BCCNM Professional Standards UPDATED
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
Is accountable and takes responsibility for own mursing actions and professional conduct -
CORRECT ANSWER - Standard 1: Professional Responsibility and Accountability
(Clinical Practice)
Functions within own level of competence, within the legally recognized scope of practice and
within all relevant legislation. - CORRECT ANSWER - Standard 1: Professional
Responsibility and Accountability (Clinical Practice)
Assesses own practice and undertakes activities to improve practice and meet identified learning
goals on an ongoing basis - CORRECT ANSWER - Standard 1: Professional
Responsibility and Accountability (Clinical Practice)
Takes action (5) to promote the provision of safe, appropriate and ethical care to clients. -
CORRECT ANSWER - Standard 1: Professional Responsibility and Accountability
(Clinical Practice)
Advocates for and/or helps to develop policies and practices consistent with the standards of the
profession. - CORRECT ANSWER - Standard 1: Professional Responsibility and
Accountability (Clinical Practice)
Maintains own physical, psychological and emotional fitness to practice. - CORRECT
ANSWER - Standard 1: Professional Responsibility and Accountability (Clinical Practice)
Maintains current registration. - CORRECT ANSWER - Standard 1: Professional
Responsibility and Accountability (Clinical Practice)
Understands the role of the regulatory body and the relationship of the regulatory body to one's
own practice. - CORRECT ANSWER - Standard 1: Professional Responsibility and
Accountability (Clinical Practice)
, Bases practice on current evidence from nursing science and other sciences and humanities. -
CORRECT ANSWER - Standard 2: Knowledge-based Practice (Clinical Practice)
Knows how and where to access information to support the provision of safe, competent and
ethical client care. - CORRECT ANSWER - Standard 2: Knowledge-based Practice
(Clinical Practice)
Uses critical thinking when collecting and interpreting data, planning, implementing and
evaluating nursing care. - CORRECT ANSWER - Standard 2: Knowledge-based Practice
(Clinical Practice)
Collects information on client status from a variety of sources using assessment skills, including
observation, communication, physical assessment and a review of pertinent clinical data -
CORRECT ANSWER - Standard 2: Knowledge-based Practice (Clinical Practice)
Identifies, analyzes and uses relevant and valid information when making decisions about client
status. - CORRECT ANSWER - Standard 2: Knowledge-based Practice (Clinical Practice)
Communicates client status, using verifiable information, in terminology used in the practice
setting. - CORRECT ANSWER - Standard 2: Knowledge-based Practice (Clinical
Practice)
Develops and communicates plans of care that include assessment data, decisions about client
status, planned interventions and measurement of client outcomes. - CORRECT
ANSWER - Standard 2: Knowledge-based Practice (Clinical Practice)
Sets client-centred priorities when planning and providing care. - CORRECT ANSWER -
Standard 2: Knowledge-based Practice (Clinical Practice)
Uses decision support tools appropriately to assess and make decisions about client status and
plan care. - CORRECT ANSWER - Standard 2: Knowledge-based Practice (Clinical
Practice)
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
Is accountable and takes responsibility for own mursing actions and professional conduct -
CORRECT ANSWER - Standard 1: Professional Responsibility and Accountability
(Clinical Practice)
Functions within own level of competence, within the legally recognized scope of practice and
within all relevant legislation. - CORRECT ANSWER - Standard 1: Professional
Responsibility and Accountability (Clinical Practice)
Assesses own practice and undertakes activities to improve practice and meet identified learning
goals on an ongoing basis - CORRECT ANSWER - Standard 1: Professional
Responsibility and Accountability (Clinical Practice)
Takes action (5) to promote the provision of safe, appropriate and ethical care to clients. -
CORRECT ANSWER - Standard 1: Professional Responsibility and Accountability
(Clinical Practice)
Advocates for and/or helps to develop policies and practices consistent with the standards of the
profession. - CORRECT ANSWER - Standard 1: Professional Responsibility and
Accountability (Clinical Practice)
Maintains own physical, psychological and emotional fitness to practice. - CORRECT
ANSWER - Standard 1: Professional Responsibility and Accountability (Clinical Practice)
Maintains current registration. - CORRECT ANSWER - Standard 1: Professional
Responsibility and Accountability (Clinical Practice)
Understands the role of the regulatory body and the relationship of the regulatory body to one's
own practice. - CORRECT ANSWER - Standard 1: Professional Responsibility and
Accountability (Clinical Practice)
, Bases practice on current evidence from nursing science and other sciences and humanities. -
CORRECT ANSWER - Standard 2: Knowledge-based Practice (Clinical Practice)
Knows how and where to access information to support the provision of safe, competent and
ethical client care. - CORRECT ANSWER - Standard 2: Knowledge-based Practice
(Clinical Practice)
Uses critical thinking when collecting and interpreting data, planning, implementing and
evaluating nursing care. - CORRECT ANSWER - Standard 2: Knowledge-based Practice
(Clinical Practice)
Collects information on client status from a variety of sources using assessment skills, including
observation, communication, physical assessment and a review of pertinent clinical data -
CORRECT ANSWER - Standard 2: Knowledge-based Practice (Clinical Practice)
Identifies, analyzes and uses relevant and valid information when making decisions about client
status. - CORRECT ANSWER - Standard 2: Knowledge-based Practice (Clinical Practice)
Communicates client status, using verifiable information, in terminology used in the practice
setting. - CORRECT ANSWER - Standard 2: Knowledge-based Practice (Clinical
Practice)
Develops and communicates plans of care that include assessment data, decisions about client
status, planned interventions and measurement of client outcomes. - CORRECT
ANSWER - Standard 2: Knowledge-based Practice (Clinical Practice)
Sets client-centred priorities when planning and providing care. - CORRECT ANSWER -
Standard 2: Knowledge-based Practice (Clinical Practice)
Uses decision support tools appropriately to assess and make decisions about client status and
plan care. - CORRECT ANSWER - Standard 2: Knowledge-based Practice (Clinical
Practice)
