ATE 3659L Animal Nursing & Restraint Lab (1)

THIS COURSE WILL FOCUS ON PROBLEM SOLVING SKILLS NECESSARY FOR THE TREATMENT OF MEDICAL CONDITIONS IN ANIMALS. A SYSTEMS APPROACH WILL BE USED TO PERFORM NURSING CARE NECESSARY TO ADDRESS THE COMMON PROBLEMS THAT OCCUR IN ANIMAL. HANDLING OF INDIVIDUAL ANIMALS FOR THE PURPOSE OF TREATMENTS WILL BE COVERED. BASELINE PARAMETERS, THE FUNDAMENTALS OF ANIMAL HUSBANDRY, HANDLING AND RESTRAINT OF ANIMALS, PATIENT HISTORY AND ADMISSIONS, AS WELL A A REVIEW OF COLLECTION OF NECESSARY LABORATORY SAMPLES WILL BE INTERGRATED WITH THE THOUGHT PROCESSES NECESSARY FOR MONITORING THE VETERINARY PATIENT. CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS NEEDED IN HANDLING EMERGENCY SITUATIONS WILL ALSO INCLUDED. THIS LABORATORY WILL BE TAUGHT IN CONJUNCTION AND CORRELATE WITH ANIMAL NURSING AND RESTRAINT (ATE 3659 LECTURE).