,
,Pharmacology for the Primary Care Provider
FOURTH EDITION
Marilyn Winterton Edmunds, PhD, ANP/GNP-C
Adjunct Faculty, School of Nursing, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
Maren Stewart Mayhew, MS, ANP
Nurse Practitioner, Beltsville, Maryland
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ALGr a wa n y
, Table of Contents
Cover image
Title page
Copyright
Contributors
Reviewers
Preface
Unit 1: Foundations of Prescriptive Practice
Chapter 1: Prescriptive Authority and Role Implementation: Tradition vs. Change
Increased Focus on Primary Care
Traditional Provision of Primary Care
Importance of Prescriptive Authority in Health Care Delivery
Research on Prescriptive Practice of Physicians
Problems in the Prescribing Practice of Physicians
Summary
Chapter 2: Historical Review of Prescriptive Authority: The Role of Nurses (NPs, CNMs, CRNAs,
and CNSs) and Physician Assistants
Overview
The Prescriptive Authority of Nurses
Legal Foundation of Prescriptive Authority for Nurses in Advanced Practice Roles
An Overview of the Prescribing of Advanced Practice Nurses
Issues Common to All Advanced Practice Nurse Prescribers
Research on the Prescriptive Practices of Advanced Practice Nurses: NPs, CNMs, CRNAs, and CNSs
Prescriptive Authority and the Physician’s Assistant
Acknowledgments
Unit 2: Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics
3
,Pharmacology for the Primary Care Provider
FOURTH EDITION
Marilyn Winterton Edmunds, PhD, ANP/GNP-C
Adjunct Faculty, School of Nursing, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
Maren Stewart Mayhew, MS, ANP
Nurse Practitioner, Beltsville, Maryland
2
ALGr a wa n y
, Table of Contents
Cover image
Title page
Copyright
Contributors
Reviewers
Preface
Unit 1: Foundations of Prescriptive Practice
Chapter 1: Prescriptive Authority and Role Implementation: Tradition vs. Change
Increased Focus on Primary Care
Traditional Provision of Primary Care
Importance of Prescriptive Authority in Health Care Delivery
Research on Prescriptive Practice of Physicians
Problems in the Prescribing Practice of Physicians
Summary
Chapter 2: Historical Review of Prescriptive Authority: The Role of Nurses (NPs, CNMs, CRNAs,
and CNSs) and Physician Assistants
Overview
The Prescriptive Authority of Nurses
Legal Foundation of Prescriptive Authority for Nurses in Advanced Practice Roles
An Overview of the Prescribing of Advanced Practice Nurses
Issues Common to All Advanced Practice Nurse Prescribers
Research on the Prescriptive Practices of Advanced Practice Nurses: NPs, CNMs, CRNAs, and CNSs
Prescriptive Authority and the Physician’s Assistant
Acknowledgments
Unit 2: Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics
3
