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IVAP - Common Diseases

This worksheet is a required portion of the IVAP program. Please complete once you've finished the module material. You will receive a copy of your answers once you click "Submit" at the bottom of the page.

Mrs. Smith is on the phone because her cat, Milly, is urinating outside the litterbox. The CSR has transferred the call to you to explain to Mrs. Smith how to collect a urine sample from Milly. Include all the information the client needs to get a viable urine sample to the clinic.

Mr. Kelley's cat, Sugar is a newly diagnosed diabetic. How would you explain diabetes in a way that this client, who has no medical knowledge, will understand?

What kind of zoonotic diseases are prevalent in your area? Thoroughly explain your hospital's protocol for suspected zoonotic cases.

Contagious Disease Protocols

What are the most common contagious diseases seen in your practice? What are the symptoms and your clinic’s protocol for keeping those pets separate from the healthy ones at the practice?

Enter your responses in the table below.

Notes Use this area to write notes from what you've learned from the Common Diseases chapter, which you would like to reflect on.

Summary of Reading - Common Diseases

Compose your summary notes from the following pages.

Chapter 9

General Nursing Care and Physical Exams

Pages 79-81

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