TEXAS NURSING JURISPRUDENCE LATEST REVISION
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔The BON rules, located in Title 22 of the Texas Administrative Code, help implement
and reflect
A. the standards of nursing care developed by various nursing specialty and
professional organizations.
B. the statues passed by the legislature relating to nursing found in Texas Occupations
Code, including the NPA.
C. the steps necessary to complete the NCLEX exam application.
D. the process necessary to be promoted to higher positions in nursing in different
practice settings - ✔✔D. the process necessary to be promoted to higher positions in
nursing in different practice settings
✔✔A school district contracts with a registered nurse (RN) to teach the staff how to
monitor a student's blood glucose. The RN then observes each perform this task
correctly. The RN does not work for the school district and will not have any further
contact with the staff. In this example, the RN is
A. training the staff how to perform the task of monitoring blood glucose.
B. supervising the staff on a daily basis in performing blood glucose monitoring.
C. engaging in RN delegation of nursing tasks to be performed by the staff who are
responsible to report to the RN.
D. acting outside of the RN's scope in teaching blood glucose monitoring to the staff. -
✔✔A. training the staff how to perform the task of monitoring blood glucose.
✔✔To help a nurse decide if a task is within his or her individual scope of practice, a
prudent nurse should
A. consider utilizing the Scope of Practice Decision-Making Model.
B. obtain a list of tasks a nurse may perform from the BON.
C. ask a physician whether the nurse should perform the assigned task.
D. engage in the assigned task as long as the nurse has seen someone else perform
the task at least once - ✔✔B. obtain a list of tasks a nurse may perform from the BON.
✔✔A nurse's history of substance use disorder or mental illness is relevant to nursing
licensure as it may indicate
A. the nurse's current lack of fitness for duty.
B. the type of patients for which the nurse would be best qualified to provide care.
C. the the nurse will not comply with treatment recommendations.
D. a genetic predisposition to abuse patients. - ✔✔A. the nurse's current lack of fitness
for duty.
, ✔✔When the BON considers imposing disciplinary action, it is most concerned with the
nurse consistently
A. acting in the best interest of clients.
B. following medical directives for patient care.
C. following the policies and procedures in the employing agency.
D. acting in the best interest of the physician. - ✔✔A. acting in the best interest of
clients.
✔✔Rule 216 related to Continuing Competency requires nurse to complete
A. 20 contact hours of continuing education within two years preceding license renewal.
B. 15 contact hours of continuing education each year for license renewal.
C. 15 contact hours of continuing education within two years preceding license renewal.
D. 20 contact hours of continuing education each year for license renewal. - ✔✔A. 20
contact hours of continuing education within two years preceding license renewal.
✔✔A nurse is terminated and reported to the BON for committing repeated practice
errors. As required in the NPA, the CNO also sends the case to the Incident Based Peer
Review (IBPR) Committee because:
A. the nurse may convince the committee the errors were not her fault, and the
committee can then withdraw the CNO's report to the BON.
B. the IBPR Committee can decide to reverse the CNO's decision to terminate the
nurse's employment.
C. the IBPR Committee may decide to re-orient and re-train the nurse even though she
was fired.
D. the IBPR Committee is required to review external factors surrounding the practice
errors and to report to the facility's Patient Safety Committee as appropriate. - ✔✔D. the
IBPR Committee is required to review external factors surrounding the practice errors
and to report to the facility's Patient Safety Committee as appropriate.
✔✔While a LVN has a "directed" scope of practice, this is NOT true for a RN. This
means that the RN
A. has full accountability for the LVN.
B. is able to engage in making medical diagnoses if signed off by a physician and
performed under the physician's delegation.
C. must be present in all settings to supervise the LVN's care.
D. is permitted to practice nursing independently within the RN's scope of practice. -
✔✔D. is permitted to practice nursing independently within the RN's scope of practice.
✔✔Which of the following activities would violate a provision of the NPA and Board Rule
217.11(2), Standards of Nursing Practice, relating to the practice of nursing by a LVN?
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔The BON rules, located in Title 22 of the Texas Administrative Code, help implement
and reflect
A. the standards of nursing care developed by various nursing specialty and
professional organizations.
B. the statues passed by the legislature relating to nursing found in Texas Occupations
Code, including the NPA.
C. the steps necessary to complete the NCLEX exam application.
D. the process necessary to be promoted to higher positions in nursing in different
practice settings - ✔✔D. the process necessary to be promoted to higher positions in
nursing in different practice settings
✔✔A school district contracts with a registered nurse (RN) to teach the staff how to
monitor a student's blood glucose. The RN then observes each perform this task
correctly. The RN does not work for the school district and will not have any further
contact with the staff. In this example, the RN is
A. training the staff how to perform the task of monitoring blood glucose.
B. supervising the staff on a daily basis in performing blood glucose monitoring.
C. engaging in RN delegation of nursing tasks to be performed by the staff who are
responsible to report to the RN.
D. acting outside of the RN's scope in teaching blood glucose monitoring to the staff. -
✔✔A. training the staff how to perform the task of monitoring blood glucose.
✔✔To help a nurse decide if a task is within his or her individual scope of practice, a
prudent nurse should
A. consider utilizing the Scope of Practice Decision-Making Model.
B. obtain a list of tasks a nurse may perform from the BON.
C. ask a physician whether the nurse should perform the assigned task.
D. engage in the assigned task as long as the nurse has seen someone else perform
the task at least once - ✔✔B. obtain a list of tasks a nurse may perform from the BON.
✔✔A nurse's history of substance use disorder or mental illness is relevant to nursing
licensure as it may indicate
A. the nurse's current lack of fitness for duty.
B. the type of patients for which the nurse would be best qualified to provide care.
C. the the nurse will not comply with treatment recommendations.
D. a genetic predisposition to abuse patients. - ✔✔A. the nurse's current lack of fitness
for duty.
, ✔✔When the BON considers imposing disciplinary action, it is most concerned with the
nurse consistently
A. acting in the best interest of clients.
B. following medical directives for patient care.
C. following the policies and procedures in the employing agency.
D. acting in the best interest of the physician. - ✔✔A. acting in the best interest of
clients.
✔✔Rule 216 related to Continuing Competency requires nurse to complete
A. 20 contact hours of continuing education within two years preceding license renewal.
B. 15 contact hours of continuing education each year for license renewal.
C. 15 contact hours of continuing education within two years preceding license renewal.
D. 20 contact hours of continuing education each year for license renewal. - ✔✔A. 20
contact hours of continuing education within two years preceding license renewal.
✔✔A nurse is terminated and reported to the BON for committing repeated practice
errors. As required in the NPA, the CNO also sends the case to the Incident Based Peer
Review (IBPR) Committee because:
A. the nurse may convince the committee the errors were not her fault, and the
committee can then withdraw the CNO's report to the BON.
B. the IBPR Committee can decide to reverse the CNO's decision to terminate the
nurse's employment.
C. the IBPR Committee may decide to re-orient and re-train the nurse even though she
was fired.
D. the IBPR Committee is required to review external factors surrounding the practice
errors and to report to the facility's Patient Safety Committee as appropriate. - ✔✔D. the
IBPR Committee is required to review external factors surrounding the practice errors
and to report to the facility's Patient Safety Committee as appropriate.
✔✔While a LVN has a "directed" scope of practice, this is NOT true for a RN. This
means that the RN
A. has full accountability for the LVN.
B. is able to engage in making medical diagnoses if signed off by a physician and
performed under the physician's delegation.
C. must be present in all settings to supervise the LVN's care.
D. is permitted to practice nursing independently within the RN's scope of practice. -
✔✔D. is permitted to practice nursing independently within the RN's scope of practice.
✔✔Which of the following activities would violate a provision of the NPA and Board Rule
217.11(2), Standards of Nursing Practice, relating to the practice of nursing by a LVN?
