CHAPTER 6.NURSING AS A REGULATED
PRACTICE: LEGAL ISSUES QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS 2025.
Which of the following is an example of civil law?
A. Possession of marijuana
B. Assault and battery
C. Giving alcohol to a minor
D. Child custody case Correct Answer: Child custody case
The nurse practice act of a state defines the scope and
responsibilities of nursing practice in
That state. Which of the following is true regarding nurse practice
acts?
A. They determine the educational requirements for licensure.
B. They describe the process for gaining membership to a
professional organization.
C. They regulate how many professional nursing organizations
may be formed.
D. They define the practice of medicine in relation to nursing.
Correct Answer: They determine the educational requirements for
licensure.
Which of the following falls under the jurisdiction of the state
board of nursing?
A. Approving or reject applications for new nursing education
programs
B. Expanding the provisions of the nurse practice act
C. Reducing the provisions of the nurse practice act
D. Right to suspend the need for licensure of registered nurses
(rns) in times of
Extreme shortage Correct Answer: Approving or reject
applications for new nursing education programs
The most common reason that nurses are disciplined by the state
board of nursing is
, A. Making medication errors.
B. Following unsafe nursing practice.
C. Practicing while impaired.
D. Abandoning patients. Correct Answer: practicing while
impaired.
What is the primary function of the National Council of State
Boards of Nursing (NCSBN)?
A. Overseeing decisions made by state boards of nursing
B. Developing the NCLEX-RN and NCLEX-PN licensing
examinations
C. Administering the NCLEX examination at testing centers
D. Overseeing granting licensure by endorsement Correct
Answer: Developing the NCLEX-RN and NCLEX-PN licensing
examinations
Which of the following actions by the nurse constitutes
professional malpractice?
A. Administering a preoperative sedative in the patient holding
area instead of in the
Patients room
B. Failing to notify the physician of a potassium level of 4 meq/L
C. Placing the head of the bed flat when a patient is receiving a
tube feeding, causing
The patient to aspirate the mixture
D. Administering a routine medication 10 minutes late because of
a unit emergency Correct Answer: Placing the head of the bed flat
when a patient is receiving a tube feeding, causing
The patient to aspirate the mixture
The nurse forgets to give the patient a dose of antibiotic. Later in
the shift, the patient goes
Into cardiac arrest and dies. What element is lacking to support
malpractice?
A. Duty of care
B. Breach of duty
C. Specific injury
D. Proximate cause Correct Answer: Proximate cause
PRACTICE: LEGAL ISSUES QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS 2025.
Which of the following is an example of civil law?
A. Possession of marijuana
B. Assault and battery
C. Giving alcohol to a minor
D. Child custody case Correct Answer: Child custody case
The nurse practice act of a state defines the scope and
responsibilities of nursing practice in
That state. Which of the following is true regarding nurse practice
acts?
A. They determine the educational requirements for licensure.
B. They describe the process for gaining membership to a
professional organization.
C. They regulate how many professional nursing organizations
may be formed.
D. They define the practice of medicine in relation to nursing.
Correct Answer: They determine the educational requirements for
licensure.
Which of the following falls under the jurisdiction of the state
board of nursing?
A. Approving or reject applications for new nursing education
programs
B. Expanding the provisions of the nurse practice act
C. Reducing the provisions of the nurse practice act
D. Right to suspend the need for licensure of registered nurses
(rns) in times of
Extreme shortage Correct Answer: Approving or reject
applications for new nursing education programs
The most common reason that nurses are disciplined by the state
board of nursing is
, A. Making medication errors.
B. Following unsafe nursing practice.
C. Practicing while impaired.
D. Abandoning patients. Correct Answer: practicing while
impaired.
What is the primary function of the National Council of State
Boards of Nursing (NCSBN)?
A. Overseeing decisions made by state boards of nursing
B. Developing the NCLEX-RN and NCLEX-PN licensing
examinations
C. Administering the NCLEX examination at testing centers
D. Overseeing granting licensure by endorsement Correct
Answer: Developing the NCLEX-RN and NCLEX-PN licensing
examinations
Which of the following actions by the nurse constitutes
professional malpractice?
A. Administering a preoperative sedative in the patient holding
area instead of in the
Patients room
B. Failing to notify the physician of a potassium level of 4 meq/L
C. Placing the head of the bed flat when a patient is receiving a
tube feeding, causing
The patient to aspirate the mixture
D. Administering a routine medication 10 minutes late because of
a unit emergency Correct Answer: Placing the head of the bed flat
when a patient is receiving a tube feeding, causing
The patient to aspirate the mixture
The nurse forgets to give the patient a dose of antibiotic. Later in
the shift, the patient goes
Into cardiac arrest and dies. What element is lacking to support
malpractice?
A. Duty of care
B. Breach of duty
C. Specific injury
D. Proximate cause Correct Answer: Proximate cause
