CNUR CHAPTER MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS | COMPLETE NURSING STUDY GUIDE,
PRACTICE TEST & EXAM PREP 2026/2027
Health Canada fulfills all of the following roles except:
a. regulating of hospitals
b. providing information essential to maintaining healthcare and safety of Canadians
c. overseeing health and health-related laws and regulations
d. proving health care to Inuit, Innu, and first nations Canadians living on reserves, eligible
veterans, refugee claimants; and inmates in federal penitentiaries - correct answer ✔✔a.
Rationale: Regulating of hospitals is not stated as a role of Health Canada. The other choices are
stated roles of Health Canada.
what is the responsibility of the provinces and territories in health care?
a. administration of publicly funded system outlined in the CHA
b. administration of publicly funded system outlined by each regional health authority
c. administration of privately funded system as outlined in the CHA
d. administration of publicly funded system outlined by each regional health authority - correct
answer ✔✔a.
Rationale: Administration of publicly funded system is the responsibility as outlined in the
Canada Health Act legislation. The regional health authorities have no jurisdiction, and the
system is not privately funded.
In contemporary nursing practice, how do regulatory bodies promote safe and competent care?
a. by adhering to international regulations
b. by adhering to hospital specific standards
c. by adhering to provincial and territorial guidelines
d. by adhering to national nursing competencies for entry to practice - correct answer ✔✔d.
,Rationale: Professional competencies provide benchmarks for safe and competent professional
practice. Professional guidelines require application of judgment according to professional
competencies and standards; provincial and territorial guidelines are not benchmarks for
nursing regulation; hospital standards are not benchmarks for nursing regulation.
Our understanding of health has grown over the last few decades such that the determinants of
health established originally by the legislation of the 1980s have changed. Which of the
following can be considered determinants of health in contemporary canadian society? - correct
answer ✔✔b.
Rationale: Gender, sex, and stress are considered standard determinants of health (SDoH)
according to the definition of SDoH. Siblings, family size, family composition, social life, and
amount of paid vacation are by definition not considered SDoH. Although culture may be
considered an SDoH, hobbies and political opinion are not.
Professional self-regulation is:
a. A physiological process in the human body
b. a right of all professions
c. A privilege granted to some professions
d. A strategy to inform the public about professionals - correct answer ✔✔c.
Rationale: Professional self-regulation is a privilege granted to some professions; nursing is one
of those professions.
Match these regulatory terms to the appropriate definition:
a. duty to report
b. fitness to practice
c. standard
d. continuing competence
I. all the qualities and capabilities of an individual relevant to his or her capability to practice as
a nurse
,II. Nurses or others who observe practice in nurses or other health professionals who place
patients at risk have an ethical and legal duty to report concerns to the appropriate person
III. An authoritative statement that describes the required behavior of every nurse and is used
to evaluate individual performance
iv. the ongoing ability of an RN to integrate and apply the knowledge, skills, judgement, and
personal attributes required to practice safely and ethically in a designated role and setting -
correct answer ✔✔a. II
b. I
c. III
d. IV
The nursing regulatory bodies influence what you need to learn in your nursing education
program by establishing which of the following?
a. the structure and sequence of nursing and non-nursing courses
b. the forms used to create student performance with patients
c. the entry-level competencies and standards of practice
d. the policies for student grades and conduct - correct answer ✔✔c.
Rationale: All items except the entry-level competencies and standards of practice are decisions
made by the educational institution offering the nursing education program.
Individual self regulation and evidence of your continued competence are requirements for
registration to practice. The typical requirements of continuing competence is set by the
regulatory bodies are:
a. Written examinations every 3 years
b. learning plans based on self assessment
c. learning plans developed by the nurse manager
d. certificates of short course completion - correct answer ✔✔b.
Rationale: Learning plans may need to use feedback from nurse managers to inform the self-
assessment. The final responsibility for the learning plan rests with the individual nurse. Written
, examinations or certificates of continuing education credits are not common requirements in
Canada for year-by-year continuing competence requirements.
student nurses are learning about regulation and the standards of practice, to what extent are
students held accountable to practice in accordance with the standards of practice before they
graduate?
a. to the same extent as newly graduated registered nurses
b. to the extent that students have been educated so far to practice competently
c. to a limited extent and only when ethical and integrity issues arise
d. to the full extent that the scope of nursing practice allows - correct answer ✔✔b.
Rationale: Student nurses are held accountable to the extent they have demonstrated to
nursing faculty or preceptors that they have the competence to practice according to certain
standards. They are held accountable for what any reasonably successful students would have
learned at a particular point in their nursing education. Students are held accountable to all of
the standards of practice they have achieved in the program and this accountability is not
limited to some of the standards of practice such as those about ethical issues.
Fitness to practice requirements are set through standards of practice and the CNA Code of
Ethics. Who has the primary responsibility for assessing and maintaining a nurse's fitness to
practice?
a. the nurse manager who evaluates the performance of the nursing staff
b. the employer who develops policies and monitors the work environment
c. the regulatory body that provides resources about fitness to practice
d. the individual nurse who self-assesses and maintains his or her own fitness to practice -
correct answer ✔✔d.
Rationale: The first and primary responsibility for fitness to practice lies with each individual
nurse who determines his or her competence to provide safe, ethical, and competent patient
care in each unique circumstance. The employer policies, quality of the work environment,
feedback from managers, and resources provided by the regulatory body may influence a
nurse's ability to maintain fitness to practice, but they do not hold the primary responsibility for
the fitness of individual nurses.
PRACTICE TEST & EXAM PREP 2026/2027
Health Canada fulfills all of the following roles except:
a. regulating of hospitals
b. providing information essential to maintaining healthcare and safety of Canadians
c. overseeing health and health-related laws and regulations
d. proving health care to Inuit, Innu, and first nations Canadians living on reserves, eligible
veterans, refugee claimants; and inmates in federal penitentiaries - correct answer ✔✔a.
Rationale: Regulating of hospitals is not stated as a role of Health Canada. The other choices are
stated roles of Health Canada.
what is the responsibility of the provinces and territories in health care?
a. administration of publicly funded system outlined in the CHA
b. administration of publicly funded system outlined by each regional health authority
c. administration of privately funded system as outlined in the CHA
d. administration of publicly funded system outlined by each regional health authority - correct
answer ✔✔a.
Rationale: Administration of publicly funded system is the responsibility as outlined in the
Canada Health Act legislation. The regional health authorities have no jurisdiction, and the
system is not privately funded.
In contemporary nursing practice, how do regulatory bodies promote safe and competent care?
a. by adhering to international regulations
b. by adhering to hospital specific standards
c. by adhering to provincial and territorial guidelines
d. by adhering to national nursing competencies for entry to practice - correct answer ✔✔d.
,Rationale: Professional competencies provide benchmarks for safe and competent professional
practice. Professional guidelines require application of judgment according to professional
competencies and standards; provincial and territorial guidelines are not benchmarks for
nursing regulation; hospital standards are not benchmarks for nursing regulation.
Our understanding of health has grown over the last few decades such that the determinants of
health established originally by the legislation of the 1980s have changed. Which of the
following can be considered determinants of health in contemporary canadian society? - correct
answer ✔✔b.
Rationale: Gender, sex, and stress are considered standard determinants of health (SDoH)
according to the definition of SDoH. Siblings, family size, family composition, social life, and
amount of paid vacation are by definition not considered SDoH. Although culture may be
considered an SDoH, hobbies and political opinion are not.
Professional self-regulation is:
a. A physiological process in the human body
b. a right of all professions
c. A privilege granted to some professions
d. A strategy to inform the public about professionals - correct answer ✔✔c.
Rationale: Professional self-regulation is a privilege granted to some professions; nursing is one
of those professions.
Match these regulatory terms to the appropriate definition:
a. duty to report
b. fitness to practice
c. standard
d. continuing competence
I. all the qualities and capabilities of an individual relevant to his or her capability to practice as
a nurse
,II. Nurses or others who observe practice in nurses or other health professionals who place
patients at risk have an ethical and legal duty to report concerns to the appropriate person
III. An authoritative statement that describes the required behavior of every nurse and is used
to evaluate individual performance
iv. the ongoing ability of an RN to integrate and apply the knowledge, skills, judgement, and
personal attributes required to practice safely and ethically in a designated role and setting -
correct answer ✔✔a. II
b. I
c. III
d. IV
The nursing regulatory bodies influence what you need to learn in your nursing education
program by establishing which of the following?
a. the structure and sequence of nursing and non-nursing courses
b. the forms used to create student performance with patients
c. the entry-level competencies and standards of practice
d. the policies for student grades and conduct - correct answer ✔✔c.
Rationale: All items except the entry-level competencies and standards of practice are decisions
made by the educational institution offering the nursing education program.
Individual self regulation and evidence of your continued competence are requirements for
registration to practice. The typical requirements of continuing competence is set by the
regulatory bodies are:
a. Written examinations every 3 years
b. learning plans based on self assessment
c. learning plans developed by the nurse manager
d. certificates of short course completion - correct answer ✔✔b.
Rationale: Learning plans may need to use feedback from nurse managers to inform the self-
assessment. The final responsibility for the learning plan rests with the individual nurse. Written
, examinations or certificates of continuing education credits are not common requirements in
Canada for year-by-year continuing competence requirements.
student nurses are learning about regulation and the standards of practice, to what extent are
students held accountable to practice in accordance with the standards of practice before they
graduate?
a. to the same extent as newly graduated registered nurses
b. to the extent that students have been educated so far to practice competently
c. to a limited extent and only when ethical and integrity issues arise
d. to the full extent that the scope of nursing practice allows - correct answer ✔✔b.
Rationale: Student nurses are held accountable to the extent they have demonstrated to
nursing faculty or preceptors that they have the competence to practice according to certain
standards. They are held accountable for what any reasonably successful students would have
learned at a particular point in their nursing education. Students are held accountable to all of
the standards of practice they have achieved in the program and this accountability is not
limited to some of the standards of practice such as those about ethical issues.
Fitness to practice requirements are set through standards of practice and the CNA Code of
Ethics. Who has the primary responsibility for assessing and maintaining a nurse's fitness to
practice?
a. the nurse manager who evaluates the performance of the nursing staff
b. the employer who develops policies and monitors the work environment
c. the regulatory body that provides resources about fitness to practice
d. the individual nurse who self-assesses and maintains his or her own fitness to practice -
correct answer ✔✔d.
Rationale: The first and primary responsibility for fitness to practice lies with each individual
nurse who determines his or her competence to provide safe, ethical, and competent patient
care in each unique circumstance. The employer policies, quality of the work environment,
feedback from managers, and resources provided by the regulatory body may influence a
nurse's ability to maintain fitness to practice, but they do not hold the primary responsibility for
the fitness of individual nurses.
