1.

Which of the following areas should be

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represented by the members of the board?
1. Nursing Education 5. Some functions of the board are
2. Nursing Practice considered to be quasi- legislative. Which of the
3. Community Health Nursing
4. Maternal and Child Health Nursing
following functions belong to this category?
a. 1,2,3 a. Ensure quality nursing education by examining
b. 2,3,4 prescribed facilities of colleges of nursing.
c. 1,3,4 b. Monitor and enforce quality standards of nursing
d. 1,2,3,4 education in the Philippines
c. Prescribe, adopt and promulgate guidelines,
regulations, measures and decisions as maybe
2. The following are the qualifications of necessary for the improvement of the nursing
practice
the Chairperson of the Board. Which one is d. Issue, suspend and revoked certificates of
NOT included? registration for the practice of nursing.

a. A natural born citizen and resident of the Clear selection

Philippinen
b. Member of good standing of the Philippine 6. The board may allow licensed nurses
Nurses Association
c. Be a registered nurse and holder of a Master’s from foreign countries or state or practice
Degree in Nursing Education nursing in the Philippines through special and
d. Have at least ten years of continuous practice of
the profession prior to appointment. Provided, temporary permit if they belong to the following
however that the last one year of which shall be in categories EXCEPT:
the Philippines
a. Internationally – well specialist or outstanding
experts in any branch of specialty of nursing.
b. Nurses on medical mission whose services shall
3. The following are grounds for removal be free in a particular hospital, center or clinic
or suspension of the board, except? c. Employed by schools, colleges of nursing as
exchange professors in any branch or specialty
a. Serious ignorance and gross incompetence nursing
b. Continued neglect of duty or incompetence d. ‘Balikbayan” nurses who want to practice nursing
c. Immoral, unprofessional or dishonorable conduct in order to earn credits for continuing professional
d. Commission or toleration or irregularities in the education
licensure examination
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7. The following are grounds for the
4. Which of the following considered
suspension and revocation of certificates of
quasi- judicial powers of the Board?
registration/professional license or special/
a. Conduct licensure examination temporary permit, which one is NOT included?
b. Recognize nursing specialty organization
c. Conduct hearing and investigations to resolve a. Use of fictitious date in obtaining a professional
complaints against nurses license
d. Promulgate a Code of Ethics for nurses. b. Commission of serious negligence
c. Unprofessional or unethical conduct
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organization
11. Which of the following might negate
liability on the part of the nurse in a negligent
8. Nurse Ildefonso wanted to upgrade
action?
himself from being a staff nurse to a nursing
a. The client consented to the act
service administrator. Section 29 of RA 9173 b. The harm was not reasonably foreseeable
specifies that a person occupying supervisory or c. The nurse had not been taught to do the procedure
in nursing school
managerial positions requiring knowledge of
d. Other foreseeable acts occurred that added to the
nursing must have the following qualifications: client’s injury
1. Be a registered nurse in the Philippines
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2. Have at least 2 years of experience in general
nursing service administration
3. Possess a degree of BSN, with at least 9 units in 12. The nurse’s liability in terms of the
management and administration courses at the patient’s consent to receive health services is to:
graduate level
4. Be a member of good standing of the accredited a. Be certain that the physician has prepared the
professional organization of nurses client.
a. 1,2,4 b. Ensure that the client is fully informed before
b. 2,3,4 being asked to sign a consent form.
c. 1,2,3 c. Check that the client understands the details of the
d. ALL surgery.
d. The nurse would not be liable-the physician
would be.
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not performing well in the licensure 13. Which of the following is an example of
examination is within the jurisdiction of: continuing education for nurses?
a. BON a. Attending the hospital’s fire safety program
b. CHED b. Talking with a company representative about a
c. PNA new piece of equipment
d. Government c. Receiving a certificate of completion for a
workshop on legal aspects of nursing
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computer charting system
10. When a member of the Board of Nursing
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the office after the end of her lawful term until 14. The nurse is to give a medication she has
she is replaced is under the doctrine of: not given before. When checking the drug
a. Ad interim appointment handbook, she reads that the ordered amount is
b. Regular appointment
c. Hold over appointment an unusually large dose. A nurse who is aware
d. Permanent appointment
of nursing liability would do which of the b. Duty, damages, and causation
c. Duty, breach of duty, and damages
following actions? d. Breach of duty, damages, and causation
a. Give the medication
b. Call the physician 18. In which way do nurses play a key role
c. Call the pharmacist in error prevention?
d. Not give the medication
a. Identifying incorrect dosages or potential
interactions of prescribed medications.
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b. Never questioning the order of the physician
because he’s ultimately responsible for the patient
15. An elderly client wants to go home after outcome.
recovering from her hip replacement. The c. Notifying the DOLE of violations in the
family wants her to go to a nursing home. workplace.
d. Informing the patient of his bill of rights as a
Acting as a patient advocate, the nurse: patient.
a. Informs the family that the client has a right to
decide on her own. 19. A patient with a history of heart disease
b. Ask the physician to discharge the patient to home is scheduled for cataract surgery when he tells
c. Suggest the patient hire a lawyer to protect her sthe nurse that he’s experiencing chest
rights
d. Helps the patient and family communicate their discomfort and shortness of breath. The nurse
views to each other administers a nitroglycerine tablet sublingually
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as ordered by the admitting physician but fails
to notify the physician, surgeon, or
16. Mang Kok has been admitted to the anesthesiologist. If the patient suffers a massive
med-surg unit from the PACU. While the nurse heart attack during surgery, the nurse could be
is off the floor, Mang Kok fall out of bed and held liable for which malpractice charge?
fractures his right leg and right wrist. The nurse
a. Failure to act as a patient advocate
finding him states that the “side rails were down b. Failure to communicate with the patient
and the bed was in the high position.’ Legal c. Failure to assess, monitor, and communicate
d. Failure to protect from harm
charges are filed against the nurse and the
hospital. Which of the following charges is the 20. Nurse Minerva has been a member of the
most appropriate? Board of Nursing for the last two years.
a. Collective liability Unfortunately, due to health reasons, she had to
b. Comparative negligence step down. Nurse Annie has been selected to
c. Battery
d. Negligence
replace Minerva. This appointment is known as:
a. Regular appointment
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c. Permanent appointment
17. Mang Kok’s attorney must prove which d. Ad interim appointment
element for a professional negligence action?
a. Duty, breach of duty, damages and causation
21. Which of the following circumstances is 25. Which of the following should a nurse
considered mitigating? remember in cases when doctors requested them
a. When the offender is under 18 years of age or to give the anesthesia?
over 70 years old a. The nurse has the right to refuse it, if the doctor’s
b. Person over 9 years of age and under 15 years act is unlawful
unless he/she acted with discernment. b. Doctor’s order should always be written
c. An imbecile or an insane person unless the latter c. The nurses may render medical procedure if the
has acted during a lucid interval. doctor supervises her
d. When an offender takes advantage of his public d. The staff nurses can be accused of insubordination
position. if she does not follow all doctors’ order
22. A grave felony is punishable by the 26. To guarantee safe IV practice, a
following, except: registered nurse must undergo:
a. Imprisonment ranging from 6 years and 1 day to a. Special training based on a protocol
life imprisonment b. Advanced skills in IV therapy
b. A fine of P60,000.00 c. Special training under PNA
c. Capital punishment (DEATH) d. Competence as certified by the school
d. A fine not exceeding P6,000.00
27. With special IV training, a registered
23. When all the elements necessary for its
nurse can now administer the injection:
execution and accomplishment are present, this
degree of the acts of execution which produces a a. As an independent function
b. In the presence of a physician
felony is considered to be: c. With IV order of a doctor
a. Frustrated d. As assigned by the head nurse
b. Consummated
c. Attempted 28. The doctrine of respondeat superior
d. Misdemeanor applies:

24. Mr. Jerome is in terminal stage of lung a. Where the injury occurs while the servant is not
within the legitimate scope of his authority
cancer. He tells you that he has a living will. b. Where the injury occurred in the course of his
You have known that the client’s living will employment
c. When the injury occurred outside the commerce
involve which one of the following? of man
a. A document signed by the client’s family for the d. When the instrumentality was with the full control
provider to withhold medical treatment when death of the servant
is eminent
b. The medical treatment a client chooses to 29. Each professional nurse must be legally
withhold if he is rendered unable to make decisions accountable in all his actions which involve
c. It is confidential and not part of the client’s
medical record proper monitoring and recording. The legal
d. Provides that the client’s wishes need not be implication of this is due to:
followed if life can be prolonged
a. That regardless if the nurse recorded his
observation or not, he shall not be accountable and
liable
b. If the nurse did not document anything, he shall 34. Althea, accused of a crime, is sixteen
not be liable
c. It was not written although it was performed, it is years old. Which circumstance affecting liability
considered as not having been done at all is applicable?
d. Because a chart needs to be completed by
handwritten words a. mitigating
b. justifying
30. It is an agreement upon sufficient c. aggravating
d. exempting
consideration, to do or not to do a particular
thing. 35. The ff. actions may constitute invasion
a. Contract of privacy, except:
b. Will
a. public disclosure of private info
c. Agreement
b. Appropriation of a person’s name/license
d. None of the above
c. Publicity that places the persons in false light
d. Intrusion upon the person’s seclusion private
31. The patient was not criminally liable concerns
because he was found out to be insane when he
committed the crime. 36. The use of drug prescriptions in their
generic names is required by
a. Mitigating Circumstances
b. Exempting Circumstances a. RA 6425
c. Justifying Circumstances b. R.A 6675
d. Aggravating Circumstances c. R.A 8344
d. EO 349
32. Sunshine is the maid of a business
tycoon, Mr. By. She saw Dr. Neneng injected 37. Fair & orderly legal proceeding
morphine into Mr. By which caused him go into undertaken to protect individual’s right/
respiratory depression. Mr. By eventually died. liberties. It is also known as a “law that hears
She can be called into the witness stand on the before it condemns, which proceeds upon
basis of which legal order? inquiry and renders judgment only after trial”

a. Summon a. Due process

b. Subpoena b. Privacy of communication
c. Injunction c. Liberty of abode
d. Subpoena duces tecum d. None of the above

33. It is a crime committed by one who kills 38. The nurse should be knowledgeable on
his father, mother or child whether legitimate or laws concerning communicable and infectious
illegitimate. diseases. This law advocated for “contact
tracing” for individuals diagnosed of having
a. Homicide
b. Parricide STDs:
c. Infanticide
a. RA 3573
d. None of the above
b. RA 4073
c. RA 6675
d. RA 8504
39. In relation to taking an informed consent c. Member of good standing in the accredited
professional organization of nurses
from a 17-year-old adolescent, the nurse should d. Be a holder of Master's degree in nursing,
remember that the adolescent: education or other allied medical and health sciences

a. Is not capable of accepting and choosing 44. During strong typhoon, a glass fragment
b. Is able to give voluntarily when parents are not
available
from the broken window of the Hospital hit the
c. Does not have the legal capacity to give consent patient's arm causing an open wound that
d. Will most likely be unable to choose between needed suturing. The RN defendant can invoke
alternatives when asked to consent
as defense the Doctrine for.
40. Which among the following is a basic, a. Res Ipsa Loquitor
but is very important in the dynamic and direct b. Force Majeure
care for the nurse's client? c. Respondeat superior
d. None of these
a. Nursing standards
b. Nursing care plan 45. Andrea is working as a staff nurse in
c. Nursing process ABS Maternity Hospital. Her performance
d. Nursing course audit
showed marked improvement over the past 3
41. Theodore is currently employed as a years. However, she has not been able to renew
staff nurse at St. Michael Medical Clinic. In the her license for a year now. She will probably be
event that Theodore will be convicted of admonished by the Board of Nursing by:
negligence in providing medication to his a. An imprisonment of 6 months plus 4,000 fine
patient, the Board of Nursing will probably b. A fine of 50,000 pesos
admonish him by: c. A suspension for 2 years
d. A fine of 30,000 plus 2 months imprisonment
a. Fines for P9, 100
b. Imprisonment of 1 year 46. After speaking with the parents of a
c. Suspension for 3 years child dying from leukemia, the physician gives a
d. Indefinite suspension
verbal DNR order but refuses to put it in
42. False testimony under oath. writing. The nurse should:
a. Perjury a. Follow the order as given by the physician.
b. Double Jeopardy b. Refuse to follow the order, unless the nursing
c. Conspiracy supervisor OKs it.
d. None of the above c. Ask the physician to write the order in pencil on
the client’s chart before leaving.
43. Dorothy is about to take the licensure d. Determine whether the family is in accord with
examination for nurses. She dreams of pursuing the physician and follow hospital policy.
a career as a clinical faculty someday. Which of 47. Incompetence is the lack of skills,
the following classifications is not mandatory? knowledge and competence to perform one’s
a. Must have three years of clinical practice in any duties and responsibilities. This is correctly
field of nursing
b. Be an RN in the Philippines portrayed in which of the following situations:
a. The nurse leaves her work to join the nurse’s client a written literature yesterday. However,
strike
b. The nurse is unable to correctly perform the junior nurse noticed that the adolescent
administering IM medications cannot fully understand the injection technique
c. The nurse threatens a child that he will be
punished if he will not take his medication and proceeded with the showing of the video.
d. The nurse sutures the wound on the left hand of The junior nurse is exhibiting:
the patient
a. Noncompliance
48. Section 4 of RA 9173 prescribes the b. Paternalism
c. Informed consent
qualifications needed of a chairpersons and d. Autonomy
members of the board. Which of the following
51. Which of the following is one of the uses
shall be qualified for appointment to the board
of code of ethics in nursing administration?
of nursing?
a. It serves as a guide in performance evaluation.
a. Nurse Venus, born in Cebu, with a master’s
b. It provides a framework for quality assurance.
degree in Education, and 30 years of continuous
c. It provides legal principles upon which to base
practice, with only 4 years experience in Bacolod
nursing decisions.
b. Nurse Roman, born in Bohol, with a master’s
d. It gives nurses a frame of reference in judgments
degree in nursing, 18 years of continuous practice,
in complex nursing situations.
with the last 6 years in Jolo, Sulu.
c. Nurse Migbellis, born in Venezuela, with a
52. One night, Mr. Kung Fu was rushed to
master’s degree in nursing, and all 30 years of
continuous practice in Valenzuela City. the hospital due to a massive heart attack. As
d. Nurse Corazon, born in Maguindanao, with a per the doctor’s assessment, he needed an
master’s degree in public health, and 28 years of
continuous practice, the last 5 years in Montreal, emergency by-pass operation. A large clot has
Canada been identified as the cause of the heart attack.
49. Nurses are protected from all legal The patient was prepared for an immediate
action when they: surgery. The patient’s condition deteriorated in
the middle of the operation and eventually died.
a. Offer health teaching regarding family planning
b. Offer first aid at the scene of an automobile-bus The doctor told the circulating nurse to inform
accident the relatives of the sad news. The nurse went to
c. Administer CPR measures on an unconscious
child pulled from a swimming pool. approach the relatives and told them of what just
d. Report incidents of suspected child abuse to the happened. What is the ethical principle observed
appropriate authorities.
in this situation?
50. A 16-year-old client was admitted due to a. Veracity
juvenile diabetes mellitus. During the b. Autonomy
c. Fidelity
endorsement, the junior nurse tells the other d. Justice
nurses that she plans to show the client a video
53. Which of the following is not in
for self-injection techniques of insulin. A senior
accordance with the New Code of Ethics for
staff remarked that video showing is not
Nurses?
necessary because she has already given the
a. Lobbying in Congress for legislations to improve 1. Full name of the registrant
nurses’ socioeconomic conditions 2. Serial number
b. Always deferring to physicians 3. Signature of the chairperson of the commission on
c. Being involved in social issues the member of the board
d. Promoting healthy environment 4. Official seal of the commission
5. Signature of the President of the Accredited
54. According to Code on Nurses and Professional Organization
a. 1,2,3
Practice, “Nurses are advocates of clients. They
b. 1,2,4,5
take appropriate steps to safeguard patients’ c. 1,2,3,4
rights and privileges.” This means that nurses d.1,2,3,5
must: 57. As a nurse, he should be guided by the
a. Respect the Nurses’ Bill of Rights in the delivery Nursing Law in the country. Which is NOT a
of nursing care
provision of this law?
b. Uphold the nurse’s right when conflict arises
regarding management of client’s care a. Increases the composition of the Board from five
c. Provide client all the information he needs for to seven representing nursing education, service and
decision making community health nursing.
d. Accept any gift, favor or hospitality given by the b. Requires those nurses who have been away from
client. practice to undergo one month of didactic training
and five months of practicum before returning to the
55. John just graduated from college with a workplace
Degree of Bachelor of Science in Nursing from c. Recognition of nursing specialty organizations in
coordination with the accredited professional
a recognized college of nursing. He intended to organization.
take the integrated comprehensive nurse d. Provides for incentives and benefits systems for
nurses and their dependents.
licensure examination so he can practice his
profession after passing the said examination. 58. Two of the following statements are true
Which of the following requirements is NOT about the new Nursing Law, which two are not?
needed for John to qualify for the said 1. It guarantees the delivery of quality basic health
examination? services through an adequate nursing personnel
system throughout the country.
a. A holder of Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing from a 2. Requires the member of the Board to resign from
college or university that complies with the any employment both in the government and private
standards of nursing education duly recognized by institutions.
the proper government agency. 3. Requires the Chairman of the Board to be a holder
b. Must be a good moral character of a doctorate degree
c. A citizen of the Philippines 4. Amends the Philippine Nursing Act of 1991
d. A member of the accredited professional a. 1 & 2
organization b. 3 & 4
c. 2 & 3
56. Nurse Cheska was issued a certificate of d.2 & 4
registration by the Board of Nursing. Which of
59. The best definition of tort is:
the following information should be shown in
the certificate? a. The application of force to the person of another
by a reasonable individual.
b. An illegality committed by one person against a 62. When teaching about child abuse, the
property or person of another.
c. Doing something that a reasonable person under nurse tells a parent group that the best legal
ordinary circumstances would not do. definition of assault is:
d. An illegality committed against the public and
punishable by the law through the courts. a. Threats to do bodily harm to the person of another
person.
60. A 2-year-old child is admitted to the b. The application of force to another person without
lawful justification.
hospital with a diagnosis of pneumonia and is c. A legal wrong committed by one person against
given antibiotics, fluids, and oxygen. The the property of another.
child’s temperature continues to rise until it d. A legal wrong committed against the public and
punishable by law through the state and courts.
reaches 103 ̊F (39.4 ̊C). The nurse calls the
physician at the mother’s request, but the 63. When teaching staff about legal
physician sees no harm for alarm or change in terminology used in child abuse, he nurse
treatment, even though the child has a history of emphasizes that the term battery means:
convulsions during previous periods of high a. A legal wrong committed by one person against
fever. Although concerned, the nurse takes no the property of another.
b. Maligning the character of an individual while
further action. Later the child has a convulsion threatening to do bodily harm.
that results in neurologic impairment of the left c. The application of force to the person of another
person without lawful justification.
arm and leg. Legally: d. Doing something that a reasonable person with
a. The physician’s decision takes precedence over the same education or preparation would not do.
the nurse’s concern.
b. The nurse’s failure to further question the 64. A 15-year-old is taken to the emergency
physician placed the child at risk. room of the local hospital after stepping on a
c. The physician is totally responsible for the child’s
health history and treatment regimen.
nail. The puncture wound is cleansed and a
d. High temperatures are common in children, and sterile dressing applied. The nurse asks if the
this situation presented little cause for undue adolescent has been immunized against tetanus.
concern.
The reply is affirmative. Penicillin is
61. She plans for a Certification Program for administered, and the adolescent is sent home
the nurses under the City Health Office. How with instructions to return if there is any change
long will the beneficiaries of the program are in the wound area. A few days later, the
obliged to serve in any of the Philippine adolescent is admitted to the hospital with a
hospital? diagnosis of tetanus. Legally:
a. 1 year a. Hospital protocol should govern treatment in
b. 2 years emergency care.
c. 6 months b. The nurse’s judgment was adequate in view of the
d. 4months client’s symptoms.
c. Assessment by the nurse was incomplete and the
treatment was inadequate.
d. The possibility of tetanus could not have been 69. A nurse learned that her license has
foreseen, because the adolescent had been
immunized. expired for a year already. She could renew her
license with a surcharge of:
65. A client asks to be discharged from the
a. 10%
health care facility against medical advice b. 15%
(AMA). What should the nurse do? c. 20%
d. 25%
a. Take measures to prevent the client from leaving
b. Ask the client to sign an AMA form. 70. Which of the following situations make
c. Call a security guard to help detain the client.
d. Notify the physician. the contract illegal?
a. After her employer explained the terms and
66. Andrew has passed the recent nursing conditions of her employment, Edmund signed a
board examination. To get his license, he has to contract with the company.
take an oath before the Board of Nursing or any b. Simple signed a contract with the hospital fearing
that she will be demoted as a nursing aid
government official authorized to administer c. Apple, a registered nurse, obtained the patient’s
oaths. When will he take the oath? consent to surgery after the doctor explained to them
the procedure.
a. 10 days after the release of results d. Benny went home after her shift in the hospital
b. 13 days after the release of results without endorsing her patients to the following shift.
c. 15 days after the release of results
d. 20 days after the release of results 71. Which of the following is NOT a
requisite of a contract?
67. The professional oath includes the
following, EXCEPT? a. Two or more persons must participate
b. Contracting parties must have the legal capacity to
a. Pledge of support and defend the president enter into one
b. To bear true faith and allegiance to the c. The terms are expressed clearly in the contract
constitution d. None of the above
c. Adherence to the ethical standards of nursing
d. Obey the laws and legal orders 72. Nurse Rain would like to sign a written
contract with her employer after agreeing to the
68. Two of the current members of the
terms and conditions of her employment. Which
Board of Nursing resigned from their positions.
of the following is not an advantage of a
How many candidates will the Professional
contract?
Regulation Commission include to be appointed
by the President? a. It is binding to both parties
b. It secures the employee of his employment with
a. 2 nominees the company
b. 2 recommendees c. Renegotiation is easier when a contract is signed
c. 4 nominees d. The terms and conditions are definite and avoids
d. 4 recommendees the uncertainty of the human memory

73. Mr. Puto, an alcoholic, tells the nurse

accurately how many glasses of alcoholic drinks
he had in the past 24 hours. His actions are an a. Slander
b. Libel
example of which patient responsibility? c. Privacy of invasion
d. Assault
a. Complying with instructions
b. Following hospital rules and regulations
c. Showing respect and consideration
78. Nurse Natalie is the chief nurse of a
d. Providing information tertiary hospital. She is orienting her staff nurses
about RA 7305. She appropriately tells that this
74. When obtaining informed consent for
law mandates the night differential should be
sterilization from a developmentally challenged
equivalent to what percent of salary per day?
adult client, the nurse must be sure that the:
a. 20%
a. Parent or guardian signs the consent b. 40%
b. Client comprehends the outcome of the procedure c. 10%
c. Client is fully able to explain what the procedure d. 30%
entails
d. Parent or guardian has encouraged the client to Situation: Whether in public or private sector,
make the decision
administrative proceedings can proceed
75. A nurse found guilty of practicing dependently, even if there is simultaneous
nursing in the Philippines using another license criminal and/or civil complaint/s filed and being
as his or her own may be sanctioned with a heard for regular courts against nurses for the
minimum of: same negligent act or omission.
a. A fine of Php 6,000
b. A fine of Php 10,000 79. Complaints maybe filed not only against
c. Imprisonment of 6 months erring professionals but against non-
d. Imprisonment 1 years
professionals accused of illegal practice of a
76. In order to motivate his team, Nurse particular profession. Such administrative
Shane announced that the salary of nurses has complaints are filed to the:
been upgraded to salary grade_____. a. Professional Regulation Commission
b. Supreme court
a. 12 c. Regional court
b. 13 d. Victorian Court
c. 14
d. 15
80. In the case of private sector nurse, the
77. Nurse Tonton has been promoted to the administrative case is lodge in the in-house
nursing supervisor position. Nurse Amelinda committee pursuant to company policy; while in
does not approve of this. She told fellow nurses public sector, it is filed before the:
that Nurse Tonton is not qualified for the a. Office of the president
position because he is having an illicit b. Supreme court
c. Ombudsman
relationship with the new and young staff nurse. d. Municipal trial court
She can be held liable of:
81. There are different kinds of damages that a. Note the client’s orientation level
b. Correct the error by erasing the provider’s entry in
can be recovered by the aggrieved party. If the the nurse’s notes
plaintiff wants to recover damages (actual or c. Do not record in the patient’s chart since no
untoward reactions happened, but prepare an
moral), the case that must be filed is: incedent report
a. Civil case d. Complete a proper record and incident report
b. Administrative case
c. Moral case 86. Which of the following is the correct
d. Criminal case method of signing a nurse’s notes?

82. If the nurse committed a negligent act a. Ariella Arida, RN

b. Ariella Arida, RN, MAN, Topnotcher
and the complainant (patient) wants the license c. Ariella Arida, Nurse
of this professional to be revoked or to be d. AA/RN, MAN
suspended, the case that must be filed is:
87. Nurse Gabriella is attending to a New
a. Civil liability Zealander patient currently admitted in the
b. Criminal case
c. Administrative case Medical unit of a Tertiary hospital. The patient
d. Moral case has terminal cancer and has reached the stage of
acceptance. He told Nurse Gabriella to
83. Where do you file an appeal when the
discontinue al efforts to prolong his life. What
Professional Regulatory Board of Nursing
should the nurse do?
revokes or suspends your nursing license?
a. Seek further advise from other nurses before
a. Professional Regulation Commission
taking any further drastic action
b. Board of Nursing
b. Disregard the patient’s request and continue all
c. President of the Philippines
efforts to maintain patient’s life
d. Supreme Court
c. Interact with the patient and continue the care and
support for the patient
84. Which of the following is best if another
d. Tell the patient that it would be a sin because life
nurse asked you to document her nursing care? is holy and dignified
a. Review provisions of the nursing law
88. If the New Zealander patient executed a
b. Find out hospital policies regarding
documentation will, it shall take effect:
c. Do her favor of documenting the nursing
a. Once the patient is dead
interventions if you know her well
b. Once the patient is incapacitated
d. Refuse the request outright
c. While the patient is mentally competent
d. When the patient becomes terminally ill
85. A nurse reliever from another unit gave a
wrong medication to the client. The nurse 89. A patient who desires to make an
asserted that the client responded to the name advanced directive, he must execute it:
when called. Which of the following is the most a. Once he is dead
appropriate documentation as a consequent to b. Once he is incapacitated
c. While he is still mentally competent
the medication error?
d. When he becomes terminally ill
90. Which of the following statements is 94. The nurse on night duty assumed that her
untrue? patient is asleep. At the bedside, she discussed
a. A nurse, who held life preserving treatment upon in detail the condition of the patient with
the request of the patient, shall be protected by the another nurse. Which of the following may be a
Philippine Constitution
b. A nurse who performed CPR to a patient who has legal complaint against the nurse?
signed a Do Not Resuscitate for can be civilly liable. a. Poor bedside behavior
c. A nurse who follows the wishes of the patient b. Breach of confidentiality
expressed in an advanced directive is immune from c. Breach f privacy
civil and criminal liabilities d. Negligence
d. The health care proxy made a foreign national,
must be sent to the Embassy first. 95. A Filipino citizen who has Associate
91. Filing of cases of illegal dismissal is Degree in Nursing in the United States of
with: America, is planning to practice as a registered
nurse here in the Philippines. He first needs to:
a. Department of Health
b. Department of Environment and Natural a. Pass the licensure exam in the Philippines
Resources b. Go to the Board of Nursing and request for a
c. Professional Regulation Commission special permit
d. Department of Labor and Employment c. Take additional course to obtain a BSN Degree
d. Attend one month didactic training and 3 months
92. An elderly patient refused to take her practicum in an accredited hospital of the BON
cardiac medications. Thinking she was
96. Which of the following is true regarding
disoriented, the nurse crushed the tablets and
RA 8981?
mixed them with the soup and fed the patient.
a. The Chairperson should be at least 35 years old
The nurse may be held liable for:
b. Commissioners should have at least 7 years of
a. Negligence executive or management experience
b. Battery c. All members of the PRC shall be appointed for a
c. Assault period of 7 years without reappointment
d. Violation of privacy d. This law is entitled as “PRC Modernization Act of
2001”
93. Bernard is a topnotcher registered nurse
97. Which of the following is a provision of
who works in the call center. After his co-
RA 7432?
workers found out about this, they asked him to
administer their allergy and hormone injections. a. Devolution of government resopnsibilities
b. 20 % discount on hospital bills
Which of the following is best to avoid liability? c. Case-rate based insurance
a. Administer the medication after duty hours in the d. Conduct expected of Government employees
call center
b. Encourage co-workers to learn self- 98. RA 10121 promulgates which of the
administration of the drugs following?
c. Administer the medication and dose correctly
d. Tell co- workers to secure a written medical a. The mandatory immunization of children below
prescription with physician’s license number 12 years old
b. The creation of the National Disaster Risk
Reduction Council
c. The right of each Filipinos to a healthier sight
d. The provision of case rate- based medical care

99. The Philippine Health Insurance Act is

embodied in
a. RA 7875
b. RA 10606
c. RA 8533
d. RA 10354

100. The Implementing Rules and

Regulations of RA 9173 is embodied in:
a. BON Res. No. 425 s. 2003
b. BON Res. No. 82 s. 1998
c. BON Res. No. 495 s. 2002
d. BON Res. No. 112 s. 2000