________________________________________________________ Texas Nursing Jurisprudence and Ethics
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TEXAS NURSING JURISPRUDENCE AND ETHICS
This Study Guide has been included to provide immediate feedback about your achievement for the course learning objectives. The correct answers for the Self-Assessment Questions and their locations within the text are indicated below.
1. An early version of the Texas Nursing Practice Act was passed in B) 1909. (Introduction)
2. What chapter of the Texas Occupations Code contains the Nursing Practice Act? A) Chapter 301 (Introduction)
3. Which of the following statements best describes the Texas Board of Nursing Position Statements? C) The Position Statements are not technically laws, but provide guidance regarding patient safety, scope of practice, and other important issues. (Introduction) 4. The practice of vocational nursing involves all of the following, EXCEPT: B) Medical diagnosis and the prescription of therapeutic or corrective measures (Standards of Nursing Practice; Licensed Vocational Nursing) 5. Which of the following statements regarding the scope of practice of professional nurses is TRUE? C) Developing a patient’s nursing care plan is within a professional nurse’s scope of practice. (Standards of Nursing Practice; Professional Nursing)
6. Which of the following scenarios requires mandatory reporting of a nurse to the Board? D) All of the above (Standards of Nursing Practice; Texas Nursing Practice Rules)
7. A nurse should not accept an assignment or perform a task if the A) order is believed to be inaccurate (Standards of Nursing Practice; Texas Nursing Practice Rules).
8. Ethical concepts central to nursing practice include all of the following, EXCEPT: B) Causation (Ethical and Legal Issues in Nursing Practice)
9. Which of the following actions would be considered unsafe practice? C) Failing to supervise the performance of tasks by any individual working pursuant to the nurse’s delegation or assignment (Professional Boundaries and Unprofessional Conduct) 10. Which of the following actions would constitute misconduct? D) Causing or permitting physical, emotional, or verbal abuse or injury or neglect to the client or the public, or failing to report same to the employer, appropriate legal authority, and/or licensing board (Professional Boundaries and Unprofessional Conduct)
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Book Code: ANCCTX2027
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