Knowledge Natter: Inpatient Feeding Audit by Wildbore Vetstop

About this episode

Amy Wells discusses her team's audit on inpatient feeding practices at Wildbore Vetstop.

In this Knowledge Natter podcast, Amy Wells from Wildbore Vetstop talks to Lou Northway about her team's audit to investigate feeding plans, Resting Energy Requirements (RER), inappetence rates and interventions, and what food was being offered to inpatients. The team were named Quality Improvement Champions in the 2025 Knowledge Awards. Read the case example Read the transcript

People in this episode

Host: Lou Northway

Guest: Amy Wells

Topics covered

• inpatient feeding
• veterinary medicine
• quality improvement
• nutrition
• energy requirements

Keywords

• feeding plans
• Resting Energy Requirements
• inappetence rates
• interventions
• veterinary audit

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Wildbore Vetstop

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