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Ethical and Legal Implications of Prescribing Drugs
What type of drug should you prescribe based on your patient’s
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? 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 might consider when
selecting a treatment plan for a patient.
Photo Credit: Getty Images/Caiaimage
As an advanced practice nurse prescribing drugs, you are held
accountable for people’s 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 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. Understanding how these regulations may affect the
prescribing of certain drugs in different states may have a
significant impact on your patient’s 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.
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 by your Instructor.
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 that you, as 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.
By Day 7 of Week 1
Write a 2- to 3-page paper that addresses the following:
Explain the ethical and legal implications of the scenario
you 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.
Scenario
As a nurse practitioner, you prescribe medications for your
patients. You make an error when prescribing medication to a 5-
year-old patient. Rather than dosing him appropriately, you
prescribe a dose suitable for an adult.
Reminder:
The College of Nursing requires that all papers submitted
include a title page, introduction, summary, and references. The
College of Nursing Writing Template with Instructions provided
at the Walden Writing Center offers an example of those
required elements (available at
https://academicguides.waldenu.edu/writingcenter/templates/gen
eral#s-lg-box-20293632
). All papers submitted must use this formatting.

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Ethical and Legal Implications of Prescribing DrugsWhat type.docx

  • 1. Ethical and Legal Implications of Prescribing Drugs What type of drug should you prescribe based on your patient’s 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? 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 might consider when selecting a treatment plan for a patient. Photo Credit: Getty Images/Caiaimage As an advanced practice nurse prescribing drugs, you are held accountable for people’s 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 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. Understanding how these regulations may affect the prescribing of certain drugs in different states may have a significant impact on your patient’s treatment plan. In this Assignment, you explore ethical and legal implications of scenarios and consider how to appropriately respond.
  • 2. 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. 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 by your Instructor. 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 that you, as 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. By Day 7 of Week 1 Write a 2- to 3-page paper that addresses the following: Explain the ethical and legal implications of the scenario you selected on all stakeholders involved, such as the prescriber, pharmacist, patient, and patient’s family. Describe strategies to address disclosure and nondisclosure
  • 3. 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. Scenario As a nurse practitioner, you prescribe medications for your patients. You make an error when prescribing medication to a 5- year-old patient. Rather than dosing him appropriately, you prescribe a dose suitable for an adult. Reminder: The College of Nursing requires that all papers submitted include a title page, introduction, summary, and references. The College of Nursing Writing Template with Instructions provided at the Walden Writing Center offers an example of those required elements (available at https://academicguides.waldenu.edu/writingcenter/templates/gen eral#s-lg-box-20293632 ). All papers submitted must use this formatting.