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Week 1: Discussion- Foundation of the Role of the Nurse Practitioner as Prescriber Legal and Professional Issues in Prescribing 24 24 unread replies. 90 90 replies. Describe NP practice in your state. Tell the class what your state laws are related to nurse practitioner prescribing. Include how many continuing education hours are required for your state. Describe the importance of knowing the specific laws in your state pertaining to Nurse Practitioners prescribing medications. Search entries or author Filter replies by unread Unread Collapse replies Expand replies Subscribe Subscribed Reply Reply to Main Discussion Collapse Subdiscussion Shelley Clarke Shelley Clarke Apr 30, 2018 Apr 30 at 9:21am Week 1 Initial NR 508 Dr. Hall and Class, The American Association of Nurse Practitioners [AANP, What’s an NP] (2018), outline the services that nurse practitioners (NP) provide to include autonomous and collaborative provisions of primary and acute care services. Specifically, the NP may order, perform, and translate diagnostic studies, diagnose and manage acute and chronic illnesses, prescribe medicinal and other therapeutic regimens, manage general care, and counsel and educate patients on disease prevention and wellness promotion (AANP, What's an NP?, 2018). In the state of Florida, nurse practitioners (NP) are regulated by the Board of Nursing and Board of Medicine (AANP, 2018). Additionally, NPs function under a restricted practice (AANP, 2018). It is the most limiting regulation for NPs. Restricted practice means that the NP may not engage in some compnents of their scope without direction or delegation from another healthcare provider for life of their career (AANP, 2018). Such limitation prevents the NP from performing to their fullest potential for their education and training received. Prescriptive authority for the NP varies from state to state. In the state of Florida, NP prescriptive authority is defined in Florida statute 464.012 which states that the NP may prescribe scheduled II through IV drugs under a supervisory agreement with a physician (The Florida Legislature, 2018). Specifically, the authority to prescribe and dispense scheduled II drugs was recently granted to the NP as of January 1, 2017 (FBON, 2016). Scheduled II drugs are controlled substances such as opioid analgesics that have high potential for addiction and abuse (DEA, n.d). NPs must remain abreast of the changes in evidence-based practice and medicine in order to practice competently and safely. According to the Florida Board of Nursing [FBON] (2018), NPs are required to complete 24 hours of continuing education for renewal of licensure every two years, and 26 hours every third renewal with the inclusion of 2 hours of domestic violence. NPs practicing in specialized areas should also include continuing education in these areas. Alleman (2013) posits that while specialty certification is not mandatory for areas such as nephrology, it is a means for indicating that certain standards of practice have been aqui

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