TEXAS NURSING JURISPRUDENCE EXAM
LATEST 2025/2026
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
define nurse jurisprudence according to the texas BON - answerJurisprudence is the science or
philosophy of law. The Texas Nurse Practice Act and the Texas Board of Nursing Rules and Regulations
Relating to Nurse Education, Licensure, and Practice are the laws that govern the practice of nursing
practice in Texas. Your nursing practice is directly affected by your ability to make informed decision
within the parameters of these laws. You need to know how the rules apply to you, and then apply them
in your nursing practice.
state the reason new nurses must take and pass the nurse jurisprudence exam to receive their license to
practice professional nursing in Texas - answerBON staff have heard nurses who were disciplined by the
board proclaim "If only i had known and understood about my 'duty to the patient' under the NPA and
board rules I would have not gotten into trouble with the BON"
identify several topics covered on the nurse jurisprudence exam - answer-licensure and regulation
-ethics
-practice
-peer reviews
-disciplinary action
make and accept assignments
-nurses must take into consideration the staff person's:
educational preparation,
experience,
knowledge and
physical and emotional ability
, explore implications for practice from rule 217.11 standards of nursing practice from the Texas Nurse
Practice Act - answerRule 217.11 is the foundation for all other standards:
" ...maintain a safe environment for clients and others"
*this standard supersedes any physician order, facility policy, or administrative directive
explore conditions under which the nurse's duty to a patient begins - answerYou understand the
minimum standards of care once you receive your nursing license
-Nurses duty to a patient:
*begins when there is a relationship established between the nurse and the patient
*begins when the nurse has a responsibility for a patient
*doesn't begin with a single event (clocking in)
*when a nurse knows or should have known that a situation potentially
discuss the process of safe harbor - answer-Complete quick request first
-then before the shift ends complete the comprehensive one
mandatory overtime:
-a hospital is prohibited from scheduling mandatory overtime
-on call time cannot be used to produce mandatory overtime
-exceptions: disaster, state of emergency, unforeseen event, nurse is doing a procedure and cannot
leave(patient safety)
retaliation by the hospital is prohibited
the nurse should invoke safe harbor when asked to accept an assignment that is unsafe or outside of her
knowledge, skills, physical/emotional abilities
safe harbor applies to all nurses when the nurse believes an assignment may place patients at risk of
harm, thus violating the nurses' duty to a patient
LATEST 2025/2026
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
define nurse jurisprudence according to the texas BON - answerJurisprudence is the science or
philosophy of law. The Texas Nurse Practice Act and the Texas Board of Nursing Rules and Regulations
Relating to Nurse Education, Licensure, and Practice are the laws that govern the practice of nursing
practice in Texas. Your nursing practice is directly affected by your ability to make informed decision
within the parameters of these laws. You need to know how the rules apply to you, and then apply them
in your nursing practice.
state the reason new nurses must take and pass the nurse jurisprudence exam to receive their license to
practice professional nursing in Texas - answerBON staff have heard nurses who were disciplined by the
board proclaim "If only i had known and understood about my 'duty to the patient' under the NPA and
board rules I would have not gotten into trouble with the BON"
identify several topics covered on the nurse jurisprudence exam - answer-licensure and regulation
-ethics
-practice
-peer reviews
-disciplinary action
make and accept assignments
-nurses must take into consideration the staff person's:
educational preparation,
experience,
knowledge and
physical and emotional ability
, explore implications for practice from rule 217.11 standards of nursing practice from the Texas Nurse
Practice Act - answerRule 217.11 is the foundation for all other standards:
" ...maintain a safe environment for clients and others"
*this standard supersedes any physician order, facility policy, or administrative directive
explore conditions under which the nurse's duty to a patient begins - answerYou understand the
minimum standards of care once you receive your nursing license
-Nurses duty to a patient:
*begins when there is a relationship established between the nurse and the patient
*begins when the nurse has a responsibility for a patient
*doesn't begin with a single event (clocking in)
*when a nurse knows or should have known that a situation potentially
discuss the process of safe harbor - answer-Complete quick request first
-then before the shift ends complete the comprehensive one
mandatory overtime:
-a hospital is prohibited from scheduling mandatory overtime
-on call time cannot be used to produce mandatory overtime
-exceptions: disaster, state of emergency, unforeseen event, nurse is doing a procedure and cannot
leave(patient safety)
retaliation by the hospital is prohibited
the nurse should invoke safe harbor when asked to accept an assignment that is unsafe or outside of her
knowledge, skills, physical/emotional abilities
safe harbor applies to all nurses when the nurse believes an assignment may place patients at risk of
harm, thus violating the nurses' duty to a patient
