NR 508 / NR 508 Advanced Pharmacology MIDTERM REVIEW

PHARM MIDTERM CHAPTER 1 THE ROLE OF THE NP AS THE PRESCRIBER Roles and responsibilities of APRN prescribers APRN- includes CNM, CRNA, NPs and APRNs The degree of autonomy and breadth of drugs that can be prescribed vary from state to state based on the Nurse practice act of the state. Nurse Practitioner Journal and American Journal for Nurse Practitioners present a legislative update once a year (January issue) providing a summary of each states practice as they relate to titling, roles, and prescriptive authority. The following were true of NP regulation of practice and prescribing authority as of 2015- *All states have title protection for NPs *Only Oregon has mandated third party reimbursement parity for NP services *In all but 5 states, the control of practice and licensure is within the sole authority of the states board of nursing. this 5 states have joint control in the board of nursing and the board of medicine *Scope of practice is determined by the individual NPs license under the nurse practice act of the licensing jurisdiction p *In 17 states and the District of Columbia, NPs have independent SOP and prescriptive authority without a requirement for physician collaboration, consultation, delegation, or supervision *6 states have full autonomous practice and prescriptive authority following a Period of post licensure/ post certification supervision and collaboration. IOM-called for removing scope of practice barriers and allowing NPs to practice to the full extent of their education and training. Clinical judgement in Prescribing Prescribing a drug results from clinical judgement based on a thorough assessment of the patient and the patients environment, the determination of medical and nursing diagnosis, a review of potential alternative therapies, and specific knowledge about the drug chosen and the disease process it is designed to treat. Best therapy- least expensive, least invasive, and least likely to cause adverse reaction.