• Check the consent form and write the details on the operation board.
• Check the green kennel card, ID name tag and carrier/lead tag has the correct information on it.
• Look on the patient computer record. Check relevant history, current medication, vaccination status, flea and worm treatment and microchip status.
• Admit in the nurses' consult room. Call up the patient computer record in the room.
• With the client confirm: vaccination, insurance, microchip, flea and worm treatment status.
• Today's procedure - check gender (look not just feel), which limb affected, where the lumps are (clip hair above the lump).
• Check the contact telephone numbers.
• Explain the risks of general anaesthetic.
• Ask the client if they have any other worries or concerns.
• If the owner is happy and you feel they understand the procedure etc, ask them to sign and date the consent form.
• Inform the owner that a nurse will contact them after 1pm with an update and a time to collect their animal. However, if they have not heard from us by 2pm - ask the client to phone in. Assess the client - if they are very worried or upset - make a note on the consent form and ask the vet to phone after the procedure, to put their mind at rest.

Prepared by VetNurse.co.uk. V1. 26/9/2023

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