BON Quiz 2025/2026
COMPLETE QUESTIONS
WITH CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
Terms in this set (49)
Implement measures to promote a safe environment B. The employer's requirement for safe staffing levels.
for clients and others describes
A. The nurse's ability to invoke Safe Harbor.
B. The employer's requirement for safe staffing levels.
C.The nurse's duty to the patient.
D. The employer's requirement to ensure
the workplace meets OSHA safety standards.
The purpose of the Position Statements, guidelines and B. making decisions related to their patient care assignments.
other documents in the Nursing Practice section of
the BON webpage is to guide nurses in
A. presenting a professional demeanor in a work setting.
B.making decisions related to their
patient care assignments.
C. obtaining specialty certification.
D.preparing for the NCLEX exam.
Which of the following is an example of the nurse C. Sharing candy from a patient with other staff and telling them the
source of the
maintaining professional boundaries of the nurse-client candy.
relationship?
A. Accepting a $100 gift from the family of a
hospitalized patient.
B.Inviting the patient to come to dinner at her
home after the patient is discharged.
C. Sharing candy from a patient with other
staff and telling them the source of the
candy.
D.Providing her personal cell phone
number to the patient.
, A nurse finds an elderly woman helpless and alone C. It depends. The nurse may be protected, but only if the nurse can prove
that the
after the unlicensed caretaker quit without notifying the client was in an unsafe situation.
agency. The nurse is then fired for reporting the
caretaker for possible abuse and neglect. Does the
nurse have protection from negative employment
action for reporting the above incident to the
appropriate authorities?
A. No, the nurse is not protected in this
example. The nurse must always follow any
directive from his or her boss.
B.No, the nurse is not protected in this
example as the employer can terminate the
nurse for any reason at any time.
C. It depends. The nurse may be protected, but
only if the nurse can prove that the client was in
an unsafe situation.
D. Yes, the nurse is protected from negative
employment action for reporting a situation that
exposed the client to substantial risk of harm.
This is known as "whistleblower protections."
A graduate vocational nurse (GVN) with current C. an unacceptable practice due to the lack of a licensed nurse who is
physically
temporary authorization to practice is in a practice present and readily available to directly supervise the GVN.
setting where no other licensed nurse is physically
present. This situation would best be described as
A. an acceptable practice due to the nursing
shortage and the recent school experience of
the GVN.
B.an acceptable practice if a supervising
nurse is telephonically available to
supervise and advise the GVN.
C. an unacceptable practice due to the lack of a
licensed nurse who is physically present and
readily available to directly supervise the GVN.
D.an unacceptable practice because there
must be a physician present in the practice
setting to supervise the GVN.
An Incident-Based Nursing Peer Review Committee D. must adhere to due process requirements for the nurse, unless the
nurse has
A. must make decisions about whether or not a nurse's already been reported to the board and the committee is
only reviewing the employment should be terminated, and whether or not possible impact of external factors on the
error.
the nurse will be paid for accrued vacation time.
B.may include the nurse's supervisor, charge
nurse, and other management-level nurses who
have administrative authority over the nurse.
C. can prohibit the nurse from calling witnesses or
asking questions during the hearing.
D.must adhere to due process requirements for the
nurse, unless the nurse has already been
reported to the board and the committee is only
reviewing the possible impact of external factors
on the error.
COMPLETE QUESTIONS
WITH CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
Terms in this set (49)
Implement measures to promote a safe environment B. The employer's requirement for safe staffing levels.
for clients and others describes
A. The nurse's ability to invoke Safe Harbor.
B. The employer's requirement for safe staffing levels.
C.The nurse's duty to the patient.
D. The employer's requirement to ensure
the workplace meets OSHA safety standards.
The purpose of the Position Statements, guidelines and B. making decisions related to their patient care assignments.
other documents in the Nursing Practice section of
the BON webpage is to guide nurses in
A. presenting a professional demeanor in a work setting.
B.making decisions related to their
patient care assignments.
C. obtaining specialty certification.
D.preparing for the NCLEX exam.
Which of the following is an example of the nurse C. Sharing candy from a patient with other staff and telling them the
source of the
maintaining professional boundaries of the nurse-client candy.
relationship?
A. Accepting a $100 gift from the family of a
hospitalized patient.
B.Inviting the patient to come to dinner at her
home after the patient is discharged.
C. Sharing candy from a patient with other
staff and telling them the source of the
candy.
D.Providing her personal cell phone
number to the patient.
, A nurse finds an elderly woman helpless and alone C. It depends. The nurse may be protected, but only if the nurse can prove
that the
after the unlicensed caretaker quit without notifying the client was in an unsafe situation.
agency. The nurse is then fired for reporting the
caretaker for possible abuse and neglect. Does the
nurse have protection from negative employment
action for reporting the above incident to the
appropriate authorities?
A. No, the nurse is not protected in this
example. The nurse must always follow any
directive from his or her boss.
B.No, the nurse is not protected in this
example as the employer can terminate the
nurse for any reason at any time.
C. It depends. The nurse may be protected, but
only if the nurse can prove that the client was in
an unsafe situation.
D. Yes, the nurse is protected from negative
employment action for reporting a situation that
exposed the client to substantial risk of harm.
This is known as "whistleblower protections."
A graduate vocational nurse (GVN) with current C. an unacceptable practice due to the lack of a licensed nurse who is
physically
temporary authorization to practice is in a practice present and readily available to directly supervise the GVN.
setting where no other licensed nurse is physically
present. This situation would best be described as
A. an acceptable practice due to the nursing
shortage and the recent school experience of
the GVN.
B.an acceptable practice if a supervising
nurse is telephonically available to
supervise and advise the GVN.
C. an unacceptable practice due to the lack of a
licensed nurse who is physically present and
readily available to directly supervise the GVN.
D.an unacceptable practice because there
must be a physician present in the practice
setting to supervise the GVN.
An Incident-Based Nursing Peer Review Committee D. must adhere to due process requirements for the nurse, unless the
nurse has
A. must make decisions about whether or not a nurse's already been reported to the board and the committee is
only reviewing the employment should be terminated, and whether or not possible impact of external factors on the
error.
the nurse will be paid for accrued vacation time.
B.may include the nurse's supervisor, charge
nurse, and other management-level nurses who
have administrative authority over the nurse.
C. can prohibit the nurse from calling witnesses or
asking questions during the hearing.
D.must adhere to due process requirements for the
nurse, unless the nurse has already been
reported to the board and the committee is only
reviewing the possible impact of external factors
on the error.
