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23 August 2022
How Can Nurses Improve Pain Management Within the Veterinary Clinic? by Aneesa Malik and Ailsa Guenevere Bradbury
ABSTRACT: Analgesia is underused within the small animal veterinary clinic (Flecknell, 2008), despite the fact that all of the commonly presented conditions are painful (Nielson, Dean, Robinson, Massey, & Brennan, 2014). Pain becomes a welfare issue through direct suffering (both physical and emotional) (Leach, Klaus, Miller, Scotto di Perrotolo, Sotocinal, & Flecknell, 2012)Â Â and worsening of medical outcomes (Robertson, 2002).
Author
Aneesa Malik MSc rvn Cert vnes Cert VNECC
Aneesa worked in first opinion, charity and emergency practice before completing a Masters Degree in Applied Animal Behaviour and Welfare. Specifically, her research interests are how the delivery of veterinary and nursing care, such as provision of pain relief, differs between owned and ‘stray’ pets and wildlife.
Email:Â aneesa.vn@gmail.com
Ailsa Guenevere Bradbury ma vetMB MRCVS
Guen worked in first-opinion practice before moving to the Royal (Dick)
School of Veterinary Studies as a clinical anaesthetist for companion and laboratory animals. Her research interests are pain assessment and management and she has published articles on good anaesthetic practice in laboratory pigs. She currently works in innovation technology
Email: guen.bradbury@innoviatech.org
Keywords: Clinical, Pain management, Veterinary clinic
To cite this article: Veterinary Nursing Journal • VOL 31 (05) • May 2016 pp140-143
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