Course Introduction: The nurse plays an essential role in caring for critically ill animals. The critical patient ’ s condition can change rapidly and the nurse responsible for that patient needs to record and act rapidly to changes. Early detection of deterioration or complications gives the best chance of successful intervention to address the problem. Monitoring needs to be tailored to the individual patient. Repeated physical examination is the most important monitoring tool and does not...

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