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Primary resources for state law 
Texas Board of Nursing Nursing Practice Acts 
 
 
 
Nursing Jurisprudence 
Rules/ Ethics/ Morals and how the nurses function in a healthcare setting 
 
 
 
Texas Nurse Practice Acts 
301 
-BON, , defines responsibility for regulating nursing education, licensure and practice 
 
303 
-Regulates nursing peer review 
 
304 
-Relates to nursing Licensure compact 
 
 
 
Texas BON Mission Statement 
Protect and promote welfare of the people of Texas by ensuring that ea...
What is the purpose of the nurse practice acts ? 
To protect and promote the welfare of the people of Texas by ensuring that each person holding a license as a nurse in this state is competent to practice safely 
 
-Defines the term "RN" and who may use it 
Protected 
-Sets requirements for licensure ( Background check , ----obtain a degree from accredited school , pay fee, ) 
-Describes professional nursing duties 
-Specifies grounds for disciplinary action 
 
 
 
Is the NPA the same in all 5...
Professional Counselors apply... 
Mental health, psychotherapeutic & human development principles 
 
 
 
LPCs facilitate... 
Human development, life span adjustment; prevent assess, evaluate & treat mental, emotional & behavioral disorders & distress; conduct assessments & evals; establish Tx plans & goals; evaluate Tx plans & interventions. 
 
 
 
Counseling is defined as 
Assisting clients through therapeutic relationship, using combo of mental health & development principles/methods & P/T to ...
Can a patient successfully sue a doctor if there is no physician-patient relationship? 
No 
 
 
 
If there is no prior physician-patient relationship, are you legally obliged to respond to a call from a patient for treatment? 
No 
 
 
 
Does being on call give rise to a physician-patient relationship? 
No 
 
 
 
How can one terminate a physician-patient relationship, without abandonment if there is ongoing treatment? 
30 days written notice; must provide for emergency 
 
 
 
Does a physician's ...
A nurse who contacts a physician to clarify a medication order is 
fulfilling a duty to keep the patient safe. 
 
 
 
A BON investigator in the enforcement division collected evidence that supports the BON's formal charges against a nurse regarding violations of the NPA and board rules. Attempts to notify the nurse via standard and certified mail at the nurse's last address of record have been returned to the BON office as being "undeliverable or not at this address." Since the investigator ...
Negliegence 
Failure to do something that a normally prudent person would do 
 
 
 
Battery 
Carrying out threatened physical contact 
 
 
 
Assault 
threat or attempt to injure 
 
 
 
Libel 
A written defamation of a person's character, reputation, business, or property rights. 
 
 
 
Slander 
spoken defamation 
 
 
 
Abandonment 
withdrawing medical care from a patient without providing sufficient notice to the patient 
 
 
 
False Imprisonment 
restraining an individual or restricting an ind...
How can one terminate a physician-patient relationship, without abandonment, if there is ongoing treatment? 
30 days written notice, must provide for emergency 
 
 
 
What is "proximate cause"? 
Prove that negligence caused harm and that the cause was not too remote; what is required to a hold a defendant liable in a civil lawsuit 
 
 
 
What are the two components of proximate cause? 
Cause-in-fact (but-for test) and forseeability 
 
 
 
In a medical malpractice setting, what two instances do...
The passing score on each part of the National Board Examination is what? 
375 
 
 
 
The passing score for the Jurisprudence Examination is what? 
75% 
 
 
 
True or False: 
 
An applicant may not take the Jurisprudence Examination unless he or she has complied with all the requirements in the Chiropractic Act, Occupations Code 
True 
 
 
 
If an applicant notifies the board no later than one day prior to the date of examination that he or she is unable to take the examination, what will happen...
Primary resources for state law 
Texas Board of Nursing 
Nursing Practice Acts 
 
 
 
Nursing Jurisprudence 
Rules/Ethics/Morals and how the nurses function in a healthcare setting. 
 
 
 
Texas Nurse Practice Acts 
301 
-BON, , defines responsibility for regulating nursing education, licensure and practice 
 
303 
-Regulates nursing peer review 
 
304 
-Relates to nursing Licensure compact 
 
 
 
Texas BON Mission Statement 
Protect and promote welfare of the people of Texas by ensuring that ea...
Primary resources for state law 
Texas Board of Nursing Nursing Practice Acts 
 
 
 
Nursing Jurisprudence 
Rules/ Ethics/ Morals and how the nurses function in a healthcare setting 
 
 
 
Texas Nurse Practice Acts 
301 
-BON, , defines responsibility for regulating nursing education, licensure and practice 
 
303 
-Regulates nursing peer review 
 
304 
-Relates to nursing Licensure compact 
 
 
 
Texas BON Mission Statement 
Protect and promote welfare of the people of Texas by ensuring that ea...