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Advanced Practice Registered Nurse As a Prescriber

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ISBN-10: 0813805244

ISBN-13: 9780813805245

Edition: 2012

Authors: Marie Annette Brown, Louise Kaplan

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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…    
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Book details

List price: $72.25
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 2/28/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 284
Size: 4.90" wide x 6.90" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English

Louise J. Kaplan, a psychoanalyst and the author of five previous books on human development, was the Director of Child and Adolescent Clinical Services at the Psychological Center of the City University of New York. She lives in New York.

Contributors
Preface
What Do APRN Prescribers Need to Understand?
Embracing the Prescriber Role as an APRN
Creating a Practice Environment for Fully Autonomous Prescriptive Authority
Strategies for Assessing, Monitoring, and Addressing Special Considerations with Controlled Substances
Managing Difficult Patient Situations
The Influences of Pharmaceutical Marketing on APRN Prescribing
Regulation of Prescriptive Authority
Legal Aspects of Prescribing
The Role of Cultural Competence in Prescribing Medications
Index