Description
Animal health conditions, disease processes, veterinary treatment and nursing care, as well as nursing care plans, records and communication with owners and other professionals.
It includes fluid and nutrition, hygiene and grooming, comfort and pain management, toileting, position and exercise, attention and enrichment, nursing environment.
Alternative labels
nursing care for hospitalized animals
nursing care for hospitalised animals
factors and decision making for hospitalized animals’ nursing care
knowledge of nursing care for hospitalized animals
hospitalized animal nursing care
knowledge of nursing care for hospitalised animals
Skill type
knowledge
Skill reusability level
sector-specific
Relationships with occupations
Essential knowledge
Hospitalised animal nursing care is an essential knowledge of the following occupations:
Veterinary nurse: Veterinary nurses support animals undergoing veterinary treatment and give advice to veterinary clients in the promotion of animal health and disease prevention in accordance with national legislation.
Optional knowledge
Hospitalised animal nursing care is optional for these occupations. This means knowing this knowledge may be an asset for career advancement if you are in one of these occupations.
Veterinary medicine lecturer: Veterinary medicine lecturers are subject professors, teachers, or lecturers, and often doctors who instruct students who have obtained an upper secondary education diploma in their own specialised field of study, veterinary medicine, which is predominantly academic in nature. They work with their university research assistants and university teaching assistants for the preparation of lectures and of exams, for grading papers and exams, for leading laboratory practices, and for leading review and feedback sessions for the students. They also conduct academic research in their respective field of veterinary medicine, publish their findings and liaise with other university colleagues.
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