Veterinary nurses creating a unique approach to patient care: part one
Abstract
Veterinary nursing has experienced the immigration of new concepts and terminology relating to human nursing theories for a number of years, many of which, such as nursing models and care plans, are now integral parts of the veterinary nursing academic landscape. Despite this, it is proposed by the authors that veterinary nurses are, for various reasons, reluctant to incorporate care planning into their daily clinical practice, resulting in the development of a theory–practice divide.
As there are published reports from veterinary nurses who have applied the
In recent years, veterinary nurses (VNs) have been experiencing the immigration of new terminology relating to a range of concepts, theories and models, many of which have been imported from the human nursing professions (Joiner, 2000; Davis, 2006; Orpet and Jeffery, 2006). The terms medical model, holistic nursing, nursing models, nursing process and care planning are not entirely new to veterinary nursing, with articles appearing in the popular veterinary nursing press on these concepts as long ago as 2000 (Joiner, 2000), but they present the veterinary profession with an often bewildering set of unfamiliar and as yet, often unproven ‘rules’ which it is proposed should be followed (Orpet and Jeffery, 2006; Jeffery 2006; Cory, 2007; Orpet, 2011; Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS), 2011).
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