BSNC 1020 - Module 3 Question and
answers verified to pass 2025/2026
What is Scope of Practice? - correct answer ✔Refers to the activities that RNs are educated and
authorized to perform
How is nursing service defined? - correct answer ✔Nursing is defined as the health profession in which
a person provides the following services:
a. health care for the promotion, maintenance and restoration of health;
b. prevention, treatment and palliation of illness and injury, primarily by
i. assessing health status,
ii. planning, implementing and evaluating interventions, and
iii. coordinating health services;
c. medical assistance in dying;
What is a Standard? - correct answer ✔An expected and achievable level of performance against which
actual performance can be compared. It is the minimum level of acceptable performance.
What is a Limit? - correct answer ✔Specifics what RNs are not permitted to do
What is a Condition? - correct answer ✔Sets out the circumstances under which registered nurses may
carry out an activity.
What are the two exceptions to Scope of Practice? - correct answer ✔1. In situations involving
imminent risk of death or serious harm that arise unexpectedly and require urgent action. RNs are
ethically obligated to provide the best care they can, given the circumstances and their individual
competence
2. Where a formal delegation process is in place
, What reserved titles can BCCNM registrants use? - correct answer ✔- registered nurse
- licensed graduate nurse
- nurse
Who are licensed graduate nurses (LGN)? - correct answer ✔A class of nurses granted LGN registration
prior to October 1, 1990
What is a provisional license? - correct answer ✔- may be granted to eligible applicants who want to
work while meeting their outstanding registration requirements
- an applicant must have applied to take, or be awaiting the results of the nurse examination
What title does a new grad use in practice? - correct answer ✔RN - if graduated and passed the NCLEX
RN (P) - if graduated but waiting to take the NCLEX
What are the four controls on practice? - correct answer ✔1. Regulation and legislation: HPA, NNPR,
2. BCCNM Standards, limits, and conditions
3. Organizational/Employer policies
4. Individual Nurse Competence
Who has the most control? - correct answer ✔Regulation and legislation would have the most
foundational control as it gives power to everyone else. The STRICTEST control would be individual nurse
competence
What are the extra levels of controls on practice for a student nurse at BCIT? - correct answer ✔- BSN
Term Specific Scope of Practice
- BCIT and BSN Student Policies, Procedures, and Guildlines
answers verified to pass 2025/2026
What is Scope of Practice? - correct answer ✔Refers to the activities that RNs are educated and
authorized to perform
How is nursing service defined? - correct answer ✔Nursing is defined as the health profession in which
a person provides the following services:
a. health care for the promotion, maintenance and restoration of health;
b. prevention, treatment and palliation of illness and injury, primarily by
i. assessing health status,
ii. planning, implementing and evaluating interventions, and
iii. coordinating health services;
c. medical assistance in dying;
What is a Standard? - correct answer ✔An expected and achievable level of performance against which
actual performance can be compared. It is the minimum level of acceptable performance.
What is a Limit? - correct answer ✔Specifics what RNs are not permitted to do
What is a Condition? - correct answer ✔Sets out the circumstances under which registered nurses may
carry out an activity.
What are the two exceptions to Scope of Practice? - correct answer ✔1. In situations involving
imminent risk of death or serious harm that arise unexpectedly and require urgent action. RNs are
ethically obligated to provide the best care they can, given the circumstances and their individual
competence
2. Where a formal delegation process is in place
, What reserved titles can BCCNM registrants use? - correct answer ✔- registered nurse
- licensed graduate nurse
- nurse
Who are licensed graduate nurses (LGN)? - correct answer ✔A class of nurses granted LGN registration
prior to October 1, 1990
What is a provisional license? - correct answer ✔- may be granted to eligible applicants who want to
work while meeting their outstanding registration requirements
- an applicant must have applied to take, or be awaiting the results of the nurse examination
What title does a new grad use in practice? - correct answer ✔RN - if graduated and passed the NCLEX
RN (P) - if graduated but waiting to take the NCLEX
What are the four controls on practice? - correct answer ✔1. Regulation and legislation: HPA, NNPR,
2. BCCNM Standards, limits, and conditions
3. Organizational/Employer policies
4. Individual Nurse Competence
Who has the most control? - correct answer ✔Regulation and legislation would have the most
foundational control as it gives power to everyone else. The STRICTEST control would be individual nurse
competence
What are the extra levels of controls on practice for a student nurse at BCIT? - correct answer ✔- BSN
Term Specific Scope of Practice
- BCIT and BSN Student Policies, Procedures, and Guildlines
