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JURISPRUDENCE EXAM: CNO PRACTICE EXAM (3 VERSIONS)
UPDATED THIS YEAR WITH 500 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES JUST RELEASED
CNO PRACTICE JURISPRUDENCE EXAM 1
Question: A nurse has been asked to perform tracheal suctioning on a client. According to the
CNO Practice Standard: Decisions about Procedures and Authority, Revised 2006, what is one of
the standard statements that must be considered when determining if the nurse can perform
this procedure?
a) Assessment
b) Managing outcomes
c) Implementation
d) Client stability - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔b) Managing outcomes
Rational: Managing outcomes prior to performing procedures, nurses ensure that they are able
to identify the potential outcomes of procedures, have the authority and competence to
manage the outcomes, or have the resources available to manage those outcomes.
Question: A nurse wants to "initiate" cleansing and dressing of a client's wound. In which
practice setting is there a restriction for the nurse to initiate this procedure?
a) A community health centre
b) A retirement home
c) A hospital inpatient unit
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d) A client's home - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔d) A client's home
Rational: The Public Hospitals Act, 1990 grants only physicians, NPs, midwives and dentists the
authority to order treatments.
Question: According to CNO practice standard: professional standards, Revised 2002, which one
of the following descriptions best reflects the standard statement related to 'Accountability'?
a) All nurses are accountable to their clients, their employer and themselves.
b) Each nurse is accountable for providing, facilitating and promoting the best possible care to
the public.
c) Each nurse is accountable to the public and responsible for meeting legislative requirements
and the standards of the profession
d) All nurses are accountable for possessing, through continuing learning, knowledge relevant
practice - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔b) Each nurse is accountable for providing, facilitating and
promoting the best possible care to the public.
Question: Which one of the following actions by a nurse demonstrates unequal power in the
nurse-client relationship?
a) Administering an antibiotic as ordered.
b) Assisting a client with personal care.
c) Informing a client of a toileting schedule.
d) Expressing empathy for a client. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔c) Informing a client of a toileting
schedule.
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Rational: The nurse-client relationship is one of unequal power. Although the nurse may not
immediately perceive it, the nurse has more power than the client. The nurse has more
authority and influence in the health care system, specialized knowledge, access to privileged
information, and the ability to advocate for the client and the client's significant others. The
appropriate use of power, in a caring manner, enables the nurse to partner with the client to
meet the client's needs.
Question: A physician calls in a telephone order for pain medication. The physician is not in the
facility.
Should the nurse accept the order?
a) No, because telephone orders are limited to emergency situations.
b) Yes, because the physician is not physically present.
c) Yes, if the physician will return to sign the order within 48 hours.
d) No, because telephone orders are not best practice.
Rational: Telephone order. An order communicated via telephone by an authorizer who is not
physically present to write the order. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔b) Yes, because the physician is not
physically present.
Rational: Telephone order. An order communicated via telephone by an authorizer who is not
physically present to write the order.
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Question: The consent and capacity board has found Mr. Silva incapable of making decisions.
His nephew, who is his substitute decision-maker, has given consent to start the application for
placement in long-term care. Mr. Silva wishes to stay in his home. According to the health care
consent Act, 1996, which one of the following statements is true?
a) Mr. Silva's nephew has the authority to make the placement decision.
b) Mr. Silva's consent overrides that of his nephew because they are in disagreement.
c) Mr. Silva can refuse to leave his home and arrange his own support system through the
community care assess centre.
d) Mr. Silva's physician has the ability to override the finding of incapacity. - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔a) Mr. Silva's nephew has the authority to make the placement decision.
Question: What is CNO's mandate?
a) to develop practice standards
b) To protect the public interest.
c) to provide a disciplinary body available to the public
d) To create entry-to-practice requirements in Ontario. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔b) To protect the
public interest.
Rational: CNO's principal mandate is to protect the public interest by ensuring that Ontario
nurses provide safe, effective and ethical care to clients.
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JURISPRUDENCE EXAM: CNO PRACTICE EXAM (3 VERSIONS)
UPDATED THIS YEAR WITH 500 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES JUST RELEASED
CNO PRACTICE JURISPRUDENCE EXAM 1
Question: A nurse has been asked to perform tracheal suctioning on a client. According to the
CNO Practice Standard: Decisions about Procedures and Authority, Revised 2006, what is one of
the standard statements that must be considered when determining if the nurse can perform
this procedure?
a) Assessment
b) Managing outcomes
c) Implementation
d) Client stability - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔b) Managing outcomes
Rational: Managing outcomes prior to performing procedures, nurses ensure that they are able
to identify the potential outcomes of procedures, have the authority and competence to
manage the outcomes, or have the resources available to manage those outcomes.
Question: A nurse wants to "initiate" cleansing and dressing of a client's wound. In which
practice setting is there a restriction for the nurse to initiate this procedure?
a) A community health centre
b) A retirement home
c) A hospital inpatient unit
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d) A client's home - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔d) A client's home
Rational: The Public Hospitals Act, 1990 grants only physicians, NPs, midwives and dentists the
authority to order treatments.
Question: According to CNO practice standard: professional standards, Revised 2002, which one
of the following descriptions best reflects the standard statement related to 'Accountability'?
a) All nurses are accountable to their clients, their employer and themselves.
b) Each nurse is accountable for providing, facilitating and promoting the best possible care to
the public.
c) Each nurse is accountable to the public and responsible for meeting legislative requirements
and the standards of the profession
d) All nurses are accountable for possessing, through continuing learning, knowledge relevant
practice - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔b) Each nurse is accountable for providing, facilitating and
promoting the best possible care to the public.
Question: Which one of the following actions by a nurse demonstrates unequal power in the
nurse-client relationship?
a) Administering an antibiotic as ordered.
b) Assisting a client with personal care.
c) Informing a client of a toileting schedule.
d) Expressing empathy for a client. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔c) Informing a client of a toileting
schedule.
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Rational: The nurse-client relationship is one of unequal power. Although the nurse may not
immediately perceive it, the nurse has more power than the client. The nurse has more
authority and influence in the health care system, specialized knowledge, access to privileged
information, and the ability to advocate for the client and the client's significant others. The
appropriate use of power, in a caring manner, enables the nurse to partner with the client to
meet the client's needs.
Question: A physician calls in a telephone order for pain medication. The physician is not in the
facility.
Should the nurse accept the order?
a) No, because telephone orders are limited to emergency situations.
b) Yes, because the physician is not physically present.
c) Yes, if the physician will return to sign the order within 48 hours.
d) No, because telephone orders are not best practice.
Rational: Telephone order. An order communicated via telephone by an authorizer who is not
physically present to write the order. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔b) Yes, because the physician is not
physically present.
Rational: Telephone order. An order communicated via telephone by an authorizer who is not
physically present to write the order.
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Question: The consent and capacity board has found Mr. Silva incapable of making decisions.
His nephew, who is his substitute decision-maker, has given consent to start the application for
placement in long-term care. Mr. Silva wishes to stay in his home. According to the health care
consent Act, 1996, which one of the following statements is true?
a) Mr. Silva's nephew has the authority to make the placement decision.
b) Mr. Silva's consent overrides that of his nephew because they are in disagreement.
c) Mr. Silva can refuse to leave his home and arrange his own support system through the
community care assess centre.
d) Mr. Silva's physician has the ability to override the finding of incapacity. - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔a) Mr. Silva's nephew has the authority to make the placement decision.
Question: What is CNO's mandate?
a) to develop practice standards
b) To protect the public interest.
c) to provide a disciplinary body available to the public
d) To create entry-to-practice requirements in Ontario. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔b) To protect the
public interest.
Rational: CNO's principal mandate is to protect the public interest by ensuring that Ontario
nurses provide safe, effective and ethical care to clients.
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