BSNC 1020 PRACTICE EXAM -
REALISTIC QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
What are BCCNM Standards - Answer--Practice Standards
- Professional Standards
- Scope of Practice Standards
What does BCCNM's Scope of Practice Standards refer to? - Answer-Sets limits and
conditions - refers to the activities that RN's are educated and authorized to perform
What does BCCNM's Practice Standards refer to? - Answer-Requirements related to
specific aspects of registered nurses' practice. These standards complement the
Professional Standards and provide additional information on specific topics.
What are the BCCNM Professional Standards? - Answer-- Standard 1: Professional
Responsibility and Accountability
- Standard 2: Knowledge-Based Practice
- Standard 3: Client-Focused provision of service
- Standard 4: Ethical Practice
How many standards of practice are there? - Answer-14
What are the reserved nursing titles? - Answer-- LPN
- RN
- NP
- Midwives
- RPN
When can a registered nurse provide care that is outside of their scope of practice? -
Answer-Situations involving imminent risk of death or serious harm. Delegation.
What are the four controls of nursing practice? - Answer-- Individual nurse competence
- employer Policies
- BCCNM standards, limits and conditions.
- Regulation/Legislation
What requires additional nursing certification? - Answer-Reproductive health, remote
practice, RN first call
, What are three streams of NP practice? - Answer-- Family
- Adult
- Pediatric
What is a client specific order? - Answer-Instruction or authorization given by regulated
health professional for a nurse to provide care for a specific client even if the scope is
restricted for an RN. Must be documented.
What is not a client specific order - Answer-A consultation, referral or professional
recommendation
What is the name of the nurses union? - Answer-BC Nursing Union (BCNU)
What is ethical distress? - Answer-occurs when the nurse knows the right thing to do
but either personal or institutional factors make it difficult to follow the correct course of
action
Ethical problems - Answer-when you put a client's health at harm and interfere with
CNA code of ethics or guidelines
Ethical violations - Answer-actions or failures to act that breach fundamental duties to
persons receiving care or to colleagues and other healthcare providers
Ethical residue - Answer-what nurses experience when they seriously compromise
themselves or allow themselves to be compromised
What is accountability - Answer-Accepting responsibility or being able to account for
one's actions
What did the Canadian Nurse's Association do? - Answer-develop code of ethics,
established in 1924
What did Hall Report recommend? - Answer-2 tier education system with BAC and
diploma
What does duty to report mean? - Answer-Legal and ethical obligation to report
incompetent or impaired practice or unethical conduct
How do nurses display professionalism? - Answer-Commitment to profession led
regulation, professional ethics, fitness to practice, legal/ethical dimensions
What is the purpose of the code of ethics? - Answer-to inform everyone of ethical values
and responsibilities, a regulatory tool to serve and protect public, provides guidance for
ethical relationships, behaviours, and decision making, provides guidance for nurses
through ethical situations
What are ethics? - Answer-Set of principles relating to what is morally right or wrong
REALISTIC QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
What are BCCNM Standards - Answer--Practice Standards
- Professional Standards
- Scope of Practice Standards
What does BCCNM's Scope of Practice Standards refer to? - Answer-Sets limits and
conditions - refers to the activities that RN's are educated and authorized to perform
What does BCCNM's Practice Standards refer to? - Answer-Requirements related to
specific aspects of registered nurses' practice. These standards complement the
Professional Standards and provide additional information on specific topics.
What are the BCCNM Professional Standards? - Answer-- Standard 1: Professional
Responsibility and Accountability
- Standard 2: Knowledge-Based Practice
- Standard 3: Client-Focused provision of service
- Standard 4: Ethical Practice
How many standards of practice are there? - Answer-14
What are the reserved nursing titles? - Answer-- LPN
- RN
- NP
- Midwives
- RPN
When can a registered nurse provide care that is outside of their scope of practice? -
Answer-Situations involving imminent risk of death or serious harm. Delegation.
What are the four controls of nursing practice? - Answer-- Individual nurse competence
- employer Policies
- BCCNM standards, limits and conditions.
- Regulation/Legislation
What requires additional nursing certification? - Answer-Reproductive health, remote
practice, RN first call
, What are three streams of NP practice? - Answer-- Family
- Adult
- Pediatric
What is a client specific order? - Answer-Instruction or authorization given by regulated
health professional for a nurse to provide care for a specific client even if the scope is
restricted for an RN. Must be documented.
What is not a client specific order - Answer-A consultation, referral or professional
recommendation
What is the name of the nurses union? - Answer-BC Nursing Union (BCNU)
What is ethical distress? - Answer-occurs when the nurse knows the right thing to do
but either personal or institutional factors make it difficult to follow the correct course of
action
Ethical problems - Answer-when you put a client's health at harm and interfere with
CNA code of ethics or guidelines
Ethical violations - Answer-actions or failures to act that breach fundamental duties to
persons receiving care or to colleagues and other healthcare providers
Ethical residue - Answer-what nurses experience when they seriously compromise
themselves or allow themselves to be compromised
What is accountability - Answer-Accepting responsibility or being able to account for
one's actions
What did the Canadian Nurse's Association do? - Answer-develop code of ethics,
established in 1924
What did Hall Report recommend? - Answer-2 tier education system with BAC and
diploma
What does duty to report mean? - Answer-Legal and ethical obligation to report
incompetent or impaired practice or unethical conduct
How do nurses display professionalism? - Answer-Commitment to profession led
regulation, professional ethics, fitness to practice, legal/ethical dimensions
What is the purpose of the code of ethics? - Answer-to inform everyone of ethical values
and responsibilities, a regulatory tool to serve and protect public, provides guidance for
ethical relationships, behaviours, and decision making, provides guidance for nurses
through ethical situations
What are ethics? - Answer-Set of principles relating to what is morally right or wrong
