Principles and Practice of Veterinary Technology - E-Book


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Prepare for veterinary technician credentialing examinations and clinical practice with Principles and Practice of Veterinary Technology, 4th Edition. Reorganized and updated with the latest advances in the field, this comprehensive text helps you develop strong critical thinking and independent work skills. It includes expanded coverage of complementary medicine, critical care, pet health insurance, and toxicology. More than 80 step-by-step procedures throughout the text emphasize your roles and responsibilities for all AVMA-required psychomotor techniques. Plus, dozens of summary tables and boxes make it easy to find key information. - Updated companion site with varying questions provide you with additional modes of study. - Step-by-step procedures help you learn the essential skills required to become a successful veterinary technician. - Summary tables and boxes condense key information to make complex material easier to understand. - Clinical discussion of the role of the technician allows you to focus on your responsibilities in every aspect of practice. - NEW! Expanded coverage of complementary medicine, critical care, pet health insurance, and toxicology reflect advances in veterinary technology. - NEW! Review questions throughout text help you to understand and retain core concepts.




Mosby's Comprehensive Review for Veterinary Technicians E-Book


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- NEW! Content mapped to the VTNE domains, tasks, and knowledge statements prepares you for taking the VTNE. - NEW! The use and care of endoscopic equipment added to the Ultrasound and Other Imaging Modalities chapter.




Vet Tech Essentials


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For courses in Introduction to Veterinary Technology, Veterinary Assisting Vet Tech Essentials: Core Principles in Veterinary Technology, the first book in the Vet Tech Essentials series written by Dr. Wolff, offers a simple, plainly written approach to the fundamentals that support veterinary medicine as a career and a business. This text is written for today's learner, offering lots of hands-on activities and concise chapters so students can accomplish reading assignments in a small amount of time. Supported by critical- and analytical-thinking exercises, the text asks students to consider and form their opinions and responses to common scenarios and situations that all veterinary professionals face at one time or another. Ample photographs included throughout every chapter illustrate concepts and keep students engaged in the material. This first volume in the series centers on core principles of veterinary practice: laws, ethics, record keeping, professional work ethics, and people skills.




Fluid Therapy for Veterinary Technicians and Nurses


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Fluid Therapy for Veterinary Technicians and Nurses provides veterinary support staff with essential information on administering fluid therapy. Encompassing catheter placement, monitoring of intravenous fluid therapy, long-term fluid therapy, intravenous nutrition, equipment, and potential complications, the book supports the reader in obtaining and maintaining intravenous access, monitoring patient responses, and reacting to changes in the patient’s condition. With complete coverage of the principles and procedures, Fluid Therapy for Veterinary Technicians and Nurses offers both a solid grounding in the fundamentals and more advanced information for experienced technician. Designed for ease of use, each chapter begins with the basics, giving a thorough foundation of information, and then moves into more advanced information, with potential nursing concerns and complications highlighted within the text. A companion website offers images from the book in PowerPoint and review questions and answers for download at www.wiley.com/go/donohoenursing. Fluid Therapy for Veterinary Technicians and Nurses is a useful resource for experienced veterinary technicians and vet tech students alike.




Principles and Practice of Veterinary Technology - E-Book


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- Thoroughly updated content throughout, including major updates to anesthesia, pain management, critical care, and infectious disease, provides the most up-to-date information in these critical areas.




Workbook for Principles and Practice of Veterinary Technology


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Master the content from your textbook with this helpful study tool! Corresponding to the chapters in Principles and Practice of Veterinary Technology, 3rd Edition, this workbook helps you understand and apply material with exercises, games, review questions, and more. - Learning activities include definitions of key terms, comprehension exercises (short essays), matching questions, photo quizzes, completion questions (fill-in-the-blank), multiple-choice questions, case presentations, clinical applications, word searches, and crosswords puzzles. - Chapter objectives match those in the textbook to help you focus on important concepts and understand how the material applies to the veterinary clinic setting.




Anesthesia for Veterinary Technicians


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Anesthesia for Veterinary Technicians is a highly practical guide to anesthesia skills for veterinary technicians published in association with the Academy of Veterinary Technician Anesthetists (AVTA). Packed with hints and tips to aid technicians in the practice of veterinary anesthesia, the book offers an essential resource to building anesthesia skills and improving knowledge. Encompassing both background knowledge and practical application of anesthesia-related skills, Anesthesia for Veterinary Technicians is a valuable resource for veterinary technicians of all skill levels. Supplementary website materials, including charts and forms for use in the practice, are available at www.wiley.com/go/bryant.




Nutrition for Veterinary Technicians and Nurses


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Nutrition for Veterinary Technicians and Nurses serves an introduction to the fundamentals of nutrition and also a guide to monitoring the nutritional needs of patients in daily practice. Students will benefit from the clear and consistent approach to basic principles of nutrition. Practicing technicians and nurses will appreciate the practical applications and techniques for managing the nutritional needs of both sick and healthy patients and guidance for educating clients. Focusing on the unique interests of technicians and nurses, the book is not only relevant and technical but also understandable and usable.




Small Animal Internal Medicine for Veterinary Technicians and Nurses


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Small Animal Internal Medicine for Veterinary Technicians and Nurses is the first comprehensive resource on internal medicine written for the veterinary technician. Organized by body system, each chapter discusses pertinent diseases, from clinical signs, diagnostic testing, and prevalence to treatment options and nursing considerations. Published in association with the Academy of Internal Medicine for Veterinary Technicians, this book offers both a thorough grounding in the foundations of internal medicine for students and new veterinary technicians and detailed, advanced information suitable for experienced veterinary technicians. Coverage includes an overview of neurological disorders and discussion of the surgical, emergency, and nursing considerations for each condition. This complete reference, which includes a companion website with quizzes, images, and video clips, is essential reading for veterinary technician students, practicing technicians, and those studying for the AIMVT specialty exam.




When Helping Hurts


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Compassion inspired your career. Don't let its flip side, compassion fatigue, burn you out. This practicalbook brings much-needed support to veterinary professionals, who encounter death three times moreoften than practitioners of human medicine. When Helping Hurts offers down-to-earth guidance on howto recognize and address the emotional challenges of caring for patients and clients who are grappling withillness, disability, or death.