Optimising hospital care for long-term patients

Cats and dogs requiring long-term hospital care present a unique challenge.
Animal health and welfare is essential for a successful recovery and optimising the quality of the hospitalisation experience, from the patient-perspective, is key to promoting positive treatment outcomes.
This session will explore how the veterinary nursing team can identify and best meet species-specific emotional,  cognitive, and physical hospitalisation needs.

• - define and deconstruct the term enrichment
• - explore species-specific emotional / cognitive / physical needs alongside the Welfare Domains Model
• - evaluate ways of meeting species-specific needs for longer-term hospitalised patients
• - describe how to assess impact of hospitalisation interactions on patient experience