There are many different types of tubes and drains that you may come across as a veterinary nurse. This webinar will discuss the nursing considerations for maintaining and caring for different types of feeding tubes, urinary catheters, chest and abdominal drains. Many of our critical care patients in hospital will have multiple drains/tubes placed so we look at the reasons why our patient’s may need them placed and what we can be monitoring. What if my drain/tubes stop working? We will look at trouble shooting each of the different tubes and drains.
The Australian Veterinary Nurse and Technician (AVNAT) Regulatory Council has allocated (1) AVNAT CPD point to this continuing education activity.
Recording from 31 August 2022
Skye is an Australian qualified Veterinary Nurse who has been working as a veterinary nurse for over 16 years. She spent 6 years working in general practice before moving on to a specialist and emergency centre in Adelaide. She split her time between the emergency and medicine departments for many years with a particular interest in critical care. In 2011, Skye completed her Diploma in Emergency and Critical care. Shortly after, Skye took on the Nursing Manager role for the specialty centre for 2 years before deciding to move into a full time senior emergency nursing role. Skye completed her TAE in 2015 to share her knowledge and skills with other veterinary nurses and completed some casual assessing for nurses. Skye is currently still working in Adelaide in a specialist and emergency centre in a part time capacity as a senior nurse for both the emergency and medicine departments.
