Ebook: The Advanced Practice Registered Nurse as a Prescriber

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 authority and fully autonomous practice for APRNs, a comprehensive resource on prescribing practices is needed.

The increasing demands of today's fast-paced health care environment require a new level of prescriber expertise.  Knowledge about medication characteristics and effectiveness must be accompanied by an understanding of the context and process of prescribing.  The Advanced Practice Registered Nurse as a Prescriber provides practicing APRNs and students  information necessary to make fully informed, rational and ethical decisions as prescribers.

The book opens with an overview of the role of the APRN prescriber and moves on to discussing practical issues such as managing difficult patient situations, special considerations when prescribing controlled substances, the influence of pharmaceutical marketing, state regulation, and legal aspects of prescribing.  The book also examines barriers to prescribing, and the concluding chapter underscores key information to build cultural competence when prescribing.

An evidence-based resource for all APRNs and APRN students, The Advanced Practice Registered Nurse as a Prescriber provides a comprehensive and practical resource essential for APRNs in all advanced practice roles.

Content:
Chapter 1 What Do APRN Prescribers Need to Understand? (pages 1–10): Marie Annette Brown and Louise Kaplan
Chapter 2 Embracing the Prescriber Role as an APRN (pages 11–38): Louise Kaplan, Marie Annette Brown, Nancy J. Crigger and Elizabeth K. Kessler
Chapter 3 Creating a Practice Environment for Fully Autonomous Prescriptive Authority (pages 39–68): Marie Annette Brown and Louise Kaplan
Chapter 4 Strategies for Assessing, Monitoring, and Addressing Special Considerations with Controlled Substances (pages 69–103): Pamela Stitzlein Davies
Chapter 5 Managing Difficult Patient Situations (pages 105–144): Donna Poole, Marie Annette Brown and Louise Kaplan
Chapter 6 The Influences of Pharmaceutical Marketing on APRN Prescribing (pages 145–174): Elissa Ladd
Chapter 7 Regulation of Prescriptive Authority (pages 175–200): Tracy Klein
Chapter 8 Legal Aspects of Prescribing (pages 201–228): Carolyn Buppert
Chapter 9 The Role of Cultural Competence in Prescribing Medications (pages 229–256): Mary Sobralske, Louise Kaplan and Marie Annette Brown