ATI Pharmacology Proctored Week 1 Midterm Exam Study Guide 2021

Pharm Midterm Study Guide WEEK 1 Chapter 1 - the Role of the Nurse Practitioner  Regulation of prescriptive authority - State Board of nursing for Each State  Benefits of the APRN as a prescriber - APRN considers the patient as a whole and includes them in decision making  Clinical judgement in prescribing - factoring in the cost to the patient of the medication  Criteria for choosing an effective drug - consulting nationally recognized guidelines for disease management  Implications of healthcare reform - ability to control costs and improve patient outcomes Chapter 3 Rational Drug Selection  6 steps of prescribing o Define patients problem - H&P, working and differential dx, diagnostic tests, plan o Specify therapeutic objectives- goal? o Choose the treatment -use evidence based guidelines; individual for each pt o Start the treatment o Educate the patient -at 5th of 6th grade level; purpose and potential side effects o Monitor effectiveness-  Passive monitoring - patient educated on expected outcomes and instructed when to contact provider  Active monitoring - follow up visits, lab tests, monitoring to measure therapeutic effectiveness.