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NSG 444/ NSG444 | Exam 2 Guide | Transition to
Practice | Questions & Answers | Grade A| 100%
Correct | (NEW 2025/ 2026) GCU
1. What is the statutory Authority of state nursing Practice acts?: -
legislature establishes and amends laws regarding nursing practice
-delegates authority to enforce the law to an executive agency (board of
nursing)
-Enforces the laws and publicizes rules and regulations that expand
the law
2. What was developed to suggest language for the state Nurse
Practice act?: The ANA and NCSBN
3. How is the state board of nursing authority limited?: -they can
adopt rules that clarify general provisions of NPA
-they do not have the power to enlarge the law
4. Describe the 3 functions of state board of nursing: -Executive:
authority to administer the nursing practice act
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-Legislative: authority to adopt rules necessary to implement the act
-Judicial: authority to deny, suspend, or revoke a license or to discipline a
licensee or to deny an application for licensure
5. Does the state board of nursing have the power to sanction
nurses with probation, suspension, revocation?: yes
6. what is malpractice?: occurs when a professional fails to act as a
reasonably prudent professional would have in the same situation
7. What is the difference between commission and omission?:
Commission-doing something that should not have been done
Omission- failing to do things that should have been done
8. What are the requirements of malpractice action?: the nurse
(the defendant)
-has specialized knowledge and skills
-causes the client (plaintiff) injury though the practice of those skills
9. 4 elements that leads to negligence suits: 1. the professional
(nurse) has assumed the duty of care (responsibility for the client)
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2. The professional breached the duty of care by failing to meet the
standard of the care
3. The failure of the processional to meet the standard of care was the
proximate cause of the injury 4. the injury was proved
10. What is the captian of the ship doctrine?: -the physician is
ultimately in charge of all patient care and thus should be responsible
financially
11. What is Respondeat superior?: attributes the acts of employees to
their employer
12. True or false: LPNs and LVNs can delegate: false, they do not have
authority to delegate based on the state nurse practice act
13. what are the 3 conditions of informed consent?: - must be
voluntarily
-must be given by an individual with the capacity and competence to
understand -the patient must be given enough information
14. role of the nurse with informed consent: -collaborate with
primary provider -the nurse is not responsible for evaluating weather the
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NSG 444
NSG 444/ NSG444 | Exam 2 Guide | Transition to
Practice | Questions & Answers | Grade A| 100%
Correct | (NEW 2025/ 2026) GCU
1. What is the statutory Authority of state nursing Practice acts?: -
legislature establishes and amends laws regarding nursing practice
-delegates authority to enforce the law to an executive agency (board of
nursing)
-Enforces the laws and publicizes rules and regulations that expand
the law
2. What was developed to suggest language for the state Nurse
Practice act?: The ANA and NCSBN
3. How is the state board of nursing authority limited?: -they can
adopt rules that clarify general provisions of NPA
-they do not have the power to enlarge the law
4. Describe the 3 functions of state board of nursing: -Executive:
authority to administer the nursing practice act
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-Legislative: authority to adopt rules necessary to implement the act
-Judicial: authority to deny, suspend, or revoke a license or to discipline a
licensee or to deny an application for licensure
5. Does the state board of nursing have the power to sanction
nurses with probation, suspension, revocation?: yes
6. what is malpractice?: occurs when a professional fails to act as a
reasonably prudent professional would have in the same situation
7. What is the difference between commission and omission?:
Commission-doing something that should not have been done
Omission- failing to do things that should have been done
8. What are the requirements of malpractice action?: the nurse
(the defendant)
-has specialized knowledge and skills
-causes the client (plaintiff) injury though the practice of those skills
9. 4 elements that leads to negligence suits: 1. the professional
(nurse) has assumed the duty of care (responsibility for the client)
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2. The professional breached the duty of care by failing to meet the
standard of the care
3. The failure of the processional to meet the standard of care was the
proximate cause of the injury 4. the injury was proved
10. What is the captian of the ship doctrine?: -the physician is
ultimately in charge of all patient care and thus should be responsible
financially
11. What is Respondeat superior?: attributes the acts of employees to
their employer
12. True or false: LPNs and LVNs can delegate: false, they do not have
authority to delegate based on the state nurse practice act
13. what are the 3 conditions of informed consent?: - must be
voluntarily
-must be given by an individual with the capacity and competence to
understand -the patient must be given enough information
14. role of the nurse with informed consent: -collaborate with
primary provider -the nurse is not responsible for evaluating weather the
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