What type of drug should you prescribe based on your patient’s diagnosis? How much of the drug should the patient receive? How often should the drug be administered? When should the drug not be prescribed? Are there individual patient factors that could create complications when taking the drug? Should you be prescribing drugs to this patient? How might different state regulations affect the prescribing of this drug to this patient?
These are some of the questions you might consider when selecting a treatment plan for a patient.
As an advanced practice nurse prescribing drugs, you are held accountable for people’s lives every day. Patients and their families will often place trust in you because of your position. With this trust comes power and responsibility, as well as an ethical and legal obligation to “do no harm.” It is important that you are aware of current professional, legal, and ethical standards for advanced practice nurses with prescriptive authority. Additionally, it is important to ensure that the treatment plans and administration/prescribing of drugs is in accordance with the regulations of the state in which you practice. Understanding how these regulations may affect the prescribing of certain drugs in different states may have a significant impact on your patient’s treatment plan. In this Assignment, you explore ethical and legal implications of scenarios and consider how to appropriately respond.
· Review the Resources for this module and consider the legal and ethical implications of prescribing prescription drugs, disclosure, and nondisclosure.
· Review the scenario assigned by your Instructor for this Assignment. ( see below the scenario)
· Search specific laws and standards for prescribing prescription drugs and for addressing medication errors for your state (Florida) or region, and reflect on these as you review the scenario assigned by your Instructor.
· Consider the ethical and legal implications of the scenario for all stakeholders involved, such as the prescriber, pharmacist, patient, and patient’s family.
· Think about two strategies that you, as an advanced practice nurse, would use to guide your ethically and legally responsible decision-making in this scenario, including whether you would disclose any medication errors.
· A friend calls and asks you to prescribe a medication for her. You have this autonomy, but you don’t have your friend’s medical history. You write the prescription anyway.
1. Explain the ethical and legal implications of the scenario you selected on all stakeholders involved, such as the prescriber, pharmacist, patient, and patient’s family.
2. Describe strategies to address disclosure and nondisclosure as identified in the scenario you selected. Be sure to reference laws specific to your state. (Florida, United States)
3. Explain two strategies that you, as an advanced practice nurse, would use to guide your decision making in this scenario, including whether you would disclose your error. Be sure to justify your explanation.
4. Explain the process of writing prescriptions, including strategies to minimize medication errors.
5. Use APA 7 format and include a title page, in-text citations, and reference page.
Assignment
Week 1
: Ethical and Legal Implications of
Prescribing Drugs
What type of drug should you prescribe based on your patient’s diagnosis? How much of the drug
should the patient receive? How often should the drug be administered? When should the drug not be
prescribed? Are there indiv
idual patient factors that could create complications when taking the drug?
Should
you
be prescribing drugs to
this
patient? How might different state regulations affect the
prescribing of this drug to this patient?
These are some of the questions you migh
t consider when selecting a treatment plan for a patient.
As an advanced practice nurse prescribing drugs, you are held accountable for people’s lives every
day.
Patient
s and their families will often place trust in you because of your position. With this trust
comes power and responsibility, as well as an ethical and legal obligation to “do no harm.” It is
important that you are aware of current professional, legal, and
ethical standards for advanced
practice nurses with prescriptive authority. Additionally, it is important to ensure that the treatment
plans and administration/prescribing of drugs is in accordance with the regulations of the state in
which you practice. U
nderstanding how these regulations may affect the prescribing of certain drugs
in different states may have a significant impact on your patient’s treatment plan. In this Assignment,
you explore ethical and legal implications of scenarios and consider how
to appropriately respond.
To Prepare
·
Review the Resources for this module and consider the legal and ethical implications of
prescribing prescription drugs, disclosure, and nondisclosure.
·
Review the scenario assigned by your Instructor for this Assignment.
( see below the scenario)
·
Search specific laws and standards for prescribing prescription drugs and for addressing
medication errors for your state
(Florida
)
or region, and reflect on these as you review the
scenario assigned by your Instructor.
·
Consider the ethical and legal implications o
f the scenario for all stakeholders involved, such
as the prescriber, pharmacist, patient, and patient’s family.
·
Think about two strategies that you, as an advanced practice nurse, would use to guide your
ethically and legally responsible decision
–
making i
n this scenario, including whether you would
disclose any medication errors.
Scenario 1
:
·
A
friend
calls
and
asks
you
to
prescribe
a
medication
for
her.
You
have
this
autonomy,
but
you
don’t
have
your
friend’s
medical
history.
You
write
the
prescription
anyway.
Instructions
Write a 2
–
3
page
s
paper that addresses the following:
1.
Explain the ethical and legal implications of the scenario you selected on all stakeholders
involved, such as the prescriber, pharmacist, patient, and patient’s family.
2.
Describe strategies to address disclosure and nondisclosure as identified in the scenar
io you
selected. Be sure to reference laws specific to your
state.
(
Florida
,
U
nited States
)
3.
Explain two strategies that you, as an advanced practice nurse, would use to guide your
decision making in this scenario, including whether you would disclose your error. Be sure to
justify
your explanation.
Assignment Week 1: Ethical and Legal Implications of
Prescribing Drugs
What type of drug should you prescribe based on your patient’s diagnosis? How much of the drug
should the patient receive? How often should the drug be administered? When should the drug not be
prescribed? Are there individual patient factors that could create complications when taking the drug?
Should you be prescribing drugs to this patient? How might different state regulations affect the
prescribing of this drug to this patient?
These are some of the questions you might consider when selecting a treatment plan for a patient.
As an advanced practice nurse prescribing drugs, you are held accountable for people’s lives every
day. Patients and their families will often place trust in you because of your position. With this trust
comes power and responsibility, as well as an ethical and legal obligation to “do no harm.” It is
important that you are aware of current professional, legal, and ethical standards for advanced
practice nurses with prescriptive authority. Additionally, it is important to ensure that the treatment
plans and administration/prescribing of drugs is in accordance with the regulations of the state in
which you practice. Understanding how these regulations may affect the prescribing of certain drugs
in different states may have a significant impact on your patient’s treatment plan. In this Assignment,
you explore ethical and legal implications of scenarios and consider how to appropriately respond.
To Prepare
Review the Resources for this module and consider the legal and ethical implications of
prescribing prescription drugs, disclosure, and nondisclosure.
Review the scenario assigned by your Instructor for this Assignment. ( see below the scenario)
Search specific laws and standards for prescribing prescription drugs and for addressing
medication errors for your state (Florida) or region, and reflect on these as you review the
scenario assigned by your Instructor.
Consider the ethical and legal implications of the scenario for all stakeholders involved, such
as the prescriber, pharmacist, patient, and patient’s family.
Think about two strategies that you, as an advanced practice nurse, would use to guide your
ethically and legally responsible decision-making in this scenario, including whether you would
disclose any medication errors.
Scenario 1:
A friend calls and asks you to prescribe a medication for her. You have this autonomy, but you
don’t have your friend’s medical history. You write the prescription anyway.
Instructions
Write a 2 – 3 pages paper that addresses the following:
1. Explain the ethical and legal implications of the scenario you selected on all stakeholders
involved, such as the prescriber, pharmacist, patient, and patient’s family.
2. Describe strategies to address disclosure and nondisclosure as identified in the scenario you
selected. Be sure to reference laws specific to your state. (Florida, United States)
3. Explain two strategies that you, as an advanced practice nurse, would use to guide your
decision making in this scenario, including whether you would disclose your error. Be sure to
justify your explanation.
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