Jurisprudence Exam Correct answers latest
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According to 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
practice.
C. Each nurse is accountable to the public and responsible for meeting legislative requirements and
the standards of the profession.
Rational: Each nurse is accountable to the public and responsible for ensuring that her/his practice
and conduct meets legislative requirements and the standards of the profession.
A physician calls in a telephone order for pain medication. The physician is not in the facility. Should
the nurse accept the order?
a) No, because telephone orders are limited to emergency situations.
b) Yes, because the physician is not physically present.
c) Yes, if the physician will return to sign the order within 48 hours.
d) No, because telephone orders are not best practice.
B. Yes, because the physician is not physically present.
Rational: Telephone order. An order communicated via telephone by an authorizer who is not
physically present to write the order.
What is CNO’s mandate?
a) to develop practice standards
b) To protect the public interest.
c) to provide a disciplinary body available to the public
d) To create entry-to-practice requirements in Ontario.
B. To protect the public interest.
Rational: CNO’s principal mandate is to protect the public interest by ensuring that Ontario nurses
provide safe, effective and ethical care to clients.
,The consent and capacity board has found Mr. Silva incapable of making decisions. His nephew, who
is his substitute decision-maker, has given consent to start the application for placement in long-term
care. Mr. Silva wishes to stay in his home. According to the health care consent Act, 1996, which one
of the following statements is true?
a) Mr. Silva’s nephew has the authority to make the placement decision.
b) Mr. Silva’s consent overrides that of his nephew because they are in disagreement.
c) Mr. Silva can refuse to leave his home and arrange his own support system through the community
care assess centre.
d) Mr. Silva’s physician has the ability to override the finding of incapacity.
A. Mr. Silva’s nephew has the authority to make the placement decision.
Rational: In deciding what the incapable person’s best interests are, the person who gives or refuses
consent on his or her behalf if treatment is likely to improve the incapable person’s condition or well-
being.
Which one of the following statements is true?
a) The regulated health profession Act, 1991 is applicable to all health care providers.
b) The nursing act, 1991 regulates nursing practice; however, the regulated health profession act,
1991 does not.
c) The regulated health professions act, 1991 does not have provisions that are relevant to nursing
students.
d) The regulated health professions Act, 1991 and the nursing Act, 1991 both regulate the nursing
profession.
D. The regulated health professions Act, 1991 and the nursing Act, 1991 both regulate the nursing
profession.
Rational: The Nursing Act, 1991 in conjunction with the Regulated Health Professions Act, 1991
(RHPA) came into effect in December 1993. These two pieces of legislation determine how the
nursing profession is regulated in the province of Ontario.
An 80-year-old nursing home resident with advanced Alzheimer’s disease requires minor surgery.
Which one of the following individuals should sign the consent for his operation?
a) His 66-year-old spouse who has no cognitive deficits.
b) His eldest adult child who is a lawyer.
c) A person appointed by the consent and capacity board.
d) The person named as his power of attorney for personal care.
,D. The person named as his power of attorney for personal care.
Rational: The incapable person’s attorney for personal care, if the power of attorney confers authority
to give or refuse consent to the treatment.
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?
a) Discuss changing the client’s plan of care with the health care team
b) Attempt to convince the client’s family that there are other options.
c) Consult with a nursing colleague to clarify the nurse’s own values.
d) Report the plan of care to the ethics review committee.
C. Consult with a nursing colleague to clarify the nurse’s own values.
Rational: Collaboration, respectful behavior's and collegial communication among everyone in the
nursing and health team contribute to positive outcomes for clients and prevent problems from
arising in determining how nursing services are to be delivered.
What is included in the mandatory requirements for nurses who are randomly selected to participate
in CNO’s quality assurance program?
a) Peer assessment
b) Client assessment
c) Health assessment
d) Workplace assessment
A. Peer assessment
Rational: The QA Program includes the following components: Self-Assessment, Practice Assessment,
Peer Assessment
During the lunch break, a nurse observes a colleague drinking several alcoholic beverages. Later in the
day, the colleague is observed loudly laughing and slurring words when interacting with clients. How
would CNO most likely assess this type of behavior's?
a) Incompetence.
b) Incapacity.
c) Negligence.
d) Abuse.
, A. Incompetence.
Rational: Incompetence may be evident when a member’s professional care of a client displays a lack
of knowledge, skill or judgment, or disregard for the welfare of a client.
Gladys has decided to resume nursing practice after resigning from the profession to raise a family.
After an interview, she was successful in obtaining a position at a local long-term care facility. Can
Gladys begin working as a nurse?
a) Yes, because Gladys was previously registered with CNO.
b) No, because Gladys must first complete a geriatric education program.
c) Yes, because the long-term care facility assessed her competence.
d) No, because Gladys requires current registration with CNO.
D. No, because Gladys requires current registration with CNO.
Rational: Members who have left the nursing profession permanently may resign from the College.
Once resigned, you can no longer use any of the protected titles, including “nurse,” “Registered
Nurse,” “Registered Practical Nurse” or “Nurse Practitioner,” and you must not practice as a nurse
(whether paid or unpaid) in Ontario or hold yourself out to anyone as a person qualified to practice
nursing in Ontario.
According to CNO, nurses must obtain explicit consent for which one of the following actions?
a) Providing activates of daily living.
b) Assessing a person’s capacity to make decisions about treatment.
c) Taking a health history.
d) Evaluating a person’s general condition.
A. Providing activates of daily living.
Rational: Explicit consent — also known as express or direct consent — means that an individual is
clearly presented with an option to agree or disagree with the collection, use, or disclosure of
personal information.
Who may determine capacity for the purpose of the substitute decisions act, 1992?
a) A trained capacity assessor
b) Any physician or social worker.
c) The client’s substitute decision-maker.
d) The office of the public guardian and trustee.
update
According to 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
practice.
C. Each nurse is accountable to the public and responsible for meeting legislative requirements and
the standards of the profession.
Rational: Each nurse is accountable to the public and responsible for ensuring that her/his practice
and conduct meets legislative requirements and the standards of the profession.
A physician calls in a telephone order for pain medication. The physician is not in the facility. Should
the nurse accept the order?
a) No, because telephone orders are limited to emergency situations.
b) Yes, because the physician is not physically present.
c) Yes, if the physician will return to sign the order within 48 hours.
d) No, because telephone orders are not best practice.
B. Yes, because the physician is not physically present.
Rational: Telephone order. An order communicated via telephone by an authorizer who is not
physically present to write the order.
What is CNO’s mandate?
a) to develop practice standards
b) To protect the public interest.
c) to provide a disciplinary body available to the public
d) To create entry-to-practice requirements in Ontario.
B. To protect the public interest.
Rational: CNO’s principal mandate is to protect the public interest by ensuring that Ontario nurses
provide safe, effective and ethical care to clients.
,The consent and capacity board has found Mr. Silva incapable of making decisions. His nephew, who
is his substitute decision-maker, has given consent to start the application for placement in long-term
care. Mr. Silva wishes to stay in his home. According to the health care consent Act, 1996, which one
of the following statements is true?
a) Mr. Silva’s nephew has the authority to make the placement decision.
b) Mr. Silva’s consent overrides that of his nephew because they are in disagreement.
c) Mr. Silva can refuse to leave his home and arrange his own support system through the community
care assess centre.
d) Mr. Silva’s physician has the ability to override the finding of incapacity.
A. Mr. Silva’s nephew has the authority to make the placement decision.
Rational: In deciding what the incapable person’s best interests are, the person who gives or refuses
consent on his or her behalf if treatment is likely to improve the incapable person’s condition or well-
being.
Which one of the following statements is true?
a) The regulated health profession Act, 1991 is applicable to all health care providers.
b) The nursing act, 1991 regulates nursing practice; however, the regulated health profession act,
1991 does not.
c) The regulated health professions act, 1991 does not have provisions that are relevant to nursing
students.
d) The regulated health professions Act, 1991 and the nursing Act, 1991 both regulate the nursing
profession.
D. The regulated health professions Act, 1991 and the nursing Act, 1991 both regulate the nursing
profession.
Rational: The Nursing Act, 1991 in conjunction with the Regulated Health Professions Act, 1991
(RHPA) came into effect in December 1993. These two pieces of legislation determine how the
nursing profession is regulated in the province of Ontario.
An 80-year-old nursing home resident with advanced Alzheimer’s disease requires minor surgery.
Which one of the following individuals should sign the consent for his operation?
a) His 66-year-old spouse who has no cognitive deficits.
b) His eldest adult child who is a lawyer.
c) A person appointed by the consent and capacity board.
d) The person named as his power of attorney for personal care.
,D. The person named as his power of attorney for personal care.
Rational: The incapable person’s attorney for personal care, if the power of attorney confers authority
to give or refuse consent to the treatment.
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?
a) Discuss changing the client’s plan of care with the health care team
b) Attempt to convince the client’s family that there are other options.
c) Consult with a nursing colleague to clarify the nurse’s own values.
d) Report the plan of care to the ethics review committee.
C. Consult with a nursing colleague to clarify the nurse’s own values.
Rational: Collaboration, respectful behavior's and collegial communication among everyone in the
nursing and health team contribute to positive outcomes for clients and prevent problems from
arising in determining how nursing services are to be delivered.
What is included in the mandatory requirements for nurses who are randomly selected to participate
in CNO’s quality assurance program?
a) Peer assessment
b) Client assessment
c) Health assessment
d) Workplace assessment
A. Peer assessment
Rational: The QA Program includes the following components: Self-Assessment, Practice Assessment,
Peer Assessment
During the lunch break, a nurse observes a colleague drinking several alcoholic beverages. Later in the
day, the colleague is observed loudly laughing and slurring words when interacting with clients. How
would CNO most likely assess this type of behavior's?
a) Incompetence.
b) Incapacity.
c) Negligence.
d) Abuse.
, A. Incompetence.
Rational: Incompetence may be evident when a member’s professional care of a client displays a lack
of knowledge, skill or judgment, or disregard for the welfare of a client.
Gladys has decided to resume nursing practice after resigning from the profession to raise a family.
After an interview, she was successful in obtaining a position at a local long-term care facility. Can
Gladys begin working as a nurse?
a) Yes, because Gladys was previously registered with CNO.
b) No, because Gladys must first complete a geriatric education program.
c) Yes, because the long-term care facility assessed her competence.
d) No, because Gladys requires current registration with CNO.
D. No, because Gladys requires current registration with CNO.
Rational: Members who have left the nursing profession permanently may resign from the College.
Once resigned, you can no longer use any of the protected titles, including “nurse,” “Registered
Nurse,” “Registered Practical Nurse” or “Nurse Practitioner,” and you must not practice as a nurse
(whether paid or unpaid) in Ontario or hold yourself out to anyone as a person qualified to practice
nursing in Ontario.
According to CNO, nurses must obtain explicit consent for which one of the following actions?
a) Providing activates of daily living.
b) Assessing a person’s capacity to make decisions about treatment.
c) Taking a health history.
d) Evaluating a person’s general condition.
A. Providing activates of daily living.
Rational: Explicit consent — also known as express or direct consent — means that an individual is
clearly presented with an option to agree or disagree with the collection, use, or disclosure of
personal information.
Who may determine capacity for the purpose of the substitute decisions act, 1992?
a) A trained capacity assessor
b) Any physician or social worker.
c) The client’s substitute decision-maker.
d) The office of the public guardian and trustee.
