NUR 351 final exam questions with
complete solutions
College of Nurses of Ontario (CNO) - correct answer ✔✔Regulatory body for RNs in Ontario
-Protects the public's right to quality, safe nursing services
-Responsible for: articulating and promoting practice standards, establishing entry-to-practice
competencies, administering quality assurance program, enforcing standards of practice and conduct
Canadian Nurses Association (CNA) - correct answer ✔✔National professional association for nurses
(ethical standards for practice)
Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario (RNAO) - correct answer ✔✔Provincial professional association
for RNs in ON
Ontario Nurses Association (ONA) - correct answer ✔✔Nursing union in Ontario
Principles of Canada's Health Act - correct answer ✔✔-Comprehensiveness
-Universality
-Portability
-Public administration
-Accessibility
Comprehensiveness (CHA) - correct answer ✔✔Medically necessary services are provided
Universality (CHA) - correct answer ✔✔Insured residents have equal entitlement to services
Public administration (CHA) - correct answer ✔✔Administered on a nonprofit basis
, Portability (CHA) - correct answer ✔✔No penalty or cost to move between provinces
Accessibility (CHA) - correct answer ✔✔Reasonable access to services
Regulated Health Professions Act (RHPA) - correct answer ✔✔Protects the public, ensures an open and
responsive healthcare system; IDs 13 controlled acts
Nursing Act - correct answer ✔✔Defines scope of practice, categories of nurses, entry to practice
requirements, title protection, controlled acts, quality assurance, professional misconduct regulations,
and self-reporting obligations
Therapeutic relationship (+ key components) - correct answer ✔✔-Support, promote, and guide the
healing of another through knowledgable and authentic connection
-Key components: trust, respect, professional intimacy, empathy, power
Therapeutic vs. personal relationships - correct answer ✔✔-Therapeutic: regulated by code of ethics,
nurse is paid, time-limited, location-limited, strict purpose, unequal power dynamic, nurse responsible
for establishing and maintaining relationship
-Personal: guided by personal values, no renumeration, no time or location limit, no specific purpose,
equal power, equal responsibility to establish and maintain relationship
Power differential in therapeutic relationship - correct answer ✔✔The client is automatically in a
vulnerable position and the nurse is in a position of power
CNO Practice Standard: Nurse-Client Relationship (4 standard statements) - correct answer ✔✔1.
Therapeutic communication
2. Client-centered care
3. Protecting client from abuse
4. Maintaining boundaries
Therapeutic communication (CNO standard statement) - correct answer ✔✔Nurses use communication
skills and strategies to establish, maintain, reestablish, and terminate nurse-client relationship
complete solutions
College of Nurses of Ontario (CNO) - correct answer ✔✔Regulatory body for RNs in Ontario
-Protects the public's right to quality, safe nursing services
-Responsible for: articulating and promoting practice standards, establishing entry-to-practice
competencies, administering quality assurance program, enforcing standards of practice and conduct
Canadian Nurses Association (CNA) - correct answer ✔✔National professional association for nurses
(ethical standards for practice)
Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario (RNAO) - correct answer ✔✔Provincial professional association
for RNs in ON
Ontario Nurses Association (ONA) - correct answer ✔✔Nursing union in Ontario
Principles of Canada's Health Act - correct answer ✔✔-Comprehensiveness
-Universality
-Portability
-Public administration
-Accessibility
Comprehensiveness (CHA) - correct answer ✔✔Medically necessary services are provided
Universality (CHA) - correct answer ✔✔Insured residents have equal entitlement to services
Public administration (CHA) - correct answer ✔✔Administered on a nonprofit basis
, Portability (CHA) - correct answer ✔✔No penalty or cost to move between provinces
Accessibility (CHA) - correct answer ✔✔Reasonable access to services
Regulated Health Professions Act (RHPA) - correct answer ✔✔Protects the public, ensures an open and
responsive healthcare system; IDs 13 controlled acts
Nursing Act - correct answer ✔✔Defines scope of practice, categories of nurses, entry to practice
requirements, title protection, controlled acts, quality assurance, professional misconduct regulations,
and self-reporting obligations
Therapeutic relationship (+ key components) - correct answer ✔✔-Support, promote, and guide the
healing of another through knowledgable and authentic connection
-Key components: trust, respect, professional intimacy, empathy, power
Therapeutic vs. personal relationships - correct answer ✔✔-Therapeutic: regulated by code of ethics,
nurse is paid, time-limited, location-limited, strict purpose, unequal power dynamic, nurse responsible
for establishing and maintaining relationship
-Personal: guided by personal values, no renumeration, no time or location limit, no specific purpose,
equal power, equal responsibility to establish and maintain relationship
Power differential in therapeutic relationship - correct answer ✔✔The client is automatically in a
vulnerable position and the nurse is in a position of power
CNO Practice Standard: Nurse-Client Relationship (4 standard statements) - correct answer ✔✔1.
Therapeutic communication
2. Client-centered care
3. Protecting client from abuse
4. Maintaining boundaries
Therapeutic communication (CNO standard statement) - correct answer ✔✔Nurses use communication
skills and strategies to establish, maintain, reestablish, and terminate nurse-client relationship
