Who positively impacted you at your site this week?  What did he or she do to impact your experience?

Plan and Concerns This is a very important part of an RVTs job- to provide excellent nursing care for their patient while they are under our care.   Please describe the treatment plan for the patient, including anesthesia, procedures, iv catheter, hospitalization as well as your role as an RVT in this case.  What would be your responsibility? What are signs you would be looking for in this patient?  How can an RVT directly impact this patient’s recovery aside from just fulfilling the veterinarian’s orders. Be specific: think about what you as a soon to be RVT need to manage for this patient and how would you advocate for this patient. If the patient will be having surgery think about what will be needed post-op. For example, pain management- follow vet’s instruction for analgesics, assessment of pain q4 hr, soft bedding post-op etc.

List 5 skills you would like to improve on and become more confident in performing?  This question is designed to help you have a plan each time you attend your extern site.

Learning Points Please decribe 5 things you learned from this case (list citations if any were used):

Because Cari is very sensitive to how people perceive her, she pays close attention to others’ behavior and is careful to act appropriately in a given situation. Cari can best be described as

A wedding caterer randomly selects clients from the past few years and records the months in which the wedding receptions were held. The results are listed below.  Use a 0.05 significance level to test the claim that weddings are held in the different months fit a uniform distribution.  Results Table Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May June July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Number 5 8 6 8 11 14 10 9 10 12 8 9   State the claim and its opposite symbolically. State the null and alternative hypotheses symbolically. Identify the significance level. Find the Chi-square test statistic Find the p-value State the decision State the conclusion

The U.S. Supreme Court considered a case involving the exam for firefighter lieutenant in the city of New Haven, Connecticut. Results from the exam are given in the table below. Use a 0.01 significance level to test the claim that the test result depends on the race of the candidate. Results Table Passed Failed White candidate 17 16 Minority 9 25 State the claim and its opposite in words. State the Null and alternate hypotheses in words. Identify the significance level. Find the Chi-square test statistic Find the P-value State the decision State the conclusion

Subjective: Presenting Complaint Please list and describe the client’s presenting complaint (hint: this should be 1 to 2 sentences explaining why the client has brought the patient into the clinic.  Realize that the client may not have the same concerns as you or the veterinarian. This should include duration of signs – acute vs chronic

Plan and Concerns This is a very important part of an RVTs job- to provide excellent nursing care for their patient while they are under our care.   Please describe the treatment plan for the patient, including anesthesia, procedures, iv catheter, hospitalization as well as your role as an RVT in this case.  What would be your responsibility? What are signs you would be looking for in this patient?  How can an RVT directly impact this patient’s recovery aside from just fulfilling the veterinarian’s orders. Be specific: think about what you as a soon to be RVT need to manage for this patient and how would you advocate for this patient. If the patient will be having surgery think about what will be needed post-op. For example, pain management- follow vet’s instruction for analgesics, assessment of pain q4 hr, soft bedding post-op etc.

List and describe at least 2 interactions/observations you had with clients this week.    Note: If you did not have any direct client interactions, describe an observation of client interaction with a member of the medical team or an interaction between medical team members.. i.e. took patient history, discharge instructions, explained prescription instructions, observed appreciative, upset, distressed, or other type of client interaction with the medical team. These are just a few examples.