Ethical and Legal Implications of Prescribing Drugs

Assignment: Ethical and Legal Implications of Prescribing Drugs

Review the Resources and consider the legal and ethical implications of prescribing prescription drugs, disclosure, and nondisclosure.
Review the scenario assigned for this Assignment (below).
Search specific laws and standards for prescribing prescription drugs and for addressing medication errors for your state or region and reflect on these as you review the scenario assigned.
Consider the ethical and legal implications of the scenario for all stakeholders involved, such as the prescriber, pharmacist, patient, and patient’s family.
Think about two strategies an advanced practice nurse, would use to guide your ethically and legally responsible decision-making in this scenario, including whether you would disclose any medication errors.
Write a 3-page paper that addresses the following:

Explain the ethical and legal implications of the scenario selected on all stakeholders involved, such as the prescriber, pharmacist, patient, and patient’s family.
Describe strategies to address disclosure and nondisclosure as identified in the scenario you selected. Be sure to reference laws specific to your state.
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.
Explain the process of writing prescriptions, including strategies to minimize medication errors.
Assigned scenario:

A friend calls and asks you to prescribe a medication for her. You have this autonomy, but you don’t have your friend’s medical history. You write the prescription anyway.

Resources:

Rosenthal, L. D., & Burchum, J. R. (2018). Lehne’s pharmacotherapeutics for advanced practice providers. St. Louis, MO: Elsevier.

Chapter 1, “Prescriptive Authority” (pp. 1–3)
Chapter 2, “Rational Drug Selection and Prescription Writing” (pp. 5–9)
Chapter 3, “Promoting Positive Outcomes of Drug Therapy” (pp. 11–16)
Chapter 4, “Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics, and Drug Interactions” (pp. 17–40)
Chapter 5, “Adverse Drug Reactions and Medical Errors” (pp. 41–49)
Chapter 6, “Individual Variation in Drug Response” (pp. 51–56)
https://www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/21cfr/cfr/1300/1300_01.htm

http://www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/drugreg/practioners/index.html

Fowler, M. D. M., & American Nurses Association. (2015). Guide to the Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretive Statements : Development, Interpretation, and Application: Vol. Second edition. American Nurses Association.

https://www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/drugreg/index.html

https://www.ismp.org/recommendations/error-prone-abbreviations-list

Shedding Light on Nurse Practitioner Prescribing

Ladd, Elissa; Hoyt, Alex.The Journal for Nurse Practitioners; Philadelphia Vol. 12, Iss. 3, (Mar 2016): 166-173. DOI:10.1016/j.nurpra.2015.09.017

American Geriatrics Society 2019 Updated AGS Beers Criteria® for Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use in Older Adults By the 2019 American Geriatrics Society Beers Criteria® Update Expert Panel

Supported by at least three references from the resource, and a credible sources. fully adheres to current APA manual writing rules and style.

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