Nutritional support for the critically ill is an important part of nursing hospitalized patients and prompt intervention is crucial to recovery. In this session, you will get a review of helpful nursing techniques for anorexic hospitalized patients. Improving the hospitalization environment to reduce stress, recognizing signs of pain and nausea, in addition to placement and use of enteral feeding tubes are discussed.

Speaker Bio

Dr. Ashlie Saffire, DVM, DABVP (Feline)

Dr. Ashlie Saffire is a graduate of The Ohio State College of Veterinary Medicine and is board certified in feline practice by the ABVP. She is a published author,serves on the Board of Directors for the AAFP, and is a tutor for the University of Sydney’s Feline Medicine Distance Education Course. She is both Fear Free and Cat Friendly Certified. As an invited speaker, Dr. Saffire hopes to share her clinical experience and expertise in feline medicine with the veterinary profession.

RACE Credits 

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This program 20-947419 is approved by the AAVSB RACE to offer a total of 1.00 CE Credits (1.00 max) being available to any one veterinarian: and/or 1.00 Veterinary Technician CE Credits (1.00 max). This RACE approval is for the subject matter categorie(s) of: Medical using the delivery method(s) of: Non-Interactive Distance. This approval is valid in jurisdictions which recognize AAVSB RACE; however, participants are responsible for ascertaining each board's CE requirements.