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Texas BON study guide Questions with Answers (100%
Correct Answers)
A nurse who contacts a physician to clarify a medication order is—
Answer: fulfilling a duty to keep the patient safe.
A BON investigator in the enforcement division collected evidence
that supports the BON's formal charges against a nurse regarding
violations of the NPA and board rules. Attempts to notify the nurse via
standard and certified mail at the nurse's last address of record have
been returned to the BON office as being "undeliverable or not at this
address." Since the investigator has been unable to communicate with
the nurse about the BON's formal charges, Board Rule 213.16(i) on
Practice and Procedu— Answer: the case proceed and the board's
charges be deemed to be true.
When the BON considers imposing disciplinary action, it is most
concerned with the nurse consistently— Answer: acting in the best
interest of clients
A nurse quits his job, and submits a written notice at the end of his
shift, telling his supervisor that he will not be back at work the
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following morning. The supervisor tells the nurse he has to complete
the entire month's schedule or he will be committing "patient
abandonment," and will be reported to the BON. This is— Answer:
false. Quitting a job at the end of a shift is not considered "patient
abandonment" by the BON and is not grounds for reporting to, or
action by, the BON.
Which of the following would indicate that an applicant for licensure
is likely to possess the good professional character necessary to hold a
nursing license in Texas?— Answer: the applicant provides
satisfactory evidence that he/she has not committed a violation of the
Nursing Practice Act or a Board rule
Which of the following statements correctly reflects Board Rule 217.20
regarding the Safe Harbor Peer Review?— Answer: Safe Harbor must
be invoked prior to engaging in the assignment or at any time the
assignment changes as long as the nurse believes it places patients at
risk of harm
The identity of a person submitting a complaint against a nurse to the
BON is kept confidential— Answer: throughout the entire
investigation process
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Texas BON study guide Questions with Answers (100%
Correct Answers)
A nurse who contacts a physician to clarify a medication order is—
Answer: fulfilling a duty to keep the patient safe.
A BON investigator in the enforcement division collected evidence
that supports the BON's formal charges against a nurse regarding
violations of the NPA and board rules. Attempts to notify the nurse via
standard and certified mail at the nurse's last address of record have
been returned to the BON office as being "undeliverable or not at this
address." Since the investigator has been unable to communicate with
the nurse about the BON's formal charges, Board Rule 213.16(i) on
Practice and Procedu— Answer: the case proceed and the board's
charges be deemed to be true.
When the BON considers imposing disciplinary action, it is most
concerned with the nurse consistently— Answer: acting in the best
interest of clients
A nurse quits his job, and submits a written notice at the end of his
shift, telling his supervisor that he will not be back at work the
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following morning. The supervisor tells the nurse he has to complete
the entire month's schedule or he will be committing "patient
abandonment," and will be reported to the BON. This is— Answer:
false. Quitting a job at the end of a shift is not considered "patient
abandonment" by the BON and is not grounds for reporting to, or
action by, the BON.
Which of the following would indicate that an applicant for licensure
is likely to possess the good professional character necessary to hold a
nursing license in Texas?— Answer: the applicant provides
satisfactory evidence that he/she has not committed a violation of the
Nursing Practice Act or a Board rule
Which of the following statements correctly reflects Board Rule 217.20
regarding the Safe Harbor Peer Review?— Answer: Safe Harbor must
be invoked prior to engaging in the assignment or at any time the
assignment changes as long as the nurse believes it places patients at
risk of harm
The identity of a person submitting a complaint against a nurse to the
BON is kept confidential— Answer: throughout the entire
investigation process
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