BSNC 1020 - Module 2/3 Exam
Questions and Answers
Who is the BCCNM? - Answer -Health regulator that protects the public
What professions does BCCNM regulate? - Answer -LPN, NP, RN, RPN, Midwives
What does the BCCNM do? - Answer -Focus on safe and ethical practice, uphold,
protect, define, adaptive
Who entrusts the BCCNM to monitor nurses? - Answer -Health Professions Act
What does the HPA trust the BCCNM to do? - Answer -Establish, monitor, enforce
standards of practice and professional ethics
What are the professional standards? - Answer -Provides the overall framework for the
practice of nursing in BC and sets out minimum levels of performance that nurses are
required to achieve
What are indicators of professional standards? - Answer -Used to illustrate how each
professional standard is applied to the four main areas of practice
What are practice standards? - Answer -Requirements related to specific aspects of
nursing practice and complement the professional standards and provide additional
information on topics
What is a standard? - Answer -Expected level of performance
What are the aspects of professional standards? - Answer -Reflect values of nursing,
clarify what the profession expects of nurses
Why are indicators helpful? - Answer -Useful for nurses who assume responsibilities in
practice outside their primary area of responsibility
Why do we have professional standards? - Answer -Promote, guide, direct professional
practice
How do nurses utilize the professional standards? - Answer -Understand obligation,
competence, responsibility, policies, and education
, How does the public utilize the professional standards? - Answer -Understand the
expectations of professional nursing practice
How do employers utilize the professional standards? - Answer -Support nurses to meet
BCCNM standards of practice
How does the BCCNM utilize the professional standards? - Answer -Meet legal
requirements to protect the public by regulating nurse's practice
What is the first professional standard and what does it do? - Answer -Professional
responsibility and accountability maintains standards of nursing practice and
professional conduct determined by BCCNM
What is the second professional standard and what does it do? - Answer -Knowledge-
based practice applies knowledge, skills, and judgement in nursing practice
What is the third professional standard and what does it do? - Answer -Client-focused
provision of service provides nursing services and works with others to provide
healthcare services in the best interest of clients
What is the fourth professional standard and what does it do? - Answer -Ethical practice
understands, upholds, and promotes the ethical standards of nursing and focuses on
client dignity, privacy, integrity, and confidentiality
How many practice standards are there? - Answer -14 practice standards
What are the 8 practice standards we focus on in term 1? - Answer -Boundaries in
nurse-client relationship
Conflict of interest
Use of title
Cultural Safety
Duty to provide care
Duty to report
Documentation
Privacy and confidentiality
What does the scope of practice do for us? - Answer -Explains scope, limits, and
conditions
Who sets out the scope of practice? - Answer -RN/NP Regulation under the HPA
What is the scope of practice? - Answer -Activities that RNs are educated and
authorized to perform
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