NEW ZEALAND NURSING STATE EXAM COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
FULLY VERIFIED ANSWERS (PASS GUARANTEE)
1. Q: What is the primary purpose of the Nursing Council of New Zealand
(NCNZ)? ANSWER To protect public safety by ensuring nurses are competent
and fit to practice, maintaining professional standards, and regulating the
nursing profession.
2. Q: What are the three scopes of practice for registered nurses in New
Zealand? ANSWER Registered Nurse, Nurse Practitioner, and Enrolled Nurse.
3. Q: What does "duty of care" mean in nursing practice? ANSWER The
legal and professional obligation to provide care that meets accepted standards
and to act in the best interests of patients.
4. Q: What is the Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003
(HPCA)? ANSWER Legislation that provides a framework for regulating
health practitioners to protect public safety through competence, fitness to
practice, and quality assurance.
5. Q: What are the four principles of the Code of Conduct for Nurses?
ANSWER Respect, partnership, communication, and professionalism.
6. Q: When must a nurse notify the Nursing Council about a conviction?
ANSWER Within 7 days of the conviction being entered.
7. Q: What is informed consent? ANSWER A process where patients receive
sufficient information about their care to make voluntary decisions,
understanding risks, benefits, and alternatives.
8. Q: What is the Treaty of Waitangi's significance in nursing? ANSWER
It establishes the foundation for partnership between Māori and the Crown,
requiring nurses to practice culturally safe care and honor Māori health rights.
9. Q: What are the three principles of the Treaty of Waitangi? ANSWER
Partnership, participation, and protection.
10. Q: What is cultural safety (Kawa Whakaruruhau)? ANSWER An
approach where nurses examine their own cultural attitudes and provide care
that respects and supports the cultural identity and wellbeing of patients.
,11. Q: What is the difference between confidentiality and privacy?
ANSWER Confidentiality is the ethical duty to protect patient information;
privacy is the legal right of individuals to control their personal information
under the Privacy Act.
12. Q: When can you breach patient confidentiality? ANSWER When
there's a serious threat to patient or public safety, legal requirement, court order,
or with patient consent.
13. Q: What is mandatory reporting in nursing? ANSWER The legal
requirement to report certain situations such as child abuse, elder abuse, or
concerns about colleague competence to appropriate authorities.
14. Q: What is scope of practice? ANSWER The professional boundaries
within which a nurse can legally and competently work based on their
registration, qualifications, and competence.
15. Q: What should you do if asked to perform a task outside your scope?
ANSWER Decline respectfully, explain limitations, and seek assistance from an
appropriately qualified colleague.
16. Q: What is vicarious liability? ANSWER Legal responsibility of
employers for the actions of employees performed within their employment
scope.
17. Q: What are the NCNZ competencies for registered nurses? ANSWER
Four domains - Professional responsibility, Management of nursing care,
Interpersonal relationships, and Interprofessional health care and quality
improvement.
18. Q: What is the purpose of annual practicing certificates (APC)?
ANSWER To ensure nurses remain current, competent, and fit to practice
through meeting recertification requirements.
19. Q: How many hours of professional development are required
annually? ANSWER Minimum of 60 hours over 3 years (approximately 20
hours per year) with at least 50% being planned learning.
20. Q: What is negligence in nursing? ANSWER Failure to provide care that
meets expected standards, resulting in harm to a patient.
21. Q: What are the four elements needed to prove negligence? ANSWER
Duty of care existed, breach of that duty, causation (breach caused harm), and
damages occurred.
, 22. Q: What is the Health Information Privacy Code? ANSWER Rules
governing collection, storage, use, and disclosure of health information to
protect patient privacy.
23. Q: What is advance care planning? ANSWER The process where
patients discuss and document their future healthcare preferences if they
become unable to make decisions.
24. Q: What is an Enduring Power of Attorney (EPA)? ANSWER A legal
document appointing someone to make decisions on behalf of a person when
they lose capacity.
25. Q: What is the Mental Capacity Act principle? ANSWER Presume
people have capacity unless proven otherwise, and support them to make their
own decisions.
26. Q: What is advocacy in nursing? ANSWER Acting in patients' best
interests, supporting their rights, and ensuring their voices are heard in
healthcare decisions.
27. Q: What is professional boundaries in nursing? ANSWER The limits
that protect the therapeutic relationship from becoming social, financial, or
sexual.
28. Q: What should you do if you make a medication error? ANSWER
Immediately assess patient safety, notify senior staff and prescriber, document
accurately, complete incident report, and be honest.
29. Q: What is the purpose of incident reporting? ANSWER To identify
safety issues, learn from errors, implement improvements, and protect patients
through system changes.
30. Q: What is the Health and Disability Commissioner's role? ANSWER
To protect and promote the rights of health consumers and resolve complaints
about health and disability services.
31. Q: What are the key rights in the Code of Health and Disability
Services Consumers' Rights? ANSWER Respectful treatment, dignity,
effective communication, informed consent, and right to complain.
32. Q: What is the difference between assault and battery in healthcare?
ANSWER Assault is the threat of unwanted contact; battery is actual unwanted
physical contact without consent.
33. Q: What is restraint in healthcare? ANSWER Any practice that restricts
a person's movement, activity, or decision-making against their will.
FULLY VERIFIED ANSWERS (PASS GUARANTEE)
1. Q: What is the primary purpose of the Nursing Council of New Zealand
(NCNZ)? ANSWER To protect public safety by ensuring nurses are competent
and fit to practice, maintaining professional standards, and regulating the
nursing profession.
2. Q: What are the three scopes of practice for registered nurses in New
Zealand? ANSWER Registered Nurse, Nurse Practitioner, and Enrolled Nurse.
3. Q: What does "duty of care" mean in nursing practice? ANSWER The
legal and professional obligation to provide care that meets accepted standards
and to act in the best interests of patients.
4. Q: What is the Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003
(HPCA)? ANSWER Legislation that provides a framework for regulating
health practitioners to protect public safety through competence, fitness to
practice, and quality assurance.
5. Q: What are the four principles of the Code of Conduct for Nurses?
ANSWER Respect, partnership, communication, and professionalism.
6. Q: When must a nurse notify the Nursing Council about a conviction?
ANSWER Within 7 days of the conviction being entered.
7. Q: What is informed consent? ANSWER A process where patients receive
sufficient information about their care to make voluntary decisions,
understanding risks, benefits, and alternatives.
8. Q: What is the Treaty of Waitangi's significance in nursing? ANSWER
It establishes the foundation for partnership between Māori and the Crown,
requiring nurses to practice culturally safe care and honor Māori health rights.
9. Q: What are the three principles of the Treaty of Waitangi? ANSWER
Partnership, participation, and protection.
10. Q: What is cultural safety (Kawa Whakaruruhau)? ANSWER An
approach where nurses examine their own cultural attitudes and provide care
that respects and supports the cultural identity and wellbeing of patients.
,11. Q: What is the difference between confidentiality and privacy?
ANSWER Confidentiality is the ethical duty to protect patient information;
privacy is the legal right of individuals to control their personal information
under the Privacy Act.
12. Q: When can you breach patient confidentiality? ANSWER When
there's a serious threat to patient or public safety, legal requirement, court order,
or with patient consent.
13. Q: What is mandatory reporting in nursing? ANSWER The legal
requirement to report certain situations such as child abuse, elder abuse, or
concerns about colleague competence to appropriate authorities.
14. Q: What is scope of practice? ANSWER The professional boundaries
within which a nurse can legally and competently work based on their
registration, qualifications, and competence.
15. Q: What should you do if asked to perform a task outside your scope?
ANSWER Decline respectfully, explain limitations, and seek assistance from an
appropriately qualified colleague.
16. Q: What is vicarious liability? ANSWER Legal responsibility of
employers for the actions of employees performed within their employment
scope.
17. Q: What are the NCNZ competencies for registered nurses? ANSWER
Four domains - Professional responsibility, Management of nursing care,
Interpersonal relationships, and Interprofessional health care and quality
improvement.
18. Q: What is the purpose of annual practicing certificates (APC)?
ANSWER To ensure nurses remain current, competent, and fit to practice
through meeting recertification requirements.
19. Q: How many hours of professional development are required
annually? ANSWER Minimum of 60 hours over 3 years (approximately 20
hours per year) with at least 50% being planned learning.
20. Q: What is negligence in nursing? ANSWER Failure to provide care that
meets expected standards, resulting in harm to a patient.
21. Q: What are the four elements needed to prove negligence? ANSWER
Duty of care existed, breach of that duty, causation (breach caused harm), and
damages occurred.
, 22. Q: What is the Health Information Privacy Code? ANSWER Rules
governing collection, storage, use, and disclosure of health information to
protect patient privacy.
23. Q: What is advance care planning? ANSWER The process where
patients discuss and document their future healthcare preferences if they
become unable to make decisions.
24. Q: What is an Enduring Power of Attorney (EPA)? ANSWER A legal
document appointing someone to make decisions on behalf of a person when
they lose capacity.
25. Q: What is the Mental Capacity Act principle? ANSWER Presume
people have capacity unless proven otherwise, and support them to make their
own decisions.
26. Q: What is advocacy in nursing? ANSWER Acting in patients' best
interests, supporting their rights, and ensuring their voices are heard in
healthcare decisions.
27. Q: What is professional boundaries in nursing? ANSWER The limits
that protect the therapeutic relationship from becoming social, financial, or
sexual.
28. Q: What should you do if you make a medication error? ANSWER
Immediately assess patient safety, notify senior staff and prescriber, document
accurately, complete incident report, and be honest.
29. Q: What is the purpose of incident reporting? ANSWER To identify
safety issues, learn from errors, implement improvements, and protect patients
through system changes.
30. Q: What is the Health and Disability Commissioner's role? ANSWER
To protect and promote the rights of health consumers and resolve complaints
about health and disability services.
31. Q: What are the key rights in the Code of Health and Disability
Services Consumers' Rights? ANSWER Respectful treatment, dignity,
effective communication, informed consent, and right to complain.
32. Q: What is the difference between assault and battery in healthcare?
ANSWER Assault is the threat of unwanted contact; battery is actual unwanted
physical contact without consent.
33. Q: What is restraint in healthcare? ANSWER Any practice that restricts
a person's movement, activity, or decision-making against their will.
