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Chapter 1. The Role of the Nurse Practitioner
1. Nurse practitioner prescriptive authority is regulated by:
1 The National Council of State Boards of Nursing
.
2 The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration
.
3 The State Board of
. Nursing for each state
4 The State Board of Pharmacy
.
2. The benefits to the patient of having an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse
(APRN) prescriber include:
1 Nurses know more about Pharmacology than other prescribers
. because they take it both in their basic nursing program & in
their APRN program.
2 Nurses care for the patient from a holistic approach & include
. the patient in decision making regarding their
care.
3 APRNs are less likely to prescribe narcotics & other controlled
. substances.
4 APRNs are able to prescribe independently in all states, whereas
. a physician’s assistant needs to have a physician supervising
their practice.
3. Clinical judgment in prescribing includes:
1 Factoring in the cost to the patient
of the medication prescribed
.
2 Always prescribing the newest medication available for the
. disease process
3 H&ing out drug samples to poor patients
.
4 Prescribing all generic medications to cut costs
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4. Criteria for choosing an effective drug for a disorder include:
1. Asking the patient what drug they think would work best for
them
2. Consulting nationally recognized
guidelines for disease management
3. Prescribing medications that are available as samples before
writing a prescription
4. Following U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration guidelines
for prescribing
5. Nurse practitioner practice may thrive under health-care reform because of:
1 The demonstrated ability of nurse practitioners to
control costs & improve patient outcomes
.
2 The fact that nurse practitioners will be able to practice
. independently
3 The fact that nurse practitioners will have full reimbursement
. under health-care reform
4 The ability to shift accountability for Medicaid to the state
. level
Chapter 2. Review of Basic Principles of Pharmacology
1. A patient’s nutritional intake & laboratory results reflect hypoalbuminemia.
This is critical to prescribing because:
1 Distribution of drugs to target
tissue may be affected.
.
2 The solubility of the drug will not match the site of absorption.
.
3 There will be less free drug available to generate an effect.
.
4 Drugs bound to albumin are readily excreted by the kidneys.
.
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2. Drugs that have a significant first-pass effect:
1 Must be given by the enteral (oral) route only
.
2 Bypass the hepatic circulation
.
3 Are rapidly metabolized by the liver &
may have little if any desired action