The Advanced Practice Registered Nurse as a Prescriber

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

2 Embracing the Prescriber Role as an APRN
Nancy J. Crigger, Elizabeth K. Kessler, Louise Kaplan, and Marie Annette Brown

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

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

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

6 The Influences of Pharmaceutical Marketing on APRN Prescribing
Elissa Ladd

7 Regulation of Prescriptive Authority
Tracy Klein

8 Legal Aspects of Prescribing
Carolyn Buppert

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

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