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According to the CNO practice standard: professional standards, revised 2002, which one of the f
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answer>>>Each nurse is accountable to the public and responsible for meeting legislative requir
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ements ans the standards of the profession
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A physician calls in a telephone order for pain medication. The physician is not in the facility. Sho
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uld the nurse accept the order? - answer>>>Yes, because the physician is not physically present
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What's the CNO's mandate? - answer>>>To protect the publics interest
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The consent and capacity board has found Mr. Silva incapable of making decisions. His nephew,
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answer>>>The regulated health professions act 1991 and the nursing act 1991 both regulate th
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An 80 year old nursing home resident with advanced Alzheimer's disease requires minor surgery
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A nurse disagrees with a clients decision to terminate a pregnancy for genetic reasons and wishe
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s to discontinue nursing care. What should the nurse do first? -
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What is included in the mandatory requirements for nurses who are randomly selected to participat
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e in CNOs quality assurance program? - answer>>>Peer assessment
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,During the lunch break, a nurse observed a colleague drinking several alcoholic beverages. Later i
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n the day, the colleague is observed loudly laughing and slurring words when interacting with clie
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nts. How would CNO most likely assess this type of behaviour? - answer>>>Incompetence
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Gladys has decided to resume nursing practice after resigning from the profession to raise a fam
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ily. After an interview, she was successful in obtaining a position at a local LTC facility. Can gladys
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manswer>>>No, because gladys requires current registration with the CNO
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According to CNO, nurses must obtain explicit consent for which of the following actions? -
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answer>>>Providing activities of daily living
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Who may determine capacity for the purpose of the substitute decisions act, 1992? -
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answer>>>A trained capacity assessor
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A client situation arises that may present an ethical issue. What is the first thing the nurse must d
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o? - answer>>>Determine the clients wishes
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Which of the following statements best describes the "client" in the context of the therapeutic n
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urse client relationship? - answer>>>An individual, family, group or community
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An occupational health nurse reveals to a manager that one of their probationary employees is
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pregnant. What, if anything, is wrong with this action? -
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answer>>>Nothing, the nurse has acted in good faith to protect this employee
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Consistent with the health care consent act, 1996, when is a nurse required to obtain consent t
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, When can a nurse discontinue nursing services for a cognitively impaired client without resulting
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in professional misconduct? - answer>>>If replacement services have been arranged
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A nurse is overheard saying "your breasts look great in that shirt" to a client. The client smiles an
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What is a key element of informed consent? -
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According to the CNO practice standard; ethics, what is a component of the definition of the ethi
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A nurse is assigned a client without complications following a therapeutic abortion, which is in di
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An RPN and an RP practice collaboratively. The NP has written an offer for acetaminophen (Tylen
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A nurse witnesses another nurse taking a clients personal items from the clients room. What is t
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he first action the nurse should take? - answer>>>Speak to the nurse regarding the matter
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Which of the following statements describes the ethical value related to "privacy and confidentiality
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What is every members responsibility in a self regulated program? -
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How does professional misconduct relate to CNOs practice standards? -
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answer>>>Failure to Meet any of the practice standards may be professional misconduct
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answer>>>Each nurse is accountable to the public and responsible for meeting legislative requir
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A physician calls in a telephone order for pain medication. The physician is not in the facility. Sho
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The consent and capacity board has found Mr. Silva incapable of making decisions. His nephew,
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An 80 year old nursing home resident with advanced Alzheimer's disease requires minor surgery
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A nurse disagrees with a clients decision to terminate a pregnancy for genetic reasons and wishe
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What is included in the mandatory requirements for nurses who are randomly selected to participat
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,During the lunch break, a nurse observed a colleague drinking several alcoholic beverages. Later i
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n the day, the colleague is observed loudly laughing and slurring words when interacting with clie
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Gladys has decided to resume nursing practice after resigning from the profession to raise a fam
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answer>>>Providing activities of daily living
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Who may determine capacity for the purpose of the substitute decisions act, 1992? -
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A client situation arises that may present an ethical issue. What is the first thing the nurse must d
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Which of the following statements best describes the "client" in the context of the therapeutic n
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An occupational health nurse reveals to a manager that one of their probationary employees is
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Consistent with the health care consent act, 1996, when is a nurse required to obtain consent t
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A nurse is overheard saying "your breasts look great in that shirt" to a client. The client smiles an
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A nurse witnesses another nurse taking a clients personal items from the clients room. What is t
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