Implications of Prescribing Drugs

Assignment Week 1: Ethical and Legal Implications of Prescribing Drugs

 

What type of drug should you prescribe based on your patients 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? Shouldyoube prescribing drugs tothispatient? 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 prescribing drugs, you are held accountable for peoples 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 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 patients 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 patients family.

Think about two strategies that you, as an advanced practice nurse, would use to guide your ethically and 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 dont have your friends 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 patients 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.

 

** AT LEAST 5 REFERENCES**

 

Assignment

 

Week 1

: Ethical and Legal Implications of

Prescribing Drugs

 

 

What type of drug should you prescribe based on your patients 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 peoples 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 patients 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 patients 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

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