TEXAS NURSE PRACTICE ACT AND NURSE JURISPRUDENCE EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS : {LATEST 2025/ 2026 UPDATE} COMPLETE REAL AND
AUTHENTIC EXAM {100% CORRECT} RATED A+!!!!
define nurse jurisprudence according to the texas BON -
Answer-Jurisprudence is the science or philosophy of law. The Texas Nurse Practice Act and
the Texas Board of Nursing Rules and Regulations Relating to Nurse Education, Licensure, and
Practice are the laws that govern the practice of nursing practice in Texas. Your nursing practice
is directly affected by your ability to make informed decision within the parameters of these
laws. You need to know how the rules apply to you, and then apply them in your nursing
practice.
state the reason new nurses must take and pass the nurse jurisprudence exam to receive
their license to practice professional nursing in Texas -
Answer-BON staff have heard nurses who were disciplined by the board proclaim "If only i had
known and understood about my 'duty to the patient' under the NPA and board rules I would
have not gotten into trouble with the BON"
identify several topics covered on the nurse jurisprudence exam -
Answer--licensure and regulation
-ethics
-practice
-peer reviews
-disciplinary action
make and accept assignments
-nurses must take into consideration the staff person's: educational
preparation,
experience, knowledge
and
physical and emotional ability
explore implications for practice from rule 217.11 standards of nursing practice from the
Texas Nurse Practice Act -
Answer-Rule 217.11 is the foundation for all other standards:
" ...maintain a safe environment for clients and others"
*this standard supersedes any physician order, facility policy, or administrative directive
explore conditions under which the nurse's duty to a patient begins -
Answer-You understand the minimum standards of care once you receive your nursing license
-Nurses duty to a patient:
*begins when there is a relationship established between the nurse and the patient
*begins when the nurse has a responsibility for a patient
, *doesn't begin with a single event (clocking in)
*when a nurse knows or should have known that a situation potentially
discuss the process of safe harbor -
Answer--Complete quick request first
-then before the shift ends complete the comprehensive one
mandatory overtime:
-a hospital is prohibited from scheduling mandatory overtime
-on call time cannot be used to produce mandatory overtime
-exceptions: disaster, state of emergency, unforeseen event, nurse is doing a procedure and
cannot leave(patient safety)
retaliation by the hospital is prohibited
the nurse should invoke safe harbor when asked to accept an assignment that is unsafe or outside
of her knowledge, skills, physical/emotional abilities
safe harbor applies to all nurses when the nurse believes an assignment may place patients at risk
of harm, thus violating the nurses' duty to a patient
identify situations when the Peer Review Committee might be activated -
Answer-peer review
two types-
*safe harbor
*incident based
- eval of nursing care provided
- eval of nurses qualifications
- determination on the complaint about nursing
care
list specific acts identified as unprofessional conduct by the Nurse Practice Act -
Answer-*unsafe practice- delegating or assigning nursing functions when this could reasonably
expect to result in unsafe care
*unsafe practice- accepting those assignments that could result in unsafe care
*failing to supervise delegated task
*careless conduct that may endanger a client
*falsifying records
*violating professional boundaries
*drug diversion
*permitting client abuse/neglect
*sexual conduct with a client
discuss the nurse's role in reporting violations of the Nurse Practice Act -
Answer--First and foremost, take steps to be sure that you or the patient involved are not in
harm's way. ---
-Report the situation to a supervisor or the nurse's employer immediately.
AND ANSWERS : {LATEST 2025/ 2026 UPDATE} COMPLETE REAL AND
AUTHENTIC EXAM {100% CORRECT} RATED A+!!!!
define nurse jurisprudence according to the texas BON -
Answer-Jurisprudence is the science or philosophy of law. The Texas Nurse Practice Act and
the Texas Board of Nursing Rules and Regulations Relating to Nurse Education, Licensure, and
Practice are the laws that govern the practice of nursing practice in Texas. Your nursing practice
is directly affected by your ability to make informed decision within the parameters of these
laws. You need to know how the rules apply to you, and then apply them in your nursing
practice.
state the reason new nurses must take and pass the nurse jurisprudence exam to receive
their license to practice professional nursing in Texas -
Answer-BON staff have heard nurses who were disciplined by the board proclaim "If only i had
known and understood about my 'duty to the patient' under the NPA and board rules I would
have not gotten into trouble with the BON"
identify several topics covered on the nurse jurisprudence exam -
Answer--licensure and regulation
-ethics
-practice
-peer reviews
-disciplinary action
make and accept assignments
-nurses must take into consideration the staff person's: educational
preparation,
experience, knowledge
and
physical and emotional ability
explore implications for practice from rule 217.11 standards of nursing practice from the
Texas Nurse Practice Act -
Answer-Rule 217.11 is the foundation for all other standards:
" ...maintain a safe environment for clients and others"
*this standard supersedes any physician order, facility policy, or administrative directive
explore conditions under which the nurse's duty to a patient begins -
Answer-You understand the minimum standards of care once you receive your nursing license
-Nurses duty to a patient:
*begins when there is a relationship established between the nurse and the patient
*begins when the nurse has a responsibility for a patient
, *doesn't begin with a single event (clocking in)
*when a nurse knows or should have known that a situation potentially
discuss the process of safe harbor -
Answer--Complete quick request first
-then before the shift ends complete the comprehensive one
mandatory overtime:
-a hospital is prohibited from scheduling mandatory overtime
-on call time cannot be used to produce mandatory overtime
-exceptions: disaster, state of emergency, unforeseen event, nurse is doing a procedure and
cannot leave(patient safety)
retaliation by the hospital is prohibited
the nurse should invoke safe harbor when asked to accept an assignment that is unsafe or outside
of her knowledge, skills, physical/emotional abilities
safe harbor applies to all nurses when the nurse believes an assignment may place patients at risk
of harm, thus violating the nurses' duty to a patient
identify situations when the Peer Review Committee might be activated -
Answer-peer review
two types-
*safe harbor
*incident based
- eval of nursing care provided
- eval of nurses qualifications
- determination on the complaint about nursing
care
list specific acts identified as unprofessional conduct by the Nurse Practice Act -
Answer-*unsafe practice- delegating or assigning nursing functions when this could reasonably
expect to result in unsafe care
*unsafe practice- accepting those assignments that could result in unsafe care
*failing to supervise delegated task
*careless conduct that may endanger a client
*falsifying records
*violating professional boundaries
*drug diversion
*permitting client abuse/neglect
*sexual conduct with a client
discuss the nurse's role in reporting violations of the Nurse Practice Act -
Answer--First and foremost, take steps to be sure that you or the patient involved are not in
harm's way. ---
-Report the situation to a supervisor or the nurse's employer immediately.
