Nursing Jurisprudence and Ethics for Texas Nurses 2025 – 400 Free Practice Questions to Pass the Exam Flash Cards

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Chart audits find the following errors committed by a nurse with observed impaired behavior at work: NO physician orders for narcotics signed out by the nurse, and NO documentation that the nurse either administered or wasted the narcotics. The best decision for the Incident-Based Peer Review Committee to make is that:

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the nurse must be reported to the BON because of the combination of practice errors with possible practice impairment due to substance use or abuse.