NR 565 / NR565 ; MIDTERM STUDY GUIDE

NR 565 / NR565 ; MIDTERM STUDY GUIDE Understand what prescriptive authority is and who mandates it. :Practice authority andprescriptive authority together are described as practice "enviornments" according to statelaws and regulations.oFull-practice scope:Nurse practitioners have the autonomy to evaluate patients,diagnose, order and interpret tests, initiate and manage treatments and prescribemedications, including controlled substances without physician oversight.o-Practice scope:Nurse practitioners are limited in at least one elementReducedof practice. The state requires a formal collaborative agreement with an outsidehealth discipline for the nurse practitioner to provide patient care.oRestricted practice scope:Nurse practitioners are limited in at least one element ofpractice by requiring supervision, delegation, or team management by an outsidehealth discipline for the nurse practitioner to provide patient care.▪What problems arise when prescriptive authority is limited?Limitedprescriptive authority creates numerous barriers to quality, affordable,