Nursing Jurisprudence and Ethics for
Texas Nurses Questions and Answers
| Latest Version | 2025/2026 | Correct &
Verified
Who can issue disciplinary action against a Texas nurse?
A) Hospital CEO
✔✔B) Texas State Board of Nursing
C) Nurse manager
D) Federal government
Which of the following is considered unprofessional conduct?
A) Following standard protocols
B) Administering medication safely
✔✔C) Practicing under the influence of alcohol or drugs
D) Documenting care accurately
What is mandatory reporting for nurses?
A) Reporting medication refills
✔✔B) Reporting suspected abuse or unsafe practice
C) Reporting patient compliments
D) Reporting cafeteria issues
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,What is the nurse’s duty if a patient refuses treatment?
A) Ignore the refusal
B) Force treatment
✔✔C) Inform the provider, educate the patient, and document
D) Discharge the patient
Which is considered patient advocacy?
✔✔A) Acting in the patient’s best interest
B) Following only physician orders blindly
C) Reporting coworkers
D) Delegating tasks to unlicensed staff
What is a sentinel event?
A) A minor patient complaint
✔✔B) An unexpected event causing serious harm or death
C) A routine lab test
D) An administrative error
Which principle of ethics involves doing no harm?
A) Autonomy
B) Beneficence
✔✔C) Nonmaleficence
D) Justice
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,What is the nurse’s responsibility regarding informed consent?
A) Perform procedures without patient knowledge
✔✔B) Verify patient understanding and provide education
C) Sign the consent form instead of the patient
D) Ignore the patient’s questions
Which situation requires mandatory reporting?
✔✔A) Suspected elder abuse
B) Patient missed appointment
C) Patient dietary preference
D) Nurse vacation request
What is professional accountability?
A) Delegating all decisions to others
✔✔B) Being responsible for one’s actions and decisions
C) Ignoring policies
D) Reporting only when convenient
Which is an example of boundary violation?
A) Providing care according to protocols
✔✔B) Developing a romantic relationship with a patient
C) Documenting accurately
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, D) Following ethical guidelines
What must a nurse do when discovering a medication error?
A) Ignore it
✔✔B) Notify the provider and document
C) Blame the patient
D) Wait for another nurse to report
What is ethical practice in nursing?
A) Doing whatever the nurse prefers
✔✔B) Providing care aligned with professional values and standards
C) Avoiding difficult patients
D) Following coworkers’ personal preferences
When can a nurse refuse to perform a task?
✔✔A) When it is unsafe or outside the nurse’s scope of practice
B) When the patient asks politely
C) When the task is easy
D) Never
Which is considered negligence?
A) Following protocols
✔✔B) Failing to provide care that a reasonably competent nurse would
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Texas Nurses Questions and Answers
| Latest Version | 2025/2026 | Correct &
Verified
Who can issue disciplinary action against a Texas nurse?
A) Hospital CEO
✔✔B) Texas State Board of Nursing
C) Nurse manager
D) Federal government
Which of the following is considered unprofessional conduct?
A) Following standard protocols
B) Administering medication safely
✔✔C) Practicing under the influence of alcohol or drugs
D) Documenting care accurately
What is mandatory reporting for nurses?
A) Reporting medication refills
✔✔B) Reporting suspected abuse or unsafe practice
C) Reporting patient compliments
D) Reporting cafeteria issues
1
,What is the nurse’s duty if a patient refuses treatment?
A) Ignore the refusal
B) Force treatment
✔✔C) Inform the provider, educate the patient, and document
D) Discharge the patient
Which is considered patient advocacy?
✔✔A) Acting in the patient’s best interest
B) Following only physician orders blindly
C) Reporting coworkers
D) Delegating tasks to unlicensed staff
What is a sentinel event?
A) A minor patient complaint
✔✔B) An unexpected event causing serious harm or death
C) A routine lab test
D) An administrative error
Which principle of ethics involves doing no harm?
A) Autonomy
B) Beneficence
✔✔C) Nonmaleficence
D) Justice
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,What is the nurse’s responsibility regarding informed consent?
A) Perform procedures without patient knowledge
✔✔B) Verify patient understanding and provide education
C) Sign the consent form instead of the patient
D) Ignore the patient’s questions
Which situation requires mandatory reporting?
✔✔A) Suspected elder abuse
B) Patient missed appointment
C) Patient dietary preference
D) Nurse vacation request
What is professional accountability?
A) Delegating all decisions to others
✔✔B) Being responsible for one’s actions and decisions
C) Ignoring policies
D) Reporting only when convenient
Which is an example of boundary violation?
A) Providing care according to protocols
✔✔B) Developing a romantic relationship with a patient
C) Documenting accurately
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, D) Following ethical guidelines
What must a nurse do when discovering a medication error?
A) Ignore it
✔✔B) Notify the provider and document
C) Blame the patient
D) Wait for another nurse to report
What is ethical practice in nursing?
A) Doing whatever the nurse prefers
✔✔B) Providing care aligned with professional values and standards
C) Avoiding difficult patients
D) Following coworkers’ personal preferences
When can a nurse refuse to perform a task?
✔✔A) When it is unsafe or outside the nurse’s scope of practice
B) When the patient asks politely
C) When the task is easy
D) Never
Which is considered negligence?
A) Following protocols
✔✔B) Failing to provide care that a reasonably competent nurse would
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