NURSING JURISPRUDENCE ANSWERS AND
QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔A nurse's history of substance use disorder or mental illness is relevant to nursing
licensure as it may indicate
A. the nurse's current lack of fitness for duty.
B. the type of patients for which the nurse would be best qualified to provide care.
C. the the nurse will not comply with treatment recommendations.
D. a genetic predisposition to abuse patients. - ✔✔A. the nurse's current lack of fitness
for duty.
✔✔When the BON considers imposing disciplinary action, it is most concerned with the
nurse consistently
A. acting in the best interest of clients.
B. following medical directives for patient care.
C. following the policies and procedures in the employing agency.
D. acting in the best interest of the physician. - ✔✔A. acting in the best interest of
clients.
✔✔Rule 216 related to Continuing Competency requires nurse to complete
A. 20 contact hours of continuing education within two years preceding license renewal.
B. 15 contact hours of continuing education each year for license renewal.
C. 15 contact hours of continuing education within two years preceding license renewal.
D. 20 contact hours of continuing education each year for license renewal. - ✔✔A. 20
contact hours of continuing education within two years preceding license renewal.
✔✔A nurse is terminated and reported to the BON for committing repeated practice
errors. As required in the NPA, the CNO also sends the case to the Incident Based Peer
Review (IBPR) Committee because:
, A. the nurse may convince the committee the errors were not her fault, and the
committee can then withdraw the CNO's report to the BON.
B. the IBPR Committee can decide to reverse the CNO's decision to terminate the
nurse's employment.
C. the IBPR Committee may decide to re-orient and re-train the nurse even though she
was fired.
D. the IBPR Committee is required to review external factors surrounding the practice
errors and to report to the facility's Patient Safety Committee as appropriate. - ✔✔D. the
IBPR Committee is required to review external factors surrounding the practice errors
and to report to the facility's Patient Safety Committee as appropriate.
✔✔While a LVN has a "directed" scope of practice, this is NOT true for a RN. This
means that the RN
A. has full accountability for the LVN.
B. is able to engage in making medical diagnoses if signed off by a physician and
performed under the physician's delegation.
C. must be present in all settings to supervise the LVN's care.
D. is permitted to practice nursing independently within the RN's scope of practice. -
✔✔D. is permitted to practice nursing independently within the RN's scope of practice.
✔✔Which of the following activities would violate a provision of the NPA and Board Rule
217.11(2), Standards of Nursing Practice, relating to the practice of nursing by a LVN?
A. Assisting in the evaluation of a client's response to nursing interventions.
B. Practicing in any setting without an appropriate practice supervisor who is at least
telephonically available.
C. Collaborating with the RN to revise the nursing care plans for assigned clients.
D. Making assignments to other licensed nurses and to unlicensed assistive personnel
when working in a supervisory position. - ✔✔B. Practicing in any setting without an
appropriate practice supervisor who is at least telephonically available.
✔✔The integrated pattern of personal, academic, and occupational behaviors that
indicate an individual is able to consistently conform his/her conduct to the requirements
of the Nursing Practice Act and the Board's rules relates to
A. course requirements of the BON prior to entering nursing school.
B. an educational background in liberal arts that complements the nursing profession.
C. the Florence Nightingale Pledge.
D. the BON's rule concerning good professional character. - ✔✔D. the BON's rule
concerning good professional character.
✔✔A nurse is assisting a physician when she witness the physician break sterile
technique and use a contaminated instrument to finish the procedure. The nurse reports
QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔A nurse's history of substance use disorder or mental illness is relevant to nursing
licensure as it may indicate
A. the nurse's current lack of fitness for duty.
B. the type of patients for which the nurse would be best qualified to provide care.
C. the the nurse will not comply with treatment recommendations.
D. a genetic predisposition to abuse patients. - ✔✔A. the nurse's current lack of fitness
for duty.
✔✔When the BON considers imposing disciplinary action, it is most concerned with the
nurse consistently
A. acting in the best interest of clients.
B. following medical directives for patient care.
C. following the policies and procedures in the employing agency.
D. acting in the best interest of the physician. - ✔✔A. acting in the best interest of
clients.
✔✔Rule 216 related to Continuing Competency requires nurse to complete
A. 20 contact hours of continuing education within two years preceding license renewal.
B. 15 contact hours of continuing education each year for license renewal.
C. 15 contact hours of continuing education within two years preceding license renewal.
D. 20 contact hours of continuing education each year for license renewal. - ✔✔A. 20
contact hours of continuing education within two years preceding license renewal.
✔✔A nurse is terminated and reported to the BON for committing repeated practice
errors. As required in the NPA, the CNO also sends the case to the Incident Based Peer
Review (IBPR) Committee because:
, A. the nurse may convince the committee the errors were not her fault, and the
committee can then withdraw the CNO's report to the BON.
B. the IBPR Committee can decide to reverse the CNO's decision to terminate the
nurse's employment.
C. the IBPR Committee may decide to re-orient and re-train the nurse even though she
was fired.
D. the IBPR Committee is required to review external factors surrounding the practice
errors and to report to the facility's Patient Safety Committee as appropriate. - ✔✔D. the
IBPR Committee is required to review external factors surrounding the practice errors
and to report to the facility's Patient Safety Committee as appropriate.
✔✔While a LVN has a "directed" scope of practice, this is NOT true for a RN. This
means that the RN
A. has full accountability for the LVN.
B. is able to engage in making medical diagnoses if signed off by a physician and
performed under the physician's delegation.
C. must be present in all settings to supervise the LVN's care.
D. is permitted to practice nursing independently within the RN's scope of practice. -
✔✔D. is permitted to practice nursing independently within the RN's scope of practice.
✔✔Which of the following activities would violate a provision of the NPA and Board Rule
217.11(2), Standards of Nursing Practice, relating to the practice of nursing by a LVN?
A. Assisting in the evaluation of a client's response to nursing interventions.
B. Practicing in any setting without an appropriate practice supervisor who is at least
telephonically available.
C. Collaborating with the RN to revise the nursing care plans for assigned clients.
D. Making assignments to other licensed nurses and to unlicensed assistive personnel
when working in a supervisory position. - ✔✔B. Practicing in any setting without an
appropriate practice supervisor who is at least telephonically available.
✔✔The integrated pattern of personal, academic, and occupational behaviors that
indicate an individual is able to consistently conform his/her conduct to the requirements
of the Nursing Practice Act and the Board's rules relates to
A. course requirements of the BON prior to entering nursing school.
B. an educational background in liberal arts that complements the nursing profession.
C. the Florence Nightingale Pledge.
D. the BON's rule concerning good professional character. - ✔✔D. the BON's rule
concerning good professional character.
✔✔A nurse is assisting a physician when she witness the physician break sterile
technique and use a contaminated instrument to finish the procedure. The nurse reports
