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Animal Care and Nursing

One of the ten domains the VTNE is built from. Every question here is checked against a textbook on the official reference list.

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Animal Care and Nursing is 30 of the VTNE’s 150 scored items. No account needed for these, answers included. The explanations cover why the right answer is right and why the others aren’t, and every answer shows the textbook it came from and where to find it.

Item count: AAVSB 2023 Veterinary Technician National Examination Content Outline, approved by the AAVSB Board of Directors, March 2023. Retrieved 2026-08-15.

  1. A snake is presented for repeated abnormal, incomplete sheds. A review of the enclosure and its husbandry has…
  2. A standing adult dog is presented for increased respiratory effort. On thoracic auscultation you hear normal…
  3. A hospitalized dog has a well-placed over-the-needle catheter in the left cephalic vein. The veterinarian…
  4. Following the AAFP Feline Vaccine Advisory Panel site recommendations, where should the feline rabies vaccine…
  5. A client is picking up an 8-week-old kitten and an 8-week-old puppy from two different breeders on the same…
  6. A technician holds a dog in lateral recumbency for a procedure. The dog struggles against the pressure of the…
  7. A dog is frightened of clippers. Hoping the dog will get used to them, a technician switches the clippers on…
  8. Which of these room-preparation steps is recommended in order to reduce fear, anxiety and stress in…
  9. A cat is being restrained for a routine procedure. Two attempts have already failed, a third person has just…
  10. A cat is switched from a dry diet to a canned diet of comparable protein quality. Its taurine requirement is…
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Skills this domain tests

The 10 skills the AAVSB lists under this domain. Every question here is written against one of them, and the same list is on the exam blueprint.

  1. Utilize knowledge of anatomy, physiology, and pathophysiology as it applies to patient care and nursing.
  2. Document and manage initial and ongoing evaluations of patient to provide optimal care (including but not limited to physical, behavioral, nutritional, clinical procedures, and mentation status).
  3. Perform nursing procedures and maintenance of prescribed treatments (including but not limited to catheterization, wound management, and bandaging).
  4. Perform clinical procedures to aid in diagnosis and prognosis (including but not limited to blood pressure measurement, electrocardiography, and tonometry).
  5. Provide a safe, sanitary, and comfortable environment for patient to ensure optimal healthcare and client/personnel safety.
  6. Maintain diagnostic equipment and related supplies to ensure safety and quality of results.
  7. Administer medications via the appropriate routes (including but not limited to topical, intravenous, subcutaneous).
  8. Collect specimens for in-house or outside laboratory evaluation.
  9. Recognize and respond to behavioral characteristics of patient.
  10. Restrain patient with or without equipment for treatment following safety protocols.