N392 Nursing Practice Act - State of North Carolina Final Exam With Complete Verified Solutions.
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Course
Nurse Practice Act
Institution
Nurse Practice Act
Who wrote the North Carolina Nurse Practice Act? - Answer NC General Assembly
Who are the members of the North Carolina Board of Nursing? - Answer 14 members: 8 of whom are RN's, 3 are LPN's, and 3 are representatives of the public at-large;
How do you become a member of the board of nu...
N392 Nursing Practice Act - State of
North Carolina Final Exam With
Complete Verified Solutions.
Who wrote the North Carolina Nurse Practice Act? - Answer NC General Assembly
Who are the members of the North Carolina Board of Nursing? - Answer 14 members: 8 of whom are
RN's, 3 are LPN's, and 3 are representatives of the public at-large;
How do you become a member of the board of nursing? - Answer You run for the position and are
elected by other nurses. Only the 3 public members are appointed.
Who is the Board of Nursing? And what is their purpose? - Answer The North Carolina Board of Nursing
protects the public by regulating the practice of nursing.
What is the charge from the NPA to the Board of Nursing? - Answer The Nursing Practice Act charges
the Board of Nursing to act, interpret, regulate, enforce, and discipline the Nursing Practice Act
What is the relationship between the NPA and the Board of Nursing? - Answer The Nursing Practice Act
defines the regulation - the law - and delegates the Board of Nursing to execute the regulation.
These are interdependent, reciprocal, symbiotic, and must function together.
What is the North Carolina Nursing Practice Act? - Answer It's a Law that regulates nursing practice in
the state of North Carolina.
True or False: The Nurse Practice Act explains the 'how to' for how to be a nurse? - Answer False. The
NPA describes the Scope of nursing, not how to practice nursing.
What is the Scope of an RN according to the NPA? - Answer Assessing, Recording/Reporting -
Assessment results and Plan of Care, Planning, Implementation, Teaching - other providers or patients,
Collaborating with other Health Professionals, Supervising, Maintaining safe/effective nursing care
whether rendered directly or Indirectly
, What is the very first component of the RN's role according to the NPA? - Answer Assessment of the
patient's physical and mental health, including the patient's reactions to illnesses and treatment
regimens.
What does the NPA say about RN practice in regards to patient safety? - Answer Providing for the
maintenance of safe & effective nursing care, whether rendered directly or indirectly;
The RN is responsible for safe/effective care to the patient both Directly & Indirectly rendered /given;
True or False: An RN is accountable for any patient care they delegate - Answer True. The RN is
accountable if they delegate to others, including to other RNs, LPNs, CNAs, & unlicensed personnel.
What does the NPA say about RNs practice in regards to delegation? - Answer An RN can delegate tasks
that are low risk, repetitive and don't have risky, critical findings - i.e. won't change care plan based on
findings;
No major impact to patient outcome - like vital signs in critical situation - the RN would not delegate;
True or False: You should always do the assessment or care yourself if you are potentially going to modify
care plans based on your findings. - Answer True.
What is the primary purpose of the Nursing Practice Act? - Answer To protect the public
What is the style of language used to write the NPA? - Answer It's broad and ambiguous. Legalese.
Lawyer style writing.
Why is the NPA stylistically written in legalese? 2 key reasons - Answer 1. Needs to be able to be argued
in a court of law
2. Needs to apply to lots of types of nursing.
How does RN practice differ from LPN practice according to the NPA? Give 2 examples. - Answer 1. RN
makes plans of care & LPN can only participate in the plan;
2. RN can delegate to LPN, but LPN cannot delegate to RN;
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