Chapter 2: Medical Records
1 False- The OBJECTIVE information in a veterinary medical record includes
factual information, such as the animal’s respiratory rate and temperature. The
SUBJECTIVE information in a veterinary medical record includes the animal’s
6 False- All errors in the medical record should be corrected by placing a single line
through the error, correcting the mistake, and initialing the mistake and
correction.
7 /Short Answer/
10 Veterinary medical records are kept as a legal precedent for 3 years and as a
standard of care in the veterinary storage facility for 7 years in case the record
Clinical Situation
Answers may vary.
1. The record had documentation of a previous incident with similarities so the