Nursing Jurisprudence and Ethics for
Texas Nurses (2024/2025) Q’s & A’s
According to BON Position Statement 15.24 Engaging in Reinsertion of
Permanently Placed
Feeding Tubes, it would be within the scope of practice for a nurse to replace a
gastrostomy tube
provided that
A. the tube has been in place for 8-12 weeks, the nurse has a physician's order
to replace the
tube, and the nurse has completed specific competency training to safely
replace the tube.
B. the tube has been in place for 8-12 weeks, the facility policy allows
replacement of a tube
with a specific physician's order, and the nurse has not completed the required
skills check-off.
C. the tube has been in place for 4-6 weeks and the nurse observed a supervisor
completed the
procedure.
D. the tube has been in place 4-6 weeks and the nurse as been determined to be
competent in
reinserting permanently placed tubes that have an established fistulous tract.
✔✔A. the tube has
, Nursing Jurisprudence and Ethics for
Texas Nurses (2024/2025) Q’s & A’s
been in place for 8-12 weeks, the nurse has a physicians to replace the tube, and
the nurse has
completed specific competency training to safely replace the tube.
The BON differs from nursing and healthcare specialty associations since the
BON
A. lobbies for legislation favorable to the practice of nursing.
B. sets criteria for evaluating nursing career ladders.
C. offers liability insurance at discounted rates for members
D. protects and promotes the welfare of the people of Texas ✔✔D. protects and
promotes the
welfare of the people of Texas.
The Standards of Nursing Practice, Board Rule 217.11 state that the LVN scope of
practice
includes including doing which of the following with regard to care plans?
A. Initiate the development of a comprehensive nursing care plan independently
B. May not document on the nursing care plan
C. Participate in the modification and development of the nursing care plan.
D. Review the nursing care plan only if directed to do so by the physician. ✔✔C.
Participate in
, Nursing Jurisprudence and Ethics for
Texas Nurses (2024/2025) Q’s & A’s
the modification and development of the nursing care plan.
A nurse who contacts a physician to clarify a medication order is
A. fulfilling a duty to keep the patient safe.
B. likely to detract from a collegial nurse-physician relationship.
C. engaging in action that is the duty of the pharmacist.
D. not fulfilling nursing tasks with other patients. ✔✔A. fulfilling a duty to keep
the patient safe.
Nurses often ask the Board about what it means to abandon their patients.
Though the Board
does not use this term in the rules, what specific portion of Board Rule 217.12,
Unprofessional
Conduct, provides directions for the nurse regarding job abandonment and
conduct that may also
be Board-reportable?
A. Paragraph (5)
B. Paragraph (7)
C. Paragraph (12)
D. Paragraph (8) ✔✔C. Paragraph (12)
, Nursing Jurisprudence and Ethics for
Texas Nurses (2024/2025) Q’s & A’s
Which of the following situations is an example of a nurse MAINTAINING
appropriate
professional boundaries between the nurse and the client? A nurse
A. rewards a patient with a small stuffed mascot of his favorite football team for
progress made
in rehabilitation.
B. responds less frequently to a demanding patient's call light.
C. shares personal information regarding her recent bankruptcy because the
patient seems
genuinely interested.
D. is personally attracted to a patient and calls and visits him on her days off "to
check on how
he is doing." ✔✔A. rewards a patient with a small stuffed mascot of his favorite
football team
for progress made in rehabilitation.
Am advertisement for a "licensed nurse" states the following as routine job
responsibilities.
"Must work independently without supervision, have expertise in developing
nursing care plans,
Texas Nurses (2024/2025) Q’s & A’s
According to BON Position Statement 15.24 Engaging in Reinsertion of
Permanently Placed
Feeding Tubes, it would be within the scope of practice for a nurse to replace a
gastrostomy tube
provided that
A. the tube has been in place for 8-12 weeks, the nurse has a physician's order
to replace the
tube, and the nurse has completed specific competency training to safely
replace the tube.
B. the tube has been in place for 8-12 weeks, the facility policy allows
replacement of a tube
with a specific physician's order, and the nurse has not completed the required
skills check-off.
C. the tube has been in place for 4-6 weeks and the nurse observed a supervisor
completed the
procedure.
D. the tube has been in place 4-6 weeks and the nurse as been determined to be
competent in
reinserting permanently placed tubes that have an established fistulous tract.
✔✔A. the tube has
, Nursing Jurisprudence and Ethics for
Texas Nurses (2024/2025) Q’s & A’s
been in place for 8-12 weeks, the nurse has a physicians to replace the tube, and
the nurse has
completed specific competency training to safely replace the tube.
The BON differs from nursing and healthcare specialty associations since the
BON
A. lobbies for legislation favorable to the practice of nursing.
B. sets criteria for evaluating nursing career ladders.
C. offers liability insurance at discounted rates for members
D. protects and promotes the welfare of the people of Texas ✔✔D. protects and
promotes the
welfare of the people of Texas.
The Standards of Nursing Practice, Board Rule 217.11 state that the LVN scope of
practice
includes including doing which of the following with regard to care plans?
A. Initiate the development of a comprehensive nursing care plan independently
B. May not document on the nursing care plan
C. Participate in the modification and development of the nursing care plan.
D. Review the nursing care plan only if directed to do so by the physician. ✔✔C.
Participate in
, Nursing Jurisprudence and Ethics for
Texas Nurses (2024/2025) Q’s & A’s
the modification and development of the nursing care plan.
A nurse who contacts a physician to clarify a medication order is
A. fulfilling a duty to keep the patient safe.
B. likely to detract from a collegial nurse-physician relationship.
C. engaging in action that is the duty of the pharmacist.
D. not fulfilling nursing tasks with other patients. ✔✔A. fulfilling a duty to keep
the patient safe.
Nurses often ask the Board about what it means to abandon their patients.
Though the Board
does not use this term in the rules, what specific portion of Board Rule 217.12,
Unprofessional
Conduct, provides directions for the nurse regarding job abandonment and
conduct that may also
be Board-reportable?
A. Paragraph (5)
B. Paragraph (7)
C. Paragraph (12)
D. Paragraph (8) ✔✔C. Paragraph (12)
, Nursing Jurisprudence and Ethics for
Texas Nurses (2024/2025) Q’s & A’s
Which of the following situations is an example of a nurse MAINTAINING
appropriate
professional boundaries between the nurse and the client? A nurse
A. rewards a patient with a small stuffed mascot of his favorite football team for
progress made
in rehabilitation.
B. responds less frequently to a demanding patient's call light.
C. shares personal information regarding her recent bankruptcy because the
patient seems
genuinely interested.
D. is personally attracted to a patient and calls and visits him on her days off "to
check on how
he is doing." ✔✔A. rewards a patient with a small stuffed mascot of his favorite
football team
for progress made in rehabilitation.
Am advertisement for a "licensed nurse" states the following as routine job
responsibilities.
"Must work independently without supervision, have expertise in developing
nursing care plans,
