The Adult Protection Act protects adults over this age.
What is 16
100
What are the 2 levels of government that are responsible for legislation regarding nursing practice in Canada?
What are federal and provincial
100
What year was the Jurisprudence exam first introduced to new graduate nurses in Nova Scotia
What is 2014
100
Who sets the standards for registered nurses' education & practice, and issues nursing licenses, supports continuing competence and intervenes when standards for nursing practice are not met?
What is Regulatory Bodies
200
This Act is about making sure that those who are unable to make treatment decisions, due to their severe mental illness, receive the appropriate treatment.
What is the Involuntary Psychiatric Treatment Act
200
What level of government includes the Food and Drug Act?
What is Federal
200
What are the three sections of the study guide for the jurisprudence exam?
What are regulatory policies, federal legislation, provincial legislation
300
A person’s tissue, organs or body may be donated for transplantation, medical education or scientific research only in accordance with this Act.
What is the Human Organ and Tissue Donation Act
300
What level of government includes the Hospitals Act?
What is Provincial
300
What is the cost of the Jurisprudence exam?
What is $ 63.25 (taxes included)
300
What strategies have been implemented to raise awareness on the topic of Jurisprudence in Nova Scotia?
What is The Jurisprudence Exam
400
An act to revise and consolidate the Boarding Homes Act, the Nursing Homes Act, and Part of the Social Assistance Act
What is the Homes for Special Care Act
400
What level of government includes the Occupational Health and Safety Act?
What is Provincial
400
What 3 types of questions will be on the exam?
What is multiple choice, true/false and mix & match
500
This Act enables Nova Scotians to document their wishes regarding what personal care decisions are made for them and who makes them, in the event that they are incapacitated and are unable to make these decisions themselves.
What is the Personal Directives Act
500
What level of government includes the The Controlled Drugs and Substances Act?
What is Federal
500
What is the purpose of the jurisprudence exam?
What is evaluate nurses' awareness of any provincial/federal laws, standards or regulatory policies that would relate to their nursing practice in Nova Scotia
500
Who currently are required to write the Jurisprudence Exam in Nova Scotia?
Who are anyone applying for a licence to practice in NS as an RN or NP.