CNO JURISPRUDENCE EXAM QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS VERIFIED GRADED A+
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
b) Each nurse is accountable for providing, facilitating and promoting the best possible
care to the public.
Which one of the following actions by a nurse demonstrates unequal power in the
nurse-client relationship?
a) Administering an antibiotic as ordered.
b) Assisting a client with personal care.
c) Informing a client of a toileting schedule.
d) Expressing empathy for a client.
,c) Informing a client of a toileting schedule.
Rational: The nurse-client relationship is one of unequal power. Although the nurse may
not
immediately perceive it, the nurse has more power than the client. The nurse has more
authority and influence in the health care system, specialized knowledge, access to
privileged
information, and the ability to advocate for the client and the client's significant others.
The
appropriate use of power, in a caring manner, enables the nurse to partner with the
client to
meet the client's needs.
A nurse has been asked to perform tracheal suctioning on a client. According to
the CNO Practice Standard: Decisions about Procedures and Authority, Revised
2006, what is one of the standard statements that must be considered when
determining if the nurse can perform this procedure?
a) Assessment
b) Managing outcomes
c) Implementation
d) Client stability
b) Managing outcomes
Rational: Managing outcomes prior to performing procedures, nurses ensure that they
are able to identify the potential outcomes of procedures, have the authority and
, competence to manage the outcomes, or have the resources available to manage those
outcomes.
A nurse wants to "initiate" cleansing and dressing of a client's wound. In which
practice setting is there a restriction for the nurse to initiate this procedure?
a) A community health centre
b) A retirement home
c) A hospital inpatient unit
d) A client's home
d) A client's home
Rational: The Public Hospitals Act, 1990 grants only physicians, NPs, midwives and
dentists the authority to order treatments.
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.
Rational: Telephone order. An order communicated via telephone by an
authorizer who is not physically present to write the order.
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.
SOLUTIONS VERIFIED GRADED A+
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
b) Each nurse is accountable for providing, facilitating and promoting the best possible
care to the public.
Which one of the following actions by a nurse demonstrates unequal power in the
nurse-client relationship?
a) Administering an antibiotic as ordered.
b) Assisting a client with personal care.
c) Informing a client of a toileting schedule.
d) Expressing empathy for a client.
,c) Informing a client of a toileting schedule.
Rational: The nurse-client relationship is one of unequal power. Although the nurse may
not
immediately perceive it, the nurse has more power than the client. The nurse has more
authority and influence in the health care system, specialized knowledge, access to
privileged
information, and the ability to advocate for the client and the client's significant others.
The
appropriate use of power, in a caring manner, enables the nurse to partner with the
client to
meet the client's needs.
A nurse has been asked to perform tracheal suctioning on a client. According to
the CNO Practice Standard: Decisions about Procedures and Authority, Revised
2006, what is one of the standard statements that must be considered when
determining if the nurse can perform this procedure?
a) Assessment
b) Managing outcomes
c) Implementation
d) Client stability
b) Managing outcomes
Rational: Managing outcomes prior to performing procedures, nurses ensure that they
are able to identify the potential outcomes of procedures, have the authority and
, competence to manage the outcomes, or have the resources available to manage those
outcomes.
A nurse wants to "initiate" cleansing and dressing of a client's wound. In which
practice setting is there a restriction for the nurse to initiate this procedure?
a) A community health centre
b) A retirement home
c) A hospital inpatient unit
d) A client's home
d) A client's home
Rational: The Public Hospitals Act, 1990 grants only physicians, NPs, midwives and
dentists the authority to order treatments.
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.
Rational: Telephone order. An order communicated via telephone by an
authorizer who is not physically present to write the order.
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.
