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texas nurse practice act and nurse jurisprudence
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Q: define nurse jurisprudence according to the texas BON
Ans: Jurisprudence is the science or philosophy of law. The Texas Nurse
Practice Act and the Texas Board of Nursing Rules and Regulations Relating to
Nurse Education, Licensure, and Practice are the laws that govern the practice of
nursing practice in Texas. Your nursing practice is directly affected by your ability
to make informed decision within the parameters of these laws. You need to
know how the rules apply to you, and then apply them in your nursing practice.
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Q: state the reason new nurses must take and pass the nurse jurisprudence
exam to receive their license to practice professional nursing in Texas
Ans: BON staff have heard nurses who were disciplined by the board proclaim
"If only i had known and understood about my 'duty to the patient' under the
NPA and board rules I would have not gotten into trouble with the BON"
Q: identify several topics covered on the nurse jurisprudence exam
Ans: -licensure and regulation
-ethics
-practice
-peer reviews
-disciplinary action
make and accept assignments
-nurses must take into consideration the staff person's:
educational preparation,
experience,
knowledge and
physical and emotional ability
Q: explore implications for practice from rule 217.11 standards of nursing
practice from the Texas Nurse Practice Act
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Ans: Rule 217.11 is the foundation for all other standards:
" ...maintain a safe environment for clients and others"
*this standard supersedes any physician order, facility policy, or administrative
directive
Q: explore conditions under which the nurse's duty to a patient begins
Ans: You understand the minimum standards of care once you receive your
nursing license
-Nurses duty to a patient:
*begins when there is a relationship established between the nurse and the patient
*begins when the nurse has a responsibility for a patient
*doesn't begin with a single event (clocking in)
*when a nurse knows or should have known that a situation potentially
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Q: discuss the process of safe harbor
Ans: -Complete quick request first
-then before the shift ends complete the comprehensive one
mandatory overtime:
-a hospital is prohibited from scheduling mandatory overtime
-on call time cannot be used to produce mandatory overtime
-exceptions: disaster, state of emergency, unforeseen event, nurse is doing a
procedure and cannot leave(patient safety)
retaliation by the hospital is prohibited
the nurse should invoke safe harbor when asked to accept an assignment that is
unsafe or outside of her knowledge, skills, physical/emotional abilities
safe harbor applies to all nurses when the nurse believes an assignment may place
patients at risk of harm, thus violating the nurses' duty to a patient
Q: identify situations when the Peer Review Committee might be activated
Ans: peer review
two types-
*safe harbor
*incident based
- eval of nursing care provided
- eval of nurses qualifications
- determination on the complaint about nursing
care
texas nurse practice act and nurse jurisprudence
exam Questions and Answers 100% Correct
Answers Already Graded A+
Q: define nurse jurisprudence according to the texas BON
Ans: Jurisprudence is the science or philosophy of law. The Texas Nurse
Practice Act and the Texas Board of Nursing Rules and Regulations Relating to
Nurse Education, Licensure, and Practice are the laws that govern the practice of
nursing practice in Texas. Your nursing practice is directly affected by your ability
to make informed decision within the parameters of these laws. You need to
know how the rules apply to you, and then apply them in your nursing practice.
Exampromax - Stuvia US
Q: state the reason new nurses must take and pass the nurse jurisprudence
exam to receive their license to practice professional nursing in Texas
Ans: BON staff have heard nurses who were disciplined by the board proclaim
"If only i had known and understood about my 'duty to the patient' under the
NPA and board rules I would have not gotten into trouble with the BON"
Q: identify several topics covered on the nurse jurisprudence exam
Ans: -licensure and regulation
-ethics
-practice
-peer reviews
-disciplinary action
make and accept assignments
-nurses must take into consideration the staff person's:
educational preparation,
experience,
knowledge and
physical and emotional ability
Q: explore implications for practice from rule 217.11 standards of nursing
practice from the Texas Nurse Practice Act
, 2 Exampromax - Stuvia US
Ans: Rule 217.11 is the foundation for all other standards:
" ...maintain a safe environment for clients and others"
*this standard supersedes any physician order, facility policy, or administrative
directive
Q: explore conditions under which the nurse's duty to a patient begins
Ans: You understand the minimum standards of care once you receive your
nursing license
-Nurses duty to a patient:
*begins when there is a relationship established between the nurse and the patient
*begins when the nurse has a responsibility for a patient
*doesn't begin with a single event (clocking in)
*when a nurse knows or should have known that a situation potentially
Exampromax - Stuvia US
Q: discuss the process of safe harbor
Ans: -Complete quick request first
-then before the shift ends complete the comprehensive one
mandatory overtime:
-a hospital is prohibited from scheduling mandatory overtime
-on call time cannot be used to produce mandatory overtime
-exceptions: disaster, state of emergency, unforeseen event, nurse is doing a
procedure and cannot leave(patient safety)
retaliation by the hospital is prohibited
the nurse should invoke safe harbor when asked to accept an assignment that is
unsafe or outside of her knowledge, skills, physical/emotional abilities
safe harbor applies to all nurses when the nurse believes an assignment may place
patients at risk of harm, thus violating the nurses' duty to a patient
Q: identify situations when the Peer Review Committee might be activated
Ans: peer review
two types-
*safe harbor
*incident based
- eval of nursing care provided
- eval of nurses qualifications
- determination on the complaint about nursing
care
