TEXAS NURSING JURISPRUDENCE COMPREHENSIVE
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Board process for investigating complaints - ✔✔Nurse notified of investigation and
invited to respond
Investigator gathers and reviews evidence
Decision made by board
✔✔Nurses's responsibility during investigation - ✔✔Respond promptly to all requests
Keep contact information current
Feel free to contact investigator
Do not ignore any mail from BON
✔✔Types of Nurse Remediation - ✔✔Remedial education
-Classes specific to issue
Supervision
-Work under direct/indirect supervision.
Work environment
-stable environment not home health
Losing license is not uncommon
✔✔Filing a complaint against another nurse - ✔✔Any violation of BON rules needs to
be reported
Must be written/signed by person making report
Include ID of nurse being reported
Contain any additional info required
All complaint information is confidential
Duty to pt. and mandatory reporting req.
Failure to report violation!
✔✔Texas Nursing Jurisprudence Exam - ✔✔Exam based on NP/BON rules/regulations
50 Questions
75% or >
Must pass prior to taking NCLEX
Eligible to test about 10 days after application to BON
2 hours to complete exam
May retest if not successful
✔✔Home State License - ✔✔Nurse must be licensed in state in which he/she
permanently resides
-if you move you have 30 days to change your license over.
, ✔✔Party State License - ✔✔Other states belong to the compact nurse may practice in
any party state on his/her home state license
Primary resources for state law - ✔✔Texas Board of Nursing Nursing Practice Acts
✔✔Nursing Jurisprudence - ✔✔Rules/ Ethics/ Morals and how the nurses function in a
healthcare setting
✔✔Texas Nurse Practice Acts - ✔✔301
-BON, , defines responsibility for regulating nursing education, licensure and practice
303
-Regulates nursing peer review
304
-Relates to nursing Licensure compact
✔✔Texas BON Mission Statement - ✔✔Protect and promote welfare of the people of
Texas by ensuring that each person holding a license as a nurse is competent to
practice safely.
-Protects the interest of the public
✔✔Chapter 301 NPA - ✔✔How board is appointed
General powers/duties
License requirements/renewal
Practice by holder
Reporting violations and patient care concerns
Prohibited practices/disciplinary actions
Other penalties and enforcement previsions
Anesthesia in outpatient settings
Corrective action proceeding
✔✔Board of Nursing - ✔✔Represent the people of Texas
Can't lobby the legislature
Does not regulate practice settings
-Licensing
-Enforcement Services
-Audit of CE
-Information Services
✔✔Professional Associations - ✔✔Represent their members
Do lobby legislature
Efforts to improve work condition/benefit for nurses
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Board process for investigating complaints - ✔✔Nurse notified of investigation and
invited to respond
Investigator gathers and reviews evidence
Decision made by board
✔✔Nurses's responsibility during investigation - ✔✔Respond promptly to all requests
Keep contact information current
Feel free to contact investigator
Do not ignore any mail from BON
✔✔Types of Nurse Remediation - ✔✔Remedial education
-Classes specific to issue
Supervision
-Work under direct/indirect supervision.
Work environment
-stable environment not home health
Losing license is not uncommon
✔✔Filing a complaint against another nurse - ✔✔Any violation of BON rules needs to
be reported
Must be written/signed by person making report
Include ID of nurse being reported
Contain any additional info required
All complaint information is confidential
Duty to pt. and mandatory reporting req.
Failure to report violation!
✔✔Texas Nursing Jurisprudence Exam - ✔✔Exam based on NP/BON rules/regulations
50 Questions
75% or >
Must pass prior to taking NCLEX
Eligible to test about 10 days after application to BON
2 hours to complete exam
May retest if not successful
✔✔Home State License - ✔✔Nurse must be licensed in state in which he/she
permanently resides
-if you move you have 30 days to change your license over.
, ✔✔Party State License - ✔✔Other states belong to the compact nurse may practice in
any party state on his/her home state license
Primary resources for state law - ✔✔Texas Board of Nursing Nursing Practice Acts
✔✔Nursing Jurisprudence - ✔✔Rules/ Ethics/ Morals and how the nurses function in a
healthcare setting
✔✔Texas Nurse Practice Acts - ✔✔301
-BON, , defines responsibility for regulating nursing education, licensure and practice
303
-Regulates nursing peer review
304
-Relates to nursing Licensure compact
✔✔Texas BON Mission Statement - ✔✔Protect and promote welfare of the people of
Texas by ensuring that each person holding a license as a nurse is competent to
practice safely.
-Protects the interest of the public
✔✔Chapter 301 NPA - ✔✔How board is appointed
General powers/duties
License requirements/renewal
Practice by holder
Reporting violations and patient care concerns
Prohibited practices/disciplinary actions
Other penalties and enforcement previsions
Anesthesia in outpatient settings
Corrective action proceeding
✔✔Board of Nursing - ✔✔Represent the people of Texas
Can't lobby the legislature
Does not regulate practice settings
-Licensing
-Enforcement Services
-Audit of CE
-Information Services
✔✔Professional Associations - ✔✔Represent their members
Do lobby legislature
Efforts to improve work condition/benefit for nurses
