JURISPRUDENC
E EXAM
REVIEWER
2026\2027 update
1. A client requires chemotherapy and radiation. The client agrees to the treatment
on the condition that he receives constant nursing support due to his anxiety.
What should the nurse do?
a. Work within the normal staffing parameters.
b. Suggest the client consider hiring a private nurse.
c. Provide the extra care requested by the client.
d. Advocate for effective care for the client. *
2. According to the CNO Practice Standard: Professional Standards Revised
2002, which one of the following descriptions best reflects the Standard
Statement related to ‘Accountability’?
a. All nurses are accountable to their clients, their employer and themselves.
b. Each nurse is accountable for providing, facilitating and promoting the best
possible care to the public.
c. Each nurse is accountable to the public and responsible for meeting
legislative requirements and the standards of the profession. *
d. All nurses are accountable for possessing, through continuing learning,
knowledge relevant to practice.
3. What must be included for consent to be considered informed?
a. Information the physician determines the client should know.
b. The composition of the health care team.
c. The exact length of time to recover from treatment.
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, d. Alternative courses of action instead of the proposed treatment. *
4. According to the CNO Practice Standard: Professional Standards, Revised
2002, what is included in the Standard Statement related to ‘Relationships’?
a. Caring and compassionate.
b. Collegial and knowledgeable.
c. Supportive and comprehensive.
d. Therapeutic and professional. *
5. What is one part of the definition of ‘professional misconduct’ as defined by the
Health Professions Procedural Code?
a. Guilty of an offence relevant to the member’s suitability to practice. *
b. Has a physical condition limiting practice.
c. Guilty of a criminal offence under Ontario Law.
d. Has a mental illness that limits the member’s suitability to practice safely.
6. Which one of the following statements describes the Ethical Value related to
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, ‘Privacy and Confidentiality’, as outlined in the CNO Practice Standard: Ethics?
a. Maintaining client well-being.
b. Using a framework to determine ethical uncertainty.
c. Supporting informed decision-making for clients.
d. Collecting only information necessary for providing health care. *
7. The physician asks a nurse to perform a wound dressing change for a 15-year-
old under the nurse’s care. Is consent needed?
a. No, because routine treatment does not require consent.
b. Yes, because of the age of the client.
c. No, because the treatment was ordered by the physician.
d. Yes, because consent is required for any treatment. *
8. According to the CNO Practice Standard: Ethics, which of the following
statements best describes the Ethical Value related to ‘Privacy and
confidentiality’?
a. Ethical problems are identified and solved by nurses using sensitivity,
intellectual curiosity and commitment.
b. Nurses must understand the organization’s perspective of privacy and
confidentiality prior to sharing information.
c. Clients need to be informed that their relevant health information will be
shared with the health care team. *
d. Important aspects of privacy and confidentiality need to be identified by
clients’ families.
9. Which of the following examples reflects one of the three controlled acts that all
nurses are authorized to perform according to the Nursing Act, 1991?
a. Communicating to an individual a diagnosis based on laboratory results.
b. Managing labour or conducting the delivery of a baby.
c. Putting an instrument, hand or finger into an artificial opening in the
body. *
d. Moving the joints of the spine beyond the client’s usual range of motion.
10. A client situation arises that may present an ethical issue. What is the first thing
the nurse must do?
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, a. Review the employer’s policies and procedures.
b. Discuss the issue with the health care team.
c. Determine the client’s wishes. *
d. Consult the supervisor.
11. Which one of the following health care providers is appropriately using the
authorizing mechanism of ‘initiation’?
a. An RN who establishes peripheral venous access in an emergency
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E EXAM
REVIEWER
2026\2027 update
1. A client requires chemotherapy and radiation. The client agrees to the treatment
on the condition that he receives constant nursing support due to his anxiety.
What should the nurse do?
a. Work within the normal staffing parameters.
b. Suggest the client consider hiring a private nurse.
c. Provide the extra care requested by the client.
d. Advocate for effective care for the client. *
2. According to the CNO Practice Standard: Professional Standards Revised
2002, which one of the following descriptions best reflects the Standard
Statement related to ‘Accountability’?
a. All nurses are accountable to their clients, their employer and themselves.
b. Each nurse is accountable for providing, facilitating and promoting the best
possible care to the public.
c. Each nurse is accountable to the public and responsible for meeting
legislative requirements and the standards of the profession. *
d. All nurses are accountable for possessing, through continuing learning,
knowledge relevant to practice.
3. What must be included for consent to be considered informed?
a. Information the physician determines the client should know.
b. The composition of the health care team.
c. The exact length of time to recover from treatment.
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, d. Alternative courses of action instead of the proposed treatment. *
4. According to the CNO Practice Standard: Professional Standards, Revised
2002, what is included in the Standard Statement related to ‘Relationships’?
a. Caring and compassionate.
b. Collegial and knowledgeable.
c. Supportive and comprehensive.
d. Therapeutic and professional. *
5. What is one part of the definition of ‘professional misconduct’ as defined by the
Health Professions Procedural Code?
a. Guilty of an offence relevant to the member’s suitability to practice. *
b. Has a physical condition limiting practice.
c. Guilty of a criminal offence under Ontario Law.
d. Has a mental illness that limits the member’s suitability to practice safely.
6. Which one of the following statements describes the Ethical Value related to
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, ‘Privacy and Confidentiality’, as outlined in the CNO Practice Standard: Ethics?
a. Maintaining client well-being.
b. Using a framework to determine ethical uncertainty.
c. Supporting informed decision-making for clients.
d. Collecting only information necessary for providing health care. *
7. The physician asks a nurse to perform a wound dressing change for a 15-year-
old under the nurse’s care. Is consent needed?
a. No, because routine treatment does not require consent.
b. Yes, because of the age of the client.
c. No, because the treatment was ordered by the physician.
d. Yes, because consent is required for any treatment. *
8. According to the CNO Practice Standard: Ethics, which of the following
statements best describes the Ethical Value related to ‘Privacy and
confidentiality’?
a. Ethical problems are identified and solved by nurses using sensitivity,
intellectual curiosity and commitment.
b. Nurses must understand the organization’s perspective of privacy and
confidentiality prior to sharing information.
c. Clients need to be informed that their relevant health information will be
shared with the health care team. *
d. Important aspects of privacy and confidentiality need to be identified by
clients’ families.
9. Which of the following examples reflects one of the three controlled acts that all
nurses are authorized to perform according to the Nursing Act, 1991?
a. Communicating to an individual a diagnosis based on laboratory results.
b. Managing labour or conducting the delivery of a baby.
c. Putting an instrument, hand or finger into an artificial opening in the
body. *
d. Moving the joints of the spine beyond the client’s usual range of motion.
10. A client situation arises that may present an ethical issue. What is the first thing
the nurse must do?
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, a. Review the employer’s policies and procedures.
b. Discuss the issue with the health care team.
c. Determine the client’s wishes. *
d. Consult the supervisor.
11. Which one of the following health care providers is appropriately using the
authorizing mechanism of ‘initiation’?
a. An RN who establishes peripheral venous access in an emergency
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