Although literature covers different aspects of CPR and its effectiveness, less commonly known are the mortality and survival rates for animals in veterinary care. In contrast, human medicine offers...
Figure 1 shows the relationship between quality improvement and practice culture. Quality improvement can be defined as the combined efforts of the whole team to make changes that will lead to...
So what is clinical governance? Well it certainly isn't rocket science. Scally and Donaldson (1998) defined it as: ‘A framework through which organisations are accountable for continually improving...
A clinical question can be related to any aspect of a VN's work but the best questions are those that are the most relevant and when answered will make a difference to patient care. It is all too easy...
HAIs are infections which a patient acquires during a period of hospitalisation. They can take on many forms including urinary tract infections, surgical site infections and infections associated with...
Primary closure should theoretically only be used where the wound has been created in an aseptic manner (Anderson, 1997) and this technique is therefore appropriate for clean surgical wounds, such as...