Laboratory Techniques Guide for Student + Registered Nurses

✨ Veterinary Laboratory Techniques Guide ✨

A clear, illustrated veterinary nursing revision guide covering the practical laboratory techniques student veterinary nurses are expected to understand in practice and during training.

This 33-page physical guide breaks common laboratory procedures down into simple, step-by-step processes, with hand-drawn diagrams throughout to make each technique easier to visualise and revise.

Perfect for student veterinary nurses, placement preparation, practical skills revision and OSCE-style learning.

🧪 WHAT’S INSIDE?
This guide covers a wide range of practical laboratory techniques, including:
• Centrifuge use
• Microscope use
• Blood sample collection
• Blood smear preparation
• Packed cell volume (PCV)
• Hawksley reader use
• Total solids
• Vernier scale use
• Urine dipstick testing
• Urine specific gravity
• Urine sediment preparation
• Identification of crystals + casts
• Identification of cells + bacteria
• Skin scrapes
• Ear swabs
• Sample packaging + posting  

The blood sampling section walks through preparation, equipment selection, venupuncture, sample collection and transferring blood into the appropriate sample tube.     

The guide also includes detailed blood smear preparation, staining and quality assessment, including feathered edges, monolayers and common smear errors.

🔬 PRACTICAL, VISUAL REVISION
Rather than presenting laboratory techniques as large blocks of theory, each section is broken down into manageable steps with simple illustrations.

For example, the microscopy section covers setting up the microscope, focusing, increasing magnification and using oil immersion. 

The urine analysis section includes dipstick testing, specific gravity, sediment preparation and microscopic examination.    

✨ PERFECT FOR
• Student veterinary nurses
• Veterinary nursing revision
• Placement preparation
• Practical skills revision
• OSCE preparation
• Visual learners
• Newly qualified RVNs wanting a quick refresher  

It’s designed to be something you can actually pick up, flick through and refer back to quickly rather than feeling like another textbook chapter to memorise.

📚 TOPICS INCLUDE
Blood + haematology
Blood collection, blood smears, PCV, Hawksley reader + total solids.
Microscopy
Microscope set-up, magnification, oil immersion + Vernier scale.
Urinalysis
Dipsticks, USG, sediment preparation, crystals, casts, cells + bacteria.
Sample collection
Skin scrapes + ear swabs.
Laboratory handling
Centrifuge use, sample preparation, packaging + posting.
The guide also shows examples of common urinary crystals and casts, including struvite, calcium oxalate, calcium phosphate, cystine, uric acid, hyaline, waxy and fatty casts. 

📦 PRODUCT DETAILS
Physical veterinary nursing revision booklet
33 pages
Handwritten + illustrated throughout.
Your guide will be professionally printed and posted directly to you.
This is a physical product — no digital download is included.

⚠️ PLEASE NOTE
This resource is intended as an educational revision aid and should be used alongside your college materials, practice protocols and manufacturer guidance.