protocols appendix helps students learn to work quickly and efficiently. - NEW! Updated content and new protocols and skills ensure that students have the latest information available. - NEW! Updated and additional Review Questions include multiple-choice, listing, and open-ended questions that challenge students to apply the knowledge they have learned in each chapter.

The Veterinary Nurse's Practical Guide to Small Animal Anaesthesia

The Veterinary Nurse's Practical Guide to Small Animal Anaesthesia
Author: Niamh Clancy
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 404
Release: 2023-02-13
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1119717035

An accessible guide to small animal anaesthesia for the veterinary practice The Veterinary Nurse’s Practical Guide to Small Animal Anaesthesia meets the need for a single practical guide to veterinary anaesthesia and its potential complications. Written by practicing veterinary nurses, the guide analyzes each stage in turn, beginning with a discussion of pre-assessment and pre-medication of patients. Most critically, it reviews the normal functioning of each physiological system in small animals before detailing common problems caused in these systems by anaesthesia. Developed for the day-to-day needs of veterinary nurses, readers will also find: Step-by-step guides to addressing specific issues such as GDV, brachycephalic patients, aggressive patients, and more Detailed guidelines for interpreting common test results and biometrics such as capnography and ECGs Chapters designed for easy reference in specific emergency situations The Veterinary Nurse’s Practical Guide to Small Animal Anaesthesia is an essential tool for veterinary nurses and veterinary technicians.

Pet-Specific Care for the Veterinary Team

Pet-Specific Care for the Veterinary Team
Author: Lowell Ackerman
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 1106
Release: 2021-03-23
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1119540704

A practical guide to identifying risks in veterinary patients and tailoring their care accordingly Pet-specific care refers to a practice philosophy that seeks to proactively provide veterinary care to animals throughout their lives, aiming to keep pets healthy and treat them effectively when disease occurs. Pet-Specific Care for the Veterinary Team offers a practical guide for putting the principles of pet-specific care into action. Using this approach, the veterinary team will identify risks to an individual animal, based on their particular circumstances, and respond to these risks with a program of prevention, early detection, and treatment to improve health outcomes in pets and the satisfaction of their owners. The book combines information on medicine and management, presenting specific guidelines for appropriate medical interventions and material on how to improve the financial health of a veterinary practice in the process. Comprehensive in scope, and with expert contributors from around the world, the book covers pet-specific care prospects, hereditary and non-hereditary considerations, customer service implications, hospital and hospital team roles, and practice management aspects of pet-specific care. It also reviews specific risk factors and explains how to use these factors to determine an action plan for veterinary care. This important book: Offers clinical guidance for accurately assessing risks for each patient Shows how to tailor veterinary care to address a patient’s specific risk factors Emphasizes prevention, early detection, and treatment Improves treatment outcomes and provides solutions to keep pets healthy and well Written for veterinarians, technicians and nurses, managers, and customer service representatives, Pet-Specific Care for the Veterinary Team offers a hands-on guide to taking a veterinary practice to the next level of care.

The Equine Hospital Manual

The Equine Hospital Manual
Author: Kevin Corley
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 752
Release: 2009-03-16
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1444309374

The must-have resource drawing together all aspects of hospital care of the horse and specialist techniques in equine medicine. Written by a team of over 30 international experts working at the cutting edge of equine medicine and surgery. The emphasis is on practical, easy-to-access information, with a sound basis in evidence based medicine and full references for further enquiry. The Equine Hospital Manual covers the range of procedures used on hospitalized adult horses and foals from the simple to the advanced. The book is liberally illustrated with photographs and line drawings. Covering: Basic skills including physical examination, blood collection, and bandaging Advanced skills including mechanical ventilation, lung biopsy and cardiac output measurement Designing and setting up an equine hospital Biosecurity Therapeutic drugs used in horses and their doses Nutrition for hospital patients, including TPN and PPN Fluid therapy – choices, amounts and pitfalls Anaesthesia – equipment, techniques and post-operative care including analgesia Reflecting the substantial trend in recent years to treat horses in a hospital rather than in the field, this book provides all you need to know whether you have facilities to treat one or one hundred horses.

Animal Behavior for Shelter Veterinarians and Staff

Animal Behavior for Shelter Veterinarians and Staff
Author: Brian A. DiGangi
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 708
Release: 2022-06-01
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1119618509

A comprehensive resource to understand the behavioral considerations for intake, management, and rehoming of dogs and cats Animal Behavior for Shelter Veterinarians and Staff provides readers with comprehensive information addressing the behavior of both animals and humans associated with the intake, management, and rehoming of dogs and cats. To aid in practical application, the book covers specific behavior considerations in both dogs and cats. Topics are separated by animal to allow for easy accessibility by professionals who are actively working in the field. Sample topics covered within the book include: The behavior issues that are a common cause of pet relinquishment Behavioral assessment, behavior modification, the integration of behavioral well-being into sheltering Welfare assessment, psychopharmacology, safety net programs, and caring for animals during long-term legal holds Equine care and caring for small mammals Animal Behavior for Shelter Veterinarians and Staff is a must-have reference for evidence-based practical tips, techniques, and protocols for everyday use in animal shelters by shelter volunteers and staff, as well as professional trainers, behaviorists, and veterinarians working with shelters.

Practical Veterinary Forensics

Practical Veterinary Forensics
Author: David Bailey
Publisher: CABI
Total Pages: 223
Release: 2016-06-27
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1780642946

Veterinarians often come into contact with the law in cases of animal cruelty, domestic animal and wildlife crimes, and human crimes with an animal element. This book provides practical information and training on how to operate within a crime scene. It covers the tests that may need to be carried out, collecting evidence, preparing reports and giving evidence in court as an expert witness. Concentrating on the basic principles and background knowledge needed, the book includes hair, blood and bite mark analysis as well as an overview of firearms injury. It explores wider concepts such as the human-animal bond and one health, going on to give practical guidance and numerous case studies, which bring the book to life and into the real world of the busy crime scene. Practical Veterinary Forensics is an indispensable guide to all veterinarians working in cases of animal cruelty, abuse and crimes against animals. It is essential for welfare organizations, animal shelters and those requiring an introduction to veterinary forensic science.