This page has been created to try and build and exhaustive list of the tasks carried out by registered veterinary nurses AND veterinary nursing assistants.

Inclusion on this list does NOT imply that the task can be legally performed by a nurse or veterinary nursing assistant, it is currently just a list of things that might be. 

In due course, we will categorise the list here according to whether they are Schedule 3 tasks (ie only allowed to be performed by a registered veterinary nurse).

General

• Caring for hospitalised animals
• Administration of medication
• Dispensing of medication to clients

• Placement of catheters, intravenous

• Placement of catheters, urinary

• Setting up & administration of intravenous fluids

• Placement of feeding tubes

   

Clinics

• Nutritional advice/counselling
• Behaviour consultations

• Dental hygiene work

Minor Surgery

• Lump removal
• Wound suturing & management 
• Tail amputation
• Dew claw removal
• Amputation (toe)
• Castration (cat)
• Biopsy

• Lance/flush/drain abscesses

• Wound suturing & management

• Performing dental extractions

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Anaesthesia

• Administering local anaesthesia

• Administration of anaesthetic pre-medication

• Induction of anaesthesia by increment or by set dose
• Monitoring anaesthesia

Clinics

Diagnostics