Found out today that starting on Sept 1, 2008 there will be an exam that everyone has to take before receiving their liscense. This exam is over nursing ethics. I received this info from the Texas board of nursing in Austin. There will be more information on their website he said closer to time at www.bon.state.tx.us. The board member said that we can take before or after the nclex and their will be seminars and material to study for this. Just thought ya would want to know.
I graduate in August 2009, and this is the first I am hearing about this! And I am typically "on top of my game" when it comes to knowing stuff like this, i.e. exams necessary to complete my program, lol.
I just took a refresher course in TX in order to get my license here. I have been out of the field a few years, so it's required.
I will also have to take this test. The fee for my license is $200, which includes the Jurisprudence exam. The exam is online and unproctored...it's also open book, and you are given 2 hours to complete it, so I assume the questions will not be easy. But the rules and regs are online in .pdf format, and can be downloaded to your computer desktop...or printed, but it's an 88 page document.
My understanding when I called the BON about it is that current nurses will be required to take it as they renew their licenses.
I just moved to Texas from Idaho and am wondering about the test. I have to take it,but has anyone from another state taken it recently? Should I print out all 88 pages and study? I have been a nurse for 13 years,but need some advice on this test.Thanks:nurse:
ok, my plan is to skim the 88 pages online and then start it as soon as i have 2 hours to sit and take it.
from the tx bon website: "there are 50 items on the nursing jurisprudence examination (nje). you must correctly answer 75% of the questions to pass the nje. you will have two (2) hours to complete the nje. displayed in the upper right hand corner of the computer screen will be a digital clock and the question number so you can monitor your progress throughout the nje.
you are permitted to access the board of nursing (bon) website and other resource material throughout the exam to locate the answers to questions. the nje will run in another window, thereby leaving this window open to access reference materials on the bon website.
a passing result will be posted and recorded to the bon system when all 50 questions are answered and a minimum of 38 questions are answered correctly."
it goes on to say "a failing result will be posted and recorded to the bon system if 13 or more of the 50 questions are answered incorrectly, or the exam is not completed in the allotted amount of time, or the connection to the exam is closed, terminated or lost. you may not reconnect to the test to return to the last question answered. you may, however, retake the exam after 7 business days have elapsed."
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I was wondering if anyone has written this exam and has any pointers. I have to write it to obtain my permanent Texas license and am a bit daunted by the vast amount of information you must know or be able to look up quickly.
I'm getting ready to graduate in Dec, so I'll have to take it soon. In our class, they just tell us to be familiar with the website and have a basic understanding of things.
I am moving from Michigan to Texas next month. I looked online about transfering my RN license to Texas--I guess it is called "be endorsement"--and I see one of the things I need to do is take a Jurisprudence Exam. They say it is online exam, takes up to 2 hrs, and is based on the Texas Nursing Practice Act and the Texas Board of Nursing Rules and Regulation. I looked at those documents on their website, just browsed through, didn't read all of it, but it seemes quite, er, "mumble jumbly". So I am wondering to anyone who has taken this exam before, is it a really hard exam that you have to study well for? Or can you wing it? I really question whether anyone reads all of those documents. My NCLEX shut off at the minimum number of questions ( I just graduated in May), but this Jurisprudence Exam seems a lot different than the NCLEX.
And when you stand up for yourself and challenge the doctor in most instances you are labeled a troublemaker and will be looking for a new job. That will be hard considering the fact that they will surely group one you as part of your bon voyage package:rolleyes:. These teachings would be valuable to nurses if they were backed up by anything. The bottom line is that when you are in a facility you are on your own and admin is NOT on your side because nurses don't admit $$$$$ errrr patients to the hospital.
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Pagaent girl,
I feel your frustration. The TNA is trying to work on the Group 1 issue. Any nurses that have been dinged unfairly by Group 1 please contact your TNA nurses association. As far as the labels that is often the way it is that silence and going along is rewarded until something goes wrong. So, as patient advocates we must speak up. If this appears dangerous in the area you are in enlist the help of others like QA manager, Risk Mgmt, etc so it is not just you with the issue. It is getting better esp. in the Magnet hospitals that reward nurses for autonomy and using standards to make decisions. Stay encouraged.
Thanks for that. I have always been the one to do the right thing regardless and it has cost me professionally at times. It has been hard work to not become bitter.
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Thanks. I graduate in May, and hadn't received anything yet, so I was curious.