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Review Questions and Answers for Veterinary Technicians (2nd Edition, Book Only)

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I used the second edition book back when I took (and aced) the VTNE for my Oregon certification. Let me also state that I "grandfathered in" as a Certified Veterinary Technician, meaning that what I knew, I'd picked up along the many years working in the field, as opposed to a formal academic environment. Years later, I used the 3rd edition for the California State Board Exam. The tests are similar enough that I passed the latter with flying colors (after all, the science is the same, regardless of geography!) I owe much of the success in both cases to the Colville guide.

I am now an instructor for the Vet Tech program at a local college, and recommend this book as an adjunct for studying--the CD-ROM is really helpful. It offers immediate feedback with the correct answers, which is much like using flash cards, only neater.

Whether you're a student studying for your first Board Exam, or a veteran of the field in need of a refresher course, this book does not disappoint.

This is a great book for studying for the board exams (or for your own personal knowledge)... covers every aspect of veterinary technology you'd ever want to know about!

I used this text to study for my national boards two years ago and recommend to all of the students I encounter. It's a great way to test yourself before you take the exam. I purchased it about 6 weeks prior to. Each section gives you multiple choice questions about the knowledge you have already obtained. You can then grade yourself on the sections and see what weak areas you may need to "touch up on" before you test. It's well worth the money. I passed the exam, and felt it prepared me.

This is a great book to study with. It will help you know what to study and it explains most answers you have. Totally worth your money!!

I am studying now to take my boards in the Spring. This workbook is an excellent way for me to test myself, locate my areas of weakness and to improve upon those areas in time for the boards. My classmates all liked it so much, they asked me to order copies for them too!

I've only had a chance to look at this book briefly, but that look was enough to convince me to order it. I know it's divided by subject matter, and takes the form of a long, multiple-choice quiz (like the Boards themselves) with the answers at the end of each chapter. It's great if, like me, you study best by testing yourself.

Having graduated at the top of my class and as RVT club president, I was NOT ready to fail the California RVT exam. Alas I did. So then I hit the books...all of them I used in college. Still, failed by only a few, I repeated this process until I tried and failed a total of 4 times. That started in 1999 when I graduated college. For those of you unfamiliar, the CALIFORNIA RVT exam is well known for having a high failure rate, and for being archaic and out of date. You can be a very competent technician and still fail this exam. Its frustrating! My studying for this exam was scattered, and since you dont know what you get wrong or right on the test, I had no idea WHERE my weakness are/were i.e. Pharmacology, Anesthesiology, Physiology etc. WELL NO MORE! I cant tell you how this has helped me identify weaknesses and strengths! I am now studying without worry of passing as this book is exactly what every tech needs to study and pass! Great info, well written, I am learning and relearning better than the first time around in college. WORTH EVERY PENNY!! I bought the review book and read that then make a game of the CD Rom like trivia. NO STRESS or work or worry. Wish I would have had these back in 99!

This book helped a lot when I was studying for the Vet Tech national boards. There were some repeat questions but that wasn't a problem. The questions got you thinking and some of the questions in the book were on the board test.

I bought this book along with Mosby's Comprehensive Review for Veterinary Technicians. The questions do not correspond to the material in the Review book and the questions are super detailed (How many teats do specific animals have...etc) and cannot be found in the Comprehensive Review. Its basically two different "review" books. One book goes through material through an outline-type form and the other book goes through material in a question format. For example, the Anatomy and Physiology comprehensive review only has like...20 pages. The Anatomy and Physiology Review questions have 785 questions - and I had to google most of the questions and answers to get a better understanding of why those answers would be correct.

The Review QUestions go through the following topics: Anatomy and Physiology, Hospital Procedures, Medical Calculations, Medical Terminology, Pharmacology, Surgical Nursing, Dentistry, Clinical Laboratory, Animal Nursing, Diagnostic Imaging, and Anesthesiology which are the topics on the Veterinary Technician Exam ([...])

I found that the Comprehensive Review went through lots of things that you didn't need to know for the exam. Its alot of information that is kind of hard to memorize since it's just so much information (unless you have a photographic memory and can just read books and memorize them easily). I like the Questions and Answers book alot better - although I googled information to understand it in better detail, the helped me remember the content much easier.

I think that this book was an excellent study guide for the veterinary techology state and national exams, the tests are extremely hard.