Jurisprudence Exam: CNO Practice
Questions and Answers | Latest Version
| 2025/2026 | Correct & Verified
What is the primary purpose of the CNO Jurisprudence Exam?
A) To test clinical skills
✔✔B) To assess knowledge of nursing laws, ethics, and professional standards
C) To evaluate hospital management skills
D) To teach advanced pharmacology
Which body regulates nursing practice in Ontario?
A) Ministry of Health
✔✔B) College of Nurses of Ontario (CNO)
C) Local hospitals
D) Canadian Nurses Association
What is the Nurse Practice Act equivalent in Ontario?
A) Health Care Consent Act
B) Public Hospitals Act
✔✔C) Regulated Health Professions Act (RHPA)
D) Mental Health Act
What is the purpose of the CNO Professional Standards?
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,A) To rank nurses by seniority
B) To evaluate administrative tasks
✔✔C) To guide safe, ethical, and competent nursing practice
D) To provide hospital policies
Which action is considered professional misconduct?
A) Following protocols correctly
B) Accurate documentation
✔✔C) Practicing while impaired by drugs or alcohol
D) Completing continuing education
What is mandatory reporting under the RHPA?
A) Reporting patient compliments
B) Reporting vacation schedules
✔✔C) Reporting unsafe practice or incompetence of health professionals
D) Reporting minor administrative errors
Which of the following requires a nurse to notify the CNO?
A) Completing CPR certification
B) Volunteering in community health
✔✔C) Being charged or convicted of a criminal offense
D) Attending a professional conference
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,What is the nurse’s responsibility regarding informed consent?
A) Perform procedures without explaining
✔✔B) Ensure patients understand the procedure, risks, and benefits
C) Have a family member sign without discussion
D) Ignore patient questions
Which ethical principle requires nurses to act in the patient’s best interest?
A) Autonomy
✔✔B) Beneficence
C) Justice
D) Fidelity
Which principle emphasizes doing no harm?
A) Autonomy
B) Justice
✔✔C) Nonmaleficence
D) Beneficence
What is patient advocacy in nursing practice?
A) Following only physician orders blindly
✔✔B) Acting to protect patient rights, safety, and well-being
C) Ignoring patient preferences
D) Delegating responsibilities to family
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, Which action violates professional boundaries?
A) Documenting patient care accurately
✔✔B) Developing a personal relationship with a patient
C) Following ethical standards
D) Reporting care to a colleague
What is the purpose of continuing competence requirements?
A) To complete administrative tasks
✔✔B) To ensure nurses maintain knowledge, skills, and judgment
C) To satisfy hospital staffing policies
D) To measure seniority
What is the nurse’s duty in documentation?
A) Record minimal details for convenience
✔✔B) Document care accurately, completely, and timely
C) Only document positive outcomes
D) Delegate documentation to unlicensed staff
Which situation requires mandatory reporting?
A) Patient refusal of education
B) Routine lab error
✔✔C) Suspected abuse or neglect of vulnerable populations
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Questions and Answers | Latest Version
| 2025/2026 | Correct & Verified
What is the primary purpose of the CNO Jurisprudence Exam?
A) To test clinical skills
✔✔B) To assess knowledge of nursing laws, ethics, and professional standards
C) To evaluate hospital management skills
D) To teach advanced pharmacology
Which body regulates nursing practice in Ontario?
A) Ministry of Health
✔✔B) College of Nurses of Ontario (CNO)
C) Local hospitals
D) Canadian Nurses Association
What is the Nurse Practice Act equivalent in Ontario?
A) Health Care Consent Act
B) Public Hospitals Act
✔✔C) Regulated Health Professions Act (RHPA)
D) Mental Health Act
What is the purpose of the CNO Professional Standards?
1
,A) To rank nurses by seniority
B) To evaluate administrative tasks
✔✔C) To guide safe, ethical, and competent nursing practice
D) To provide hospital policies
Which action is considered professional misconduct?
A) Following protocols correctly
B) Accurate documentation
✔✔C) Practicing while impaired by drugs or alcohol
D) Completing continuing education
What is mandatory reporting under the RHPA?
A) Reporting patient compliments
B) Reporting vacation schedules
✔✔C) Reporting unsafe practice or incompetence of health professionals
D) Reporting minor administrative errors
Which of the following requires a nurse to notify the CNO?
A) Completing CPR certification
B) Volunteering in community health
✔✔C) Being charged or convicted of a criminal offense
D) Attending a professional conference
2
,What is the nurse’s responsibility regarding informed consent?
A) Perform procedures without explaining
✔✔B) Ensure patients understand the procedure, risks, and benefits
C) Have a family member sign without discussion
D) Ignore patient questions
Which ethical principle requires nurses to act in the patient’s best interest?
A) Autonomy
✔✔B) Beneficence
C) Justice
D) Fidelity
Which principle emphasizes doing no harm?
A) Autonomy
B) Justice
✔✔C) Nonmaleficence
D) Beneficence
What is patient advocacy in nursing practice?
A) Following only physician orders blindly
✔✔B) Acting to protect patient rights, safety, and well-being
C) Ignoring patient preferences
D) Delegating responsibilities to family
3
, Which action violates professional boundaries?
A) Documenting patient care accurately
✔✔B) Developing a personal relationship with a patient
C) Following ethical standards
D) Reporting care to a colleague
What is the purpose of continuing competence requirements?
A) To complete administrative tasks
✔✔B) To ensure nurses maintain knowledge, skills, and judgment
C) To satisfy hospital staffing policies
D) To measure seniority
What is the nurse’s duty in documentation?
A) Record minimal details for convenience
✔✔B) Document care accurately, completely, and timely
C) Only document positive outcomes
D) Delegate documentation to unlicensed staff
Which situation requires mandatory reporting?
A) Patient refusal of education
B) Routine lab error
✔✔C) Suspected abuse or neglect of vulnerable populations
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