BON EXAM QUESTIONS A ND

BON EXAM QUESTIONS A ND

ANSWERS

Question 1: Implement measures to promote a safe

environment for clients and others describes

• The nurse's ability to invoke Safe Harbor.
• The employer's requirement for safe staffing levels.
• The nurse's duty to the patient.
• The employer's requirement to ensure the workplace meets

OSHA safety standards.

CORRECT ANSWER : B. The employer's requirement for

safe staffing levels.

Question 2: The purpose of the Position Statements,

guidelines and other documents in the Nursing Practice section of the BON webpage is to guide nurses in

• presenting a professional demeanor in a work setting.
• making decisions related to their patient care assignments.
• obtaining specialty certification.
• preparing for the NCLEX exam.

CORRECT ANSWER : B. making decisions related to their

patient care assignments.

Question 3: Which of the following is an example of the nurse

maintaining professional boundaries of the nurse-client relationship?

• Accepting a $100 gift from the family of a hospitalized

patient.

• Inviting the patient to come to dinner at her home after the

patient is discharged.

• Sharing candy from a patient with other staff and telling

them the source of the candy.

• Providing her personal cell phone number to the patient.

CORRECT ANSWER : C. Sharing candy from a patient

with other staff and telling them the source of the candy.

Question 4: A nurse finds an elderly woman helpless and

alone after the unlicensed caretaker quit without notifying the agency. The nurse is then fired for reporting the caretaker for

possible abuse and neglect. Does the nurse have protection from negative employment action for reporting the above incident to the appropriate authorities?

• No, the nurse is not protected in this example. The nurse

must always follow any directive from his or her boss.

• No, the nurse is not protected in this example as the

employer can terminate the nurse for any reason at any time.

• It depends. The nurse may be protected, but only if the

nurse can prove that the client was in an unsafe situation.

• Yes, the nurse is protected from negative employment

action for reporting a situation that exposed the client to substantial risk of harm. This is known as "whistleblower protections."

CORRECT ANSWER : C. It depends. The nurse may be

protected, but only if the nurse can prove that the client was in an unsafe situation.

Question 5: A graduate vocational nurse (GVN) with current

temporary authorization to practice is in a practice setting where no other licensed nurse is physically present. This situation would best be described as

• an acceptable practice due to the nursing shortage and the

recent school experience of the GVN.

• an acceptable practice if a supervising nurse is

telephonically available to supervise and advise the GVN.

• an unacceptable practice due to the lack of a licensed nurse

who is physically present and readily available to directly supervise the GVN.

• an unacceptable practice because there must be a physician

present in the practice setting to supervise the GVN.

CORRECT ANSWER : C. an unacceptable practice due to

the lack of a licensed nurse who is physically present and readily available to directly supervise the GVN.

Question 6: An Incident-Based Nursing Peer Review

Committee

• must make decisions about whether or not a nurse's

employment should be terminated, and whether or not the nurse will be paid for accrued vacation time.