BSAVA Textbook of Veterinary Nursing

This new edition continues to be the classic core textbook for veterinary nursing students and a useful resource for qualified veterinary nurses. The edition has been revised and updated throughout and provides information covering the 'Day 1 Competencies' (D1Cs) and 'Day 1 Skills' (D1Ss), as set by the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS), and which every veterinary nurse graduate is expected to meet. This edition focuses on dogs, cats, small mammals, birds and reptiles. Learning objective boxes, references and further reading, and self-assessment questions accompany each chapter.

New content

● Professional competence, including reflective learning and health and wellbeing, covered in the chapter on Professional veterinary nursing ● New chapter on managing the hospital ward and basic patient care covering accommodation, equipment and disinfection, as well as patient observation and assessment ● Standalone chapter on nurse-led clinics ● Diagnostic imaging with a focus on digital radiography ● New chapter on nursing interventions in hospitalized animals, including nursing of common patient types encountered in practice ● Appendix on veterinary terminology ● Specially commissioned new drawings

Barbara Cooper CertEd LicIPD DTM HonAssocRCVS RVN
Principal, The College of Animal Welfare, London Road, Godmanchester, Cambridgeshire PE29 2LJ

Elizabeth Mullineaux BVM&S DVM&S CertSHP MRCVS
Capital Veterinary Services Ltd, Haddington, East Lothian EH41 4JN

Lynn Turner MA VetMB MRCVS
St David's Farm and Equine Practice, Nutwell Estate, Lympstone, Exmouth, Devon EX8 5AN