Introduction to Animal Care Flashcards

When was the first veterinary college founded, and where was it located?

In which decade did veterinary schools start in the United States?

Which organization accredits college training programs for veterinarians and veterinary technicians?

What is a
Veterinary Practice Act?

Define
"veterinary medical board," or "Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners (BVME)"

Which group administers veterinary licensing and certification examinations?

Which group holds hearings to review complaints about a state's veterinary professionals?

Which two examinations are typically required for veterinarians?

Which three terms are used interchangeably, depending on the state, to identify veterinary technicians that have met state practice act requirements?

Which organization maintains a database of the requirements for credentialing of veterinary professionals in each state?

What do these veterinary technician acronyms stand for?
1. AHT; 2. AT; 3. VT; 4. RVT; 5. CVT;
6. LVT; 7. GVT

Which federal agency, a division of the U.S. Department of Justice, enforces the Controlled Substances Act, and licenses veterinarians who dispense or prescribe narcotic drugs?

What is the Controlled Substances Act?

According to the Controlled Substances Act, what must veterinarians do to purchase, use, or dispense controlled substances?

According to the Controlled Substances Act, where must controlled substances be stored?

According to the Controlled Substances Act, what must be done if a controlled substance is used or dispensed?

According to the Controlled Substances Act, how long must records related to controlled substances be kept?

According to the Controlled Substances Act, how often must inventory of controlled substances be taken?

Which federal agency, a division of the U.S. Department of Labor, enforces Occupational Safety and Health standards?

According to Occupational Safety and Health Administration requirements, what sorts of signage must employers display for their employees?

True or False? According to Occupational Safety and Health Administration requirements, all occupational injuries or illnesses that occurs at a job site must be recorded.

True or False? According to Occupational Safety and Health Administration requirements, employees are required to provide their own proper protective equipment.

True or False? According to Occupational Safety and Health Administration requirements, employers must provide written plans for the safety and health of their employees.

True or False? According to Occupational Safety and Health Administration requirements, employers are not required to train employees in proper safety procedures, as they are expected to begin their employment knowing these procedures.

Which two branches of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services oversee regulations that pertain to the care of animals in biomedical research?

Which branch of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services was created to ensure safe and effective food, drugs, and medical devices?

What is the primary law that the Food and Drug Administration, a division of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, exists to enforce?

What is the name of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) branch that monitors the animal health industry and oversees the sections of the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act that pertain to animals?

Which division of the U.S. Department of Agriculture enforces the Animal Welfare Act?

Which division of the U.S. Department of Agriculture ensures that meat and poultry products are safe and correctly labeled?

What is the Animal Welfare Act?

Define
"laboratory animal"

Which two warm-blooded animals are excluded from the care standards in the Animal Welfare Act?

True or False? Breeders who provide animals for research or educational purposes are not required to follow the Animal Welfare Act.

According to the Animal Welfare Act, laboratory animal environments must be:
a. clean
b. a comfortable temperature and humidity
c. free of sharp objects that could cause injury
d. a & b
e. all of the above

True or false? Grooming facilities are not required to comply with Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations.

Who founded the American Society for the Protection of Animals (ASPCA), the first animal welfare organization, in 1866?

True or False? Veterinary practices are exempt from most of the regulations in the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act.

True or False? Most state departments of health require veterinary practices to register their stationary, portable, and dental x-ray machines, and to inspect and calibrate their equipment regularly.

What are some places where a veterinarian might be employed?

What is the term for a veterinary practice that treats family pets?

What is the term for a small-animal practice that, in addition to cats and dogs, also treats other small pets like guinea pigs, rabbits, birds, and reptiles?

True or False? Most veterinary technicians and assistants work for private small-animal practices.

True or False? The average small-animal practice employs one veterinarian, one veterinary technician, and six assistants.

What is a mobile clinic?

What is a veterinary referral practice?

What are some of the specialties that may be offered by a veterinary referral practice?

Define
"specialty board"

What is a large-animal practitioner?

True or False? A large-animal practitioner with a mobile unit may employ the help of herd or stable managers to do the work of veterinary technicians while they are on a barn call.

What is a mixed-animal practice?

True or False? A veterinary practice is not required to be accredited by the American Animal Hospital Association (AAHA).

Which veterinary organization offers voluntary professional accreditation to biomedical research facilities?

True or False? Both veterinarians and veterinary technicians are allowed to diagnose patients.

True or False? Licensed veterinary technicians can prescribe medications and perform surgery.

True or False? A veterinary technician always works under the direct supervision of a veterinarian.

What are some of the specific skill areas that a veterinary technician is required to learn before graduation?

True or False? Part of a veterinary technician's work may include providing nutritional information and animal-training advice to clients.

Groups of individuals that have an interest in a particular area of veterinary medicine are designated as ________________.

Groups of veterinary professionals that achieve specialty status are designated as an ________________.

Which organization provides a process to allow veterinary technician societies to develop credentialing exams and guidelines for their members?

True or False? A veterinary assistant may either learn on the job or through a vocational program.

The American Boarding Kennel Association offers programs to help train ______________ _______________.

True or False? Veterinary assistants are often responsible for maintaining the practice's pharmacy.

All of the following may be duties of the veterinary receptionist EXCEPT:
a. answering the telephone
b. filling and labeling prescriptions
c. scheduling appointments
d. greeting clients
e. filing patient records
f. collecting and recording payments

True to False? In a small practice, a veterinarian may also act as the veterinary practice manager (VPM).

The ______________ _____________ ______________ Association offers a national examination for certification of veterinary practice managers.

Who is responsible for hiring at a veterinary practice?

Define
"outpatients"

All of the following are generally outpatient procedures EXCEPT:
a. routine vaccinations
b. removal of sutures
c. dentistry
d. annual physical examinations

Define
"inpatients"

True or False? Clients do not generally have access to outpatient areas.

The _____, where clients are first greeted when they enter a practice, is the command center.
a. examination room
b. reception area
c. surgical suite
d. treatment area
e. hospital ward
f. isolation area

True or False? Typically, the veterinary assistant or receptionists maintains the reception area.

Once the receptionist greets the clients and retrieves their records, a veterinary staff member escorts the client and patient into the __________________, where they typically meet the veterinary technician and assistant.
a. examination room
b. reception area
c. surgical suite
d. treatment area
e. hospital ward
f. isolation area

The _______________ ________________ holds the surgical table, surgical and anesthetic supplies, and equipment, and typically has at least three rooms.
a. examination room
b. reception area
c. surgical suite
d. treatment area
e. hospital ward
f. isolation area

What takes place in each of the three rooms of the surgical suite?

True or False? Most of the veterinary technician's job takes place in the surgical suite.

The ______________ _______________, where hospital ward inpatients receive medication or diagnostic procedures, is often at the center of the practice.
a. examination room
b. reception area
c. surgical suite
d. treatment area
e. hospital ward
f. isolation area

The _______________ _________________ often manages grooming operations, often bathing patients and maintaining supplies and equipment.

The _______________ _________________ is the confinement area for pre- and post-surgical inpatients, and for those awaiting, undergoing, or recovering from medical treatments.
a. examination room
b. reception area
c. surgical suite
d. treatment area
e. hospital ward
f. isolation area

The ______________ ______________ holds inpatients that may be infected with easily transmittable diseases.
a. examination room
b. reception area
c. surgical suite
d. treatment area
e. hospital ward
f. isolation area

The image on film created during an x-ray is called a _______________.

True or False? The hazards of radiation are minimal enough that protective equipment is not required.

True or False? While most darkrooms in veterinary practices have automatic processors, at some practices radiographs must be developed manually.

These animal technicians oversee or help to oversee the daily care, feeding, comfort, and observation of research animals.

True or False? An animal shelter aide may be called up to conduct euthanasia as part of their duties.

The official ethical code for veterinarians is called ____________.

In what year was the veterinary code of ethics first adopted?

True or False? The ethical code for veterinary technicians, adopted in 1989, is called the Code of Ethics for the Veterinary Technician.

Recite the Veterinary Technician's Oath.

Define
"breed defect"