Between a rock and a hard plaque: anaesthesia for the dental procedure

Niamh Graduated from University College Dublin in 2011 with her diploma in veterinary nursing, she then moved to the UK and obtained her advanced diploma in 2015 from Myerscough College. She obtained her PG Cert in veterinary education in 2019 from the Royal Veterinary College. She currently works as an anaesthesia RVN at the Queen Mother Hospital for Animals and a Senior Teaching Fellow for the School of Veterinary Nursing at the Royal Veterinary College. She is Deputy Co-Course Director for the postgraduate and graduate certificates in advanced veterinary nursing offered by the RVC. She created and is the module leader for the anaesthesia and analgesia designation. She is also the module leader for the anaesthesia module of the undergraduate veterinary nursing course. Niamh is also the editor and a contributor for the textbook “The Veterinary Nurses’ Practical Guide to Small Animal Anaesthesia”.

Niamh enjoys teaching practical anaesthesia skills and a systematic approach to complications that can arise when monitoring general anaesthesia. She also has an interest in pain assessment and management.