How to provide nursing care to the surgical ophthalmic patient

Veterinary nurses need to think carefully about restraint in the ophthalmic patient (Figures 1 and 2). An inadvertent increase in intraocular pressure due to an elevation in venous pressure by, for...

Evidence-based update on neutering options in bitches — a laparoscopic point of view

From the nursing point of view the position of the animal and the settings of the specific equipment (camera, light source, monitor and insufflator) are of particular interest. Patients are positioned...