The advanced practice registered nurse as a prescriber /

• Main Author: Brown, Marie Annette
• Other Authors: Kaplan, Louise
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Chichester, West Sussex, U.K. : Wiley-Blackwell, 2012.
• Subjects: Nurses > Prescription privileges > Great Britain.; Drugs > Prescribing > Great Britain.; Advanced Practice Nursing.; Drug Prescriptions > nursing.; Pharmaceutical Preparations > administration & dosage.; Drugs > Prescribing.; Nurses > Prescription privileges.; Great Britain.; Electronic books.

A new era of opportunity is emerging for advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) to increasingly address gaps in access to quality health care. APRNs must be prepared to practice to the full scope of their education and abilities. As more and more states pass legislation enhancing prescriptive a...

Table of Contents:

• What do APRN prescribers need to understand? / Marie Annette Brown and Louise Kaplan
• Embracing the prescriber role as an advanced practice registered nurse / Nancy Crigger [and others]
• Creating a practice environment for fully autonomous prescriptive authority / Marie Annette Brown and Louise Kaplan
• Strategies for assessing, monitoring, and addressing special considerations with controlled substances / Pam Stitzlein Davies
• Managing difficult patient situations / Donna Poole, Marie Annette Brown, and Louise Kaplan
• The influences of pharmaceutical marketing on APRN prescribing / Elissa Ladd
• Regulation of prescriptive authority / Tracy Klein
• Legal aspects of prescribing / Carolyn Buppert
• The role of cultural competence in prescribing medications / Mary Sobralske, Louise Kaplan, and Marie Annette Brown.