JURISPRUDENCE EXAM REVIEWER
ALL ANSWERS 100% CORRECT
SPRING FALL-2022 LATEST
SOLUTION GUARANTEED GRADE
A+
1. A client requires chemotherapy and radiation. The client agrees to the
treatment on the condition that he receives constant nursing support due to his
anxiety. What should the nurse do?
a. Work within the normal staffing parameters.
b. Suggest the client consider hiring a private nurse.
c. Provide the extra care requested by the client.
d. Advocate for effective care for the client. *
2. According to the CNO Practice Standard: Professional Standards Revised
2002, which one of the following descriptions best reflects the Standard
Statement related to ‘Accountability’?
a. All nurses are accountable to their clients, their employer and themselves.
b. Each nurse is accountable for providing, facilitating and promoting the
best possible care to the public.
c. Each nurse is accountable to the public and responsible for meeting
legislative requirements and the standards of the profession. *
d. All nurses are accountable for possessing, through continuing learning,
knowledge relevant to practice.
3. What must be included for consent to be considered informed?
a. Information the physician determines the client should know.
b. The composition of the health care team.
c. The exact length of time to recover from treatment.
d. Alternative courses of action instead of the proposed treatment. *
4. According to the CNO Practice Standard: Professional Standards, Revised
2002, what is included in the Standard Statement related to ‘Relationships’?
a. Caring and compassionate.
b. Collegial and knowledgeable.
c. Supportive and comprehensive.
d. Therapeutic and professional. *
5. What is one part of the definition of ‘professional misconduct’ as defined by
the Health Professions Procedural Code?
a. Guilty of an offence relevant to the member’s suitability to practice. *
b. Has a physical condition limiting practice.
c. Guilty of a criminal offence under Ontario Law.
d. Has a mental illness that limits the member’s suitability to practice safely.
6. Which one of the following statements describes the Ethical Value related to
, ‘Privacy and Confidentiality’, as outlined in the CNO Practice Standard:
Ethics?
a. Maintaining client well-being.
b. Using a framework to determine ethical uncertainty.
c. Supporting informed decision-making for clients.
d. Collecting only information necessary for providing health care. *
7. The physician asks a nurse to perform a wound dressing change for a 15-year-
old under the nurse’s care. Is consent needed?
a. No, because routine treatment does not require consent.
b. Yes, because of the age of the client.
c. No, because the treatment was ordered by the physician.
d. Yes, because consent is required for any treatment. *
8. According to the CNO Practice Standard: Ethics, which of the following
statements best describes the Ethical Value related to ‘Privacy and
confidentiality’?
a. Ethical problems are identified and solved by nurses using sensitivity,
intellectual curiosity and commitment.
b. Nurses must understand the organization’s perspective of privacy and
confidentiality prior to sharing information.
c. Clients need to be informed that their relevant health information will
be shared with the health care team. *
d. Important aspects of privacy and confidentiality need to be identified by
clients’ families.
9. Which of the following examples reflects one of the three controlled acts that
all nurses are authorized to perform according to the Nursing Act, 1991?
a. Communicating to an individual a diagnosis based on laboratory results.
b. Managing labour or conducting the delivery of a baby.
c. Putting an instrument, hand or finger into an artificial opening in the
body. *
d. Moving the joints of the spine beyond the client’s usual range of motion.
10. A client situation arises that may present an ethical issue. What is the first
thing the nurse must do?
a. Review the employer’s policies and procedures.
b. Discuss the issue with the health care team.
c. Determine the client’s wishes. *
d. Consult the supervisor.
11. Which one of the following health care providers is appropriately using the
authorizing mechanism of ‘initiation’?
a. An RN who establishes peripheral venous access in an emergency
, situation. *
b. An RPN who cleanses, soaks, probes and packs a wound below the
dermis.
c. A PSW who discontinues an intravenous site.
d. An RN who performs an elective cardioversion.
12. A nurse is advocating for a group of clients to obtain government subsidies
for adequate nutrition. According to the CNO Practice Standard: Professional
Standards, Revised 2002, which one of the following Standard Statements
best describes the nurse’s actions?
a. Relationships.
b. Accountability. *
c. Knowledge.
d. Leadership.
13. A physician gives a nurse a telephone directive to catheterize the physician’s
admitted clients. Why should the nurse refuse to follow this directive?
a. Direct orders must be always written for any procedure and treatment.
b. Nurses can initiate catheterization on in-patients without a directive.
c. Directives must always be written and signed by the physician or NP. *
d. Nurses must always have the act of catheterization delegated.
14. What is the purpose of ‘mandatory reporting’ to CNO?
a. To update CNO regarding address changes.
b. To protect nursing colleagues.
c. To notify CNO of unsafe nursing practice. *
d. To enforce limitations on nurses’ practices.
15. A client expresses a wish to die at home. The nurses’ discusses the client’s
expectations and negotiates a plan of care involving all relevant parties.
According to the CNO Practice Standard: Therapeutic Nurse-client
relationship, Revised 2006, which Standard Statement does this demonstrate?
a. Therapeutic Communication.
b. Maintaining boundaries.
c. Client-centered care. *
d. Maintaining a Quality Practice setting.
16. Which of the following nursing practices demonstrates client choice?
a. Providing the client with the necessary information for informed
decision-making. *
b. Exploring the wishes of the health care team regarding client care.
c. Encouraging the client to choose a specific treatment option.
d. Having a substitute decision-maker appointed for incapable clients.
17. A nurse disagrees with the client’s decision to terminate a pregnancy for
genetic reasons and wishes to discontinue nursing care. What should the nurse
do first?
ALL ANSWERS 100% CORRECT
SPRING FALL-2022 LATEST
SOLUTION GUARANTEED GRADE
A+
1. A client requires chemotherapy and radiation. The client agrees to the
treatment on the condition that he receives constant nursing support due to his
anxiety. What should the nurse do?
a. Work within the normal staffing parameters.
b. Suggest the client consider hiring a private nurse.
c. Provide the extra care requested by the client.
d. Advocate for effective care for the client. *
2. According to the CNO Practice Standard: Professional Standards Revised
2002, which one of the following descriptions best reflects the Standard
Statement related to ‘Accountability’?
a. All nurses are accountable to their clients, their employer and themselves.
b. Each nurse is accountable for providing, facilitating and promoting the
best possible care to the public.
c. Each nurse is accountable to the public and responsible for meeting
legislative requirements and the standards of the profession. *
d. All nurses are accountable for possessing, through continuing learning,
knowledge relevant to practice.
3. What must be included for consent to be considered informed?
a. Information the physician determines the client should know.
b. The composition of the health care team.
c. The exact length of time to recover from treatment.
d. Alternative courses of action instead of the proposed treatment. *
4. According to the CNO Practice Standard: Professional Standards, Revised
2002, what is included in the Standard Statement related to ‘Relationships’?
a. Caring and compassionate.
b. Collegial and knowledgeable.
c. Supportive and comprehensive.
d. Therapeutic and professional. *
5. What is one part of the definition of ‘professional misconduct’ as defined by
the Health Professions Procedural Code?
a. Guilty of an offence relevant to the member’s suitability to practice. *
b. Has a physical condition limiting practice.
c. Guilty of a criminal offence under Ontario Law.
d. Has a mental illness that limits the member’s suitability to practice safely.
6. Which one of the following statements describes the Ethical Value related to
, ‘Privacy and Confidentiality’, as outlined in the CNO Practice Standard:
Ethics?
a. Maintaining client well-being.
b. Using a framework to determine ethical uncertainty.
c. Supporting informed decision-making for clients.
d. Collecting only information necessary for providing health care. *
7. The physician asks a nurse to perform a wound dressing change for a 15-year-
old under the nurse’s care. Is consent needed?
a. No, because routine treatment does not require consent.
b. Yes, because of the age of the client.
c. No, because the treatment was ordered by the physician.
d. Yes, because consent is required for any treatment. *
8. According to the CNO Practice Standard: Ethics, which of the following
statements best describes the Ethical Value related to ‘Privacy and
confidentiality’?
a. Ethical problems are identified and solved by nurses using sensitivity,
intellectual curiosity and commitment.
b. Nurses must understand the organization’s perspective of privacy and
confidentiality prior to sharing information.
c. Clients need to be informed that their relevant health information will
be shared with the health care team. *
d. Important aspects of privacy and confidentiality need to be identified by
clients’ families.
9. Which of the following examples reflects one of the three controlled acts that
all nurses are authorized to perform according to the Nursing Act, 1991?
a. Communicating to an individual a diagnosis based on laboratory results.
b. Managing labour or conducting the delivery of a baby.
c. Putting an instrument, hand or finger into an artificial opening in the
body. *
d. Moving the joints of the spine beyond the client’s usual range of motion.
10. A client situation arises that may present an ethical issue. What is the first
thing the nurse must do?
a. Review the employer’s policies and procedures.
b. Discuss the issue with the health care team.
c. Determine the client’s wishes. *
d. Consult the supervisor.
11. Which one of the following health care providers is appropriately using the
authorizing mechanism of ‘initiation’?
a. An RN who establishes peripheral venous access in an emergency
, situation. *
b. An RPN who cleanses, soaks, probes and packs a wound below the
dermis.
c. A PSW who discontinues an intravenous site.
d. An RN who performs an elective cardioversion.
12. A nurse is advocating for a group of clients to obtain government subsidies
for adequate nutrition. According to the CNO Practice Standard: Professional
Standards, Revised 2002, which one of the following Standard Statements
best describes the nurse’s actions?
a. Relationships.
b. Accountability. *
c. Knowledge.
d. Leadership.
13. A physician gives a nurse a telephone directive to catheterize the physician’s
admitted clients. Why should the nurse refuse to follow this directive?
a. Direct orders must be always written for any procedure and treatment.
b. Nurses can initiate catheterization on in-patients without a directive.
c. Directives must always be written and signed by the physician or NP. *
d. Nurses must always have the act of catheterization delegated.
14. What is the purpose of ‘mandatory reporting’ to CNO?
a. To update CNO regarding address changes.
b. To protect nursing colleagues.
c. To notify CNO of unsafe nursing practice. *
d. To enforce limitations on nurses’ practices.
15. A client expresses a wish to die at home. The nurses’ discusses the client’s
expectations and negotiates a plan of care involving all relevant parties.
According to the CNO Practice Standard: Therapeutic Nurse-client
relationship, Revised 2006, which Standard Statement does this demonstrate?
a. Therapeutic Communication.
b. Maintaining boundaries.
c. Client-centered care. *
d. Maintaining a Quality Practice setting.
16. Which of the following nursing practices demonstrates client choice?
a. Providing the client with the necessary information for informed
decision-making. *
b. Exploring the wishes of the health care team regarding client care.
c. Encouraging the client to choose a specific treatment option.
d. Having a substitute decision-maker appointed for incapable clients.
17. A nurse disagrees with the client’s decision to terminate a pregnancy for
genetic reasons and wishes to discontinue nursing care. What should the nurse
do first?
