Susanna Taylor

(Anaesthesia & Critical Care) Theatre/Anaesthesia Nurse, Wood Street Veterinary Hospital, Barnet

Endotracheal intubation of the dog and cat

Intubation of the trachea is one of many ways of ensuring the provision of oxygen to the respiratory system but is more usually used primarily to ‘secure the airway’; meaning to prevent foreign...

An evidence-based approach to workplace anaesthesia training. Part 2

When a SVN enters a workplace, they are expected to begin to ‘put into action’ what they have learned in the classroom. This is no simple transition (Konkola et al, 2007). Students may struggle to...

The use of an evidence-based approach for teaching student veterinary nurses during workplace anaesthesia training. Part 1

Key to helping students learn is to understand them as learners: how they learn and the difficulties they encounter. SVNs are ‘adult learners’ (Knowles 1984a; Knowles et al, 2005), which means they...

Constant rate infusions — a veterinary nurse's guide

Morphine is a mu-agonist opioid and accordingly provides analgesia suitable for moderate-severe pain. CRIs of morphine have been used and studied widely. Morphine CRIs achieve steady levels of...