MSDBE JURISPRUDENCE EXAMINATION TEST 2025/2026
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔An 80 year old nursing home resident with advanced Alzheimer's disease requires
minor surgery. Which one of the following individuals should sign the consent for this
operation?
A) his 66-year-old spouse who has no cognitive deficits
B) His eldest adult child who is a lawyer
C) A person appointed by the consent and capacity board
D) The person named as his power of attorney for personal care - ✔✔D
✔✔In RPN accesses that a client in the home requires a routine urinary catheterization.
What must be considered prior to initiation?
A) determining whether the family physician would approve the order
B) identifying the risks and benefits of the procedure
C) reviewing the health record to determine the effectiveness of the previous treatment
D) Consulting with a colleague about the procedure - ✔✔A
✔✔In which one of the following situations can a nurse perform a controlled act?
A) A pharmacist writes an order for a new injectable medication
B) A nurse performed wound packing below the mucous membrane for a clients family
member
C) A nurse disimpacts a client, knowing that the physician will write the order during
daily rounds.
D) A dentist writes an order for the nurse to start a pre-procedural IV - ✔✔D
✔✔Our nurse administrators accountable to practice in accordance with all CNO
standards of practice?
A) Yes, because all nurses are accountable to the standards of practice regardless of
role
B) no, because the nurse is an administrator, therefore, only the CNO practice standard;
professional standards, revised 2002 applies
C) no, because the standards of practice only apply to nurses working in direct client
care
D) Yes, because only nurse administrators are accountable to the CNO practice
standard; professional standards, revised 2002 in addition to the other standards - ✔✔A
✔✔According to the CNO practice standard; documentation, revised 2008, what is one
of the three CNO standard statements that describes a Nurses accountability when
documenting?
A) Assessment
B) Professional practice
C) Goal orientation
D) Communication - ✔✔D
,✔✔According to the CNO practice standard; therapeutic nurse client relationship,
revised 2006, which one of the following standard statements best describes the nurses
accountability?
A) Competence
B) Maintaining Boundaries
C) Security
D) Self Disclosure - ✔✔B
✔✔A client is transferred to palliative care. The client asked for the nurses personal cell
phone number in case he has questions regarding pain management. Based on the
continent of the CNO practice standard; therapeutic nurse client relationship, revised
2006, what should the nurse do?
A) Informed the client that the power of care team will assume his care
B) Provide the telephone number to facilitate client trust
C) discuss the clients concerns with the palliative care team
D) Explored the clients concerns regarding pain management - ✔✔D
✔✔According to the CNO practice standard; professional standards, revised 2002,
which actions by a nurse best describes the standard statement knowledge application?
A) receiving a report from another nurse and proceeding to prepare medications
B) taking vital signs and recording the findings to the clients chart
C) recognizing that a client is exhibiting the symptoms of a stroke and taking
appropriate action
D) Providing a clients grieving family members with information for support groups and
documenting the actions taken - ✔✔C
✔✔What is CNO mandate ?
A) to develop practice standards
B) to protect the public interest
C) to provide a disciplinary body available to the public
D) to create entry to practice requirements in Ontario - ✔✔B
✔✔What is a key element of informed consent?
A) it is required before providing emergency care
B) A substitute decision maker must provide consent if the client is under 16 years of
age
C) it can only be obtained by the healthcare professionals providing the care
D) The client receives responses to request for additional information about treatment -
✔✔D
✔✔Under which of the following conditions can all nurses perform controlled acts
according to the nursing act, 1991?
A) when ordered or permitted by the regulations
B) When agency policies allow nurses to perform controlled acts
C) When ordered by an RN
, D) when delegated or ordered by an NP - ✔✔A
✔✔What is the key piece of Legislation that protects the clients confidentiality ?
A) personal health information protection act, 2004
B) quality of care information protection act, 2004
C) regulated health professions act, 1991
D) health care consent act, 1998 - ✔✔A
✔✔A nurse has been asked to perform tracheal suctioning on a client. According to the
CNO practice standard; decisions about procedures and authority, revised 2006, what is
one of the standard statements that must be considered when determining if the nurse
can perform this procedure?
A) assessment
B) managing outcomes
C) implementation
D) client stability - ✔✔B
✔✔A nurse is asked by a client employer for information on the clients prognosis. What
information, if any, can the nurse disclose?
A) The clients diagnosis, but not the prognosis
B) all information if the diagnosis is employer related
C) no information without consent from the client
D) the clients prognosis, but not the diagnosis - ✔✔C
✔✔A nurse is caring for a client on life-support. The client estranged spouse, Who is the
clients power of attorney for personal care, visits on a regular basis. The nurse has
become attracted to the clients spouse and has been invited to the spouses home for
dinner. What demonstrates protecting the client from abuse?
A) requesting permission from the nurses manager before excepting the invitation
B) declining the invitation to the spouses home
C) requesting to be reassigned to a different client before excepting the invitation
D) Agreeing to meet the spouse in public locations only - ✔✔B
✔✔What is one part of the definition of professional misconduct as defined by the health
professions procedural code?
A) guilty of an offence related to the members suitability to practice
B) has a physical condition limiting practice
C) guilty of a criminal offence under Ontario law
D) Has a mental illness that limits the members suitability to practice safely - ✔✔A
✔✔In which one of the following situations can a nurse except and perform a delegated
task?
A) when an emergency situation occurs
B) when in authorizing mechanism is in place
C) when the activity is not a controlled act
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔An 80 year old nursing home resident with advanced Alzheimer's disease requires
minor surgery. Which one of the following individuals should sign the consent for this
operation?
A) his 66-year-old spouse who has no cognitive deficits
B) His eldest adult child who is a lawyer
C) A person appointed by the consent and capacity board
D) The person named as his power of attorney for personal care - ✔✔D
✔✔In RPN accesses that a client in the home requires a routine urinary catheterization.
What must be considered prior to initiation?
A) determining whether the family physician would approve the order
B) identifying the risks and benefits of the procedure
C) reviewing the health record to determine the effectiveness of the previous treatment
D) Consulting with a colleague about the procedure - ✔✔A
✔✔In which one of the following situations can a nurse perform a controlled act?
A) A pharmacist writes an order for a new injectable medication
B) A nurse performed wound packing below the mucous membrane for a clients family
member
C) A nurse disimpacts a client, knowing that the physician will write the order during
daily rounds.
D) A dentist writes an order for the nurse to start a pre-procedural IV - ✔✔D
✔✔Our nurse administrators accountable to practice in accordance with all CNO
standards of practice?
A) Yes, because all nurses are accountable to the standards of practice regardless of
role
B) no, because the nurse is an administrator, therefore, only the CNO practice standard;
professional standards, revised 2002 applies
C) no, because the standards of practice only apply to nurses working in direct client
care
D) Yes, because only nurse administrators are accountable to the CNO practice
standard; professional standards, revised 2002 in addition to the other standards - ✔✔A
✔✔According to the CNO practice standard; documentation, revised 2008, what is one
of the three CNO standard statements that describes a Nurses accountability when
documenting?
A) Assessment
B) Professional practice
C) Goal orientation
D) Communication - ✔✔D
,✔✔According to the CNO practice standard; therapeutic nurse client relationship,
revised 2006, which one of the following standard statements best describes the nurses
accountability?
A) Competence
B) Maintaining Boundaries
C) Security
D) Self Disclosure - ✔✔B
✔✔A client is transferred to palliative care. The client asked for the nurses personal cell
phone number in case he has questions regarding pain management. Based on the
continent of the CNO practice standard; therapeutic nurse client relationship, revised
2006, what should the nurse do?
A) Informed the client that the power of care team will assume his care
B) Provide the telephone number to facilitate client trust
C) discuss the clients concerns with the palliative care team
D) Explored the clients concerns regarding pain management - ✔✔D
✔✔According to the CNO practice standard; professional standards, revised 2002,
which actions by a nurse best describes the standard statement knowledge application?
A) receiving a report from another nurse and proceeding to prepare medications
B) taking vital signs and recording the findings to the clients chart
C) recognizing that a client is exhibiting the symptoms of a stroke and taking
appropriate action
D) Providing a clients grieving family members with information for support groups and
documenting the actions taken - ✔✔C
✔✔What is CNO mandate ?
A) to develop practice standards
B) to protect the public interest
C) to provide a disciplinary body available to the public
D) to create entry to practice requirements in Ontario - ✔✔B
✔✔What is a key element of informed consent?
A) it is required before providing emergency care
B) A substitute decision maker must provide consent if the client is under 16 years of
age
C) it can only be obtained by the healthcare professionals providing the care
D) The client receives responses to request for additional information about treatment -
✔✔D
✔✔Under which of the following conditions can all nurses perform controlled acts
according to the nursing act, 1991?
A) when ordered or permitted by the regulations
B) When agency policies allow nurses to perform controlled acts
C) When ordered by an RN
, D) when delegated or ordered by an NP - ✔✔A
✔✔What is the key piece of Legislation that protects the clients confidentiality ?
A) personal health information protection act, 2004
B) quality of care information protection act, 2004
C) regulated health professions act, 1991
D) health care consent act, 1998 - ✔✔A
✔✔A nurse has been asked to perform tracheal suctioning on a client. According to the
CNO practice standard; decisions about procedures and authority, revised 2006, what is
one of the standard statements that must be considered when determining if the nurse
can perform this procedure?
A) assessment
B) managing outcomes
C) implementation
D) client stability - ✔✔B
✔✔A nurse is asked by a client employer for information on the clients prognosis. What
information, if any, can the nurse disclose?
A) The clients diagnosis, but not the prognosis
B) all information if the diagnosis is employer related
C) no information without consent from the client
D) the clients prognosis, but not the diagnosis - ✔✔C
✔✔A nurse is caring for a client on life-support. The client estranged spouse, Who is the
clients power of attorney for personal care, visits on a regular basis. The nurse has
become attracted to the clients spouse and has been invited to the spouses home for
dinner. What demonstrates protecting the client from abuse?
A) requesting permission from the nurses manager before excepting the invitation
B) declining the invitation to the spouses home
C) requesting to be reassigned to a different client before excepting the invitation
D) Agreeing to meet the spouse in public locations only - ✔✔B
✔✔What is one part of the definition of professional misconduct as defined by the health
professions procedural code?
A) guilty of an offence related to the members suitability to practice
B) has a physical condition limiting practice
C) guilty of a criminal offence under Ontario law
D) Has a mental illness that limits the members suitability to practice safely - ✔✔A
✔✔In which one of the following situations can a nurse except and perform a delegated
task?
A) when an emergency situation occurs
B) when in authorizing mechanism is in place
C) when the activity is not a controlled act
