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 Answer D
When initiating a controlled act, an RN or RPN must : (put...
DOS II FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND
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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
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 Answer
✔1,6,5,3,2,4
The nurse provides immunizations to a primary school class of 40 patients -Correct
Answer ✔Medical directive
The nurse provides her patient with 500 mg of Tylenol to treat the patients headache -
Correct Answer ✔Order
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The nurse goes through a formal process to allow a family member provide wound care
to the client -Correct Answer ✔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 Answer
✔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 Answer ✔B
Which Controlled Acts are authorized to nurses?
1) Performing allergy testing
2) Dispensing a drug
3) Treating by means of psychotherapy technique
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 Answer ✔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
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c) Consult with an RN before proceeding
d) Decline to accept the order -Correct Answer ✔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
Answer ✔True
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 Answer ✔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 Answer ✔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
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d) Articulating, Promoting, and Enforcing Standards of practice -Correct Answer ✔C
The Registered Health Professions Act applies to all of the following except:
a) Nurses
b) Physiotherapists
c) Paramedics
d) Physicians -Correct Answer ✔C
The purpose of entry to practice competencies are the following except:
a) Inform the public about what they can expect from the nurses
b) Expectations for nurses to provide cost effective and efficient care
c) Demonstrate how nursing practice is influenced by the current competencies
d) Describe the expected performance behaviors that reflect safe, competent and ethical
care. -Correct Answer ✔B
Which of the following does NOT apply to the nursing act?
a) The nursing act identifies each of the controlled acts and what professionals can
perform them
b) The nursing act authorizes nurses to perform their controlled acts
c) The nursing act provides title protection for nurses
d) The nursing act defines professional misconduct -Correct Answer ✔A
When initiating a controlled act an RN or RPN must Assess, consider options, weigh the
risks, decide on action and anticipate or accept
a) treatment and outcomes
b) outcomes and accountability
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