Nursing Jurisprudence and Ethics for Texas
Nurses correctly answered to pass (updated)
1. According to BON Position Statement 15.24
A. the tube has been
Engaging in Reinsertion of Permanently
in place for 8-12 weeks,
Placed Feeding Tubes, it would be within the
the nurse has a
scope of practice for a nurse to replace a
physician to replace the
gastrostomy tube provided that
tube, and the nurse has
completed spe-
A. the tube has been in place for 8-12 weeks, the nurse cific
competency training
has a physician's order to replace the tube, to safely replace the
and the nurse has completed specific tube.
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 ph
2. The BON differs from nursing and healthcare specialty D. protects
and promotes
associations since the BON following
with regard
A. lobbies for legislation favorable to the to care
practice of nursing. plans?
B. sets criteria for evaluating nursing career
ladders. A. Initiate
C. offers liability insurance at discounted the
rates for members developmen
D. protects and promotes the welfare of the t of a
people of Texas comprehensi
ve nurs- ing
3. The Standards of Nursing Practice, Board Rule care plan
217.11 state that the LVN scope of practice independen
includes includ- ing doing which of the tly
,Nursing Jurisprudence and Ethics for Texas
Nurses correctly answered to pass (updated)
B. May not document on the nursing care plan the welfare of the
C. Participate in the modification and people of Texas.
development of
C. Participate in the
mod- ification and
development of the
nursing care plan.
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Nurses correctly answered to pass (updated)
the nursing care plan.
D. Review the nursing care plan only if directed
to do so by the physician.
4. A nurse who contacts a physician to clarify a A. fulfilling a duty
medica- tion order is to keep the patient
safe.
A. fulfilling a duty to keep the patient safe.
B. likely to detract from a collegial nurse-
physician re- lationship.
C. engaging in action that is the duty of the
pharma- cist.
D. not fulfilling nursing tasks with other
patients.
5. Nurses often ask the Board about what it
means to abandon their patients. Though C. Paragraph (12)
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)
A. rewards a patient
6. Which of the following situations is an with a small stutted
example of a nurse MAINTAINING appropriate mascot of his favorite
professional bound- aries between the nurse football team for
and the client? A nurse progress made in
, Nursing Jurisprudence and Ethics for Texas
Nurses correctly answered to pass (updated)
rehabil-
A. rewards a patient with a small stuffed mascot of his itation.
favorite football team for progress made in rehabilita-
tion.
Nurses correctly answered to pass (updated)
1. According to BON Position Statement 15.24
A. the tube has been
Engaging in Reinsertion of Permanently
in place for 8-12 weeks,
Placed Feeding Tubes, it would be within the
the nurse has a
scope of practice for a nurse to replace a
physician to replace the
gastrostomy tube provided that
tube, and the nurse has
completed spe-
A. the tube has been in place for 8-12 weeks, the nurse cific
competency training
has a physician's order to replace the tube, to safely replace the
and the nurse has completed specific tube.
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 ph
2. The BON differs from nursing and healthcare specialty D. protects
and promotes
associations since the BON following
with regard
A. lobbies for legislation favorable to the to care
practice of nursing. plans?
B. sets criteria for evaluating nursing career
ladders. A. Initiate
C. offers liability insurance at discounted the
rates for members developmen
D. protects and promotes the welfare of the t of a
people of Texas comprehensi
ve nurs- ing
3. The Standards of Nursing Practice, Board Rule care plan
217.11 state that the LVN scope of practice independen
includes includ- ing doing which of the tly
,Nursing Jurisprudence and Ethics for Texas
Nurses correctly answered to pass (updated)
B. May not document on the nursing care plan the welfare of the
C. Participate in the modification and people of Texas.
development of
C. Participate in the
mod- ification and
development of the
nursing care plan.
,Nursing Jurisprudence and Ethics for Texas
Nurses correctly answered to pass (updated)
the nursing care plan.
D. Review the nursing care plan only if directed
to do so by the physician.
4. A nurse who contacts a physician to clarify a A. fulfilling a duty
medica- tion order is to keep the patient
safe.
A. fulfilling a duty to keep the patient safe.
B. likely to detract from a collegial nurse-
physician re- lationship.
C. engaging in action that is the duty of the
pharma- cist.
D. not fulfilling nursing tasks with other
patients.
5. Nurses often ask the Board about what it
means to abandon their patients. Though C. Paragraph (12)
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)
A. rewards a patient
6. Which of the following situations is an with a small stutted
example of a nurse MAINTAINING appropriate mascot of his favorite
professional bound- aries between the nurse football team for
and the client? A nurse progress made in
, Nursing Jurisprudence and Ethics for Texas
Nurses correctly answered to pass (updated)
rehabil-
A. rewards a patient with a small stuffed mascot of his itation.
favorite football team for progress made in rehabilita-
tion.
