BSNC 1020 MIDTERM EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
What is a "client-specific" order?
· Instruction or authorization given by regulated health professional for a nurse to provide care
for a specific client even if the scope is restricted for an RN
what is not a client specific order?
· Not an order is a consultation, referral or professional recommendation
What is autonomous scope of practice for RN's?
· Assuming accountability and responsibility for making decisions about client care
· Performing activities they are educated, competent and allowed to perform without a client
specific order
what is not autonomous practice
· Not autonomous practice is any BCCNM standard, limit, or condition, or and
organizational/employer policies, processes, or restrictions.
How do nurses apply the standards for acting within autonomous scope of practice?
· Performing restricted activities that are not listed in section 6 of nurses and NP unless they are
prohibited by BCCNM
what is a listed health professional
o Physicians
o NP
o Certified RN
o Dentists
o Midwives
o Naturopaths
, o Podiatrists
o Pharmacists
what is a non listed health professional
o Wound clinicians
o RNs who aren't certified
o Registered psychiatric nurses
o Dietitians
How do nurses apply the standards for acting with client-specific orders?
o be documented in the client's permanent record by the regulated health professional giving
the client-specific order,
o include all the information needed for the ordered activity to be carried out safely (e.g., time,
frequency, dosage), and
o include a written/electronic signature.
o Must also consider the four controls on practice
section 7 restricted activities that require an order
o Procedures below the body surface
o Administering substances
o Putting items into body openings
o Putting substances into ears
o Hazardous forms of energy
o Medications
o Allergy testing and treatment
restricted activities that do not require an order
· Diagnosis
· Wound care
· Intravenous
· Inhalation
· Instillation and injection
· Assessing clients and treating conditions
· Managing labour
· Hazardous forms of energy
· Ordering the application of energy
· Medications
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