PENN FOSTER VETERINARY
PHARMACOLOGY FINAL EXAM
COMPREHENSIVE EXAMS SET TESTED
QUESTIONS AND ACCURATE RESPONSES
GRADED A+
⩥ Contraindications.
Answer: Reasons for not giving a drug to a patient
⩥ Veterinarian-Client Relationship.
Answer: The veterinarian has assumed responsibility for making clinical
judgments about the health of the animals and the need for treatment,
and the client has agreed to follow the veterinarian's instructions. The
veterinarian has sufficient knowledge of the animal(s) to issue a
diagnosis, must have recently seen the animal. The veterinarian must be
available for follow-up evaluations of the patient. The veterinarian-client
relationship is the reason that people can't walk into veterinary clinics
and buy certain medications without being clients.
⩥ Regimen.
Answer: Plan for administering drugs, placed on medication label
⩥ Information present on a drug label.
,Answer: Kind of drug
Route of administration (the way in which the drug will be administered)
Dosage (the amount of drug to be given)
Frequency (how often the drug should be given)
Duration (how long the drug is to be given)
⩥ TID.
Answer: is three times a day; stands for ter in die
⩥ QID.
Answer: is four times a day; stands for quater in die
⩥ BID.
Answer: is two times a day; stands for bis in die
⩥ Pharmacokinetics.
,Answer: The complex series of events that occurs once a drug is
administered to the patient, influences by the manner in which the drug
is given, some routes have limitations
⩥ Oral (PO).
Answer: in the mouth, animals vomiting/have diarrhea may not absorb
oral medications, some taste have a horrible taste
⩥ Intravenous (IV).
Answer: in the veins, takes effect almost immediately, doesn't last as
long as those administered by other routes, body begins to eliminate the
drugs quickly
⩥ Intramuscular (IM).
Answer: in the muscle, sometimes painful, absorbed more slowly than
IV but absorbed more quickly than SQ
⩥ Subcutaneous (SQ or SC).
Answer: Under the skin, an injection administered under the skin.
⩥ Intradermal (ID).
Answer: which is an injection into the skin, used for testing for allergies
⩥ Intraperitoneal (IP).
, Answer: An injection into the abdominal cavity
⩥ Intraarterial (IA).
Answer: injection into an artery
⩥ Intraarticular.
Answer: an injection of a medication into a joint
⩥ Intracardiac.
Answer: which is an injection into the heart (This method is often used
for euthanasia [killing the animal] and for cardiopulmonary resuscitation
[CPR].)
⩥ Intramedullary.
Answer: An injection into the bone marrow cavity
⩥ epidural and subdural.
Answer:
⩥ Nebulizer.
Answer: A drug can be inhaled in a fine mist, antibiotics (kill small
disease carrying organisms) or bronchodilators (open lungs to make
breathing easier, inhalation therapy for a respiratory disease can be
PHARMACOLOGY FINAL EXAM
COMPREHENSIVE EXAMS SET TESTED
QUESTIONS AND ACCURATE RESPONSES
GRADED A+
⩥ Contraindications.
Answer: Reasons for not giving a drug to a patient
⩥ Veterinarian-Client Relationship.
Answer: The veterinarian has assumed responsibility for making clinical
judgments about the health of the animals and the need for treatment,
and the client has agreed to follow the veterinarian's instructions. The
veterinarian has sufficient knowledge of the animal(s) to issue a
diagnosis, must have recently seen the animal. The veterinarian must be
available for follow-up evaluations of the patient. The veterinarian-client
relationship is the reason that people can't walk into veterinary clinics
and buy certain medications without being clients.
⩥ Regimen.
Answer: Plan for administering drugs, placed on medication label
⩥ Information present on a drug label.
,Answer: Kind of drug
Route of administration (the way in which the drug will be administered)
Dosage (the amount of drug to be given)
Frequency (how often the drug should be given)
Duration (how long the drug is to be given)
⩥ TID.
Answer: is three times a day; stands for ter in die
⩥ QID.
Answer: is four times a day; stands for quater in die
⩥ BID.
Answer: is two times a day; stands for bis in die
⩥ Pharmacokinetics.
,Answer: The complex series of events that occurs once a drug is
administered to the patient, influences by the manner in which the drug
is given, some routes have limitations
⩥ Oral (PO).
Answer: in the mouth, animals vomiting/have diarrhea may not absorb
oral medications, some taste have a horrible taste
⩥ Intravenous (IV).
Answer: in the veins, takes effect almost immediately, doesn't last as
long as those administered by other routes, body begins to eliminate the
drugs quickly
⩥ Intramuscular (IM).
Answer: in the muscle, sometimes painful, absorbed more slowly than
IV but absorbed more quickly than SQ
⩥ Subcutaneous (SQ or SC).
Answer: Under the skin, an injection administered under the skin.
⩥ Intradermal (ID).
Answer: which is an injection into the skin, used for testing for allergies
⩥ Intraperitoneal (IP).
, Answer: An injection into the abdominal cavity
⩥ Intraarterial (IA).
Answer: injection into an artery
⩥ Intraarticular.
Answer: an injection of a medication into a joint
⩥ Intracardiac.
Answer: which is an injection into the heart (This method is often used
for euthanasia [killing the animal] and for cardiopulmonary resuscitation
[CPR].)
⩥ Intramedullary.
Answer: An injection into the bone marrow cavity
⩥ epidural and subdural.
Answer:
⩥ Nebulizer.
Answer: A drug can be inhaled in a fine mist, antibiotics (kill small
disease carrying organisms) or bronchodilators (open lungs to make
breathing easier, inhalation therapy for a respiratory disease can be
