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NPs will be better prepared to meet emerging
health care needs of patients.
The American Association of Colleges of Nursing
The current trend
has recommended transitioning graduate level
toward transitioning NP
NP programs to the doctoral level as a response
programs to the
to changes in health care delivery and emerging
doctoral level will mean
health care needs. NPs with doctoral degrees
that:
will not necessarily have full prescriptive
authority or be freed from requirements about
physician supervision because those are subject
to individual state laws. NPs will still be required
to meet licensure requirements of each state.
, Acetaminophen
A patient asks the
Providers should use generic drug names when
primary care NP which
prescribing drugs or recommending them to
medication to use for
patients, unless a particular brand is essential for
mild to moderate pain.
some reason. Because acetaminophen can have
The NP should
many trade names, it is important for patients to
recommend:
understand that the drug is the same for all to
avoid overdosing on acetaminophen. APAP is a
commonly used abbreviation but should not be
used when recommending the drug to patients
A patient brings written This information is probably from a drug
information about a advertisement website.
medication to a primary
care NP about a new Commercial internet sites are identifiable by
drug called Prism and "com" at the end of their web address. Many
wants to know if the NP provide reliable information, but others may be
will prescribe it. The NP more interested in selling something. Nonprofit
notes that the groups use "org" at the end of their web
information is from an addresses. Internet information is reliable as long
internet site called as the internet user is aware of how things are
"Prism.com." The NP posted and by whom.
should tell this patient
that: