Nursing Models and RCVS info Flashcards
What are the 4 stages of a nursing plan?
Assess
Plan
Implement
Evaluate
What is involved in the assessment part of the nursing process?
Making the nursing diagnoses using tools.
Using a nursing model as a checklist to determine is the patient can carry out normal functions of living.
Determining actual and potential problems. I.e. what do we need to assist them with? What might we need to assist them with in the future? What do we need to put in place to prevent certain problems?
What happens in the plan stage of the nursing process?
Prioritise the needs of the animals and the problems it has.
Set short term and long term SMART goals and when they will be measured (date/time)
What nursing interventions are needed for each goal?
What tools can be used to gather info for a patient assessment?
Examine then
Ask owner for the patient’s normals
Clinical history (pre-existing conditions/problems, medications, allergies, neutered or in heat, vaccination status
Ask VS (for diagnosis, treatment plan, meds etc)
What occurs at the implementation stage of the nursing process?
Carrying out the nursing interventions
Observing and monitoring patient
Keeping accurate records (qualitative e.g. BAR and quantitative e.g temperature)
What is done at the evaluation stage of the nursing process?
Have the goals been reached? (Always refer to the goals)
How close are we to reaching the goal?
Perhaps there is a better intervention to help us reach a goal quicker.. but must first reasses the patients abilities!
Describe the Orem Model?
8 universal Self-care Requisites
Developed for human nursing
Assessed the patients ability to meet the self care requisites for themselves.
Life stage measured from conception to death.
Nurse assesses interventions that are needed now and which may be required in the future
Describe the Ability Model and whose is it?
Orpet & Jeffrey
- developed from human nursing models by vet nursing for use in veterinary nursing
- 10 abilities of living
- life stage measured from birth to death
- key influencing factors are culture, finance and owner compliance
- care plan identifies actual and potential problems
Describe the Activities of living model and who created it
Roper, Logan and Tierney
- Developed for human nursing
- 12 activities of living
- life stage measured from neonate to geriatric
- measures how well patient carries out activities of living on their own
- influencing factors are biological, psychological, sociocultural, environmental and politicoeconomic
State the 10 abilities
- Eat adequate amount
- Drink adequate amount
- Urinate normally
- Defaecate normally
- Breathe normally
- Maintain body temp
- Groom itself
- Mobilise adequately
- sleep/rest
- Express normal behaviour
State the 12 activities of living
maintaining a safe environment communication breathing eating and drinking elimination washing and dressing controlling temperature mobilization working and playing sleeping death sexuality
State the 8 self-care requisites
Air/ Breathing Water/ Drinking Food/ Eating Elimination Activity and Rest Solitude and Social Interaction Hazard Prevention Promotion of Normality/ normal behaviours
What do you need to be a veterinary surgeon?
- Degree recognised by RCVS
- Member or Fellow of RCVS
- CPD (continuing professional development)
- Complete annual declaration
- Pay an annual subscription
What can you do if you are a veterinary surgeon?
- Diagnosis of conditions
- Prognosis and giving advice
- Prescribing medication
- Performing surgical treatments
What do you need to be a registered veterinary nurse?
- Appropriate accredited qualification
- Logged minimum of training hours
- Registration with RCVS
- CPD (15hrs/yr)
- Complete declaration
- Pay an annual subscription
