Chapter 04: Nursing Licensure and Certification

Chapter 04: Nursing Licensure and Certification

Complete Chapter Questions With Answers

Sample Questions Are Posted Below

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. The advanced practice nurse who is seeking information about requirements for practice in a specialized area should contact the:

ANS:  C

Correct: The nurse should contact the ANCC to determine the education, experience, and examination requirements that must be met if one is to become certified.

Incorrect:

1. The ANA is a professional organization that represents all nurses.
2. The NLN is a professional organization whose members represent multiple disciplines; this group conducts many types of activities, including accreditation of nursing education programs.
3. The NCSBN is an organization whose membership consists of the board of nursing from each territory of the state.

DIF:    Application    REF:   p. 71

2. The primary purpose of licensure for RNs is to:

ANS:  C

Correct: Protecting the public is one of the essential purposes of the state board of nursing, which regulates licensure.

1. Licensure protects the legal title of registered nurse, not nurse.
2. Demonstration of a specialized body of knowledge is a characteristic of a profession.
3. Enhancing recognition for the profession is not a function of licensure.

DIF:    Knowledge     REF:   p. 65

3. Nurse practice acts:

ANS:  A

Correct: Just as other sections of state codes are written and passed by legislators, so is the nurse practice act of each state.

Incorrect:

1. Nurse practice acts represent the aims and concerns of many individuals and groups.
2. Nurse practice acts represent the aims and concerns of many individuals and groups, not only those of nurses.
3. Nurse practice acts affect nurses, and dentists do not in any way influence these acts.

DIF:    Knowledge     REF:   p. 69

4. To ensure that nursing legislation is current and is reviewed by specific dates, if a nurse practice act fails to be reviewed, it is automatically rescinded under which law?

ANS:  B

Correct: Sunset legislation may be included in a state’s nurse practice act, and this means that the act must be reviewed by a specific date; if not, it is automatically rescinded.

Incorrect:

1. A nurse review act does not exist.
2. Mandatory revocation of licensure is a function that falls under the domain of the state board of nursing.
3. Grandfathering refers to a statutory process by which previously licensed persons are included without further action in revisions or additions to nurse practice acts.

DIF:    Application    REF:   p. 69

5. Current trends in telecommunications and increased mobility of nurses have led to approval of a mutual recognition model of nursing regulation, in which nurses are allowed to practice in states that are compact states without obtaining a license in each state. On which website would a nurse find a list of current compact states?

ANS:  B

Correct: The NCSBN website contains this information.

Incorrect:

1. The NLN is an accrediting body.
2. The AACN is an association of baccalaureate and higher degree programs.
3. The CCNE is an accrediting body.

DIF:    Knowledge     REF:   p. 70