NURS 2300 STUDY GUIDE EXAM 2026/2027 QUESTIONS
AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔Purpose of Nurse Practice Acts - ✔✔Define requirements for licensure, scope of
practice, and responsibilities of nurses.
✔✔Licensure requirements - ✔✔Standards nurses must meet to legally practice nursing
in a specific state.
✔✔Scope of practice - ✔✔The activities and procedures a nurse is legally permitted to
perform.
✔✔Responsibilities of nurses - ✔✔Professional duties and legal obligations outlined by
state law.
✔✔State-specific regulation - ✔✔Every state has its own Nurse Practice Act governing
nursing practice.
✔✔Tennessee Nurse Practice Act - ✔✔The Nurse Practice Act that regulates nursing
practice within the state of Tennessee.
✔✔Regulatory law - ✔✔Grants authority to administrative agencies to enforce statutory
rules and regulations.
✔✔Purpose of regulatory law - ✔✔Ensures laws are applied, monitored, and enforced
through designated agencies.
✔✔State Boards of Nursing (BON) - ✔✔Regulatory agencies responsible for overseeing
nursing practice.
✔✔Role of the Board of Nursing - ✔✔Sets educational and licensing requirements for
nurses.
✔✔Licensing authority of the BON - ✔✔Has authority to grant, suspend, or revoke
nursing licenses.
✔✔Disciplinary role of the BON - ✔✔Conducts investigations and hearings related to
professional misconduct and disciplinary actions.
✔✔Torts - ✔✔Civil wrongs that cause harm or injury to another person and result in
legal liability.
✔✔Purpose of tort law - ✔✔To provide compensation to individuals harmed by
another's actions.
, ✔✔Torts in nursing - ✔✔Occur when a nurse's actions or omissions cause patient
harm.
✔✔Intentional torts - ✔✔Willful actions that violate a person's rights, such as assault,
battery, or false imprisonment.
✔✔Unintentional torts - ✔✔Actions that result in harm due to negligence or malpractice.
✔✔Negligence - ✔✔Failure to act as a reasonably prudent nurse would under similar
circumstances.
✔✔Malpractice - ✔✔Professional negligence that results in patient injury or harm.
✔✔Torts - ✔✔Wrongful acts that harm another and can lead to civil liability.
✔✔Unintentional torts - ✔✔Actions that cause harm without intent to cause injury.
✔✔Negligence - ✔✔Failure to act as a reasonably prudent nurse would under similar
circumstances.
✔✔Malpractice - ✔✔Professional negligence that results in patient harm.
✔✔Quasi-intentional torts - ✔✔Actions in which intent exists but harm is not specifically
intended.
✔✔Invasion of privacy - ✔✔Unauthorized access to or disclosure of a patient's personal
information.
✔✔Defamation of character - ✔✔False statements that harm a person's reputation.
✔✔Intentional torts - ✔✔Willful actions intended to bring about a specific result.
✔✔Assault - ✔✔Creating fear or apprehension of harmful or offensive contact.
✔✔Battery - ✔✔Unpermitted physical contact with another person.
✔✔False imprisonment - ✔✔Unlawful restraint of a person's freedom of movement.
✔✔Abandonment - ✔✔Prematurely leaving a patient without proper notice or
replacement care.
✔✔Intentional infliction of emotional distress - ✔✔Willful conduct that causes severe
emotional suffering.
AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔Purpose of Nurse Practice Acts - ✔✔Define requirements for licensure, scope of
practice, and responsibilities of nurses.
✔✔Licensure requirements - ✔✔Standards nurses must meet to legally practice nursing
in a specific state.
✔✔Scope of practice - ✔✔The activities and procedures a nurse is legally permitted to
perform.
✔✔Responsibilities of nurses - ✔✔Professional duties and legal obligations outlined by
state law.
✔✔State-specific regulation - ✔✔Every state has its own Nurse Practice Act governing
nursing practice.
✔✔Tennessee Nurse Practice Act - ✔✔The Nurse Practice Act that regulates nursing
practice within the state of Tennessee.
✔✔Regulatory law - ✔✔Grants authority to administrative agencies to enforce statutory
rules and regulations.
✔✔Purpose of regulatory law - ✔✔Ensures laws are applied, monitored, and enforced
through designated agencies.
✔✔State Boards of Nursing (BON) - ✔✔Regulatory agencies responsible for overseeing
nursing practice.
✔✔Role of the Board of Nursing - ✔✔Sets educational and licensing requirements for
nurses.
✔✔Licensing authority of the BON - ✔✔Has authority to grant, suspend, or revoke
nursing licenses.
✔✔Disciplinary role of the BON - ✔✔Conducts investigations and hearings related to
professional misconduct and disciplinary actions.
✔✔Torts - ✔✔Civil wrongs that cause harm or injury to another person and result in
legal liability.
✔✔Purpose of tort law - ✔✔To provide compensation to individuals harmed by
another's actions.
, ✔✔Torts in nursing - ✔✔Occur when a nurse's actions or omissions cause patient
harm.
✔✔Intentional torts - ✔✔Willful actions that violate a person's rights, such as assault,
battery, or false imprisonment.
✔✔Unintentional torts - ✔✔Actions that result in harm due to negligence or malpractice.
✔✔Negligence - ✔✔Failure to act as a reasonably prudent nurse would under similar
circumstances.
✔✔Malpractice - ✔✔Professional negligence that results in patient injury or harm.
✔✔Torts - ✔✔Wrongful acts that harm another and can lead to civil liability.
✔✔Unintentional torts - ✔✔Actions that cause harm without intent to cause injury.
✔✔Negligence - ✔✔Failure to act as a reasonably prudent nurse would under similar
circumstances.
✔✔Malpractice - ✔✔Professional negligence that results in patient harm.
✔✔Quasi-intentional torts - ✔✔Actions in which intent exists but harm is not specifically
intended.
✔✔Invasion of privacy - ✔✔Unauthorized access to or disclosure of a patient's personal
information.
✔✔Defamation of character - ✔✔False statements that harm a person's reputation.
✔✔Intentional torts - ✔✔Willful actions intended to bring about a specific result.
✔✔Assault - ✔✔Creating fear or apprehension of harmful or offensive contact.
✔✔Battery - ✔✔Unpermitted physical contact with another person.
✔✔False imprisonment - ✔✔Unlawful restraint of a person's freedom of movement.
✔✔Abandonment - ✔✔Prematurely leaving a patient without proper notice or
replacement care.
✔✔Intentional infliction of emotional distress - ✔✔Willful conduct that causes severe
emotional suffering.
