Top tips for feeding the veterinary cancer patient
15 Nov 2024
Gallery Suite 15-16
Nursing
,
Nutrition
,
Oncology
In this lecture, the speaker will outline nursing tips to help you support the cancer patient in all veterinary scenarios.
We will begin by looking at the current data available to support nutrition in human cancer patients and reflect on which aspects are relevant to our veterinary patients.
This lecture will discuss causes for anorexia and nursing tips to help encourage cancer patients to eat whilst receiving anti-cancer treatment.
Learning Outcomes
Understand the common causes of anorexia in patients receiving anti-cancer treatment
Learn tips to enable successful food intake
Establish which diets are best for veterinary cancer patients
Outline suitable pharmaceuticals that assist with appetite and anti-sickness
Chairperson