Animal Nursing Flashcards
What are the different job roles within a vets practice?
Receptionist
Student vet nurse (SVN)
Registered/non-registered vet nurse (RVC)
Head vet nurse (HVN)
Veterinary Surgeon
Vet Practice manager
Animal nursing assistant
Lay people
What are the responsibilities of a receptionist?
Front of house service
Collect payments
Insurance
Client records
Answer phone calls
Send appointment reminders
What are the responsibilities of an SVN?
-administering medications and injections
-monitoring anesthetics
-cleaning/sterilising
-infection control
-diagnostic tests and imaging
As a SVN who may need to supervise you whilst carrying out certain responsibilities?
A qualified person.
What are the responsibilities of a registered vet nurse?
-preparing patients for surgery
-Monitoring anesthesia and sedation
-Nurse consults
-Administering medication and fluid therapy
-wound management
-assist during emergency procedures
-assist in theatre as scrubbed personnel
What are the responsibilities of head vet nurse?
-Lead and provide support to the nursing team
-Recruitment
-Nurse development
-Absence reporting
-Creating rotas
-Stock control
-Managing stock income and expenditure
What are the responsibilities of a veterinary surgeon?
-Surgery /routine and emergency
-Consultations
-Carry out PTS
-Advise owners
Diagnostic imaging
Create care plan
-Diagnose animals
What are the responsibilities of a vet practice manager?
-Oversee and develop the vet practice
-Financial management and reporting
-Managing and facilitating staff training and development
-Public relations
-Marketing
What are the animal nursing assistants also referred to as?
PCA patient care assistant
VNA veterinary nursing assistant
VCA veterinary care assistant
ACA animal care assistant
What are the responsibilities of an ANA
-Cleaning
-Inpatient care
-Patient handling and restraint
-Providing a suitable environment for patients
-Grooming TLC
What are lay people?
Any member of staff that is not employed as a veterinary surgeon, nurse or student nurse.WS
What are lay people not allowed to do?
IM or IV injections
Invasive procedures (ie IV catheter)
Which legislation and section states that only vet nurses and students have the privilege to preform certain procedures?
The Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966
Schedule 3
What does the Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966, Schedule 3 state?
That only vet nurses and vet nurse students have the privilege to preform certain procedures, as delegated to them by veterinary surgeon colleagues.
