PROFESSIONAL NURSING EXAM 1
COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW SHEET
VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
●● Nursing accountability
Answer: respond to: self, patients, peers, society
●● Nursing is regulated by
Answer: self, laws, profession
●● Legal regulations
Answer: nurse practice act, state board of nursing, national council of
state boards of nursing
●● Nurse practice act
Answer: a legal code that define the scope of practice, regulates practice,
establishes licensing requirements, creates and empowers the state board
of nursing, and identifies grounds for disciplinary action
●● Who a nursing license protects
Answer: the patient not the nurse
,●● Function of the state board of nursing
Answer: protects the state from unqualified nurses practicing and
potentially causing harm
●● What the state board uses to judge how nurses should be
governed/disciplined
Answer: Nurse practice act, standards of care, code of ethics
●● Power of the state board
Answer: reprimand, suspend, deny or revoke licensure. Can also place
conditions such as a fine or drug screening
●● Creator of the NCLEX
Answer: national council of state boards of nursing
●● Legal accountability
Answer: Own actions and those delegated to others
●● Unintentional tort
Answer: negligence
●● Quasi-intentional tort
, Answer: invasion of privacy, defamation of character
●● Intentional tort
Answer: assault, battery, false imprisonment
●● Negligence
Answer: conduct below the standard of care; puts the patient at risk
●● Malpractice (professional negligence)
Answer: deviation from the standard of care or professional duty or a
failure to exercise an accepted degree of professional skill or learning;
results in injury, loss, or damage
●● Requirements for proof of negligence/malpractice
Answer: The nurse owed a duty to the patient
The nurse failed to carry out that duty
The patient was injured
The patient's injury was caused by the nurse's action or inaction
●● Areas for liability in nursing
Answer: failure to monitor and assess, safety, medication,
documentation errors, improper implementation of skills or procedures
COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW SHEET
VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
●● Nursing accountability
Answer: respond to: self, patients, peers, society
●● Nursing is regulated by
Answer: self, laws, profession
●● Legal regulations
Answer: nurse practice act, state board of nursing, national council of
state boards of nursing
●● Nurse practice act
Answer: a legal code that define the scope of practice, regulates practice,
establishes licensing requirements, creates and empowers the state board
of nursing, and identifies grounds for disciplinary action
●● Who a nursing license protects
Answer: the patient not the nurse
,●● Function of the state board of nursing
Answer: protects the state from unqualified nurses practicing and
potentially causing harm
●● What the state board uses to judge how nurses should be
governed/disciplined
Answer: Nurse practice act, standards of care, code of ethics
●● Power of the state board
Answer: reprimand, suspend, deny or revoke licensure. Can also place
conditions such as a fine or drug screening
●● Creator of the NCLEX
Answer: national council of state boards of nursing
●● Legal accountability
Answer: Own actions and those delegated to others
●● Unintentional tort
Answer: negligence
●● Quasi-intentional tort
, Answer: invasion of privacy, defamation of character
●● Intentional tort
Answer: assault, battery, false imprisonment
●● Negligence
Answer: conduct below the standard of care; puts the patient at risk
●● Malpractice (professional negligence)
Answer: deviation from the standard of care or professional duty or a
failure to exercise an accepted degree of professional skill or learning;
results in injury, loss, or damage
●● Requirements for proof of negligence/malpractice
Answer: The nurse owed a duty to the patient
The nurse failed to carry out that duty
The patient was injured
The patient's injury was caused by the nurse's action or inaction
●● Areas for liability in nursing
Answer: failure to monitor and assess, safety, medication,
documentation errors, improper implementation of skills or procedures
