CVO JURISPRUDENCE ACTUAL EXAM PAPER 2025/2026
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔A client is transferred to palliative care. The client asked for the nurses personal cell
phone number in case he has questions regarding pain management. Based on the
continent of the CNO practice standard; therapeutic nurse client relationship, revised
2006, what should the nurse do?
A) Informed the client that the power of care team will assume his care
B) Provide the telephone number to facilitate client trust
C) discuss the clients concerns with the palliative care team
D) Explored the clients concerns regarding pain management - ✔✔D
✔✔According to the CNO practice standard; professional standards, revised 2002,
which actions by a nurse best describes the standard statement knowledge application?
A) receiving a report from another nurse and proceeding to prepare medications
B) taking vital signs and recording the findings to the clients chart
C) recognizing that a client is exhibiting the symptoms of a stroke and taking
appropriate action
D) Providing a clients grieving family members with information for support groups and
documenting the actions taken - ✔✔C
✔✔What is CNO mandate ?
A) to develop practice standards
B) to protect the public interest
C) to provide a disciplinary body available to the public
D) to create entry to practice requirements in Ontario - ✔✔B
✔✔What is a key element of informed consent?
A) it is required before providing emergency care
B) A substitute decision maker must provide consent if the client is under 16 years of
age
C) it can only be obtained by the healthcare professionals providing the care
D) The client receives responses to request for additional information about treatment -
✔✔D
✔✔Under which of the following conditions can all nurses perform controlled acts
according to the nursing act, 1991?
A) when ordered or permitted by the regulations
B) When agency policies allow nurses to perform controlled acts
C) When ordered by an RN
D) when delegated or ordered by an NP - ✔✔A
✔✔What is the key piece of Legislation that protects the clients confidentiality ?
A) personal health information protection act, 2004
B) quality of care information protection act, 2004
,C) regulated health professions act, 1991
D) health care consent act, 1998 - ✔✔A
✔✔A nurse has been asked to perform tracheal suctioning on a client. According to the
CNO practice standard; decisions about procedures and authority, revised 2006, what is
one of the standard statements that must be considered when determining if the nurse
can perform this procedure?
A) assessment
B) managing outcomes
C) implementation
D) client stability - ✔✔B
✔✔A nurse is asked by a client employer for information on the clients prognosis. What
information, if any, can the nurse disclose?
A) The clients diagnosis, but not the prognosis
B) all information if the diagnosis is employer related
C) no information without consent from the client
D) the clients prognosis, but not the diagnosis - ✔✔C
✔✔A nurse is caring for a client on life-support. The client estranged spouse, Who is the
clients power of attorney for personal care, visits on a regular basis. The nurse has
become attracted to the clients spouse and has been invited to the spouses home for
dinner. What demonstrates protecting the client from abuse?
A) requesting permission from the nurses manager before excepting the invitation
B) declining the invitation to the spouses home
C) requesting to be reassigned to a different client before excepting the invitation
D) Agreeing to meet the spouse in public locations only - ✔✔B
✔✔What is one part of the definition of professional misconduct as defined by the health
professions procedural code?
A) guilty of an offence related to the members suitability to practice
B) has a physical condition limiting practice
C) guilty of a criminal offence under Ontario law
D) Has a mental illness that limits the members suitability to practice safely - ✔✔A
✔✔In which one of the following situations can a nurse except and perform a delegated
task?
A) when an emergency situation occurs
B) when in authorizing mechanism is in place
C) when the activity is not a controlled act
D) when the nurse has the necessary certification - ✔✔B
✔✔A nurse is obtaining consent from a client for treatment. The nurse describes the
information about the treatment required to make a decision. What else must the nurse
do to provide informed consent?
, A) ensure that the client is of the minimum age to give consent
B) provide the client with written information
C) respond to the clients questions regarding the treatment
D) obtain a signature from the client - ✔✔B
✔✔A physician gives a nurse a telephone directive to catheterize the physicians
admitted clients. Why should the nurse refuse to follow this directive ?
A) direct orders must always be written for any procedure or treatment
B) nurses can initiate catheterization on in-patients without a directive
C) Directives must always be written and signed by the physician or NP
D) Nurses must always have the act of catheterization delegated - ✔✔A
✔✔According to CNO practice standard: professional standards, revised 2002, what is
one element of 'accountability'?
A) nurses are accountable for the decisions or actions of unregulated care providers
B) nurses are accountable for explaining all treatments proposed by the health care
team
C) nurses are accountable for their actions and their consequences
D) nurses are accountable for reporting all errors to CNO - ✔✔C
✔✔While off duty, a nurse is charged with impaired driving. Ultimately, she is found
guilty of this offence. Following this finding, does the nurse have any obligations to
CNO?
A) yea, because the nurse must self report a finding of guilt for an offence
B) no, because the nurse was not working at the time of the offence
C) yes, because the nurse must incorporate the finding of guilt into reflective practice
D) no, because the nurse is only obligated to report sexual abuse - ✔✔A
✔✔What federal legislation relates to narcotics ?
A) controlled drugs and substances act
B) regulated health professions act, 1991
C) drug and pharmacies regulation act
D) Canada health act - ✔✔A
✔✔What is the purpose of 'mandatory reporting' to CNO?
A) to update CNO regarding address changes
B) to protect nursing colleagues
C) to notify CNO of unsafe nursing practice
D) to enforce limitations on nurses practices - ✔✔C
✔✔Which one of the following standard statements is from the CNO practice standard:
Therapeutic nurse- client relationship, revised 2006?
A) maintaining commitments to clients
B) potential for harm
C) client well being
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔A client is transferred to palliative care. The client asked for the nurses personal cell
phone number in case he has questions regarding pain management. Based on the
continent of the CNO practice standard; therapeutic nurse client relationship, revised
2006, what should the nurse do?
A) Informed the client that the power of care team will assume his care
B) Provide the telephone number to facilitate client trust
C) discuss the clients concerns with the palliative care team
D) Explored the clients concerns regarding pain management - ✔✔D
✔✔According to the CNO practice standard; professional standards, revised 2002,
which actions by a nurse best describes the standard statement knowledge application?
A) receiving a report from another nurse and proceeding to prepare medications
B) taking vital signs and recording the findings to the clients chart
C) recognizing that a client is exhibiting the symptoms of a stroke and taking
appropriate action
D) Providing a clients grieving family members with information for support groups and
documenting the actions taken - ✔✔C
✔✔What is CNO mandate ?
A) to develop practice standards
B) to protect the public interest
C) to provide a disciplinary body available to the public
D) to create entry to practice requirements in Ontario - ✔✔B
✔✔What is a key element of informed consent?
A) it is required before providing emergency care
B) A substitute decision maker must provide consent if the client is under 16 years of
age
C) it can only be obtained by the healthcare professionals providing the care
D) The client receives responses to request for additional information about treatment -
✔✔D
✔✔Under which of the following conditions can all nurses perform controlled acts
according to the nursing act, 1991?
A) when ordered or permitted by the regulations
B) When agency policies allow nurses to perform controlled acts
C) When ordered by an RN
D) when delegated or ordered by an NP - ✔✔A
✔✔What is the key piece of Legislation that protects the clients confidentiality ?
A) personal health information protection act, 2004
B) quality of care information protection act, 2004
,C) regulated health professions act, 1991
D) health care consent act, 1998 - ✔✔A
✔✔A nurse has been asked to perform tracheal suctioning on a client. According to the
CNO practice standard; decisions about procedures and authority, revised 2006, what is
one of the standard statements that must be considered when determining if the nurse
can perform this procedure?
A) assessment
B) managing outcomes
C) implementation
D) client stability - ✔✔B
✔✔A nurse is asked by a client employer for information on the clients prognosis. What
information, if any, can the nurse disclose?
A) The clients diagnosis, but not the prognosis
B) all information if the diagnosis is employer related
C) no information without consent from the client
D) the clients prognosis, but not the diagnosis - ✔✔C
✔✔A nurse is caring for a client on life-support. The client estranged spouse, Who is the
clients power of attorney for personal care, visits on a regular basis. The nurse has
become attracted to the clients spouse and has been invited to the spouses home for
dinner. What demonstrates protecting the client from abuse?
A) requesting permission from the nurses manager before excepting the invitation
B) declining the invitation to the spouses home
C) requesting to be reassigned to a different client before excepting the invitation
D) Agreeing to meet the spouse in public locations only - ✔✔B
✔✔What is one part of the definition of professional misconduct as defined by the health
professions procedural code?
A) guilty of an offence related to the members suitability to practice
B) has a physical condition limiting practice
C) guilty of a criminal offence under Ontario law
D) Has a mental illness that limits the members suitability to practice safely - ✔✔A
✔✔In which one of the following situations can a nurse except and perform a delegated
task?
A) when an emergency situation occurs
B) when in authorizing mechanism is in place
C) when the activity is not a controlled act
D) when the nurse has the necessary certification - ✔✔B
✔✔A nurse is obtaining consent from a client for treatment. The nurse describes the
information about the treatment required to make a decision. What else must the nurse
do to provide informed consent?
, A) ensure that the client is of the minimum age to give consent
B) provide the client with written information
C) respond to the clients questions regarding the treatment
D) obtain a signature from the client - ✔✔B
✔✔A physician gives a nurse a telephone directive to catheterize the physicians
admitted clients. Why should the nurse refuse to follow this directive ?
A) direct orders must always be written for any procedure or treatment
B) nurses can initiate catheterization on in-patients without a directive
C) Directives must always be written and signed by the physician or NP
D) Nurses must always have the act of catheterization delegated - ✔✔A
✔✔According to CNO practice standard: professional standards, revised 2002, what is
one element of 'accountability'?
A) nurses are accountable for the decisions or actions of unregulated care providers
B) nurses are accountable for explaining all treatments proposed by the health care
team
C) nurses are accountable for their actions and their consequences
D) nurses are accountable for reporting all errors to CNO - ✔✔C
✔✔While off duty, a nurse is charged with impaired driving. Ultimately, she is found
guilty of this offence. Following this finding, does the nurse have any obligations to
CNO?
A) yea, because the nurse must self report a finding of guilt for an offence
B) no, because the nurse was not working at the time of the offence
C) yes, because the nurse must incorporate the finding of guilt into reflective practice
D) no, because the nurse is only obligated to report sexual abuse - ✔✔A
✔✔What federal legislation relates to narcotics ?
A) controlled drugs and substances act
B) regulated health professions act, 1991
C) drug and pharmacies regulation act
D) Canada health act - ✔✔A
✔✔What is the purpose of 'mandatory reporting' to CNO?
A) to update CNO regarding address changes
B) to protect nursing colleagues
C) to notify CNO of unsafe nursing practice
D) to enforce limitations on nurses practices - ✔✔C
✔✔Which one of the following standard statements is from the CNO practice standard:
Therapeutic nurse- client relationship, revised 2006?
A) maintaining commitments to clients
B) potential for harm
C) client well being
