Nursing Jurisprudence and Ethics for Texas
Nurses Exam Questions With Complete
Solutions Already Graded A+ -- Just
Released.
1. According to Board Rule 213.29, Criteria and
Procedure Regarding Intemperate Use and Lack of
Fitness in Eligibility and Disciplinary Matters, a person
desiring to obtain or retain his or her nursing license must
provide a sworn certificate to the board that he or she has
NOT
A. had any alcohol within the last five years.
B. been under the influence of any alcohol or other illegal
substance for the last five years.
C. been addicted to or treated for the use of alcohol or any
other drug in the last five years.
D. been in the hospital for any type of surgery within the
last five years. - ANSWER ✓ B. been under the influence
of any alcohol or other illegal substance for the last five
years.
,2. A nurse was arrested for making death threats with a
gun, then subsequently admitted to a psychiatric facility,
and diagnosed with previously untreated and other mental
health conditions. The BON is likely to consider the
conduct by this nurse as grounds for disciplinary action
on the nurse's license due to
A. the nurse not obtaining treatment when symptoms first
occurred.
B. lack of fitness to practice which may impose a risk to
patients.
C. the likeliness the nurse would have the diagnoses for
life.
D. exposing patients or the public to a communicable
disease. - ANSWER ✓ B. lack of fitness to practice which
may impose a risk to patients.
3. A person with a history of chemical dependency on
controlled substances who desires to obtain or retain a
license to practice nursing may be required to provide
evidence of
A. current sobriety and fitness to practice.
,B. good employer evaluations.
C. attendance at five Alcoholics Anonymous meeting each
week.
D. support system of family and friends. - ANSWER ✓ A.
current sobriety and fitness to practice.
4. In Texas, advanced practice registered nurse (APRNs)
may delegate which of the following to unlicensed
assistive personnel?
A. APRNs can delegate anything a physician would
delegate, as APRNs are educated to engage in some some
aspects of medical and medical management.
B. Medical diagnosis and nursing assessment in
compliance with BON Rules 224 and 225 on RN
delegation.
C. Advanced practice skills that the APRN learned in his
or her advanced practice nursing program of study.
D. Activities of daily living, health maintenance activities,
and nursing tasks in compliance with BON Rules 224 and
225 on RN Delegation. - ANSWER ✓ D. Activities of
daily living, health maintenance activities, and nursing
, tasks in compliance with BON Rules 224 and 225 on RN
Delegation.
5. According to board rule, after a nurse refuses a float
assignment and invokes Safe Harbor, the nurse
A. should demand that the supervisor must provide a
more appropriate float assignment.
B. is required to communicate with the supervisor and
must accept the assignment as given.
C. must accept an alternate assignment even if it still
beyond the nurse's scope of practice.
D. must collaborate with the supervisor to determine a
safe assignment. - ANSWER ✓ D. must collaborate with
the supervisor to determine a safe assignment.
6. When an applicant for a nursing license receives a
final conviction for first degree murder, the NPA
mandates that the applicant
A. will be required to complete an ethics and
jurisprudence course annually
Nurses Exam Questions With Complete
Solutions Already Graded A+ -- Just
Released.
1. According to Board Rule 213.29, Criteria and
Procedure Regarding Intemperate Use and Lack of
Fitness in Eligibility and Disciplinary Matters, a person
desiring to obtain or retain his or her nursing license must
provide a sworn certificate to the board that he or she has
NOT
A. had any alcohol within the last five years.
B. been under the influence of any alcohol or other illegal
substance for the last five years.
C. been addicted to or treated for the use of alcohol or any
other drug in the last five years.
D. been in the hospital for any type of surgery within the
last five years. - ANSWER ✓ B. been under the influence
of any alcohol or other illegal substance for the last five
years.
,2. A nurse was arrested for making death threats with a
gun, then subsequently admitted to a psychiatric facility,
and diagnosed with previously untreated and other mental
health conditions. The BON is likely to consider the
conduct by this nurse as grounds for disciplinary action
on the nurse's license due to
A. the nurse not obtaining treatment when symptoms first
occurred.
B. lack of fitness to practice which may impose a risk to
patients.
C. the likeliness the nurse would have the diagnoses for
life.
D. exposing patients or the public to a communicable
disease. - ANSWER ✓ B. lack of fitness to practice which
may impose a risk to patients.
3. A person with a history of chemical dependency on
controlled substances who desires to obtain or retain a
license to practice nursing may be required to provide
evidence of
A. current sobriety and fitness to practice.
,B. good employer evaluations.
C. attendance at five Alcoholics Anonymous meeting each
week.
D. support system of family and friends. - ANSWER ✓ A.
current sobriety and fitness to practice.
4. In Texas, advanced practice registered nurse (APRNs)
may delegate which of the following to unlicensed
assistive personnel?
A. APRNs can delegate anything a physician would
delegate, as APRNs are educated to engage in some some
aspects of medical and medical management.
B. Medical diagnosis and nursing assessment in
compliance with BON Rules 224 and 225 on RN
delegation.
C. Advanced practice skills that the APRN learned in his
or her advanced practice nursing program of study.
D. Activities of daily living, health maintenance activities,
and nursing tasks in compliance with BON Rules 224 and
225 on RN Delegation. - ANSWER ✓ D. Activities of
daily living, health maintenance activities, and nursing
, tasks in compliance with BON Rules 224 and 225 on RN
Delegation.
5. According to board rule, after a nurse refuses a float
assignment and invokes Safe Harbor, the nurse
A. should demand that the supervisor must provide a
more appropriate float assignment.
B. is required to communicate with the supervisor and
must accept the assignment as given.
C. must accept an alternate assignment even if it still
beyond the nurse's scope of practice.
D. must collaborate with the supervisor to determine a
safe assignment. - ANSWER ✓ D. must collaborate with
the supervisor to determine a safe assignment.
6. When an applicant for a nursing license receives a
final conviction for first degree murder, the NPA
mandates that the applicant
A. will be required to complete an ethics and
jurisprudence course annually
