KBN- Jurisprudence Practice Questions and Correct Answers

What are the duties of the KBN? (4 things) 1.Enforcing the Kentucky Nursing Laws and nurse licensure requirements; 2.Approving nurse education programs in school and universities; 3.Developing laws and administrative regulations; 4.Taking disciplinary action when the nurse provides unsafe nursing care or otherwise violates KRS Ch 314 Kentucky Nursing Laws describe what main things? 1. Qualifications for licensure; 2. Nursing titles that are allowed to be used; 3. Scope of practice; 4. Actions that can or will happen if the nurse does not follow the nursing law What are Nursing professional associations? Private organizations that advance the nursing profession by addressing the practice, political and professional issues affecting nurses. What is a Nurse Licensure Compact? For nurses in good standing, KBN will issue a multi-state license that grants Kentucky nurses the priviledge to practice in other compact states. In order for a nurse to have a compact license, he/she must declare his/her _______________________ residence in a state that is a member of the compact and have an _____________________________ active RN or LPN license. permanent; unencumbered (no disciplinary action) If a nurse has a multi-state license, and chooses to work in a state that is not her permanent residence, which state's laws/regulations should she follow? BOTH states If a APRN holds a multi-state RN license, he/she still is required to obtain a KY APRN license to practice in the APRN role. T or F? True Nurses changing their primary residence from one compact state to another have ______ days to endorse into the new compact state. *A nurse may only be licensed in one compact state and that is the state of residency*. 30 A nurse who has a multi-state license wants to work in a state that is not in the compact.. so they have to get a license in that individual state. T or F? True What kind of traffic violations have to be presented to the KBN? Just DUIs