TRANSITION TO THE PROFESSIONAL NURSE
COMPREHENSIVE EXAM 2026 QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS 100% CORRECT
◉ EMTALA . Answer: every person can receive emergency medical
treatment regardless of ability to pay
◉ PSDA . Answer: advance directives can be given to any patient
◉ State Laws and Nursing . Answer: Mandatory Reporting
Good Samaritan statue
Medical Malpractice
Nursing Practice Acts
◉ Nurse Practice Acts . Answer: Authority given to Board of Nursing
defines nursing practice boundaries
standards for approval of Nurse Ed
requirements for licensure
grounds for disciplinary actions
,◉ Statutory Law . Answer: based on laws written and enacted by
government
◉ Common Law . Answer: based on previous legal precedent, often
extends past scope of statutory law
◉ Administrative Law . Answer: Laws that govern agencies like that
Board of Nursing and the rules and regulations passed by these bodies
◉ Constitutional Law . Answer: ex. Freedom of Speech
◉ Criminal Law . Answer: state or federal government brings charges
against a person to protect members of society
◉ Misdemeanor . Answer: punishable by less than 1 year in jail
◉ Felony . Answer: punishable by more than 1 year in jail
◉ Civil Law . Answer: Dispute between individuals or entities that deal
with the violations of individual RIGHTS
(monetary damages)
◉ State Board of Nursing can . Answer: take disciplinary action
, require evaluation/ blood or urine testing
require participation in rehabilitation program
probation
suspend/revoke a license
◉ Most common reason for disciplinary action . Answer: Taking
medications for personal uses
◉ "Compact" states . Answer: Can have a license in one state that
works in a multitude of states
◉ Tort Law . Answer: "a wrong other than breach of contract
committed against a person or property for which a court provides a
remedy, general in the form of money"
◉ Unintentional Torts . Answer: Commission, Omission, liability,
malpractice
◉ Commission . Answer: Did something wrong ex. wrong drug, wrong
dose, mislabeling drug, wrong side surgery
◉ Omission . Answer: Didn't do something and it went badly ex. failure
to medicate, failure to follow up critical labs, failure to obtain consent,
failure to monitor a patient
COMPREHENSIVE EXAM 2026 QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS 100% CORRECT
◉ EMTALA . Answer: every person can receive emergency medical
treatment regardless of ability to pay
◉ PSDA . Answer: advance directives can be given to any patient
◉ State Laws and Nursing . Answer: Mandatory Reporting
Good Samaritan statue
Medical Malpractice
Nursing Practice Acts
◉ Nurse Practice Acts . Answer: Authority given to Board of Nursing
defines nursing practice boundaries
standards for approval of Nurse Ed
requirements for licensure
grounds for disciplinary actions
,◉ Statutory Law . Answer: based on laws written and enacted by
government
◉ Common Law . Answer: based on previous legal precedent, often
extends past scope of statutory law
◉ Administrative Law . Answer: Laws that govern agencies like that
Board of Nursing and the rules and regulations passed by these bodies
◉ Constitutional Law . Answer: ex. Freedom of Speech
◉ Criminal Law . Answer: state or federal government brings charges
against a person to protect members of society
◉ Misdemeanor . Answer: punishable by less than 1 year in jail
◉ Felony . Answer: punishable by more than 1 year in jail
◉ Civil Law . Answer: Dispute between individuals or entities that deal
with the violations of individual RIGHTS
(monetary damages)
◉ State Board of Nursing can . Answer: take disciplinary action
, require evaluation/ blood or urine testing
require participation in rehabilitation program
probation
suspend/revoke a license
◉ Most common reason for disciplinary action . Answer: Taking
medications for personal uses
◉ "Compact" states . Answer: Can have a license in one state that
works in a multitude of states
◉ Tort Law . Answer: "a wrong other than breach of contract
committed against a person or property for which a court provides a
remedy, general in the form of money"
◉ Unintentional Torts . Answer: Commission, Omission, liability,
malpractice
◉ Commission . Answer: Did something wrong ex. wrong drug, wrong
dose, mislabeling drug, wrong side surgery
◉ Omission . Answer: Didn't do something and it went badly ex. failure
to medicate, failure to follow up critical labs, failure to obtain consent,
failure to monitor a patient
