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. There is no problem as the practice requirements are the same.
2. There would be no problem as the move is to an area that is primarily minority.
3. This would be an unwise move for the nurse, as advanced practice is limited to rural areas.
4. There would be no problem if the move is to a medically underserved area.
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. Some states allow advanced nurse practitioners to prescribe controlled substances.
2. There are no states in which any advanced nurse practitioner can prescribe controlled substances.
3. Prescriptive authority allows all advanced practice nurses to prescribe any medication necessary for the treatment of their patients.
4. Prescriptive authority is limited to nurse anesthetists.
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. Prescriptive authority was not removed from nurse practice acts until the 1950s.
2. The grandmother must be mistaken because 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. This student's grandmother must have lived on a military base or facility where nurses were granted this privilege.
The advanced nurse practitioner wishes to obtain admitting privileges at an area hospital. To whom should this nurse apply for these privileges?
1. The state board of medicine
2. The individual hospital
3. The Joint Commission
4. The state board of health
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