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NEW Clinical Article Club: Newborn resuscitation following dystocia or caesarean section, with Tom Towey

Arlo Guthrie — Mon, 28 Nov 2022 13:01:05 GMT

Hi everyone,

I'm really excited to launch our new forum discussion series, the VetNurse.co.uk Clinical Article Club.

It's a bit like a book club, where you discuss articles and their implications for your work with each other, and, as a result of our new partnership with Improve Veterinary Practice, with the author, who can can put your questions to.

More about this new Clinical Article Club here, and for our first discussion, I am delighted to introduce Tom Towey, an RCVS Advanced Practitioner in Emergency & Critical Care to talk about his article "Newborn resuscitation following dystocia or caesarean section.”

I must emphasis the absolutely crucial importance of this discussion being at all times friendly, welcoming and collaborative so that all newcomers feel able to take advantage of this opportunity to ask questions of our authors, and to discuss the practical implications of an article with their fellow nurses.

With that out of the way, first read Tom's article, then who’d like to kick off with a question for Tom, or to comment or discuss some aspect of the article?

NCert query

Julie-ann Machin — Thu, 21 Jul 2022 18:46:29 GMT

Hi, has anyone done the NCert Surgical? It sounds really interesting as it appears to contain most of the subjects that I'm most interested in but I just wondered how difficult it is to fit around work and kids (especially if you haven't studied properly for a while and have dyslexia) and also whether it brings extra value to you within the practice (from also a monetary perspective if you had fund it yourself). Or would there have been a different NCert you would have chosen instead? Thanks in advance for any help

Chlorhexidine, to dilute or not

Holly anon — Sat, 30 Oct 2021 07:18:59 GMT

Hi, could you all tell me whether you are diluting hibiscrub for surgical scrub sites please. I'm talking closed skin, no open wounds etc. Would you clean post op with tap water or saline? I am personally diluted Hibi and then tap water post. Thank you in advance x

ECC CERTIFICATE

moo123 — Thu, 25 Feb 2021 12:16:26 GMT

Morning ,

Looking for some advice please ?

I'd like to do a ECC certificate
I know Vets Now do one and also Improve International (Ncert) .

Besides the price difference , what is your opinion ?

I'm feel a classroom based course would be better for me, but I'm also hearing fabulous things about the Vets Now Course so I'm undecided..

Any thoughts would be gratefully appreciated

Many thanks

ET tubes

raggydoll — Wed, 21 Oct 2020 18:13:42 GMT

[quote user="James Colver Cert. Ed, RVN"]Hello :) I have seen this with all sorts of disinfectants, particularly if they are left soaking in it for ages or if they are not rinsed properly. To the best of my knowledge there is no widely accepted / standard protocol for cleaning them because they are meant to be single use. Personally I like to disinfect them in the Medistel type of disinfectants but again I have seen problems when soaked for too long / insufficient rinsing afterwards. Others may have differing opinions on this protocol but I like to inflate the cuff, soak and clean in enzymatic cleaner (brush through tubes, pipe cleaners for small ones), disinfect, rinse then dry, deflate cuff before they go back in the drawer (having tubes on the wall on a rack is another story..) Why not come up with a protocol and then use it for a clinical audit..? That way you can make an informed judgement whether what you are doing is OK, change accordingly, and use for PSS inspection (if applicable!) Best wishes[/quote]

Hi there,

We have used many disinfectants over the years for ET tubes and have had similar problems with patient reactions, around 6 years ago we started steeping our ET tubes in Milton sterilising fluid/tablets and since we introduced this, we have not had a single reaction.

Hope this helps!

Lisa

Tangent of: RE: G9 disinfectant was used with the ET tubes and it had an effect on the airway of cats when the ET tubes were next used

VetNurse Wound Management Question winners are ....

Arlo Guthrie — Thu, 17 Sep 2020 14:26:28 GMT

Sorry, running a bit late announcing these, but winners of the competition for £25 amazon vouchers are:

Sammi91 for her question about hydrogel.

Sam2311 for the question about necrotising fascitis.

simon johnson for his question about Manuka.

and last but not least, Elise Steyvers for her question about triple layer bandages.

Congrats all, and I am off to send you an amazon voucher to your vetnurse registered email address now.

More like this on the way. I think we should have another competition, this time for the best wound photos. What do you think shelly jefferies and Georgie Hollis?

is anyone a 'wound nurse' in their practice! Shout out! - we have a badge for you!!!

Georgie Hollis — Wed, 01 Jul 2020 19:36:46 GMT

Would love to know if anyone is the practice 'wound nurse'. We would love to do more to support you! Shout out please would love to know how it works for you?

IV Cannula Tape.......we need your help.

shelly jefferies — Sun, 26 Jul 2020 10:14:50 GMT

Some of you may have seen the expert help question the other day about whether to bandage in the foot on cats, when placing an I/V cannula.

This got us to thinking about what securing tape/fixing is best practice to use, for IV cannula securement. Is it elasticated? Hypoallergenic? Easily removable? Porous? Semi-permeable? See through?

We would love to know what products and protocols you follow in practice for securing IV cannulas in place. What do you find works well and what doesn’t? Let us know below.

Nurses Involvement in Surgical Wound Closure.

shelly jefferies — Sun, 28 Jun 2020 14:57:58 GMT

We would love to know how many of you get involved in surgical wound closure, adhering to schedule 3 guidance.

This is an area which often RVN's can miss out on an opportunity to expand their skills and perform gold standard wound management. We will be focusing on surgical wound closure over on the veterinary wound library website throughout July and we would love to know more from the veterinary nurses with an interest in wound care.

Please can you share your experiences, thoughts and feelings about your experience in surgical wound management. Do you perform surgical closures? Would you like to perform surgical closures but don't feel experienced? Does your practice not allow nurses to perform surgical, schedule 3 procedures? What would you like to learn about surgical wound closing?

Vet Nurse

Sun, 28 Jul 2013 19:11:53 GMT