Thrive Pet Healthcare Careers

- Give accurate and detailed patient rounds.

· Administer oral medications to a dog or cat. Have knowledge of the injectable medication administration sheet and of administering IV medications when the patient is on or off IV fluids.

· Set up and aseptically place IV catheter in dogs (cephalic and saphenous vein), cats (cephalic and medial saphenous vein). Perform IVC maintenance following in house protocol.

· Perform quality nursing care including ensuring that the patient has clean, comfortable bedding and is kept clean at all times. Check IVC for swelling around the tape and confirm patency.

· Correctly perform drug calculations and be able to calculate mg to ml, mcg to mg, g to mg.

· Set up and calculate IV fluid additives for administration (example KCl and Dextrose).

· Set up for and obtain radiographs with proper positioning.

· Obtain blood pressure with a doppler and understand normal parameters and when to alert the doctor.

· Understand perfusion parameters.

· Wrap packs and pouches for surgical equipment.

· Perform basic operating room set up and have knowledge of the basic instruments.

· Set up and leak test anesthesia machines and monitoring equipment. Use the monitoring sheet in Smartflow.

· Identify and use correctly each blood collection tube. Collect blood from cephalic, lateral and medial saphenous veins and understand how to properly handle the sample.

· Administer Subcutaneous fluids to a patient.

· Run and read PCV/TS and understand what these numbers mean and what normal values are.

· Perform in house laboratory tests on the Heska blood machines

· Demonstrate safe patient restraint for physical exam, blood collection, IV catheter placement, Abdominal Ultrasound.

· Perform monitoring and patient recovery after surgery or anesthetic procedures.

· Dispose medical waste safely.

· Assist with and understand basic CPR.