Nursing Care Plans are now becoming an essential part of nursing animals in our care. They are embedded into the syllabus of Veterinary Nursing students and this knowledge should be developed through a RVN’s career. Helen manages to take the important points for care plans and put them into a useable format that any veterinary nurse or student can learn from and develop their knowledge. I would absolutely recommend this book to anyone who wants to enhance their nursing skills and documentation with patients.

Sam Morgan Cert Ed DipAVN(Medical & Surgical) RVN, BVNA President 2015/17

Helen Ballantyne has done an excellent job: the book is appropriately referenced, takes wonderful comparisons from human nursing, addresses common concerns and questions about nursing care plans, and above all makes the concept of these plans very relatable to the daily practice of veterinary nurses and technicians.
Liza W Rudolph, BAS, RVT, VTS (CP-CF, SAIM), Manager of the Academy of Veterinary Technicians in Clinical Practice (AVTCP) and Maryland Veterinary Technician Association, USA

Veterinary Nursing Care Plans: Theory and Practice does a thorough job in defining nursing care plans. Although veterinary nursing plans are not commonly used in current practice in America, the author makes a convincing argument for their implementation. She highlights the importance of providing holistic care, improving client communication, promoting collaboration among the veterinary team, and instituting clinical governance and asserts that the use of veterinary nursing plans can facilitate those aims and increase the bottom line of a practice.

Lisa L. Eller, DVM, Arthur Veterinary Clinic, USA in JAVMA, Vol 253, No. 6, September 2018

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