JURISPRUDENCE EXAM 2025/2026 QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
According to College of Nurses of Ontario (CNO) standards, nurses are
accountable for __________ ______________ whether the intervention or service
relates to a treatment (as defined in the HCCA or as required in common law),
admission to a facility,
or the provision of a personal assistance service.
obtaining consent
Consent is required for any treatment except treatment provided in certain
______________ _____________.
emergency situations
The consent must:
__________ to the treatment being proposed;
be ____________;
be ____________; and
not have been ______________ through misrepresentation or fraud.
relate
informed
,voluntary
obtained
The health care practitioner who proposes the treatment is responsible for taking
______________ __________ to ensure that treatment is not administered without
______________.
reasonable steps
consent
If consent to admission to a care facility is required by law, then consent is needed
in all cases except in a _____________ _____________.
crisis situation
The HCCA does not specify that consent to
a personal assistance service is ________________.
required
Consent is informed if, before giving it:
1. the person received the information about the
,treatment that a reasonable person in the same circumstances would require to
make a decision; and
2. the person received responses to his/her requests for additional information
about the treatment.
A person is capable of giving consent to a treatment, admission to a care facility
and personal assistance services if he/she:
1. understands the information that is relevant to
making a decision concerning the treatment,
admission or personal assistance service; and
2. appreciates the reasonably possible consequences of
a decision or lack of a decision.
TRUE OR FALSE?
A person has to be 18 years of age before they can give an informed consent.
FALSE. There is no minimum age for giving consent. Health care practitioners and
evaluators should use professional judgment, taking into account the circumstances
and the client's condition, to determine whether the young client has the capacity to
understand and appreciate the information relevant to making the decision.
Who must determine capacity in the case of admission to a care facility or
provision of personal assistance services?
, An evaluator. The evaluator may be the person proposing the admission or
services, or the evaluator may be identified by facility or agency policies. Nurses
and some other health care professionals may be evaluators.
A _______________ ______________ conducts assessments of capacity on
persons who need decisions made on their behalf on a continuing basis.
CAPACITY ASSESSOR
NPs, RNs and RPNs are eligible to become capacity assessors. Designation will
require the successful completion of a capacity assessor education or training
course approved or required by the attorney general.
If a person is incapable, the consent (or refusal to give consent) is to be obtained
from who?
highest- ranked available substitute decision-maker from the HCCA hierarchy who
is willing to make the decision.
If a person is incapable, and there is no other substitute decision- maker, who is the
substitute decision-maker of last resort.
the PGT
Treatment in an emergency can be provided immediately if the person is
_____________ of giving consent and provides the consent.
AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
According to College of Nurses of Ontario (CNO) standards, nurses are
accountable for __________ ______________ whether the intervention or service
relates to a treatment (as defined in the HCCA or as required in common law),
admission to a facility,
or the provision of a personal assistance service.
obtaining consent
Consent is required for any treatment except treatment provided in certain
______________ _____________.
emergency situations
The consent must:
__________ to the treatment being proposed;
be ____________;
be ____________; and
not have been ______________ through misrepresentation or fraud.
relate
informed
,voluntary
obtained
The health care practitioner who proposes the treatment is responsible for taking
______________ __________ to ensure that treatment is not administered without
______________.
reasonable steps
consent
If consent to admission to a care facility is required by law, then consent is needed
in all cases except in a _____________ _____________.
crisis situation
The HCCA does not specify that consent to
a personal assistance service is ________________.
required
Consent is informed if, before giving it:
1. the person received the information about the
,treatment that a reasonable person in the same circumstances would require to
make a decision; and
2. the person received responses to his/her requests for additional information
about the treatment.
A person is capable of giving consent to a treatment, admission to a care facility
and personal assistance services if he/she:
1. understands the information that is relevant to
making a decision concerning the treatment,
admission or personal assistance service; and
2. appreciates the reasonably possible consequences of
a decision or lack of a decision.
TRUE OR FALSE?
A person has to be 18 years of age before they can give an informed consent.
FALSE. There is no minimum age for giving consent. Health care practitioners and
evaluators should use professional judgment, taking into account the circumstances
and the client's condition, to determine whether the young client has the capacity to
understand and appreciate the information relevant to making the decision.
Who must determine capacity in the case of admission to a care facility or
provision of personal assistance services?
, An evaluator. The evaluator may be the person proposing the admission or
services, or the evaluator may be identified by facility or agency policies. Nurses
and some other health care professionals may be evaluators.
A _______________ ______________ conducts assessments of capacity on
persons who need decisions made on their behalf on a continuing basis.
CAPACITY ASSESSOR
NPs, RNs and RPNs are eligible to become capacity assessors. Designation will
require the successful completion of a capacity assessor education or training
course approved or required by the attorney general.
If a person is incapable, the consent (or refusal to give consent) is to be obtained
from who?
highest- ranked available substitute decision-maker from the HCCA hierarchy who
is willing to make the decision.
If a person is incapable, and there is no other substitute decision- maker, who is the
substitute decision-maker of last resort.
the PGT
Treatment in an emergency can be provided immediately if the person is
_____________ of giving consent and provides the consent.
