Texas BON study guide UPDATED
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
fulfilling a duty to keep the patient safe. - CORRECT ANSWER - A nurse who contacts a
physician to clarify a medication order is
the case proceed and the board's charges be deemed to be true. - CORRECT ANSWER -A
BON investigator in the enforcement division collected evidence that supports the BON's formal
charges against a nurse regarding violations of the NPA and board rules. Attempts to notify the
nurse via standard and certified mail at the nurse's last address of record have been returned to
the BON office as being "undeliverable or not at this address." Since the investigator has been
unable to communicate with the nurse about the BON's formal charges, Board Rule 213.16(i) on
Practice and Procedure requires that
acting in the best interest of clients - CORRECT ANSWER - When the BON considers
imposing disciplinary action, it is most concerned with the nurse consistently
false. Quitting a job at the end of a shift is not considered "patient abandonment" by the BON
and is not grounds for reporting to, or action by, the BON. - CORRECT ANSWER -A
nurse quits his job, and submits a written notice at the end of his shift, telling his supervisor that
he will not be back at work the following morning. The supervisor tells the nurse he has to
complete the entire month's schedule or he will be committing "patient abandonment," and will
be reported to the BON. This is
the applicant provides satisfactory evidence that he/she has not committed a violation of the
Nursing Practice Act or a Board rule - CORRECT ANSWER - Which of the following
would indicate that an applicant for licensure is likely to possess the good professional character
necessary to hold a nursing license in Texas?
Safe Harbor must be invoked prior to engaging in the assignment or at any time the assignment
changes as long as the nurse believes it places patients at risk of harm - CORRECT
ANSWER - Which of the following statements correctly reflects Board Rule 217.20
regarding the Safe Harbor Peer Review?
, throughout the entire investigation process - CORRECT ANSWER - The identity of a
person submitting a complaint against a nurse to the BON is kept confidential
the nurse must be authorized by the BON as an advanced practice registered nurse with
prescriptive authority in a role and population focus appropriate for the patients being treated -
CORRECT ANSWER - A nurse assesses a patient, makes a medical diagnosis of
"hypertension," and determines which specific anti-hypertensive medication (including dose,
route, and frequency) is appropriate for this patient. The nurse then writes a prescription for an
anti-hypertensive medication and instructs the patient to have it filled at a pharmacy of her
choice.
bills passed by the Texas Legislature - CORRECT ANSWER - Revisions to the NPA can
only occur through
the LVN must have a registered nurse present at all times while they are providing direct patient
care - CORRECT ANSWER - The Position Statement 15.27 The Licensed Vocational
Nurse Scope of Practice on the board's website outlines that LVNs have a "directed" scope of
practice "under supervision." This means that
a violation of professional boundaries of the nurse-client relationship - CORRECT
ANSWER - A nurse providing nursing services to a young child in a home setting asks the
parent to bring the child to the nurse's home for nursing care. The nurse asks the parent to keep
this arrangement confidential. This could be considered
Position Statement 15.14 Duty of a Nurse in Any Setting - CORRECT ANSWER - A nurse
is counseled for questioning a physician's order that made the physician mad. Which of the
following documents on the BON web site best explains why the nurse was correct to question a
physician's order that the nurse believed could be harmful to a patient?
the nurse must be reported to the BON because of the combination of practice errors with
possible practice impairment due to substance use or abuse - CORRECT ANSWER - Chart
audits find the following practice errors committed by a nurse with observed impaired behavior
at work: NO physician orders for narcotics signed out by the nurse, and NO documentation that
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
fulfilling a duty to keep the patient safe. - CORRECT ANSWER - A nurse who contacts a
physician to clarify a medication order is
the case proceed and the board's charges be deemed to be true. - CORRECT ANSWER -A
BON investigator in the enforcement division collected evidence that supports the BON's formal
charges against a nurse regarding violations of the NPA and board rules. Attempts to notify the
nurse via standard and certified mail at the nurse's last address of record have been returned to
the BON office as being "undeliverable or not at this address." Since the investigator has been
unable to communicate with the nurse about the BON's formal charges, Board Rule 213.16(i) on
Practice and Procedure requires that
acting in the best interest of clients - CORRECT ANSWER - When the BON considers
imposing disciplinary action, it is most concerned with the nurse consistently
false. Quitting a job at the end of a shift is not considered "patient abandonment" by the BON
and is not grounds for reporting to, or action by, the BON. - CORRECT ANSWER -A
nurse quits his job, and submits a written notice at the end of his shift, telling his supervisor that
he will not be back at work the following morning. The supervisor tells the nurse he has to
complete the entire month's schedule or he will be committing "patient abandonment," and will
be reported to the BON. This is
the applicant provides satisfactory evidence that he/she has not committed a violation of the
Nursing Practice Act or a Board rule - CORRECT ANSWER - Which of the following
would indicate that an applicant for licensure is likely to possess the good professional character
necessary to hold a nursing license in Texas?
Safe Harbor must be invoked prior to engaging in the assignment or at any time the assignment
changes as long as the nurse believes it places patients at risk of harm - CORRECT
ANSWER - Which of the following statements correctly reflects Board Rule 217.20
regarding the Safe Harbor Peer Review?
, throughout the entire investigation process - CORRECT ANSWER - The identity of a
person submitting a complaint against a nurse to the BON is kept confidential
the nurse must be authorized by the BON as an advanced practice registered nurse with
prescriptive authority in a role and population focus appropriate for the patients being treated -
CORRECT ANSWER - A nurse assesses a patient, makes a medical diagnosis of
"hypertension," and determines which specific anti-hypertensive medication (including dose,
route, and frequency) is appropriate for this patient. The nurse then writes a prescription for an
anti-hypertensive medication and instructs the patient to have it filled at a pharmacy of her
choice.
bills passed by the Texas Legislature - CORRECT ANSWER - Revisions to the NPA can
only occur through
the LVN must have a registered nurse present at all times while they are providing direct patient
care - CORRECT ANSWER - The Position Statement 15.27 The Licensed Vocational
Nurse Scope of Practice on the board's website outlines that LVNs have a "directed" scope of
practice "under supervision." This means that
a violation of professional boundaries of the nurse-client relationship - CORRECT
ANSWER - A nurse providing nursing services to a young child in a home setting asks the
parent to bring the child to the nurse's home for nursing care. The nurse asks the parent to keep
this arrangement confidential. This could be considered
Position Statement 15.14 Duty of a Nurse in Any Setting - CORRECT ANSWER - A nurse
is counseled for questioning a physician's order that made the physician mad. Which of the
following documents on the BON web site best explains why the nurse was correct to question a
physician's order that the nurse believed could be harmful to a patient?
the nurse must be reported to the BON because of the combination of practice errors with
possible practice impairment due to substance use or abuse - CORRECT ANSWER - Chart
audits find the following practice errors committed by a nurse with observed impaired behavior
at work: NO physician orders for narcotics signed out by the nurse, and NO documentation that
