CONCEPTS CHAPTER 3 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS UPDATED 2024 - 2025
Board of nursing (BON) ANS State-specific licensing or regulatory body.
Sets standards for safe nursing care.
Decides scope of practice for nurses.
Issues a license to a qualified nurse.
TBON ANS Texas Board of Nursing
National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN) ANS Representatives from all state and territories.
Adopted guiding principles for nursing regulation.
What principles were adopted by the NCSBN? ANS Protection of the public, competence of all
practitioners regulated by a BON, due process and ethical decision making, shared accountability,
strategic collaboration, evidence-based regulation, response to marketplace, and globalization of
nursing
NPA's ANS Nurse practice acts, state or territorial statutes that define legal limits for the practice of
nursing within that state or territory and explicitly identify the requirements for licensure. State
regulatory legislation. Most authoritative and controlling piece of governing law
What was the first state to enact nurse practice acts and when? ANS North Carolina, 1903
What year did all states enact nurse practice acts? ANS 1923
What 6 elements do the NPA's include? ANS Authority and composition of a BON, educational program
standards, scope of nursing practice with accompanying standards, types of licenses and titles, licensure
requirements, and grounds for disciplinary action
ANSWERS UPDATED 2024 - 2025
Board of nursing (BON) ANS State-specific licensing or regulatory body.
Sets standards for safe nursing care.
Decides scope of practice for nurses.
Issues a license to a qualified nurse.
TBON ANS Texas Board of Nursing
National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN) ANS Representatives from all state and territories.
Adopted guiding principles for nursing regulation.
What principles were adopted by the NCSBN? ANS Protection of the public, competence of all
practitioners regulated by a BON, due process and ethical decision making, shared accountability,
strategic collaboration, evidence-based regulation, response to marketplace, and globalization of
nursing
NPA's ANS Nurse practice acts, state or territorial statutes that define legal limits for the practice of
nursing within that state or territory and explicitly identify the requirements for licensure. State
regulatory legislation. Most authoritative and controlling piece of governing law
What was the first state to enact nurse practice acts and when? ANS North Carolina, 1903
What year did all states enact nurse practice acts? ANS 1923
What 6 elements do the NPA's include? ANS Authority and composition of a BON, educational program
standards, scope of nursing practice with accompanying standards, types of licenses and titles, licensure
requirements, and grounds for disciplinary action
