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NURSING JURISPRUDENCE AND ETHICS
FOR TEXAS NURSES-COMPLETE EXAM SET
WITH ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND PERFECT
SOLUTIONS 2026
If a nurse has reason to believe a medication order is inaccurate or
contraindicated, the Standards of Nursing Practice require the nurse to do all of
the following EXCEPT:
A. consult with the ordering practitioner to clarify the order.
B. give the medication as ordered and document concerns in the medical record.
C. tell the ordering practitioner if the nurse decide not to give the medication.
D. collaborate with other members f the health care team for more information
about the medication and why it was ordered. - correct-answer -B. give the
medication as ordered and document concerns in the medical record.
When making nursing assignments to other LVNs and RNs, the Board Rule 217.11
Standards of Nursing Practice, requires the nurse in a supervisory position into
consideration all of the following EXCEPT:
A. the educational preparation of each licensed nurse.
B. the experience of each licensed nurse.
C. the state where the nurse was licensed.
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D. the physical and emotional ability of each licensed nurse. - correct-answer -D.
the physical and emotional ability of each licensed nurse.
A person may not practice or offer to practice professional or vocational nursing in
Texas unless the person
A. graduates from a board-approved nursing educational program in Texas.
B. completes at least 500 hours of clinical practice inn his or her nursing
educational program.
C. demonstrates basic nursing skills on the Nursing Competency Skills List.
D. holds a license as required by the NPA. - correct-answer -D. holds a license as
required by the NPA.
A nurse quits his job, and submits a written notice at the end of his shift, telling his
supervisor that he will not be back at work the following morning. The supervisor
tells the nurse he has to complete the entire month's schedule or he will be
committing "patient abandonment," and will be reported to the BON. This is
A. true. The nurse must work the entire currently posted work schedule before he
can quit his present job.
B. true. It would be "patient abandonment" if the nurse does not complete the
current schedule. The nurse could be reported to the BON.
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C. false. Quitting a job at the end of a shift is not considered "patient
abandonment" by the BON and is not grounds for reporting to, or action by, the
BON.
D. false. The nurse only has to work for two more weeks of the schedule before he
can quit. - correct-answer -C. false. Quitting a job at the end of a shift is not
considered "patient abandonment" by the BON and is not grounds for reporting
to, or action by, the BON.
The BON rules regarding licensure renewal require the nurse to answer eligibility
questions concerning which of the following with regard to the previous two-year
licensure cycle
A. whether the nurse has completed hours of continuing education.
B. whether the nurse has a current CPR card.
C. whether the nurse has any criminal background that must be revealed.
D. whether the nurse has been fired from employment in the past two years. -
correct-answer -C. whether the nurse has any criminal background that must be
revealed.
Chart audits find the following errors committed by a nurse with observed
impaired behavior at work. NO physician orders for narcotics signed out by the
nurse, and NO documentation that the nurse either administered or wasted the
narcotics. The best decision for the Incident Based Peer Review Committee to
make is that
NURSING JURISPRUDENCE AND ETHICS
FOR TEXAS NURSES-COMPLETE EXAM SET
WITH ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND PERFECT
SOLUTIONS 2026
If a nurse has reason to believe a medication order is inaccurate or
contraindicated, the Standards of Nursing Practice require the nurse to do all of
the following EXCEPT:
A. consult with the ordering practitioner to clarify the order.
B. give the medication as ordered and document concerns in the medical record.
C. tell the ordering practitioner if the nurse decide not to give the medication.
D. collaborate with other members f the health care team for more information
about the medication and why it was ordered. - correct-answer -B. give the
medication as ordered and document concerns in the medical record.
When making nursing assignments to other LVNs and RNs, the Board Rule 217.11
Standards of Nursing Practice, requires the nurse in a supervisory position into
consideration all of the following EXCEPT:
A. the educational preparation of each licensed nurse.
B. the experience of each licensed nurse.
C. the state where the nurse was licensed.
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D. the physical and emotional ability of each licensed nurse. - correct-answer -D.
the physical and emotional ability of each licensed nurse.
A person may not practice or offer to practice professional or vocational nursing in
Texas unless the person
A. graduates from a board-approved nursing educational program in Texas.
B. completes at least 500 hours of clinical practice inn his or her nursing
educational program.
C. demonstrates basic nursing skills on the Nursing Competency Skills List.
D. holds a license as required by the NPA. - correct-answer -D. holds a license as
required by the NPA.
A nurse quits his job, and submits a written notice at the end of his shift, telling his
supervisor that he will not be back at work the following morning. The supervisor
tells the nurse he has to complete the entire month's schedule or he will be
committing "patient abandonment," and will be reported to the BON. This is
A. true. The nurse must work the entire currently posted work schedule before he
can quit his present job.
B. true. It would be "patient abandonment" if the nurse does not complete the
current schedule. The nurse could be reported to the BON.
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C. false. Quitting a job at the end of a shift is not considered "patient
abandonment" by the BON and is not grounds for reporting to, or action by, the
BON.
D. false. The nurse only has to work for two more weeks of the schedule before he
can quit. - correct-answer -C. false. Quitting a job at the end of a shift is not
considered "patient abandonment" by the BON and is not grounds for reporting
to, or action by, the BON.
The BON rules regarding licensure renewal require the nurse to answer eligibility
questions concerning which of the following with regard to the previous two-year
licensure cycle
A. whether the nurse has completed hours of continuing education.
B. whether the nurse has a current CPR card.
C. whether the nurse has any criminal background that must be revealed.
D. whether the nurse has been fired from employment in the past two years. -
correct-answer -C. whether the nurse has any criminal background that must be
revealed.
Chart audits find the following errors committed by a nurse with observed
impaired behavior at work. NO physician orders for narcotics signed out by the
nurse, and NO documentation that the nurse either administered or wasted the
narcotics. The best decision for the Incident Based Peer Review Committee to
make is that
