VET 200 - Anesthetic and Surgical Nursing

1. Apply surgical nursing terminology.
2. Evaluate the techniques used in patient preparation and aseptic management in the surgical environment to minimize patient risk.
3. Assess patient risks, pain, and anxiety and predict the outcomes and mediators to alter the patient physiology and psychology.
4. Interpret anesthetic changes in the patient along with monitored anesthetic parameters and determine the correct responding action to ensure correct patient control is achieved for general anesthesia.

1. Nursing Care for the Surgical Patient
   1. Recognize pre-operative patient risk factors
   2. Defend pre-operative patient interventions
   3. Recognize patient risk factors
      1. Anesthetic procedure physiology alterations
      2. Corrective mitigations
2. Surgical Terminology
   1. Correct terminology for procedure performed
   2. Differentiate:
      1. Asepsis
      2. Sterility
      3. Disinfectant
   3. Fundamental parts of a surgery report
   4. Describe the medical record and legal requirements for surgery and anesthesia cases
3. Analgesia
   1. Theory behind pain transmission
   2. Types of pain
   3. Pharmacology of analgesia vs. multi-modal benefits of their use
   4. Pre-emptive analgesia in practice
   5. Types of local anesthetic placement and application to anesthetic cases
4. Pharmacology
   1. Stages of anesthesia
   2. Calculate appropriate drug doses
   3. Drug Classifications
      1. Pharmacology category
      2. Control category
   4. Expected response with the common anesthetic agents (in small animal medicine and surgery)
   5. Sedation vs. general anesthetic use
   6. Critique the AVMA euthanasia guidelines for physiology and pharmacology to ensure animal welfare
5. Anesthetic Safety
   1. Identify areas that pose the greatest employee risk
   2. Waste anesthetic gas management techniques
   3. Kinetic energy in compressed gas cylinders (as related to workplace and patient safety in use)
   4. Classify the different compressed gas cylinders by coding
   5. Evaluate circumstances where epidural administration is contraindicated
   6. Analyze cases where risk factors are not addressed and patient safety is compromised
6. Apply Anesthetic Methods Beyond Common Dog and Cat Procedures
   1. Risks associated to horses and ruminant species
   2. Field anesthetic techniques vs. contained surgical suite
   3. Anesthetic plans for small mammals
   4. Challenges associated with reptilian anesthesia
   5. Best techniques for avian general anesthesia
   6. Differences in medical management for use of a positive pressure ventilator
   7. Principle of a low-flow anesthetic technique comparisons