TEXAS NURSE PRACTICE ACT AND
NURSE JURISPRUDENCE EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | |
COMPLETE REAL AND AUTHENTIC
EXAM | SURE TO PASS!!
1. Texas Nurse Practice Act - ANSWER ✓ Considered
nursing law and applies to all licensed nurses regardless
of educational level
2. Defines nursing practice and gives the Texas Board of
Nursing (BON) the authority to make rules which are then
implemented and interpreted in the Texas Nurse Practice
Act
Texas Board of Nursing
Mission/ Primary Purpose - ANSWER ✓ Regulate the
practice of nursing
Ensure the protection and promotion of the welfare of the
people of Texas by ensuring that everyone with a nursing
license is competent and can practice safely
,3. Responsibilities - ANSWER ✓ Regulation of the
practice of both professional nurses (RN) and vocational
nurses (LVN), including licensure and examination of
graduate nurses.
4. Functions - ANSWER ✓ Recommend to the
legislature changes to the Nurse Practice Act (NPA) to
remain current with public needs.
Implement and manage programs and responsibilities
authorized and mandated by legislature that affect nursing
in Texas.
Establish standards for nursing education and accredit or
deny accreditation to schools of nursing
Monitor NCLEX results to determine effectiveness of
school programs (reason for Exit Exam)
General Rule Making, as authorized by the Texas
Legislature
5. Standards of Nursing Practice - Rule 217-11 -
ANSWER ✓ Establish a minimum acceptable level of
nursing practice in any setting for each level of nursing
licensure
, Failure to adhere standards may result in action against
the nurse's license even if no harm occurred to patient
Hospital administrators, the Chief Nursing Officer and
Nurse Managers all have duty to uphold all recognized
standards
"Professional nursing: performance of an act which
requires substantial specialized judgment and skill...based
on the knowledge and application of the principles of bio,
physical, and social science"
6. Specific Standards of Nursing Practice - ANSWER ✓
Provide for privacy and confidentiality
Promote and provide education and counseling
Safe and correct handling of all equipment.
Provide care without discrimination - Examples:
Homeless, Mentally Ill
Clarification of orders - duty to question incomplete or
questionable orders: name, dose, route, frequency
Implement appropriate infection control policies - hand
washing; sterile fields
Collaboration with other Health Care Providers and team
members
NURSE JURISPRUDENCE EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | |
COMPLETE REAL AND AUTHENTIC
EXAM | SURE TO PASS!!
1. Texas Nurse Practice Act - ANSWER ✓ Considered
nursing law and applies to all licensed nurses regardless
of educational level
2. Defines nursing practice and gives the Texas Board of
Nursing (BON) the authority to make rules which are then
implemented and interpreted in the Texas Nurse Practice
Act
Texas Board of Nursing
Mission/ Primary Purpose - ANSWER ✓ Regulate the
practice of nursing
Ensure the protection and promotion of the welfare of the
people of Texas by ensuring that everyone with a nursing
license is competent and can practice safely
,3. Responsibilities - ANSWER ✓ Regulation of the
practice of both professional nurses (RN) and vocational
nurses (LVN), including licensure and examination of
graduate nurses.
4. Functions - ANSWER ✓ Recommend to the
legislature changes to the Nurse Practice Act (NPA) to
remain current with public needs.
Implement and manage programs and responsibilities
authorized and mandated by legislature that affect nursing
in Texas.
Establish standards for nursing education and accredit or
deny accreditation to schools of nursing
Monitor NCLEX results to determine effectiveness of
school programs (reason for Exit Exam)
General Rule Making, as authorized by the Texas
Legislature
5. Standards of Nursing Practice - Rule 217-11 -
ANSWER ✓ Establish a minimum acceptable level of
nursing practice in any setting for each level of nursing
licensure
, Failure to adhere standards may result in action against
the nurse's license even if no harm occurred to patient
Hospital administrators, the Chief Nursing Officer and
Nurse Managers all have duty to uphold all recognized
standards
"Professional nursing: performance of an act which
requires substantial specialized judgment and skill...based
on the knowledge and application of the principles of bio,
physical, and social science"
6. Specific Standards of Nursing Practice - ANSWER ✓
Provide for privacy and confidentiality
Promote and provide education and counseling
Safe and correct handling of all equipment.
Provide care without discrimination - Examples:
Homeless, Mentally Ill
Clarification of orders - duty to question incomplete or
questionable orders: name, dose, route, frequency
Implement appropriate infection control policies - hand
washing; sterile fields
Collaboration with other Health Care Providers and team
members
