Table of Contents

 

 

 

 

Contributors

ix

 

Preface

xi

1

What Do APRN Prescribers Need to Understand?   Marie Annette Brown and Louise Kaplan

3

2

Embracing the Prescriber Role as an APRN   Louise Kaplan, Marie Annette Brown, Nancy j. Crigger, ?«nd Elizabeth K. Kessler

11

3

Creating a Practice Environment for Fully Autonomous Prescriptive Authority   Marie Annette Brown and Louise Kaplan

39

4

Strategies for Assessing, Monitoring, and Addressing “ Special Considerations with Controlled Substances   Pamela Stitzlein Davies

69

5

Managing Difficult Patient Situations   Donna Poole, Marie Annette Brown, and Louise Kaplan

105

6

The Influences of Pharmaceutical Marketing on APRN Prescribing   Elissa Ladd

145

7

Regulation of Prescriptive Authority   Tracy Klein

175

8

Legal Aspects of Prescribing   Carolyn Buppert

201

9

The Role of Cultural Competence in Prescribing Medications   Mary Sobralske, Louise Kaplan, and Marie Annette Brown

229

 

Index

257