NURSING JURISPRUDENCE AND ETHICS
PRACTICE EXAM 2026 TEXAS NURSES
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS VERIFIED
◉ Laws & Regulations Regarding Nursing. Answer: - Texas Nurse
Practice Act (NPA)
- Texas Board of Nursing (BON) Rules & Regulations
- BON Position Statements
Don't have the force of law, but the Board strongly encourages
nurses to choose those position statements applicable to their
practice setting and incorporate them into their daily practice to
assure patient safety
◉ The Texas Board of Nursing (BON). Answer: Established by
passage of the NPA
BON empowered by NPA with the responsibility and legal authority
for ensuring competent practitioners of nursing.
Grants authority to the BON to make the rules and regulations to
carry out the act.
,◉ The Board:. Answer: protects the public from unsafe nursing
practice, provides approval for more than 200 nursing education
programs, issues licenses to more than 27,000 nurses per year by
examination to new graduates and by endorsement to licensees
from other states seeking a Texas license, as well as providing
nursing practice and education guidance to more than 350,000
currently licensed nurses practicing in the State of Texas.
◉ BON Responsibilities & Services. Answer: Licensing qualified
practitioners
Enforcement - investigating violations of the NPA and initiating
appropriate legal action when necessary
Establishing minimum standards for educational programs in
nursing
◉ BON Mission Statement. Answer: To protect and promote the
welfare of the people of Texas by ensuring that each person holding
a license as a nurse in the State of Texas is competent to practice
safely.
◉ BON Mission Fulfilled Through. Answer: The regulation of the
practice of nursing, and
, The approval of nursing education programs.
◉ Licensure Required. Answer: A person may not practice or offer to
practice professional nursing or vocational nursing in this state
unless the person is licensed [NPA § 301.251]
This section of the NPA establishes the NPA as a practice control act
for RNs and LVNs
◉ Use of Titles. Answer: Must hold a license to use the title:
Registered Nurse or RN
Professional Nurse
Licensed Vocational Nurse or LVN
Any designation that implies that the person is a licensed registered
or vocational nurse
◉ Clearly Legible Insignia. Answer: When interacting with the public
in a nursing role, RNs and LVNs must wear an insignia identifying
them as RNs or LVNs [NPA § 301.351]
APRNs practicing in an advance practice role must identify
themselves with their APRN title
BON Rule 217.10(b) requires the nurse's first or last name and
licensure level
PRACTICE EXAM 2026 TEXAS NURSES
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS VERIFIED
◉ Laws & Regulations Regarding Nursing. Answer: - Texas Nurse
Practice Act (NPA)
- Texas Board of Nursing (BON) Rules & Regulations
- BON Position Statements
Don't have the force of law, but the Board strongly encourages
nurses to choose those position statements applicable to their
practice setting and incorporate them into their daily practice to
assure patient safety
◉ The Texas Board of Nursing (BON). Answer: Established by
passage of the NPA
BON empowered by NPA with the responsibility and legal authority
for ensuring competent practitioners of nursing.
Grants authority to the BON to make the rules and regulations to
carry out the act.
,◉ The Board:. Answer: protects the public from unsafe nursing
practice, provides approval for more than 200 nursing education
programs, issues licenses to more than 27,000 nurses per year by
examination to new graduates and by endorsement to licensees
from other states seeking a Texas license, as well as providing
nursing practice and education guidance to more than 350,000
currently licensed nurses practicing in the State of Texas.
◉ BON Responsibilities & Services. Answer: Licensing qualified
practitioners
Enforcement - investigating violations of the NPA and initiating
appropriate legal action when necessary
Establishing minimum standards for educational programs in
nursing
◉ BON Mission Statement. Answer: To protect and promote the
welfare of the people of Texas by ensuring that each person holding
a license as a nurse in the State of Texas is competent to practice
safely.
◉ BON Mission Fulfilled Through. Answer: The regulation of the
practice of nursing, and
, The approval of nursing education programs.
◉ Licensure Required. Answer: A person may not practice or offer to
practice professional nursing or vocational nursing in this state
unless the person is licensed [NPA § 301.251]
This section of the NPA establishes the NPA as a practice control act
for RNs and LVNs
◉ Use of Titles. Answer: Must hold a license to use the title:
Registered Nurse or RN
Professional Nurse
Licensed Vocational Nurse or LVN
Any designation that implies that the person is a licensed registered
or vocational nurse
◉ Clearly Legible Insignia. Answer: When interacting with the public
in a nursing role, RNs and LVNs must wear an insignia identifying
them as RNs or LVNs [NPA § 301.351]
APRNs practicing in an advance practice role must identify
themselves with their APRN title
BON Rule 217.10(b) requires the nurse's first or last name and
licensure level
