NR 565 (NR 565)

• How does limited prescriptive authority impact patients within the healthcare system? • Limited prescriptive authority creates numerous barriers to quality, affordable, and accessible patient care. For example, restrictions on the distance of the APRN or PA from the physician providing supervision or collaboration may prevent outreach to area of greatest need. An increase in patient waits. • What are the key responsibilities of prescribing? The ability to prescribe medications is b...

• Thyroid o Thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) from the hypothalamus stimulates o release of thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) from the pituitary. o TSH stimulates all aspects of thyroid function, ▪ including the release of triiodothyronine (T3) and thyroxine (T4). ▪ T3 and T4 act on the pituitary to suppress further TSH release. o Diagnosis & Evaluation ▪ What labs are used to diagnose? ▪ Serum TSH determinations are used primarily for screening and diagnosis of hypothyroidis...

• Which schedule drugs can APRNs prescribe? • DEA license will allow for prescribing of Schedules 2-5. There can be restrictions as noted in collaborative agreement. May be facility/state dependent. • Who determines and regulates prescriptive authority? • Determines: Also known as independent prescribing. APRNS can prescribe without limitation and is state dependent. Includes "legend" (prescription) and controlled drugs, health/medical services, DME, etc. Regulates: regulated by h...

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HYPO/HYPERTHYROIDISM • What are signs and symptoms of hypothyroidism? • What are signs and symptoms of hyperthyroidism? • A patient is having just been prescribed levothyroxine. The NP put in a lab order to check TSH levels in: • A patient comes into the clinic complaining of sore throat and fever. She has recently started Methimazole in the last 4 weeks. What does this suggest? • A newly pregnant mother shows understanding of Hypothyroidism in pregnant women by stating (Select al...