Ross-Kerr and Wood’s Canadian Nursing Issues & Perspectives: CDN NURSING ISSUES & PERSPECTIVES 6th Edition - Licensure, Credentialing in Nursing, and Entry to Practice Related

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Licensure laws were designed to protect which following group?

  • A. Nurses, from physicians
  • B. Nurses, from competition
  • C. Universities, from hospital schools of nursing
  • D. The public, from unethical and incompetent practitioners
Correct Answer: D

Rationale: Licensure laws were designed to protect the public from unethical and incompetent practitioners, not to protect the nursing profession from competition.