Nursing jurisprudence exam revised 2022-2023
Jurisprudence exam
1. Who may determine capacity (I.e ability or power to do) for the
purpose of the Substitute Decisions Act, 1992?
• €The office of the public Guardian and Trustee.
2. An RPN assesses that a client in the home requires routine urinary
catheterization. What must be considered prior to initiation?
• €Identifying the risks and benefits of the procedure.
3. What is the purpose of ‘mandatory reporting’ to CNO?
• €To notify CNO of unsafe nursing practice.
4. Which of the following statements best describes the ‘clients’ in
the context of the therapeutic nurse-client relationship?
• €An individual, family, group or community.
5. What is the purpose of mandatory reporting?
• €To allow CNO to take action to protect the public and
use innovative approaches to help rehabilitate (i.e restore
to normal) the nurse.
6. What is CNO’s mandate?
• €To protect the public interest.
7. A nurse disagrees with a client’s decision to terminate a
pregnancy for genetic reasons and wishes to discontinue nursing
care. What should the nurse do first?
• €Consult with a nursing colleague to clarify the nurse’s own
values.
8. Who does the Regulated Health Professions Act(RHPA),
1991 govern in Ontario?
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• €Self-regulated health care providers
9. What CNO Statutory Committee would act upon a finding of
‘professional misconduct’?
• €Discipline
10. An RN case manager visits a client in the community whose
needs are becoming more complex. According to the CNO Practice
Guideline: RN and RPN Practice: The Client, the nurse and the
Environment, what is one factor that the case manager must
consider when determining the appropriate category of care
provider?
• €Environment
11. According to the CNO Practice Standard: Professional Standard,
Revised 2002, which one of the following descriptions best reflects
the Standard Statement related to ‘Accountability’?
• €Each nurse is accountable to the public and responsible
for meeting legislative requirements and the standards of
the profession.
12. According to the CNO Practice Standard: Documentation,
Revised 2008, what is one of the three CNO Standard Statements
that describes a nurse’s accountability when documenting?
• €Communication
13. Under which of the following conditions can all nurses perform
controlled acts according to the Nursing Act, 1991?
• €When delegated or ordered by an NP.
14. What should a nurse do first when observing another
nurse abusing a client?
• €Report the matter to CNO
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15. In which one of the following situations can a nurse accept an
order from another nurse?
• €An NP orders an RN to catheterize a client
16. What is one nursing responsibility when deciding whether to use
restraints?
• €Using the restraint that is least restrictive to the client
17. A nurse is asked by a client’s employer for information on the
client’s prognosis. What information, if any, can the nurse disclose?
• €No information without consent from the client
18. Under which one of the following conditions can a nurse accept
‘verbal orders’ from a physician?
• €When the physician is not physically present
19. What is the key piece of legislation that protects the
client’s confidentiality?
• €Personal Health Information Protection Act, 2004.
20. Which one of the following statements is a key element of
informed consent according to the CNO Practice Guideline: Consent?
• €Alternative courses of action
21. Which of the following situations would represent a concern
about exceeding the boundaries of the therapeutic nurse-client
relationship?
• €A client is willing to speak only with his primary nurse and
refuses to speak with other nurses
Jurisprudence exam
1. Who may determine capacity (I.e ability or power to do) for the
purpose of the Substitute Decisions Act, 1992?
• €The office of the public Guardian and Trustee.
2. An RPN assesses that a client in the home requires routine urinary
catheterization. What must be considered prior to initiation?
• €Identifying the risks and benefits of the procedure.
3. What is the purpose of ‘mandatory reporting’ to CNO?
• €To notify CNO of unsafe nursing practice.
4. Which of the following statements best describes the ‘clients’ in
the context of the therapeutic nurse-client relationship?
• €An individual, family, group or community.
5. What is the purpose of mandatory reporting?
• €To allow CNO to take action to protect the public and
use innovative approaches to help rehabilitate (i.e restore
to normal) the nurse.
6. What is CNO’s mandate?
• €To protect the public interest.
7. A nurse disagrees with a client’s decision to terminate a
pregnancy for genetic reasons and wishes to discontinue nursing
care. What should the nurse do first?
• €Consult with a nursing colleague to clarify the nurse’s own
values.
8. Who does the Regulated Health Professions Act(RHPA),
1991 govern in Ontario?
,Nursing jurisprudence exam revised 2022-2023
• €Self-regulated health care providers
9. What CNO Statutory Committee would act upon a finding of
‘professional misconduct’?
• €Discipline
10. An RN case manager visits a client in the community whose
needs are becoming more complex. According to the CNO Practice
Guideline: RN and RPN Practice: The Client, the nurse and the
Environment, what is one factor that the case manager must
consider when determining the appropriate category of care
provider?
• €Environment
11. According to the CNO Practice Standard: Professional Standard,
Revised 2002, which one of the following descriptions best reflects
the Standard Statement related to ‘Accountability’?
• €Each nurse is accountable to the public and responsible
for meeting legislative requirements and the standards of
the profession.
12. According to the CNO Practice Standard: Documentation,
Revised 2008, what is one of the three CNO Standard Statements
that describes a nurse’s accountability when documenting?
• €Communication
13. Under which of the following conditions can all nurses perform
controlled acts according to the Nursing Act, 1991?
• €When delegated or ordered by an NP.
14. What should a nurse do first when observing another
nurse abusing a client?
• €Report the matter to CNO
, Nursing jurisprudence exam revised 2022-2023
15. In which one of the following situations can a nurse accept an
order from another nurse?
• €An NP orders an RN to catheterize a client
16. What is one nursing responsibility when deciding whether to use
restraints?
• €Using the restraint that is least restrictive to the client
17. A nurse is asked by a client’s employer for information on the
client’s prognosis. What information, if any, can the nurse disclose?
• €No information without consent from the client
18. Under which one of the following conditions can a nurse accept
‘verbal orders’ from a physician?
• €When the physician is not physically present
19. What is the key piece of legislation that protects the
client’s confidentiality?
• €Personal Health Information Protection Act, 2004.
20. Which one of the following statements is a key element of
informed consent according to the CNO Practice Guideline: Consent?
• €Alternative courses of action
21. Which of the following situations would represent a concern
about exceeding the boundaries of the therapeutic nurse-client
relationship?
• €A client is willing to speak only with his primary nurse and
refuses to speak with other nurses
