Post-operative pain assessment in dogs

Abstract

The development of the Registered Veterinary Nurse’s (RVN’s) role has progressed greatly within recent years with the establishment of the Veterinary Nurse Charter in February 2015, which enforces and strengthens the profession making RVNs autonomous and self-regulating. With this newly achieved autonomy, RVNs need to provide gold-standard care relative to recent, appropriate literature. An important aspect of this is monitoring pain in post-operative patients. As veterinary professionals there is an ethical and legal obligation to identify and treat pain where required.

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Steven Murphy

Steven Murphy, Dip AVN (Small Animal) Dip HE CVN RVN

Steven qualified in 2010 and obtained his Diploma in Advanced veterinary nursing (small animal) in 2016. He currently is working at the University of Glasgow Small Animal Hospital as their Specialist Anaesthesia Nurse. He has a keen interest in multi-modal analgesia and local regional anesthetic techniques.