Florida Nursing Jurisprudence Exam
Question and correct answers (verified
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1. What is the primary purpose of Florida’s Nurse Practice Act?
A. To increase nurses’ salaries
B. To ensure nurses meet minimum requirements for safe practice
C. To regulate hospital construction
D. To establish nursing school tuition
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Florida law states that the legislative purpose is to ensure that every nurse practicing
in Florida meets minimum requirements for safe practice.
2. Which Florida statute contains the Nurse Practice Act?
A. Chapter 400
B. Chapter 456
C. Chapter 464
D. Chapter 491
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Florida Statutes Chapter 464, Part I, is the Nurse Practice Act.
3. Which organization regulates nursing licensure in Florida?
A. Florida Department of Education
B. Florida Board of Nursing
C. Florida Medical Association
D. National Institutes of Health
,Correct Answer: B
Rationale: The Florida Board of Nursing is the state regulatory board responsible for nursing
licensure and regulation.
4. Which Florida chapter contains general provisions applicable to health professions?
A. Chapter 456
B. Chapter 464
C. Chapter 468
D. Chapter 480
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Chapter 456 contains general provisions governing health professions and
occupations in Florida.
5. Which person generally requires an active nursing license to practice professional nursing in
Florida?
A. A registered nurse
B. A hospital visitor
C. A patient
D. A patient's family member
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Practicing professional nursing without an active license is prohibited under Florida
nursing law.
6. Which action may constitute a third-degree felony under Florida nursing law?
A. Forgetting a staff meeting
B. Practicing professional nursing without an active license
C. Arriving five minutes late to work
D. Changing a work schedule
Correct Answer: B
,Rationale: Florida Statute 464.016 identifies practicing nursing without an active license as a
third-degree felony.
7. A person whose nursing license has been suspended continues practicing. What may this
constitute?
A. A minor administrative error
B. A third-degree felony
C. A civil disagreement only
D. No violation
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Using or attempting to use a suspended or revoked license is listed as a third-degree
felony.
8. Which title may not legally be used by an unlicensed person when it implies nursing
licensure?
A. Nurse
B. Volunteer
C. Technician
D. Caregiver
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Florida law restricts unauthorized use of titles such as “Nurse,” “Registered Nurse,”
and “Licensed Practical Nurse.”
9. What can happen when a nurse knowingly conceals information relating to violations of
the Nurse Practice Act?
A. It may constitute a misdemeanor
B. It is automatically ignored
C. It results only in a verbal warning
D. It is not regulated
Correct Answer: A
, Rationale: Knowingly concealing information relating to violations of Chapter 464 is identified as
a first-degree misdemeanor.
10. Who has authority to establish rules regulating nursing practice in Florida?
A. Florida Board of Nursing
B. Individual hospitals
C. Individual patients
D. Nursing textbook publishers
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: The Florida Board of Nursing operates under statutory authority and adopts
administrative rules governing nursing practice.
11. Which administrative code chapter specifically relates to the Florida Board of Nursing?
A. 64B9
B. 64B1
C. 64A5
D. 61A
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Florida Board of Nursing materials identify Chapter 64B9 of the Florida
Administrative Code as the Board’s nursing rules.
12. Which entity is responsible for issuing a Florida nursing license?
A. The patient's employer
B. The Florida Department through the Board's licensing process
C. The hospital administrator
D. The nursing school
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Nursing licensure is a state regulatory function administered through Florida’s
Department and Board of Nursing.
Question and correct answers (verified
answers 100%) Q&A
2026/2027 INSTANT DOWNLOAD PDF
1. What is the primary purpose of Florida’s Nurse Practice Act?
A. To increase nurses’ salaries
B. To ensure nurses meet minimum requirements for safe practice
C. To regulate hospital construction
D. To establish nursing school tuition
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Florida law states that the legislative purpose is to ensure that every nurse practicing
in Florida meets minimum requirements for safe practice.
2. Which Florida statute contains the Nurse Practice Act?
A. Chapter 400
B. Chapter 456
C. Chapter 464
D. Chapter 491
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Florida Statutes Chapter 464, Part I, is the Nurse Practice Act.
3. Which organization regulates nursing licensure in Florida?
A. Florida Department of Education
B. Florida Board of Nursing
C. Florida Medical Association
D. National Institutes of Health
,Correct Answer: B
Rationale: The Florida Board of Nursing is the state regulatory board responsible for nursing
licensure and regulation.
4. Which Florida chapter contains general provisions applicable to health professions?
A. Chapter 456
B. Chapter 464
C. Chapter 468
D. Chapter 480
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Chapter 456 contains general provisions governing health professions and
occupations in Florida.
5. Which person generally requires an active nursing license to practice professional nursing in
Florida?
A. A registered nurse
B. A hospital visitor
C. A patient
D. A patient's family member
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Practicing professional nursing without an active license is prohibited under Florida
nursing law.
6. Which action may constitute a third-degree felony under Florida nursing law?
A. Forgetting a staff meeting
B. Practicing professional nursing without an active license
C. Arriving five minutes late to work
D. Changing a work schedule
Correct Answer: B
,Rationale: Florida Statute 464.016 identifies practicing nursing without an active license as a
third-degree felony.
7. A person whose nursing license has been suspended continues practicing. What may this
constitute?
A. A minor administrative error
B. A third-degree felony
C. A civil disagreement only
D. No violation
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Using or attempting to use a suspended or revoked license is listed as a third-degree
felony.
8. Which title may not legally be used by an unlicensed person when it implies nursing
licensure?
A. Nurse
B. Volunteer
C. Technician
D. Caregiver
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Florida law restricts unauthorized use of titles such as “Nurse,” “Registered Nurse,”
and “Licensed Practical Nurse.”
9. What can happen when a nurse knowingly conceals information relating to violations of
the Nurse Practice Act?
A. It may constitute a misdemeanor
B. It is automatically ignored
C. It results only in a verbal warning
D. It is not regulated
Correct Answer: A
, Rationale: Knowingly concealing information relating to violations of Chapter 464 is identified as
a first-degree misdemeanor.
10. Who has authority to establish rules regulating nursing practice in Florida?
A. Florida Board of Nursing
B. Individual hospitals
C. Individual patients
D. Nursing textbook publishers
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: The Florida Board of Nursing operates under statutory authority and adopts
administrative rules governing nursing practice.
11. Which administrative code chapter specifically relates to the Florida Board of Nursing?
A. 64B9
B. 64B1
C. 64A5
D. 61A
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Florida Board of Nursing materials identify Chapter 64B9 of the Florida
Administrative Code as the Board’s nursing rules.
12. Which entity is responsible for issuing a Florida nursing license?
A. The patient's employer
B. The Florida Department through the Board's licensing process
C. The hospital administrator
D. The nursing school
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Nursing licensure is a state regulatory function administered through Florida’s
Department and Board of Nursing.
