BCCNM Professional & Practice Standards FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE 2025/2026 ACCURATE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES || 100% GUARANTEED PASS <RECENT VERSION>

BCCNM Professional & Practice Standards FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE 2025/2026 ACCURATE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES || 100% GUARANTEED PASS &lt;RECENT VERSION&gt; 1. 4 Professional Standards - ANSWER - Responsibility and accountablity - Knowledge based practice - Client focused provisin of service - Ethical Practice 2. Indigenous Cultural Safety, Cultural Humility, and Anti-racism - ANSWER Practice Standard 3. Privacy and Confidentiality - ANSWER Practice Standard 4. Boundaries in the Nurse-Client Relationship - ANSWER Practice Standard 5. Communicable Diseases: Preventing Nurse-to-Client Transmission - ANSWER Practice Standard 6. BCCNM stands for - ANSWER British Coloumbia College of Nurses and Midwifes 7. What is the purpose of practice standards - ANSWER purpose of the Practice Standards is to guide and direct nurses' practice. They set out levels of performance that BCCNM nurse registrants are required to achieve in their practice. 8. What is the purpose of Profesional standards - ANSWER These Standards provide an overall framework for the practice of nursing in British Columbia. They set out minimum levels of performance that nurses are required to achieve in their practice 9. What is guildlines a nurses scope of practice - ANSWER Standards, Limits, Conditions 10. The timeline for nursing organizations: - ANSWER RNABC-BCNU CRNBC-NNPBC-BCCNM 11. What "R" is BCCNM - ANSWER regulators 12. Are schools required to have BCCNM acredidation - ANSWER yes! Functions within own level of competence, within the legally recognized scope of practice and within all relevant legislation - ANSWER 1: Professional Responsibility & Accountability 13. Assesses own practice and undertakes activities to improve practice and meet identified learning goals on an ongoing basis - ANSWER 1: Professional Responsibility & Accountability 14. Takes action (5) to promote the provision of safe, appropriate and ethical care to clients. - ANSWER 1: Professional Responsibility & Accountability 15. Maintains own physical, psychological and emotional fitness to practice. - ANSWER 1: Professional Responsibility & Accountability 16. Maintains current registration. - ANSWER 1: Professional Responsibility & Accountability 17. Uses critical thinking when collecting and interpreting data, planning, implementing and evaluating nursing care. - ANSWER 2: Knowledge Based Practice 18. Collects information on client status from a variety of sources (6) using assessment skills, including observation, communication, physical assessment and a review of pertinent clinical data. - ANSWER 2: Knowledge-Based Practice 19. Key nursing organization - ANSWER -regulator -union -association 20. Regulator - ANSWER -protects public by +regulating nurses, +setting standards, +reviewing education programs +addressing complaints 21. Unions - ANSWER -protects and advances well being of nursing by negotiating wages and working conditions 22. Association - ANSWER advocates for nurses by creating opportunities for advocacy and policy development 23. Why do we have regulation in nursing - ANSWER to protect the public 24. What is BCCNM? - ANSWER BCCNM is the regulatory body for nurses and midwives 25. What happens if health care professional are not regulated - ANSWER 1. People practice without standards or the competencies to do the job 2. There is no recourse for public if they suffer harm from the health care professional 3. Loss of trust in the profession 4. Anyone could call themselves a nurse 26. Regulation framework - ANSWER -Provincial health professions act -Midwives regulation, RN, LPN, RP -BCCNM -Standard of practice 27. How does the BCCNM regulate (7-REPPQI) - ANSWER 1. Registration 2. Education Program Review 3. Policy and research 4. Practice Support & regulatory 5. Quality Assurance 6. Inquiry, discipline, and monitoring 28. BCCNM regulates with registration how - ANSWER 1. Assess application from registrations 2. Looks into overall character and competence 3. May refuse registration to protect public 29. BCCNM regulates with Education Program Review how - ANSWER 1.Reviews nursing programs 2. Recognizes nursing programs 3. Ensures entry-level competencies taught 30. BCCNM regulates with Policy and research how - ANSWER 1. Monitors trends in nursing and midwifery 2. Develops and updates standards of practice 3. Consults with partners and key audiences 31. BCCNM regulates with Practice Support & Regulatory how - ANSWER 1. Presentations, webinars, learning 2. Phone and email support 3. Helps apply standards to practice 32. BCCNM regulates with Quality Assurance how - ANSWER 1. Annual mandatory requirement 2. Supports life-long learning 3. Assesses areas of practice improvement 33. BCCNM regulates with Inquiry, discipline and monitoring how - ANSWER 1. Receives & investigates complaints 2. Addresses practice issues 3. Helps ensure safe practices 34. The nursing practice acts are an example of: a. Statute law b. Common law c. Public law d. Criminal law - ANSWER a. Statute law 35. Treating a patient without his or her consent is considered: a. Battery b. Negligence c. Implied consent d. Expressed consent - ANSWER a. Battery 36. A nurse is sued for negligence for failure to properly monitor a patient after surgery. Which of the following statements are correct? (Select all that apply.) a. The nurse does not need any representation. b. The patient must prove that harm or injury occurred. c. The patient must show the nurse provided substandard care. d. The patient must show the nurse's actions or inactions caused the injury. e. The burden of proof is always the responsibility of the nurse. - ANSWER b. The patient must prove that harm or injury occurred. 37. A confused patient falling out of bed because side rails were not used when they were ordered is an example of which type of liability? a. False imprisonment b. Assault c. Battery d. Negligence - ANSWER d. Negligence 38. What should you do if you think the patient does not understand the procedure for which he or she is being asked to give consent? a. Do not be concerned if the consent is already signed. b. Notify the physician or nursing supervisor. c. Send the patient for the procedure and discuss it afterward. d. Ask a family member to give consent. - ANSWER b. Notify the physician or nursing supervisor. 39. When a patient is harmed because of a nursing student's actions or lack of action, the liability is generally held by the: a. Student b. student's instructor or preceptor c. hospital or health care facility d. All of the above - ANSWER d. All of the above 40. A nurse stops to help in an emergency at the scene of an accident. If the injured party files suit and the nurse's employing institution's insurance does not cover the nurse, the nurse would probably be covered by the: a. nurse's automobile insurance b. nurse's homeowner's insurance c. National Care Act, which may grant immunity from suit if the injured party consents d. Good Samaritan laws, which grant immunity from suit if no gross negligence is involved - ANSWER d. Good Samaritan laws, which grant immunity from suit if no gross negligence is involved 41. The nurse is obligated to follow a prescriber's order unless a. The order is a verbal order b. The prescriber's order is illegible c. The order has not been transcribed d. The order is in error, violates hospital policy, or would be detrimental to the patient - ANSWER d. The order is in error, violates hospital policy, or would be detrimental to the patient 42. Client-Centered Care - ANSWER Nurses must respect clients' values, beliefs, and preferences. 43. Educating Clients - ANSWER Educate clients about the purpose of the medication, potential side effects, adverse reactions, and what to do in case they occur. 44. Assessing Mental State - ANSWER Assess the client's mental state and level of understanding to ensure informed decision-making. 45. Competence and Decision-Making - ANSWER Nurses must recognize how their own values might influence their decisions about medications.