Biology Forums - Study Force

The advanced practice nurse would like to move to a large metropolitan area. How will this move impact the advanced practice nurse's practice?
 
  1. This would be an unwise move for the nurse, as advanced practice is limited to rural areas.
   2. There would be no problem if the move is to a medically underserved area.
   3. There would be no problem is the move is to an area that is primarily minority.
   4. There is no problem as the practice requirements are the same.

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The patient requires a controlled substance for the treatment of pain. What is true of the advanced nurse practitioner's role in independently prescribing this medication?
 
  1. Prescriptive authority allows all advanced practice nurses to prescribe any medication necessary for the treatment of their patients.
   2. Prescriptive authority is limited to nurse anesthetists.
   3. Some states allow advanced nurse practitioners to prescribe controlled substances.
   4. There are no states in which any advanced nurse practitioner can prescribe controlled substances.

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A nursing student's grandmother relates a time in the 1920s when medications were selected based upon the recommendation of a nurse who lived in the neighborhood. How is this possible?
 
  1. This student's grandmother must have lived on a military base or facility where nurses were granted this privilege
   2. Medications have always been selected based upon physician prescription.
   3. Prior to 1938, most medications were over-the-counter and nurses were instrumental in their choice.
   4. Prescriptive authority was removed from nurse practice acts in the 1950s.

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The advanced nurse practitioner wishes to obtain admitting privileges at an area hospital. To whom should this nurse apply for these privileges?
 
  1. The individual hospital
   2. The state board of health
   3. The Joint Commission for Accrediting Healthcare Organizations
   4. The state board of medicine

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