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Chapterg1.gThegRolegofgthegNursegPractitionergasgPrescribed.
MultiplegChoice
Identifygthegchoicegthatgbestgcompletesgthegstatementgorganswersgthegquestion.
g 1.gNursegpractitionergprescriptivegauthoritygisgregulatedg by:
1. ThegNationalgCouncilgofgStategBoardsgofgNursing
2. ThegU.S.gDruggEnforcementgAdministration
3. ThegStategBoardgofgNursinggforgeachgstate
4. ThegStategBoardgofgPharmacy
g2.gThegbenefitsgtogthegpatientgofghavinggangAdvancedgPracticegRegisteredgNurseg(APRN)gprescrib
erginclude:
1. NursesgknowgmoregaboutgPharmacologygthangothergprescribersgbecausegtheygtakegi
tgbothgingtheirgbasicgnursinggprogramgandgingtheirgAPRNgprogram.
2. Nursesgcaregforgthegpatientgfromgagholisticgapproachgandgincludegthegpatientgi
ngdecisiongmakinggregardinggtheirgcare.
3. APRNsgareglessglikelygtogprescribegnarcoticsgandgothergcontrolledgsubstances.
4. APRNsgaregablegtogprescribegindependentlygingallgstates,gwhereasgagphysician’
sgassistantgneedsgtoghavegagphysiciangsupervisinggtheirgpractice.
g 3.gClinicalgjudgmentgingprescribinggincludes:
1. Factoringgingthegcostgtogthegpatientgofgthegmedicationgprescribed
2. Alwaysgprescribinggthegnewestgmedicationgavailablegforgthegdiseasegprocess
3. Handinggoutgdruggsamplesgtogpoorgpatients
4. Prescribinggallggenericgmedicationsgtogcutgcosts
g 4.gCriteriagforgchoosinggangeffectivegdruggforgagdisorderg include:
1. Askinggthegpatientgwhatgdruggtheygthinkgwouldgworkgbestgforgthem
2. Consultinggnationallygrecognizedgguidelinesgforgdiseasegmanagement
3. Prescribinggmedicationsgthatgaregavailablegasgsamplesgbeforegwritinggagprescription
4. FollowinggU.S.gDruggEnforcementgAdministrationgguidelinesgforgprescribing
g 5.gNursegpractitionergpracticegmaygthrivegunderghealth-caregreformgbecausegof:
1. Thegdemonstratedgabilitygofgnursegpractitionersgtogcontrolgcostsgandgimprovegpatien
tgoutcomes
2. Thegfactgthatgnursegpractitionersgwillgbegablegtogpracticegindependently
3. Thegfactgthatgnursegpractitionersgwillghavegfullgreimbursementgunderghealth
-gcaregreform
4. ThegabilitygtogshiftgaccountabilitygforgMedicaidgtogthegstateglevel