TEXAS NURSING JURISPRUDENCE EVALUATION EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔A nurse is counseled for questioning a physician's order that made the physician
mad. Which of the following documents on the BON web site BEST explains why the
nurse was correct to question a physician's order that the nurse believed could be
harmful to a patient?
A. Guideline for Nurses Transitioning to a New Practice Setting.
B. Statistics on the number of nurses living in each county in Texas.
C. Position Statement 15.14 Duty of a Nurse in Any Setting.
D. Guideline for LVN Scope of Practice under Board Rule 217.11 - ✔✔C. Position
Statement 15.14 Duty of a Nurse in Any Setting.
✔✔While interacting with the public in a nursing role, each nurse must wear a clearly
legible insignia (such as a name badge) that identifies the nurse as
A. an employee of the institutional setting.
B. a registered nurse or a licensed vocational nurse.
C. a member of a professional organization.
D. an experienced nurse in the service area. - ✔✔B. a registered nurse or a licensed
vocational nurse.
✔✔In a nurse-patient relationship, the most vulnerable patients are those who are
A. under anesthesia or sedation.
B. wearing a patient or exam gown.
C. undergoing chemotherapy.
D. using an interpreter. - ✔✔A. under anesthesia or sedation.
✔✔In the NPA, "conduct subject to reporting" includes
A. conduct that causes a person to suspect that the nurse's practice is impaired by
chemical dependency or drug or alcohol abuse.
B. the occurrence of 2 minor incidents within a twelve month period in a facility with no
nursing peer review.
C. mandatory overtime resulting in sixteen consecutive hours worked.
D. a nurse who disagrees with the supervisor over a patient assignment. - ✔✔A.
conduct that causes a person to suspect that the nurse's practice is impaired by
chemical dependency or drug or alcohol abuse.
✔✔Which of the following resources on the BON web page would assist a nurse in
determining his or her scope of nursing practice?
A. Disciplinary Action: Individual's Report to the BON.
, B. Memorandum of Understanding between the BON and the Texas State Board of
Pharmacy.
C. The continuing competency into sheet.
D. Scope of Practice Decision-Making Model. - ✔✔C. The continuing competency into
sheet.
✔✔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. - ✔✔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.
D. the physical and emotional ability of each licensed nurse. - ✔✔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. - ✔✔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.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔A nurse is counseled for questioning a physician's order that made the physician
mad. Which of the following documents on the BON web site BEST explains why the
nurse was correct to question a physician's order that the nurse believed could be
harmful to a patient?
A. Guideline for Nurses Transitioning to a New Practice Setting.
B. Statistics on the number of nurses living in each county in Texas.
C. Position Statement 15.14 Duty of a Nurse in Any Setting.
D. Guideline for LVN Scope of Practice under Board Rule 217.11 - ✔✔C. Position
Statement 15.14 Duty of a Nurse in Any Setting.
✔✔While interacting with the public in a nursing role, each nurse must wear a clearly
legible insignia (such as a name badge) that identifies the nurse as
A. an employee of the institutional setting.
B. a registered nurse or a licensed vocational nurse.
C. a member of a professional organization.
D. an experienced nurse in the service area. - ✔✔B. a registered nurse or a licensed
vocational nurse.
✔✔In a nurse-patient relationship, the most vulnerable patients are those who are
A. under anesthesia or sedation.
B. wearing a patient or exam gown.
C. undergoing chemotherapy.
D. using an interpreter. - ✔✔A. under anesthesia or sedation.
✔✔In the NPA, "conduct subject to reporting" includes
A. conduct that causes a person to suspect that the nurse's practice is impaired by
chemical dependency or drug or alcohol abuse.
B. the occurrence of 2 minor incidents within a twelve month period in a facility with no
nursing peer review.
C. mandatory overtime resulting in sixteen consecutive hours worked.
D. a nurse who disagrees with the supervisor over a patient assignment. - ✔✔A.
conduct that causes a person to suspect that the nurse's practice is impaired by
chemical dependency or drug or alcohol abuse.
✔✔Which of the following resources on the BON web page would assist a nurse in
determining his or her scope of nursing practice?
A. Disciplinary Action: Individual's Report to the BON.
, B. Memorandum of Understanding between the BON and the Texas State Board of
Pharmacy.
C. The continuing competency into sheet.
D. Scope of Practice Decision-Making Model. - ✔✔C. The continuing competency into
sheet.
✔✔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. - ✔✔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.
D. the physical and emotional ability of each licensed nurse. - ✔✔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. - ✔✔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.
