DOS II FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS &
ANSWERS 2024-2025
What are the three types of authorizing mechanisms?
a) Medical directives, MD orders, NP orders
b) Standing orders, medical directives, delegation
c) MD orders, NP orders, directives
d) Order, initiation, delegation - Correct Answers ✅D
When initiating a controlled act, an RN or RPN must : (put the following
into the correct order as per the CNO document Authorizing
Mechanisms)
1) Assess the client and identify the problem
2) Anticipate the management of potential outcomes
3) Decide on a course of action
4) Accept accountability for deciding the particular procedure is
required and for ensuring that any potential outcomes are managed
appropriately
5) Weight the risks and benefits of each option, considering the clients
condition
6) Consider all of the available options to address the problem - Correct
Answers ✅1,6,5,3,2,4
The nurse provides immunizations to a primary school class of 40
patients - Correct Answers ✅Medical directive
,DOS II FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS &
ANSWERS 2024-2025
The nurse provides her patient with 500 mg of Tylenol to treat the
patients headache - Correct Answers ✅Order
The nurse goes through a formal process to allow a family member
provide wound care to the client - Correct Answers ✅Delegation
The nurse in the community independently decides it is the patients
best interest to have an I/O catheter to address the patients urinary
retention - Correct Answers ✅Initiation
A patient needs to have emergent surgery. The patient will need
intravenous access for the surgery. The RPN starts the patient's IV.
What will she need to be able to do this?
a) Nothing, she is able to initiate this procedure
b) An order
c) A medical directive
d) Permission from the CNO - Correct Answers ✅B
Which Controlled Acts are authorized to nurses?
1) Performing allergy testing
2) Dispensing a drug
3) Treating by means of psychotherapy technique
,DOS II FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS &
ANSWERS 2024-2025
4) Putting a hand, instrument or finger beyond a natural or artificial
opening of the body
5) Managing labour, or conducting a delivery
6) Performing a prescribed procedure below the dermis or mucous
membrane
7) Administering a substance by inhalation or injection - Correct
Answers ✅2,3,4,6,7
An RPN orders an RPN colleague to insert a urinary catheter for a newly
admitted patient.
a) Confirm RPN order with MD before proceeding
b) Accept the order and proceed with the intervention
c) Consult with an RN before proceeding
d) Decline to accept the order - Correct Answers ✅D
Shannon is an RN in an urban hospital and a preceptor for Mei, a
nursing student on a clinical placement. Sharon has a client who
requires urinary catheterization. Sharon introduces Mei to the client
and asks for consent to allow Mei to perform the procedure. After the
client agrees, Sharon supervises Mei as she inserts the catheter. It was
appropriate for Sharon to allow to perform this controlled act. True or
False? - Correct Answers ✅True
, DOS II FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS &
ANSWERS 2024-2025
A professional standard is an authoritative statement that sets out the
legal and professional basis of nursing practice. All nurses are held to
the same standard throughout their careers
a) True
b) False - Correct Answers ✅A
Which of the following are NOT entry to Practice requirements?
a) Successful completion of the nursing education requirements
b) Proof of citizenship, permanent residency or authorization under the
immigration protection act
c) Obtain a minimum average of 70% on your academic record
d) Successful of the jurisprudence exam - Correct Answers ✅C
Which of the following is NOT considered one of the roles of the CNO in
supporting Nursing Self Regulation?
a) Establishing requirements for entry to practice
b) Administering the QA program
c) Developing and Reviewing Nursing Curriculum
d) Articulating, Promoting, and Enforcing Standards of practice - Correct
Answers ✅C
The Registered Health Professions Act applies to all of the following
except:
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