Veterinary Nursing Care Plans Theory and Practice Book PDF is the first veterinary textbook dedicated to nursing care plans. It offers a broad overview of the theory and practice of care planning in veterinary nursing, answering three key questions:
What are nursing care plans?
Why should nursing care plans be used in practice?
How should nursing care plans be used in practice?
Author Helen Ballantyne provides basic definitions and explanations which will be useful to those unfamiliar with nursing care plans. For those veterinary nurses and technicians who are using nursing care plans, the content stimulates debate and discussion, by covering some of the philosophical and theoretical aspects of nursing and drawing comparisons and contrasts between the veterinary and human nursing roles and contexts.
There is a pressing need for veterinary nurses to establish themselves as professionals and develop their unique role within the veterinary care team. Nursing care plans are a core tool to support that development. It is hoped that veterinary nurses may borrow tools from the pages of this book or use it as a resource design their unique care plans: either way, this practical guide will support the application of care planning, no matter the species of the animal kingdom for whom you are caring.
History : When and why were nursing care plans introduced to the vet nursing syllabus?
Historical perspective and development of human centred nursing through the stages of Florence Nightingale, the nursing process, nursing models, care plans, care bundles and specialism.
Equate that with timeline of registration, degree level training.
Link through to veterinary nurses, drawing parallels as introduction of degree level nursing and registration develops.
Examination of how human centred nurses use care plans today.
Ask why we need them for humans or animals and describe documented advantages and disadvantages.
Chapter 2:
The Nursing Process: Assessment / Planning / Intervention / Evaluation
Clinical tools for assessment
Principles of assessment
Importance of evaluating care; Communication skills.
Chapter 3:
Nursing models: Explanation of nursing models in relation to the nursing process and nursing care plans
Description and application to animals of Roper, Logan and Tierney model
Description and application to animals another human centred model.
Chapter 4:
Veterinary nursing care plans: Explanation and evaluation of Orpet and Jeffrey model Literature review of other models used in veterinary practice.
Specialist care plans: Veterinary emergency and critical care plan, Equine care plan Disease / condition specific care plans
Moving specialist areas forward.
Chapter 5:
How to write a care plan.
Chapter 6:
Nursing care plans and the patient: Patient safety / Patient care standards
Empowerment of nurses to advocate for their patients
Link to client care (animal centred care / family centred care)
Use of care plans for billing appropriately.
Chapter 7:
Nursing care plans and the profession: Professional protection – link to documentation of care given
Professional marker, to be able to measure the care that is given
Links to code of conduct from RCVS
Critical thinking, ensuring that care is thought out, not given just according to the document
Evidence of CPD link.
Chapter 8:
Nursing care plans and education: Student nurse application of care plans
Tools for clinical coaches to implement and teach nursing care plans.
Chapter 9:
Nursing care plans and research: Clinical governance / Clinical audit
Evidence based medicine
Bringing theory to practice.
Chapter 10:
The future – are they useful or not?: Consideration of future of nursing care plan
