VTNE Animal Care and Nursing Practice Questions
Domain 5 of the VTNE · 30 of the 150 scored questions (20%)
170 questions across all ten domains in 3 hours, with a score for animal care and nursing so you know where you stand.
Free animal care and nursing drillA dog with a red, painful right eye has an intraocular pressure of 48 mmHg in that eye and 17 mmHg in the left eye. Which condition is most consistent with the right eye's reading?
Animal Care and Nursing on the VTNE
Animal Care and Nursing is the largest domain on the VTNE: 30 of the 150 scored questions, one in every five. It is the daily work of a credentialed technician: assessing and documenting patients, nursing care, catheters and bandages, giving medications, collecting samples, reading behavior, restraining safely and keeping the hospital clean.
- Share of the exam
- 30 of 150 scored questions (20%) on every exam form
- Task statements
- 10 (5A, 5B, 5C, 5D, 5E, 5F, 5G, 5H, 5I, 5J)
- Our drill
- 10 questions from 95 animal care and nursing questions, untimed, an explanation after every answer; one free attempt, unlimited with a pass
What animal care and nursing questions test
- Physical examination and patient evaluation: vital signs by species, mucous membranes and capillary refill, hydration, body condition and mentation, and the medical record (task 5B)
- Nursing procedures: IV catheter placement and care, wound management, bandages and splints, recumbent patient care (task 5C)
- Clinical procedures: blood pressure, electrocardiography, tonometry, Schirmer tear test and fluorescein staining (task 5D)
- Medication routes and sites by species: oral, topical, subcutaneous, intramuscular and intravenous (task 5G)
- Specimen collection: venipuncture sites by species, cystocentesis, skin scrapes and fecal samples (task 5H)
- Behavior and restraint: canine and feline body language, low-stress handling, and restraint of dogs, cats, horses, cattle, small ruminants, birds and exotics (tasks 5I and 5J)
- A safe, sanitary hospital: isolation, disinfectants, zoonoses and nutrition, including resting energy requirements (tasks 5E and 5F)
Sit the full exam under the real clock
170 questions across all ten domains in 3 hours, with a score for animal care and nursing so you know where you stand.
Free animal care and nursing drillHow to study it
- Give this domain a fifth of your study time. It is worth as many points as dentistry, emergency medicine and pain management combined.
- Make a table of normal temperature, heart rate and respiratory rate for the common species and review it until you can fill it in blank.
- Learn restraint and venipuncture by species. Large-animal and exotic questions are where well-prepared small-animal technicians lose points.
- For every procedure, know the patient preparation, the equipment and the complication to watch for.
Common questions
Why is Animal Care and Nursing the biggest VTNE domain?
AAVSB builds the exam from a job analysis of what entry-level veterinary technicians do, and nursing care fills most of a technician’s day. The domain has ten task statements, more than any other, and 30 of the 150 scored items.
Does the VTNE test large animals and exotics?
Yes. Questions cover horses, cattle, small ruminants, pigs, birds, reptiles, rabbits, rodents and laboratory animals as well as dogs and cats. AAVSB’s reference list includes large-animal, exotic and laboratory-animal textbooks.
170 questions across all ten domains in 3 hours, with a score for animal care and nursing so you know where you stand.
Free animal care and nursing drillThe other VTNE domains
Sources
Original practice questions for exam preparation, written to the VTNE content outline approved by the AAVSB Board of Directors in March 2023. Independent practice, not affiliated with or endorsed by the American Association of Veterinary State Boards (AAVSB). VTNE is a registered trademark of AAVSB.