JURISPRUDENCE EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS #18
CNO MISSION - correct answer regulating nursing in the public interest
2 documents that provide the legislative framework for regulating nursing in Ontario: -
correct answer 1. Regulated Health Professions Act, 1991
2. Nursing Act, 1991
4 regulatory functions: - correct answer 1. Practice standards.
2. Entry to practice.
3. Quality Assurance Program.
4. Enforcing standards
5 statutory committeess - correct answer 1. Discipline
2. Fitness to Practice
3. Inquiries, Complaints, and Reports
4. Quality Assurance
5. Registration
The Outreach Program provides ways for nurses to engage in _____________
___________ by offering consultation and resources to help members practise
according to the practice standards. - correct answer nursing regulation
COMPETENCY ASSUMPTIONS
Entry-level rpns possess the ________________ required to demonstrate the wide
range of competencies in this document. - correct answer knowledge
COMPETENCY ASSUMPTIONS
Entry-level rpns are beginning practitioners whose level of autonomy and proficiency will
grow through ______________ and ______________ from the interprofessional health
care team. - correct answer collaboration
Support
COMPETENCY ASSUMPTIONS
Entry-level rpns are _____________ to practise safely, competently and ethically in
situations of health and illness with individuals across the lifespan. - correct answer
prepared
COMPETENCY ASSUMPTIONS
Entry-level rpns' practice decisions are _________-___________ and must take into
account the environment, the client's circumstances and whether the client's needs can
be met by the entry-level RPN. - correct answer client-specific
COMPETENCY ASSUMPTIONS
Entry-level rpns enter into practice with competencies that are _______________
across diverse practice settings. - correct answer transferable
,COMPETENCY ASSUMPTIONS
Entry-level rpns have a _______________ ___________ in nursing, health and social
sciences, ethics, leadership and research. - correct answer knowledge base
COMPETENCY ASSUMPTIONS
Entry-level rpns are committed to engaging in quality assurance practices, including
____________ _____________. - correct answer Reflective Practice
COMPETENCY ASSUMPTIONS
Entry-level rpns use ____________ _______________ skills to support clinical
decision-making and reflect upon practice experiences. - correct answer critical thinking
The entry-level RPN is accountable for:
All client __________ she or he provides. - correct answer care
The entry-level RPN is accountable for:
All decisions about _____________ _________ to other care
Providers - correct answer assigning care
The entry-level RPN is accountable for:
Knowing and recognizing her or his _______________ __________ (knowledge, skill
and judgment) when making decisions and providing care to clients. - correct answer
competence level
The entry-level RPN is accountable for:
Actively identifying and asking ________________ of self, colleagues (including
members of the Interprofessional health care team) and clients. - correct answer
questions
The entry-level RPN is accountable for:
The application of _____________ to ______________ via the use of critical thinking
and problem-solving skills consistent with the RPN's educational preparation. - correct
answer theory to practice
WHICH COMPETENCY STATEMENT?
Demonstrates professional conduct; practises in accordance with legislation and the
standards as determined by the regulatory body and the practice setting; and
demonstrates that the primary duty is to the client to ensure consistently safe,
competent and ethical care - correct answer Professional Responsibility and
Accountability
WHICH COMPETENCY STATEMENT?
Demonstrates competence in professional judgments and practice decisions by
applying principles implied in the ethical framework, and by using knowledge from many
sources. Engages in critical thinking to inform clinical decision- making, which includes
,both systematic and analytical processes, along with reflective and critical processes.
Establishes therapeutic caring and culturally safe relationships with clients and health
care team members based on appropriate relational boundaries and respect - correct
answer Ethical Practice
WHICH COMPETENCY STATEMENT?
Demonstrates an understanding of the concept of public protection and the duty to
practise nursing in collaboration with clients and other members of the health care team
to provide and improve health care services in the best interests of the public. - correct
answer Service to the Public
WHICH COMPETENCY STATEMENT?
Demonstrates an understanding of professional self-regulation by developing and
enhancing one's competence, ensuring consistently safe practice, and ensuring and
maintaining one's fitness to practise. - correct answer Self-Regulation
DEFINITION
The obligation to answer for the professional, ethical and legal responsibilities of one's
activities and duties. - correct answer ACCOUNTABILITY
DEFINITION
Actively supporting a right and good cause; supporting others for speaking for
themselves or speaking on behalf of those who cannot speak for themselves. - correct
answer ADVOCATE
DEFINITION
Defining lines that separate the therapeutic behaviour of an RPN from any behaviour
that, well-intentioned or not, could reduce the benefit of nursing care to clients, families
or communities. - correct answer BOUNDARY
DEFINITION
Individuals, families, groups or entire communities across the lifespan who require
nursing expertise. - correct answer CLIENT
DEFINITION
To work together with one or more members of the health care team who each make a
unique contribution to achieving a common goal. Each individual contributes from within
the limits of her or his scope of practice. - correct answer COLLABORATE
DEFINITION
An organized group of people bound together by ties of social, ethnic, cultural or
occupational origin; or by geographic location. - correct answer COMMUNITY
DEFINITION
The ability of a nurse to integrate the professional attributes required to perform in a
given role, situation or practice setting. Professional attributes include, but are not
, limited to, knowledge, skill, judgment, values and beliefs. - correct answer
COMPETENCE
DEFINITION
Descriptions of the expected performance behaviour that reflects the professional
attributes required in a given nursing role, situation or practice setting. - correct answer
COMPETENCY STATEMENTS
DEFINITION
Activities that are considered potentially harmful if performed by unqualified people. -
correct answer CONTROLLED ACTS
DEFINITION
Reasoning in which one analyzes the use of language, formulates problems, clarifies
and explains assumptions, weighs evidences, evaluate conclusions, discriminates
between pros and cons, and seeks to justify those facts and values that result in
credible beliefs and actions. - correct answer CRITICAL THINKING
DEFINITION
Includes, but is not restricted to age or generation, gender, sexual orientation,
occupation and socioeconomic status, ethnic origin or migrant experience, religious or
spiritual belief and disability. - correct answer CULTURE
DEFINITION
The formal process that transfers authority to perform a controlled act. - correct answer
DELEGATE
DEFINITION
At every stage of life, health is determined by complex interactions among social and
economic factors, the physical environment and individual behaviour. They do not exist
in isolation from each other. These determinants, in combination, influence health
status. - correct answer DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH
DEFINITION
Practice that is based on successful strategies that improve client outcomes and are
derived from a combination of various sources of evidence, including client perspective,
research, national guidelines, policies, consensus statements, expert opinion and
quality improvement data. - correct answer EVIDENCE-INFORMED PRACTICE
DEFINITION
All people sharing a common health issue, problem or characteristic. These people may
or may not come together as a group. - correct answer POPULATIONS
DEFINITION
A relationship that is professional and ensures the client's needs are first and foremost.
The relationship is based on trust, respect and intimacy and requires the appropriate
CNO MISSION - correct answer regulating nursing in the public interest
2 documents that provide the legislative framework for regulating nursing in Ontario: -
correct answer 1. Regulated Health Professions Act, 1991
2. Nursing Act, 1991
4 regulatory functions: - correct answer 1. Practice standards.
2. Entry to practice.
3. Quality Assurance Program.
4. Enforcing standards
5 statutory committeess - correct answer 1. Discipline
2. Fitness to Practice
3. Inquiries, Complaints, and Reports
4. Quality Assurance
5. Registration
The Outreach Program provides ways for nurses to engage in _____________
___________ by offering consultation and resources to help members practise
according to the practice standards. - correct answer nursing regulation
COMPETENCY ASSUMPTIONS
Entry-level rpns possess the ________________ required to demonstrate the wide
range of competencies in this document. - correct answer knowledge
COMPETENCY ASSUMPTIONS
Entry-level rpns are beginning practitioners whose level of autonomy and proficiency will
grow through ______________ and ______________ from the interprofessional health
care team. - correct answer collaboration
Support
COMPETENCY ASSUMPTIONS
Entry-level rpns are _____________ to practise safely, competently and ethically in
situations of health and illness with individuals across the lifespan. - correct answer
prepared
COMPETENCY ASSUMPTIONS
Entry-level rpns' practice decisions are _________-___________ and must take into
account the environment, the client's circumstances and whether the client's needs can
be met by the entry-level RPN. - correct answer client-specific
COMPETENCY ASSUMPTIONS
Entry-level rpns enter into practice with competencies that are _______________
across diverse practice settings. - correct answer transferable
,COMPETENCY ASSUMPTIONS
Entry-level rpns have a _______________ ___________ in nursing, health and social
sciences, ethics, leadership and research. - correct answer knowledge base
COMPETENCY ASSUMPTIONS
Entry-level rpns are committed to engaging in quality assurance practices, including
____________ _____________. - correct answer Reflective Practice
COMPETENCY ASSUMPTIONS
Entry-level rpns use ____________ _______________ skills to support clinical
decision-making and reflect upon practice experiences. - correct answer critical thinking
The entry-level RPN is accountable for:
All client __________ she or he provides. - correct answer care
The entry-level RPN is accountable for:
All decisions about _____________ _________ to other care
Providers - correct answer assigning care
The entry-level RPN is accountable for:
Knowing and recognizing her or his _______________ __________ (knowledge, skill
and judgment) when making decisions and providing care to clients. - correct answer
competence level
The entry-level RPN is accountable for:
Actively identifying and asking ________________ of self, colleagues (including
members of the Interprofessional health care team) and clients. - correct answer
questions
The entry-level RPN is accountable for:
The application of _____________ to ______________ via the use of critical thinking
and problem-solving skills consistent with the RPN's educational preparation. - correct
answer theory to practice
WHICH COMPETENCY STATEMENT?
Demonstrates professional conduct; practises in accordance with legislation and the
standards as determined by the regulatory body and the practice setting; and
demonstrates that the primary duty is to the client to ensure consistently safe,
competent and ethical care - correct answer Professional Responsibility and
Accountability
WHICH COMPETENCY STATEMENT?
Demonstrates competence in professional judgments and practice decisions by
applying principles implied in the ethical framework, and by using knowledge from many
sources. Engages in critical thinking to inform clinical decision- making, which includes
,both systematic and analytical processes, along with reflective and critical processes.
Establishes therapeutic caring and culturally safe relationships with clients and health
care team members based on appropriate relational boundaries and respect - correct
answer Ethical Practice
WHICH COMPETENCY STATEMENT?
Demonstrates an understanding of the concept of public protection and the duty to
practise nursing in collaboration with clients and other members of the health care team
to provide and improve health care services in the best interests of the public. - correct
answer Service to the Public
WHICH COMPETENCY STATEMENT?
Demonstrates an understanding of professional self-regulation by developing and
enhancing one's competence, ensuring consistently safe practice, and ensuring and
maintaining one's fitness to practise. - correct answer Self-Regulation
DEFINITION
The obligation to answer for the professional, ethical and legal responsibilities of one's
activities and duties. - correct answer ACCOUNTABILITY
DEFINITION
Actively supporting a right and good cause; supporting others for speaking for
themselves or speaking on behalf of those who cannot speak for themselves. - correct
answer ADVOCATE
DEFINITION
Defining lines that separate the therapeutic behaviour of an RPN from any behaviour
that, well-intentioned or not, could reduce the benefit of nursing care to clients, families
or communities. - correct answer BOUNDARY
DEFINITION
Individuals, families, groups or entire communities across the lifespan who require
nursing expertise. - correct answer CLIENT
DEFINITION
To work together with one or more members of the health care team who each make a
unique contribution to achieving a common goal. Each individual contributes from within
the limits of her or his scope of practice. - correct answer COLLABORATE
DEFINITION
An organized group of people bound together by ties of social, ethnic, cultural or
occupational origin; or by geographic location. - correct answer COMMUNITY
DEFINITION
The ability of a nurse to integrate the professional attributes required to perform in a
given role, situation or practice setting. Professional attributes include, but are not
, limited to, knowledge, skill, judgment, values and beliefs. - correct answer
COMPETENCE
DEFINITION
Descriptions of the expected performance behaviour that reflects the professional
attributes required in a given nursing role, situation or practice setting. - correct answer
COMPETENCY STATEMENTS
DEFINITION
Activities that are considered potentially harmful if performed by unqualified people. -
correct answer CONTROLLED ACTS
DEFINITION
Reasoning in which one analyzes the use of language, formulates problems, clarifies
and explains assumptions, weighs evidences, evaluate conclusions, discriminates
between pros and cons, and seeks to justify those facts and values that result in
credible beliefs and actions. - correct answer CRITICAL THINKING
DEFINITION
Includes, but is not restricted to age or generation, gender, sexual orientation,
occupation and socioeconomic status, ethnic origin or migrant experience, religious or
spiritual belief and disability. - correct answer CULTURE
DEFINITION
The formal process that transfers authority to perform a controlled act. - correct answer
DELEGATE
DEFINITION
At every stage of life, health is determined by complex interactions among social and
economic factors, the physical environment and individual behaviour. They do not exist
in isolation from each other. These determinants, in combination, influence health
status. - correct answer DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH
DEFINITION
Practice that is based on successful strategies that improve client outcomes and are
derived from a combination of various sources of evidence, including client perspective,
research, national guidelines, policies, consensus statements, expert opinion and
quality improvement data. - correct answer EVIDENCE-INFORMED PRACTICE
DEFINITION
All people sharing a common health issue, problem or characteristic. These people may
or may not come together as a group. - correct answer POPULATIONS
DEFINITION
A relationship that is professional and ensures the client's needs are first and foremost.
The relationship is based on trust, respect and intimacy and requires the appropriate
