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ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSES
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PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS
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2nd EDITION p p
ROSENTHAL p p
TEST BANK pp
,LEHNE’S PHARMACOTHERAPEUTICS FOR ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSESAND
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PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS 2ND EDITION ROSENTHAL TEST BANK
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Chapter 1: Prescriptive pp pp
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1. An APRN works in a urology clinic under the supervision of a physician who does
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not restrictthe types of medications the APRN is allowed to prescribe. State law
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does not require the APRN to practice under physician supervision. How would
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the APRN‘s prescriptive authoritybe described?
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b. Independent
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The APRN has independent prescriptive authority because the regulating body does
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not require that the APRN work under physician supervision. Full prescriptive
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authority gives the provider the right to prescribe independently and without
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limitation. Limited authority places restrictions on the types of drugs that can be
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prescribed.DIF: Cognitive Level: ComprehensionREF: p. 1TOP: Nursing Process: I
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MSC: NCLEX Client Needs Category: Physiologic Integrity: Pharmacologic and
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Parenteral Therapies
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2. Which factors increase the need for APRNs to have full prescriptive authority?
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a. More patients will have access to health care.
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b. Enrollment in medical schools is predicted to decrease. pp pp pp pp pp pp pp
c. Physician‘s assistants are being utilized less often. pp pp pp pp pp pp
d. APRN education is more complex than education for physicians.
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ANS: A pp
, Implementation of the Affordable Care Act has increased the number of individuals with
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