Skill 27 Tips

This skill will require you to reconstitute vaccines, administer drugs and vaccines, and recognize normal versus abnormal responses to vaccines. Upon completion of this skill, you will be able to fill, label, and dispense medications as well as direct clients on medication usage. You will also be competent in administering vaccines to canine and feline patients.

Tips for materials required for submission:

• A description of five common medications used, with the appropriate methods and routes of administration.

  • You should indicate the classification of the medication. Is it is an antibiotic, steroid, NSAID etc.

  • Give a brief indication of its use.

  • Indicate all of the routes that the medication can be administered. Some have more than one.

  • If it is an oral administration, indicate if it needs to be given with food, on an empty stomach, etc.

• A description of 5 commonly used vaccines and their preparation and administration.

  • Discuss what the vaccine protects or vaccinates against.

  • If the vaccine needs to be reconstituted describe the process of how this is done.

  • What quantity is drawn up and administered to the patient.

  • The route of administration.

• A description of adverse reactions to vaccines, including:

  • The clinical signs of a vaccine reaction.

  • How soon a reaction will appear.

  • Breeds that may be more prone to having a reaction.

  • Vaccines that are more likely to cause a reaction.

  • Anaphylaxis