INTERPROFESSIONAL COLLABORATIVE
PRACTICE 7TH EDITION COMPREHENSIVE
STUDY GUIDE 2026
◉ Physician Payment Review Commission. Answer: Increased
financial reimbursement for primary care in 1992.
◉ Therapeutic Armamentarium. Answer: Most physicians use about
144 drug preparations.
◉ Nonphysician Competition. Answer: Other professionals
addressing primary care shortages.
◉ Pharmaceutical Representatives. Answer: Dominant source of
drug information for physicians.
◉ Evidence-Based Practice. Answer: Learning from physicians to
improve prescribing practices.
◉ Antibiotic Prescriptions. Answer: Antibiotics no longer top five
prescribed medications.
,◉ Prescriptive Authority. Answer: NPs developing roles in
medication prescribing.
◉ Collaborative Relationships. Answer: NPs should maintain
oversight with prescribing physicians.
◉ State Reimbursement Policies. Answer: Governors can opt out of
federal requirements.
◉ NP Prescription Writing. Answer: NPs may prescribe without
physician supervision in some states.
◉ Monopolistic Control. Answer: Need for control in primary
outpatient care marketplace.
◉ Clinical Safety. Answer: Nonphysicians shown to provide safe
primary care.
◉ Medical School Curriculum. Answer: Increased focus on primary
care training.
◉ Drug Information Sources. Answer: Physicians often rely on
commercial over academic sources.
,◉ Physician Age Impact. Answer: Younger physicians prescribe
fewer but more appropriate drugs.
◉ NP Role Development. Answer: NPs must develop expertise based
on past experiences.
◉ Supervisory Relationships. Answer: NPs should aim for
independent prescribing authority.
◉ Historical Review. Answer: Examines the evolution of prescriptive
authority roles.
◉ Primary Care Nurse Practitioners. Answer: NPs increasingly
involved in medication management.
◉ CRNA Practice. Answer: CRNAs may prescribe without physician
supervision in hospitals.
◉ Marketplace Competition. Answer: Increased competition from
nonphysicians in primary care.
◉ Prescribing Practices. Answer: Physicians' practices influenced by
various external factors.
, ◉ CRNA. Answer: Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist;
administers anesthesia.
◉ DEA Number. Answer: Required for prescribing controlled
substances.
◉ Prescriptive Authority. Answer: Legal ability to write
prescriptions.
◉ Controlled Substances. Answer: Drugs regulated by law for safety.
◉ Direct Physician Supervision. Answer: Physician oversight during
medication administration.
◉ CNM. Answer: Certified Nurse Midwife; provides maternity care.
◉ Independent Prescriptive Authority. Answer: Ability to prescribe
without physician oversight.
◉ NP. Answer: Nurse Practitioner; advanced practice registered
nurse.
◉ Pharmacokinetics. Answer: Study of drug action in the body.