Advanced Pharmacology QUIZ Chap 1-14

Advanced Pharmacology QUIZ Chap 1-14 In every state, prescriptive authority for NPs includes the ability to write prescriptions: - ANSWER for specified classifications of medications. The current trend toward transitioning NP programs to the doctoral level will mean that: - ANSWER NPs will be better prepared to meet emerging health care needs of patients. 6. An important difference between physician assistants (PAs) and NPs is PAs: - ANSWER always work under physician supervision. 1. A primary care NP will begin practicing in a state in which the governor has opted out of the federal facility reimbursement requirement. The NP should be aware that this defines how NPs may write prescriptions: - ANSWER as CRNAs without physician supervision in a hospital setting. CRNAs in most states: - ANSWER order and administer controlled substances but do not have full prescriptive authority. A CNM: - ANSWER has prescriptive authority in all 50 states. Which of the following has influenced an emphasis on primary care education in medical schools? - ANSWER Changes in Medicare reimbursement methods recommended in 1992 2. Which of the following statements is true about the prescribing practices of physicians? - ANSWER The dominant form of drug information used by primary care physicians continues to be that provided by pharmaceutical companies.