SOLUTIONS
A nurse is given an assignment in which she feels could violate
the nurse practice act. Based on this she needs to initiate a
process that protects the nurse form employer retaliation. What
is this process called? Correct Answer ⁃ Safe Harbor: A
process that protects a nurse from employer retaliation,
suspension, termination, discipline, discrimination, and licensure
sanction when a nurse makes a good faith request for nursing
peer review of an assignment or conduct the nurse is requested
to perform and that the nurse believes could result in a violation
of the NPA or Board rules.
⁃ Whistleblower Protections: Protections available to a nurse that
prohibit retaliatory action by an employer or other entity. You
can tell on another nurse if you see a nurse do something not
safe
How long do you have to wait to retake the jurisprudence exam
if you do not pass with a 75%? Correct Answer ⁃ You may
retake the exam after 24 hours have elapsed.
How long until you can retake the MOK exam? Correct
Answer - 45 days
How many CEU's must the R.N. obtain and how often? Correct
Answer ⁃ 20 contact hours (every 2 years on your birth date)
How many days is the temporary authorization valid for? Is it
renewable and identify 2 factors that affect the eligibility of this
temporary authorization. Correct Answer - 75 days
, - not renewable
⁃ 2 factors that affect eligibility: have no outstanding eligibility
issues (see §213.30) of this title (relating to Declaratory Order of
Eligibility for Licensure), and Texas Occupations Code
§301.257).
How many questions and how long is the jurisprudence exam?
Correct Answer ⁃ There are 50 items on the nursing
jurisprudence examination (NJE). You must correctly answer
75% of the questions to pass the NJE. You will have two (2)
hours to complete the NJE.
Identify five nursing actions that may be reportable as
misconduct to the BON. (select all that apply) Correct Answer
⁃ Falsify reports, client documentation, agency records or other
documents
⁃ Failing to cooperate with a lawful investigation conducted by
the board
⁃ Causing or permitting physical, emotional, or verbal abuse or
injury or neglect to the client or public, or failing to report same
to the employer, appropriate legal authority and/or licensing
board
⁃ Violating professional boundaries of the nurse/client
relationship including but not limited to physical, sexual,
emotional, or financial exploitation of the client or the client's
significant other
⁃ Engaging in sexual conduct with a client, touching a client in a
sexual manner requesting or offering sexual favors, or language
behavior suggestive of the same
⁃ Who violates the Nursing Practice Act or a board rule and
contributed to the death or serious injury of a patient