Prescriptive Practice – Essential Principles I
After completing this activity, you will be able to:
Determine nursing prescriptive privileges, parameters and scope of practice, and restrictions as delineated in federal and state laws and regulations, including state nurse practice acts
Differentiate between therapeutic and adverse effects of pharmacological interventions and inappropriate use patterns, such as polypharmacy and polysubstance abuse interactions.
Evaluate common side effects and interactions associated with the major classes of drugs.
Describe innovative methods to collaborate with the interprofessional team in the treatment of skin disorders across the lifespan.
Reading & Resources
Read Chapters 1, 11-16 in Arcangelo, V. P., & Peterson, A. M. (2017). Pharmacotherapeutics for advanced practice: A practical approach (4th ed.). Philadelphia, PA: Wolters Kluwer/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
Instructions
For this competency please review the following information for the activity:
Locate your states nurse practice act (NPA) and associated regulations governing prescribing by advanced practice nurses (CNPs, CRNAs, CNMs, CNSs). Please include information to the following questions.
Identify whether your NPA requires the APRN to have a collaborative agreement with a physician? Discuss your thoughts and provide support for or against having a collaborative agreement
Does your NPA require the APRN to have a prescriptive agreement with a physician? Discuss whether you think the NPA should or should not require the APRN to have a prescribing agreement and explain why/why not.
Does your NPA permit APRNs to prescribe all classes (schedules) of medications? Discuss whether you think the NPA should or should not permit APRNs to prescribe all classes of medications, and explain why/why not.
Describe collaborative approaches to treating rashes across the lifespan. Should the CNP treat without a collaborator or consultant? Support your statements based upon evidence.
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