Mr.

Garcia is diagnosed to have acute myocardial infarction and is recommended for

admission. He refuses to be admitted and asks to be transferred to a tertiary hospital
instead. Which of the following principles should Jess use as guide for his action?

Select one:

a. Autonomy

b. Non-maleficence

c. Justice

d. Beneficence

Nurse Stephanie asked you about the nursing areas covered by the new nursing law.
You know that all of the following except one are the nursing areas covered by the new
Nursing Law.

Select one:

a. Nursing Service

b. Nursing Research

c. Nursing Education

d. Community health nursing

Nurse Demi asked you if her nursing practice for seven years in the Netherlands be
deemed included as a nursing practice to qualify as a member of the Board of Nursing?
Which of the following statement is true?

Select one:

a. At least ten years of nursing practice provided that the last 5 years must have been
practiced in the Philippines.

b. The RA 9173 abolished already t he required ten years nursing service

c. Under RA 9173, a continuous ten years of nursing practice must have been in the
Philippines

d. At least ten years nursing service is required either practiced In the Philippines or
abroad.

When conflict arises regarding management of patient care, which of the following
should be upheld?

Select one:

a. Preference of the family

b. Institutional policy

c. Physician’s orders

d. Patient’s rights

A nurse who advises a pregnant woman as to where she may go to submit to criminal
abortion may be guilty of a said crime as:

Select one:

a. Principal

b. None of the above

c. Accomplice

d. Accessory

Which of the following key areas of responsibilities is included in the empowering

competencies of a new registered nurse who wish to apply for a job as a staff nurse?

Select one:

a. Management of resources and environment

b. Collaboration and teamwork

c. Personal and professional development

d. Research

A nurse knows that this part of Philosophy which deals with systematic approaches to
questions of morality is:

Select one:

a. Morals

b. Nursing morals

c. Nursing ethics

d. Ethics

Elmer has responsibilities towards the practice of his profession. Which of the following
is the hallmark of accountability in nursing practice?

Select one:

a. Quality and excellence in the care of patients

b. Promotion of the dignity of the nursing profession

c. Strict compliance to the principles of safe practice.

d. Accurate documentation of actions and outcomes of delivered care.

Maintaining confidentiality of patient information is part of the nurse’s

Select one:

a. role as a counselor

b. managerial functions
c. ethical and moral obligations

d. advocacy role

All of the following are powers and duties of the Board of Nursing. Which one is not?

Select one:

a. Recommend the opening of new nursing schools the CHED

b. Close down the operation of Nursing schools with substandard qualities

c. Conduct investigation and hearing regarding the conduct of nurses

d. Conduct inspection of Nursing Schools in the country

A nurse received sexually oriented images sent via text in her cellular phone that really
annoyed her. The message comes from a male co-worker in the hospital. What is the
most appropriate action of the nurse?

Select one:

a. Reply with vulgar words to let him know that you are mad

b. Report to the NBI

c. Call the police

d. Call the nursing supervisor and report the incident

Select one:

a. exempting

b. mitigating

c. justifying

d. aggravating
Due to some additional information regarding the irregularities committed by the above
mentioned dean, the Board of Nursing suspended the dean for 5 years. Which of the
following statement is true about the action of the Board of Nursing:

Select one:

a. The Board of Nursing cannot suspend any licensed nurse for more than five years.

b. The power of the Board is to issue, suspend and revoke the license of nurses and the
action to suspend the dean for five years is just an exercise of the power of the Board

c. The suspension for five years is proper so that scrupulous nurses will learn their lesson

d. The Board of Nursing cannot suspend any nurse for more than four years

Voluntary plea of guilty in a court proceeding is:

Select one:

a. exempting circumstance

b. justifying circumstance

c. mitigating circumstance

d. alternative circumstance

Maji Simangan is a new graduate of Bachelor of Science in Nursing and intends to

practice his profession in the country upon acquiring his professional license. She
understands that the duty and power to regulate the practice of nursing in the
Philippines is vested on what agency?

Select one:

a. Philippine Nurses Association

b. Board of Nursing
c. Association of Nursing Service Administrators of the Philippines

d. Technical Committee on Nursing Education

A patient was informed by his attending physician about the need for a major surgery.
Which of the following violates the rights of a patient?

Select one:

a. if the client cannot read, the consent form must be read to him before it is signed

b. the risks of treatment and facts relating to it should not be told to the patient or else
he might refuse surgery

c. the patient has no obligation to submit himself for treatment

d. the patient has the right to choose his doctor

The staff nurse on duty refused to have a procedure be done on her patient because the
procedure would do more harm than good to the patient. This is an application of:

Select one:

a. maleficence

b. autonomy

c. non-maleficence

d. justice

All of the following standard parameters to test if negligence is present in a case, which
one is not:

Select one:

a. there is the existence of a duty

b. such failure resulted toil injury

c. there is a failure to perform the duty

d. such failure was committed with intent

Nurse Nalor told you that she heard the nurses could now practice suturing that
lacerated perineum during delivery. Which of the following statement is correct about
the information of Nurse Nalor:

Select one:

a. The law allows the suturing of lacerated perineum even in the RA 7164

b. The law allows suturing of lacerated perineum prvided a special training in

undertaken

c. Nurses are not allowed to do the suturing, only OB doctors are allowed

d. Suturing is exclusively within the practice of medicine only

All of the following are characteristics of giving consent except:

Select one:

a. must be vitiated

b. must be given voluntarily

c. must be lawful

d. must be given by a competent person

The doctor ordered to administer Paracetamol to the patient through the telephone.
Which of the following action is not approppriate in telephone orders:

Select one:
a. The nurse need not sign the order

b. The nurse must have the order countersigned by the doctor ASAP

c. The nurse must be signed by another nurse if there was another nurse present

d. The nurse put the date and time in the chart

All of the following are grounds for suspension/revocation of nurses’ license to practice
except?

Select one:

a. Good moral conduct

b. Malpractice

c. Fraud

d. Deceit

It means loss; injury or harm caused to one’s person, property or rights by negligennce,
design, accident or wrongful act or omission of another is:

Select one:

a. malpractice

b. damage

c. actionable negligence

d. force majeure

Student nurse Maria took the Licensure Examination for the nurse last December 2005.
She obtained a rating of 80% however one of her subject area in that exam was 59%
only. The examination taken by Maria was already her fourth time to take the NLE for
nurses. She asked for an advice from you under RA 9173 about her next step, your
correct response would be:

Select one:

a. Maria must enroll for a refresher course in a school duly recognized be the CHED
offering such before she can apply for another Licensure Examination after failing for
three times.

b. Maria failed her fourth take and she must repeat the entire examination provided that
she takes a refresher course first as provided for by RA 9173.

c. Maria may apply again for the fifth take and she may repeat the entire NLE for nurses
or she may only take that subject area where she obtained 59% and she must get a
grade of 60% this time in order to pass even without enrolling for a refresher course.

d. Maria may apply again for the fifth take and she may repeat the entire NLE for nurses
or she may only take that subject area where she obtained 59% and she must get a
grade of 75% this time in order to pass even without enrolling for a refresher course.

She develops programs on Drug Prevention. As a basis for her program, she quoted
which of the following acts?

Select one:

a. R.A. 2382

b. R.A. 6125

c. R.A. 6675

d. R.A. 9165

A nurse is observing this principle in research which is not to harm his subjects in the
research refers to;

Select one:
a. non-maleficence

b. autonomy

c. justice

d. maleficence

A nursing instructor provides a lecture to nursing students regarding the issue of the
patient’s rights. The instructor asks a nursing student to identify a situation that
represents an example of invasion of patient’s privacy. Which of the following is
identified by the student indicates an understanding of a violation of thie patient’s
right?

Select one:

a. Threatening to give a patient a medication

b. Observing care provided to the patient without the patient’s permission

c. Performing a procedure without consent

d. Telling the patient that he or she cannot leave the hospiotal

The application of self-defense as justifying circumstance to escape criminal liability

requires the following elements, which one is not:

Select one:

a. sufficient provocation on the part of the person defending himself

b. reasonable necessity of the means employed

c. lack of sufficient provocation on the part of the person defending himself

d. unlawful aggression
Ms. Lyn failed to pass the examination for three consecutive attempts. Which of the
following actions can she take?

Select one:

a. Shift to another profession that suits his level of competence

b. None of the above

c. Enroll in a refresher course

d. Take the examination for the fourth time

Nurse Bianca is caring for an epileptic patient in her ward. At 3:30 AM the patient
suddenly had seizure episodes and after that attack, the patient got hold of a 50 cc
syringe a plunged it into the jugular veins of another patient who died from that
sustained injury. What is the circumstance that would affect the criminal liability of the
patient?

Select one:

a. alternative circumstance

b. mitigating circumstance

c. justifying circumstance

d. exempting circumstance

The code governing the nurse’s behavior especially towards patients employing
authority and to the profession is;

Select one:

a. nursing roles

b. justice

c. nursing ethics
d. profession

The act of the actor are in accordance with the law, hence, he incurs no criminal and civil
liability:

Select one:

a. mitigating

b. aggravating

c. exempting

d. justifying

All of the following is aggravating circumstance, which one is not:

Select one:

a. band

b. habituality

c. nighttime

d. intoxication

Felony and misdemeanor are the same as both committed a crime, the only difference is
punishment.

Select one:

a. Neither true nor false

b. False

c. True

d. Either true or false

Alfred works with nurse Jestoni, a senior staff that is perceived to be bad-tempered and
dislikes teaching newcomers. Which of the following actions of Alfred is inappropriate?

Select one:

a. Refrain from doing anything that will discredit the senior staff.

b. Discuss the behavior of the staff with the other staff of the unit.

c. Refrain from making comments on the conduct of the senior staff

d. Safeguard the reputation and dignity of the senior staff.

Accurate, objective and legible recording is fundamental requirement for safe practice
because;

Select one:

a. the chart is a legal document

b. the client reflects medical care given

c. the chart is a means to communicate the progress on the patient’s condition

d. the chart is acceptable as an evidence in court against the doctor, the nurse and the
patient

Accident is:

Select one:

a. mitigating

b. exempting

c. justifying

d. aggravating
Nurse Gie encourages patients to make use of traditional and alternative medicines as
recommended by the DOH. Which of the following laws created the Philippine Institute
of Traditional and Alternative Health Care (PITAHC)?

Select one:

a. R.A. 7305

b. R.A. 8423

c. R.A. 1082

d. R.A. 7392

Ethics is not concerned with the following:

Select one:

a. exercising critical and rational judgment

b. standards of right and wrong

c. practice or beliefs of a certain group

d. investigating issues about human behavior

One of the patients expressed dissatisfaction with the care she received from a particular
staff. Which of the following is the BEST action that Jose would take?

Select one:

a. Inform the staff that this is not tolerated and this will be documented in her 201 file.

b. She asks the specific cause of dissatisfaction from the patient and informs the
particular staff about it.

c. Instruct the particular staff to write an incident report

d. Apologizes for the inconvenience that the incident brought the patient and asks for
the details of the incident.

The doctrine literally means “let the thing speaks for itself”.

Select one:

a. none of the above

b. respondeat superior

c. force majeure

d. Res ipsa loquitor

Respecting the last wishes of a dying patient refers to what nursing care?

Select one:

a. assisting towards a peaceful death

b. curative

c. preventive

d. restorative

RA 9257 provides for the following benefits of a senior citizen, which one is NOT
included? Expanded senior citizen act of 2003

Select one:

a. Free medical and dental services, diagnostic and laboratory fees in government and
private facilities

b. Provision for express lanes for senior citizens

c. 20% discount in fare for domestic air and sea travel, public railways, skyways and bus
fares

d. Exception from payment of income taxes

Nurse Justine was inquiring from you about the composition of the Board of Nursing
under RA 9173. Your correct response would be:

Select one:

a. “There were three members: the chairman who must be a doctor of medicine and two
registered nurses who must have 5 years of experience in the nursing profession”

b. “There are seven members: a chairman and a six members who must be Masters’
Degree holder in nursing.”

c. “There were four members in that act RA 9173”

d. “There were five members of the Board of Nusing under that act.”

This organization established in 1922 was responsible for lobbying our government for
the adoption of the recommendations made by the International Labor Organization in
1977 specifically the ILO Convention 149 and recommendations 157, these deals with
the status of the economic and social welfare of our nursing personnel. It is the only
association existing today as recognized in Philippines Nursing act of 2002 or RA9173

these deals with the status of the economic and social welfare of our nursing personnel.
It is the only association existing today as recognized in Philippines Nursing act of 2002
or RA9173

Select one:

a. National League of Philippine Government Nurses

b. Philippine Nurses Association

c. Philippine School Nurses Association

d. Professional Regulation Commission

Those who, having the knowledge of the commission of a crime, and having
participated therein take part subsequent to its commission are:

Select one:

a. accessories after the fact

b. accessory before the fact

c. accomplices

d. principals

Ms. Banan conducts counseling to parents of newborns about heritable diseases. Which
of the following procedures is covered by RA 9288?

Select one:

a. Denver Developmental Screening Test

b. Newborn Apgar Score

c. Metro Manila Developmental Screening Test

d. Newborn Screening

Nurse Jess Cumlat is aware of his ethical and legal responsibilities as a professional
nurse. He sees to it that he complies with the ethical principles in the care of her
patients. Which of the following principles apply to the action of Jess to refrain from
discussing the disease condition of the patient with those who are not involved in his
care?

Select one:

a. Autonomy
b. Beneficence

c. Non-maleficence

d. Justice

Who will sign the consent for a patient who is an emancipated minor?

Select one:

a. Patient himself

b. Spouse

c. Sibling

d. Parent

A graduating nursing student is aware that when he/she later passes the Nurse
Licensure Examination, he/she will be civil service eligible. What is the basis of this?

Select one:

a. RA 2644

b. RA 6425

c. RA 1080

d. RA 5181

A Dean in the college of Nursing was found guilty of some irregularities as reported to
the Board of Nursing. The Board suspended the license of that Dean to practice nursing
profession for three years however, on the second year of the implemented suspension,
the Suspended Dean taught one subject as a part-time substitute professor. This act of
the dean is:

Select one:

a. Allowed, since she already served one half of her suspension

b. Not allowed under RA 9173

c. Allowed, since part-time teaching is not included in the practice of nursing

d. Not allowed, since she is still under suspension

A patient is brought to the emergency room by the emergency medical services after hit
by a car. The name of the patient is not known. The patient has sustained a severe head
injury and multiple fractures and is unconscious. An emergency craniotomy is required.
In regard to informed consent for the surgical procedure, which of the following is the
best initial nursing action?

Select one:

a. Call the police to identify the client and locate the family

b. Ask the emergency medical service team to sign the informed consent

c. Transport the patient to the operating room for surgery.

d. Obtain a court order for the surgical procedure

It is established principle of law that every human being of adult years and sound mind
has the right to determine what shall be done with his own body.

Select one:

a. none of the above

b. Informed consent

c. Consent

d. Implied consent

All but one are prohibitions in the practice of nursing, which one is not:

Select one:
a. presenting as his or her own the nurse registration of another

b. assuming RN without having been conferred such title or degree

c. using revoked license

d. practicing PDN even if employed by the hospital

Which of the following reports rating would grant your license to practice nursing?

Select one:

a. General rating of 75 and a rating of 60 in Test II

b. General rating of 70 and a rating of 65 in Test I

c. General rating of 80 and a rating of 59 in Test III

d. General rating of 75 and a rating of 55 in Test IV

The Board of Nursing finally altered their suspension order on the erring Dean as a
result of the further investigation that they have encountered. The Board ordered for the
revocation of the certificate of license of the said Dean. Which statement is true abut the
power of the Board to revoke such license?

Select one:

a. A revoked licensed cannot apply again for a new license

b. After a period of four years, revoked license may be re-applied

c. The power of the Board to revoke license is absolute

d. Revoked license by the Board is perpetual

Micha is aware that as a professional nurse, she must submit to the Professional
Regulation Commission proof of participation to CPE activities. How many credit units
are needed for her to submit for a three-year-period?
Select one:

a. 60

b. 30

c. 20

d. 40

Base on the situation on question number 40, what must the Dean do to get back her
certificate of license to practice nursing profession again?

Select one:

a. She must write the Board of Nursing after the lapse of two years

b. She must write the BOard of Nursing after the period of three years to signify her
intention to practice nursing profession again.

c. Nothing, she just wait for her suspension order to be lifted automatically

d. She must write the Board of Nursing after the lapse of four years

The nurse suggested an oral form of the drug to patient rather than deep IM because
the patient is able to tolerate oral drugs. The nurse is using;

Select one:

a. double-effect

b. justice

c. autonomy

d. beneficence
Bob, a graduating nursing student recalls concepts regarding the Philippine Nursing Law
in preparation for his Nurse Licensure Examination. Which of the following Republic Act
refer to the first true Philippine Nursing Law that was approved on March 1, 1919?

Select one:

a. RA 2493

b. RA 7164

c. RA 2802

d. RA 877

Making the basic services and essential goods readily available to the people at
affordable cost is following the principle of:

Select one:

a. justice

b. maleficence

c. veracity

d. autonomy

A nurse calls a physician in regard to a new medication order because the dosage
prescribed is higher than the recommended dosage. The nurse is unable to locate the
physician, and the medication is due to be administered. Which of the following actions
would the nurse take?

Select one:

a. Administer the dose prescribed

b. Contact the nursing supervisor

c. Administer the recommeded dose until the physician can be located

d. Hold the medication until the physician can be contacted

The president of the Republic of the Philippines exercises the sole power to remove or
suspend any member of the Board of Nursing after having been given the opportunity
to defend himself/herself in a proper administrative investigation, on the following
grounds except:

Select one:

a. Contracting a highly communicable disease such as AIDS

b. Continued neglect of duty or incompetence

c. Unprofessional, immoral or dishonorable conduct

d. Commission or toleration of irregularities in the licensure examination

Who is considered as the Captain of the Ship in the Operationg room?

Select one:

a. The scub nurse is liable of all actions in the Operationg room

b. The anesthesiologist is liable of all actions in the Operationg room

c. The circulating nurse is liable of all actions in the Operationg room

d. The surgeon is liable of all actions in the Operationg room

Mr. Gibson, a British national, who is terminally ill, instructed the nurse to refrain from
giving him resuscitation in the event that he goes into cardiac arrest. Which of the
following actions of Jess is NOT within legal norms?

Select one:

a. Prepare the form for advanced directives and ask Mr. Gibson to sign

b. Ask two other persons who are qualified to be witnesses of the signed directive

c. Explain to Mr. Gibson that this is not allowed

d. Attached the advance directives to the patient’s charts.

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The nurse would be correct if she describes that the term of office of the members of
the Board of Nursing is that:

Select one:

a. The chairperson and members of the Board shall hold office for a term of three years
and until their successors shall have been appointed, provided that they shall be eligible
for reappointment for another two terms.

b. The chairperson and members of the Board shall hold office for a term of three years
and until their successors shall have been appointed, provided that they shall no longer
be reappointed for another term.

c. The chairperson and members of the Board shall hold office for a term of six years
and until their successors shall have been appointed, provided that they shall no longer
be reappointed for another term.

d. The chairperson and members of the Board shall hold office for a term of three years
and until their successors shall have been appointed, provided that they may be
reappointed for another term.

Dr. Alvin Sapla made his rounds early in the morning and noticed that the medicine he
ordered the previous day has not been started. He shouted and berated Jose in front of
the other staff nurses. Which of the following actions of Jose is appropriate?

Select one:

a. He shouts back at Dr. Sapla and tells him that his behavior is not acceptable.
b. He blames the staff of the previous shift for not endorsing the unavailability of the
drug.

c. He explains to him that the drug is not available in the hospital pharmacy and had to
be purchased from another drugstore.

d. He cries and reports the incident to the nursing office.

The termination of the product of concept before the child is viable is termed as:

Select one:

a. ad interim

b. abruptio placenta

c. abortion

d. suicide

A doctor was negligent in prescribing a wrong dosage of a drug to your patient. As the
nurse assigned, you questioned the order of the doctor and had it corrected. This is an
application of what principle?

Select one:

a. justice

b. distributive justice

c. autonomy

d. beneficence

A principle that deals with the fairness in the distribution of goods and resources and
services;

Select one:
a. confidentiality

b. stewardship

c. autonomy

d. justice

Anna has to consider managing the resources of the MHO. She knows that the delivery
of basic services and facilities of the national government was transferred to the local
government units. Which of the following laws mandated this?

Select one:

a. R.A. 8423

b. R.A. 1080

c. R.A. 7160

d. R.A. 7305

Nurse Janna Mae hurdled the Local licensure examination and the CGFNS in less than a
year after graduating from the UP college of nursing and she is now due to leave for
abroad but she is hesitant to leave yet because of the requirement of the law to render
mandatory service before leaving to work as a nurse abroad. Which of the following
statement is true?

Select one:

a. Janna Mae must render a mandatory 3 years nursing service in the Philippines before
leaving to work abroad because she is a graduate of State University.

b. Janna Mae must render a one-year mandatory service in the Philippines before
leaving to work abroad as required by the nursing law.

c. Janna Mae must render a mandatory 2 years nursing service in the Philippines before
leaving to work abroad because she is a graduate of State University.
d. Janna Mae may leave as soon as she wants even without rendering the local sevice in
the Philippines.

Ms. Abigail Banan is the Health Education Program Officer of the Solana Municipal
Health Office. She plans to develop programs based on the various laws and directives
from the DOH. She knows that all prescriptions of the municipal health officer should be
in generics. What law provides for this mandate?

Select one:

a. R.A. 7160

b. R.A. 9173

c. R.A. 6675

d. R.A. 1080

The code of ethics is an expression of moral concerns, goals and values of nursing.
Which is a correct characteristic of the Code of Ethics for Nurses?

Select one:

a. it is used as a guideline for nursing standard implementation

b. it has a legal guarantee

c. it describes the professional standards of nursing practice

d. it emphasizes the independent and collaborative roles of nurses

The following are the ethical responsibilities of Jose towards society and environment.
Which one is NOT included?

Select one:

a. Projects an image that will uplift the nursing profession at all times
b. Leads his life in conformity with the principles of right conduct and proper decorum

c. Be involved in community concerns

d. Be a member of the accredited professional organization

In health care, it means the form of personal liberty, where the individual is free to
choose and implement’s one’s own decisions, free from deceit, duress, constraint, or
coercion. The nurse is correct if he states that this ethical principles refers to:

Select one:

a. Autonomy

b. Confidentiality

c. Veracity

d. Stewardship

A nurse would be correct if he/she identifies that all of the following except one are
characterisics of the principle of Beneficence.

Select one:

a. A nurse must not allow to give a wrong medication for the client

b. A nurse must always remove evil or harm for his client

c. A nurse must always prevent evil or harm for his patient

d. A nurse must always promote good for his client

Your classmate Jane passed the examination but was not allowed to be registered. The
following are grounds for such; which one is unlikely?

Select one:
a. Unsound mind

b. Guilty of immoral or dishonorable conduct

c. She is 18 years of age

d. She was convicted by final judgment of criminal act involving moral turpitude

Nurse Jei inquired from you regarding the descriptions of a professional person, your
response would be:

Select one:

a. autonomy

b. all of the above

c. accountability

d. competence

All of the following are qualifications of a faculty of nursing under RA 9173

Select one:

a. Be a member of good standing in the accredited professional organization of nurses

b. Be a registered nurse in the Philippines

c. Be a natural born citizen of the Philippines

d. Have at least 1 year of clinical practice in the field of specialization

If a crime is not produced despite the performance by the offender of all the acts of
execution necessary to produce it dependent the will of the offender is:

Select one:
a. attempted

b. frustrated

c. none of the above

d. consummated

A nurse shall not participate upon immoral operations such as abortion even if the
doctor commands it is following the principle of;

Select one:

a. non-maleficence

b. justice

c. totality

d. beneficence

When there is a conflict in the care of patients, which of the following must a nurse use
to guide his action?

Select one:

a. Judgment of the attending physician

b. Court ruling

c. Decision of the relatives

d. Patient’s rights

Nurse Nalor is a newly hired staff in your ward. She is a fresh nursing graduate and had
just recently passed the local board examination for nurses. She is hesitant in giving an
intravenous injection because of the laws governing nurses giving IV therapy. Which
statement is incorrect:
Select one:

a. IV therapy cannot be given wihtout training under RA 9173

b. The new law abolished said training but the Nursing Service Adminiatrators still
requires formal training in thhis aspect

c. The nurse must give IV medication as the new already abolished the prohibition of
nurses giving IV therapy without training.

d. RA 9173 abolished the special IV therapy training requirement present in RA9164

Who among the following can witness a will?

Select one:

a. an insane person

b. a person with no money

c. a person convicted of a crime involving perjury

d. a person who is deaf-mute and unable to write

The fourfold fundamental responsibility of the nurse as promoted by the Code of Ethics
in nursing includes all of the following except:

Select one:

a. Promote health

b. Restore health

c. Prevent illness

d. Alleviate terminal illness

Nurse Emy reported for her shift in the hospital with personal problem. When she was
giving the medication, she was not paying full attention to her function that led her to
error. She gave the wrong medication dose to a patient, however, she notified her
supervisor and called the physician about the incident. Nurse Emy understands that:

Select one:

a. Incident will be repored to the Board of Nursing

b. Incident will be documented in Emy’s personnel file

c. Her error will result automatically to suspesnsion

d. Incident report is required and it is a method of promoting quality care and risk
management

Which of the following qualifications is NOT mandated for a newly registered nurse to
be accepted to the position of a staff nurse?

Select one:

a. Must be physically and mentally fit

b. With 60 credit units in CPE

c. Licensed and registered nurse

d. BSN graduate

It is defined as a rule of civil conduct prescribed by the supreme power in a state,

commanding what is right and prohibiting what is wrong.

Select one:

a. Profession al Adjustment

b. Ethics

c. Jurisprudence
d. Law

Krista Bangs just passed the Philippine Nurse Licensure Examination. She plans to apply
for her new job as a staff nurse in a tertiary hospital. During the interview, the Director
of Nursing asks Krista about the key areas of responsibilities that she can do as a
beginning professional. Which of the following is a correct response of Krista? “ I can…

Select one:

a. deliver safe and quality care to patients

b. set priorities in rendering care to patients

c. discuss the pathophysiology of the patient’s disease process

d. administer medications to patients

The present Code of Ethics for Nurses in the Philippines was approved by the Board of
Nursing through:

Select one:

a. Bon Resolution No. 110

b. BON Resolution No. 1955

c. BON Resolution No. 220

d. BON Resolution No. 633

The amended Code of Ethics for nurses describes the conduct of the nurses as:

Select one:

a. Something that must bring fotune to the nurse

b. Something that would bring money for the country

c. Something that would bring heroism

d. Something that would bring credit to the profession

The nurse said to a patient who refused to take her medicine, "I will pinch you if you will
not take your medicine". This is:

Select one:

a. battery

b. treachery

c. negligence

d. assault

It is the process which the attendance of a witness is required; it is a writ or order

directed to a person requiring his attendance at a particular time and place to testify as
a witness:

Select one:

a. Warrant of arrest

b. summons

c. search warrant

d. subpoena

Nurse Demi is aspiring to become a member of the Board of Nursing. She asked you
about the qualifications of the Board. Your correct response would be all of the
following except:

Select one:

a. Must be a master’s degreee holder

b. Not have been convicted of any offense involving perjury or falsification of public
documents

c. Be natural born citizen and resident of the Philippines

d. Have atleast ten years of continuous practiceof the profession prior o appoinment

Impulse of uncontrollable fear is:

Select one:

a. justifying circumstance

b. exempting circumstance

c. mitigating circumstance

d. alternative circumstance

AJ Domingo just passed the licensure examination and was accepted as a trainee in
Cagayan Valley Medical Center, a prestigious tertiary hospital. One area of competency
that he must develop is on ethical responsibility. Which of the following ethical
responsibilities is a priority for AJ?

Select one:

a. Promote the image of the profession

b. Promote life at all cost

c. Maintain a healthy environment

d. Respect the individuality of patients

This term refers to judgment principles of what is right and wrong in relation to human
conduct and character:

Select one:
a. ethics

b. morals

c. justice

d. autonomy

Zaza, a friend of Bob is an internationally recognized nurse specialist who wishes to

practice in the Philippines. Bob explains to her that Zaza can have her registration
through?

Select one:

a. special/temporary permit

b. examination

c. any of the above

d. reciprocity

One of Dolor’s patients is terminally-ill with lung cancer. The patient’s relatives signified
their intention to stop the nasogastric tube feeding of the patient. Which of the
following responses of Dolor is ethical?

Select one:

a. “The patient needs nasogastric tube feeding even if he is dying”

b. “I suggest that you consult first your physician on this matter”

c. “You have to sign a waiver of responsibility”

d. “I agree with you, that will just prolong the agony of the patient”