The nurse plays a very important role in the hospital. A nurse performs most of the treatments on patients. Nurses work directly with the patients and may also be called upon to answer a client's questions in regards to treatment.
Duties:
Patient treatment:
-Holding patients for treatment to be done.
-Drawing blood
-Drawing urine (Cystocentesis)
-Surgical Preparation
-Administration of medication (orally, rectally, SQ, IV, etc)
-Bathing pets
-Taking and developing X-Rays
-In-house lab work (Vet Test Machine & Urinalysis)
-Administering IV & SQ fluids
-Taking patient's temperature
-Taking patient's medical history
-Filling out treatment sheets
-Admitting boarding patients
-Admitting surgical patients
-Blood Pressure measurement
-EKG
-Ear cleaning
-Preparing patients for discharge
-Monitoring surgical/anesthetized patients
Maintenance:
-Sanitizing surgical items
-Taking out trash
-Cleaning exam rooms
-Cleaning cages
-Open/close hospital
Miscellaneous:
-Organizing lab forms
-Preparing samples to go to lab
-Preparing medications
-Handling Chemo therapy drugs
-Cross training as a receptionist
