NURS6565 Wk10 NP Practice Discussion

NURS6565 Wk10 NP Practice Discussion

NURS6565 Wk10 NP Practice Discussion

This week you will have an opportunity to evaluate state practice agreements in your state and examine issues related to NP practice.

To prepare:

Review practice agreements in your state
Identify at least two physician collaboration issues in your state (Mississippi).
To Complete:

Post 1-2 pages on:

A brief description of the practice agreements for NPs in your state and the two physician collaboration issues that you identified.

Explain what you think are the barriers to NPs practicing independently in your state (Mississippi).

Finally, outline a plan for how you might address NP practice issues in your state.

NURS6565 Wk10 NP Practice Discussion

References

Buppert, C. (2015). The Employed Nurse Practitioner. In Nurse Practitioner’s Business Practice and Legal Guide (5th ed.). (323-336). Burlington, MA: Jones & Bartlett.

Hamric, A. B., Hanson, C. M., Tracy, M. F., & O’Grady, E. T. (2014). Leadership. In Advanced Practice Nursing: An Integrative Approach (5th ed.) (266-294). St. Louis, MO: Elsevier Saunders.

Thomas, A.C., Crabtree, M.K., Delaney, K.R., Dumas, M.A., Kleinpell, R., Logsdon, C.,…Nativio, D.G. (2012). Nurse Practitioner Core Competencies. Retrieved from http://c.ymcdn.com/sites/www.nonpf.org/resource/resmgr/competencies/npcorecompetenciesfinal2012.pdf

You may use other scholarly resources and websites as you see fit. NURS6565 Wk10 NP Practice Discussion

 

Rights of Medication Administration

1. Right patient

• Check the name on the order and the patient.
• Use 2 identifiers.
• Ask patient to identify himself/herself.
• When available, use technology (for example, bar-code system).

2. Right medication

• Check the medication label.
• Check the order.

3. Right dose

• Check the order.
• Confirm appropriateness of the dose using a current drug reference.
• If necessary, calculate the dose and have another nurse calculate the dose as well.

4. Right route

• Again, check the order and appropriateness of the route ordered.
• Confirm that the patient can take or receive the medication by the ordered route.

5. Right time

• Check the frequency of the ordered medication.
• Double-check that you are giving the ordered dose at the correct time.
• Confirm when the last dose was given.

6. Right documentation

• Document administration AFTER giving the ordered medication.
• Chart the time, route, and any other specific information as necessary. For example, the site of an injection or any laboratory value or vital sign that needed to be checked before giving the drug.

7. Right reason

• Confirm the rationale for the ordered medication.  What is the patient’s history?