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NURSING CONCEPTS EXAM 1/ PRACTICE Questions with 100% verified answers 2024/ Rated A+
Define nursing (according to the ANA) – Nursing is the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and abilities; prevention of illness and injury; alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human response; and advocacy in the care of individuals, families, communities, and populations.
The Standards of Nursing Practice, Board Rule 217.11 state that the LVN scope of practice includes including doing which of the following with regard to care plans?
- Initiate the development of a comprehensive nursing care plan independently
- May not document on the nursing care plan
- Participate in the modification and development of the nursing care plan.
- Review the nursing care plan only if directed to do so by the physician. –
ANSWER - C. Participate in the modification and development of the nursing care plan.
A nurse who contacts a physician to clarify a medication order is
- fulfilling a duty to keep the patient safe.
- likely to detract from a collegial nurse-physician relationship.
- engaging in action that is the duty of the pharmacist.
- not fulfilling nursing tasks with other patients. – ANSWER - A. fulfilling a duty to keep the patient safe.
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2 Nurses often ask the Board about what it means to abandon their patients. Though the Board does not use this term in the rules, what specific portion of Board Rule 217.12, Unprofessional Conduct, provides directions for the nurse regarding job abandonment and conduct that may also be Board-reportable?
- Paragraph (5)
- Paragraph (7)
- Paragraph (12)
- Paragraph (8) –
ANSWER - C. Paragraph (12)
Which of the following situations is an example of a nurse MAINTAINING appropriate professional boundaries between the nurse and the client?
- rewards a patient with a small stuffed mascot of his favorite football team for progress made in
- responds less frequently to a demanding patient's call light.
- shares personal information regarding her recent bankruptcy because the patient seems genuinely
- is personally attracted to a patient and calls and visits him on her days off "to check on how he is
rehabilitation.
interested.
doing." – ANSWER - A. rewards a patient with a small stuffed mascot of his favorite football team for progress made in rehabilitation.
Am advertisement for a "licensed nurse" states the following as routine job responsibilities. "Must work independently without supervision, have expertise in developing nursing care plans, including establishing appropriate nursing diagnoses for assigned patients, and, must be able to complete comprehensive nursing assessments." Based on these responsibilities, this advertisement would require, at a minimum, the nurse to hold a valid
- Advanced Practice Registered Nurse license.
- Physician Assistant license.
- Vocational Nurse license.
- Registered Nurse license. – ANSWER - D. Registered Nurse license. 2 / 3
3 A person with a history of chemical dependency on controlled substances who desires to obtain or retain a license to practice nursing may be required to provide evidence of
- current sobriety and fitness to practice.
- good employer evaluations.
- attendance at five Alcoholics Anonymous meeting each week.
- support system of family and friends. - ANSWER - A. current sobriety and fitness to practice.
In Texas, advanced practice registered nurse (APRNs) may delegate which of the following to unlicensed assistive personnel?
- APRNs can delegate anything a physician would delegate, as APRNs are educated to engage in
- Medical diagnosis and nursing assessment in compliance with BON Rules 224 and 225 on RN
- Advanced practice skills that the APRN learned in his or her advanced practice nursing program
- Activities of daily living, health maintenance activities, and nursing tasks in compliance with BON
some some aspects of medical and medical management.
delegation.
of study.
Rules 224 and 225 on RN Delegation. - ANSWER - D. Activities of daily living, health maintenance activities, and nursing tasks in compliance with BON Rules 224 and 225 on RN Delegation.
A nurse is caught stealing narcotics from the automated dispensing machine on the unit and selfinjecting these drugs while on duty. The nurse admits that she is chemically dependent. In this situation, the NPA requires
- the nurse be reported to the BON.
- the Peer Review Committee to monitor the nurse's practice.
- the nurse to enroll in the Texas Peer Assistance Program for Nurses (TPAPN).
- a report to law enforcement. –
ANSWER - B. the Peer Review Committee to monitor the nurse's practice.
A nurse was reported to the BON by two different employers multiple practice errors. The BON may determine that the nurse's conduct demonstrates a pattern of practice that
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