Abstract
The United States currently has no reliable and valid model for assessing entry-level autonomous prescriptive competency for advanced practice nurses, despite a decade of legislative expansion in scope and autonomy. Klein and Kaplan (2007) surveyed Washington and Oregon nurse practitioners with prescriptive authority, clinical nurse specialists with and without prescriptive authority; and nurse practitioner students, their preceptors and faculty about the relative importance of prescribing specific competencies(n=180). The original survey used an instrument from the Oregon State Board of Nursing, titled Clinical Practicum in Pharmacological Management Evaluation, containing 31 competencies. The present study used mixed methods to further confirm essential entry-level outcomes used to meet requirements for autonomous prescriptive authority.
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Dissertation
Format Type
Text-based Document
Study Design/Type
N/A
Research Approach
Pilot/Exploratory Study
Keywords:
Advanced Practice Nurses, Nursing Regulation, Prescriptive Authority, Scope of Practice, Prescribing Competencies
Advisor
John Roll
Second Advisor
Louise Kaplan
Third Advisor
Renee Hoeksel
Fourth Advisor
Linda Eddy
Degree
PhD
Degree Grantor
Washington State University
Degree Year
2011
Recommended Citation
Klein, Tracy A., "Prescribing competencies for autonomous APRN prescriptive authority: What do nurse prescribers need to know?" (2022). Dissertations. 1086.
https://www.sigmarepository.org/dissertations/1086
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Proxy-submission
Date of Issue
2022-05-06
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This dissertation has also been disseminated through the ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database. Dissertation/thesis number: 3460397; ProQuest document ID: 876963329. The author still retains copyright.