Exam (elaborations) LEHNE’S PHARMACOTHERAPEUTICS FOR ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSES AND PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS 2ND EDITION ROSENTHAL TEST BANK.

LEHNE’SPHARMACOTHERAPEUTICSFORADVANCEDPRACTICENURSESANDPHYSICIANASSISTANTS2NDEDITIONROSENTHALTESTBANKChapter1:PrescriptiveAuthorityTestBankMultipleChoice1.AnAPRNworksinaurologyclinicunderthesupervisionofaphysicianwhodoesnotrestrictthetypesofmedicationstheAPRNisallowedtoprescribe.StatelawdoesnotrequiretheAPRNtopracticeunderphysiciansupervision.HowwouldtheAPRN’sprescriptiveauthoritybedescribed?a.Fullauthorityb.Independentc.Withoutlimitationd.LimitedauthorityANS:BTheAPRNhasindependentprescriptiveauthoritybecausetheregulatingbodydoesnotrequirethattheAPRNworkunderphysiciansupervision.Fullprescriptiveauthoritygivestheprovidertherighttoprescribeindependentlyandwithoutlimitation.Limitedauthorityplacesrestrictionsonthetypesofdrugsthatcanbeprescribed.DIF:CognitiveLevel:ComprehensionREF:p.1TOP:NursingProcess:IMSC:NCLEXClientNeedsCategory:PhysiologicIntegrity:PharmacologicandParenteralTherapies2.WhichfactorsincreasetheneedforAPRNstohavefullprescriptiveauthority?a.Morepatientswillhaveaccesstohealthcare.b.Enrollmentinmedicalschoolsispredictedtodecrease.c.Physician’sassistantsarebeingutilizedlessoften.d.APRNeducationismorecomplexthaneducationforphysicians.ANS:AImplementationoftheAffordableCareActhasincreasedthenumberofindividualswithhealthcarecoverage,andthusthenumberwhohaveaccesstohealthcareservices.Theincreaseinthenumberofpatientscreatestheneedformoreproviderswithprescriptiveauthority.APRNscanfillthispracticegap.DIF:CognitiveLevel:ComprehensionREF:p.2TOP:NursingProcess:ImplementationMSC:NCLEXClientNeedsCategory:PhysiologicIntegrity:PharmacologicandParenteralTherapies3.WhichfactorscouldbeattributedtolimitedprescriptiveauthorityforAPRNs?Select all that apply.