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- Title
Evidence-based approaches to reducing in-patient stress -- Part 3: How to reduce in-patient stress.
- Authors
Hewson, Caroline
- Abstract
Many in-patients have a negative experience of hospitalisation because, in addition to being unwell, they are in unfamiliar surroundings and cannot predict or control what happens to them. Their negative feelings (e.g. fear and frustration) are apparent from their behaviour, which can make clinical work more difficult. It also worries many owners and can have adverse effects on the animals' immunity and recovery. This article concludes a series of three that examine why hospitalisation is stressful and how that stress can be reduced. It reviews the role of environmental enrichment and describes some simple applications for the veterinary ward.
- Subjects
EFFECT of stress on animals; VETERINARY hospitals; ANIMAL health; VETERINARY medicine; HOSPITAL care
- Publication
Veterinary Nursing Journal, 2014, Vol 29, Issue 7, p234
- ISSN
1741-5349
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/vnj.12156