NURSING JURISPRUDENCE AND ETHICS TEST
PAPER 2026 TEXAS NURSES COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
◉ 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. Answer: Rule
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. Answer: You 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
PAPER 2026 TEXAS NURSES COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
◉ 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. Answer: Rule
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. Answer: You 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
