CONCEPTS CHAPTER 3 QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
Board of nursing (BON) Correct Answer: State-specific licensing
or regulatory body.
Sets standards for safe nursing care.
Decides scope of practice for nurses.
Issues a license to a qualified nurse.
TBON Correct Answer: Texas Board of Nursing
National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN) Correct
Answer: Representatives from all state and territories.
Adopted guiding principles for nursing regulation.
What principles were adopted by the NCSBN? Correct Answer:
Protection of the public, competence of all practitioners regulated
by a BON, due process and ethical decision making, shared
accountability, strategic collaboration, evidence-based regulation,
response to marketplace, and globalization of nursing
NPA's Correct Answer: Nurse practice acts, state or territorial
statutes that define legal limits for the practice of nursing within
that state or territory and explicitly identify the requirements for
licensure. State regulatory legislation. Most authoritative and
controlling piece of governing law
What was the first state to enact nurse practice acts and when?
Correct Answer: North Carolina, 1903
What year did all states enact nurse practice acts? Correct
Answer: 1923
What 6 elements do the NPA's include? Correct Answer:
Authority and composition of a BON, educational program
standards, scope of nursing practice with accompanying
standards, types of licenses and titles, licensure requirements,
and grounds for disciplinary action
AND ANSWERS
Board of nursing (BON) Correct Answer: State-specific licensing
or regulatory body.
Sets standards for safe nursing care.
Decides scope of practice for nurses.
Issues a license to a qualified nurse.
TBON Correct Answer: Texas Board of Nursing
National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN) Correct
Answer: Representatives from all state and territories.
Adopted guiding principles for nursing regulation.
What principles were adopted by the NCSBN? Correct Answer:
Protection of the public, competence of all practitioners regulated
by a BON, due process and ethical decision making, shared
accountability, strategic collaboration, evidence-based regulation,
response to marketplace, and globalization of nursing
NPA's Correct Answer: Nurse practice acts, state or territorial
statutes that define legal limits for the practice of nursing within
that state or territory and explicitly identify the requirements for
licensure. State regulatory legislation. Most authoritative and
controlling piece of governing law
What was the first state to enact nurse practice acts and when?
Correct Answer: North Carolina, 1903
What year did all states enact nurse practice acts? Correct
Answer: 1923
What 6 elements do the NPA's include? Correct Answer:
Authority and composition of a BON, educational program
standards, scope of nursing practice with accompanying
standards, types of licenses and titles, licensure requirements,
and grounds for disciplinary action
