WK 1 DISCUSSION
TO PREPARE:
- Review practice agreements in your state.
- Identify whether your state requires physician collaboration or supervision for nurse practitioners, and if so, what those requirements are.
- Research the following:
- How do you get certified and licensed as an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) in your state?
- What is the application process for certification in your state?
- What is your state’s board of nursing website?
- How does your state define the scope of practice of a nurse practitioner?
- What is included in your state practice agreement?
- How do you get a DEA license?
- Does your state have a prescription monitoring program (PMP)?
- How does your state describe a nurse practitioner’s controlled-substance prescriptive authority, and what nurse practitioner drug schedules are nurse practitioners authorized to prescribe?
LEARNING RESOURCES
- American Association of Nurse Practitioners. (2020). State practice environment
- Links to an external site.. https://www.aanp.org/advocacy/state/state-practice…
- On the map on the webpage, click on your state and review. After you complete the PMHNP Program, pass the certification exam, and get a job, you will need to revisit this website to apply for the privilege to practice as an APRN with your state Board of Nursing.
- American Psychiatric Association. (2020). Telepsychiatry
Links to an external site.. https://www.psychiatry.org/psychiatrists/practice/…
