This webinar covers the anatomy and physiology of the gastrointestinal system and how application of this knowledge relates to disease, nutrition and nursing care. We discuss how treatments, including nutrition, relate to the physiology and the importance of this underpinning knowledge. We discuss how different nutrients in the diet effect the functioning of the gastrointestinal system. Nicola Ackerman relates the content of the webinar to a more Emergency Critical Care setting, for those animals that are presented with gastrointestinal issues, including pancreatitis, vomiting and diarrhoea, gastric dilations.

Anesthetized, paralyzed, bandaged, painful, collapsed, sedated, or weak - there are many reasons veterinary patients may be recumbent in the hospital. These patients require a skilled hand and understanding of disease processes in order to receive appropriate care. This webinar will discuss the reasons patients may be unable to ambulate and how the veterinary nurse can anticipate needs in these patients. Attention will be paid not only to the physical needs and positioning, but also the advanced procedures and care necessitated by these patients, all body systems will be covered and the webinar will help veterinary nurses examine each system in each patient to determine the care needed. Case studies will be utilized to bring the information provided to practical application.

This talk will discuss the treatment of congestive heart failure secondary to common cardiac diseases in dogs. This will include the identification of congestive heart failure, when to start treatment, which drugs to use and possibly when to stop certain drugs.