Roles & Responsibilities of the Advanced Nurse Practitioner When Prescribing Medication

1. Describe the roles and responsibilities of the APRN when prescribing medication.
2. Describe the method used to determine what drug therapy to prescribe?
3. Discuss responsibilities for patient education and teaching based on the prescribed therapy. 
4. Discuss Schedule drugs and prescribing restrictions for each scheduled drug. 

Submission Instructions:

• Your initial post should be at least 500 words, formatted and cited in the current APA style with support from at least 2 academic sources published within the last 5 years. Your initial post is worth 8 points.
  • Each question must be answered individually as in bullet points.
  • Example: Question 1, followed by the answer to question 1; Question 2, followed by the answer to question 2; and so forth.