Ohio Nursing Practice Act (Ohio Mandatory)

Self-Study Examination

Instructions: After studying the text answer the following true/false or multiple choice questions.  Remember, there's only one answer to each question.

1. Who has to hold a current, valid license issued by the Board of Nursing to practice nursing?

a) registered nurse
b) licensed practical nurse
c) both

2. Which of the following tasks fall beyond the scope of practice for an LPN?

a) patient teaching
b) medication administration
c) IV therapy
d) medical diagnosis

3. How often an active nursing license needs to be renewed?

a) annually
b) biennially
c) every time the nurse changes her job

4. How many hours of continuing education needs to be completed for the renewal of a license that was issued for a two-year renewal period?

a) 12
b) 24
c) 25

5. How often a nurse is required to complete continuing education related to the statutes and rules of Ohio Board of Nursing?

a) at the first renewal
b) biennially
c) every 4 years
d) only as part of a disciplinary action

6. Which of the following actions by a nurse would invite disciplinary action from the board?
  1. fraud in applying for a nursing license
  2. embezzlement from the employer
  3. violation of federal drug laws
  4. failure to use universal blood and body fluid precautions.

a) 1, 2, and 3
b) 1 and 3
c) 1, 3, and 4
d) all of the above

7. In Ohio a nurse may lose her nursing license for performing or inducing an abortion.

a) true
b) false

8. A nurse may not have sexual contact with a patient unless the contact is consensual.

a) true
b) false

9. Certain individuals and organizations are required to report to the Board of Nursing any RN who has engaged in conduct that would be grounds for disciplinary action by the Board. Who is not required to report?

a) employer
b) patient
c) nursing association
d) prosecutor

10. Under the Ohio Nurse Practice Act, an individual may provide nursing services to family members without a license.

a) true
b) false