Drug Prescribing’s Ethical and Legal Consequences
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Assignment: The Ethical and Legal Consequences of Drug Prescribing
At least three citations and references are required.
Scenario: You provide drugs to your patients as a nurse practitioner. When prescribing medication to a 5-year-old patient, you make a mistake. Rather than treating him adequately, you give him a dose that would be appropriate for an adult.
Based on your patient’s diagnosis, what kind of medication should you prescribe? How much medication should be given to the patient? How often should the medication be taken? When is it not appropriate to prescribe the drug? Are there any circumstances that may affect a patient’s ability to take the medication? Should you be giving this patient medication? How might the prescribing of this medicine to this patient be affected by different state regulations?
These are some of the things you think about when deciding on a treatment plan for a patient.
Every day, as an advanced practice nurse providing drugs, you are responsible for the lives of others.
Because of your position, patients and their families will frequently repose their trust in you. This trust comes with a lot of power and duty, as well as an ethical and legal commitment to “do no harm.” It’s critical that you’re up to date on professional, legal, and ethical requirements for advanced practice nurses with prescribing authority. It’s also crucial to make sure that your treatment plans and drug administration/prescribing are compliant with the laws of the state in which you practice. Understanding how these rules affect the prescribing of specific pharmaceuticals in different jurisdictions might have a big impact on your patient’s treatment plan. *** In this assignment, you will investigate the ethical and legal consequences of several circumstances and evaluate how to respond correctly.
To Get Ready
Consider the legal and ethical issues of dispensing prescription medicines, disclosure, and nondisclosure in the Resources for this topic.
Examine the situation that your instructor has set for this assignment.
Look up the regulations and standards for providing prescription drugs and dealing with pharmaceutical errors in your state or region, and think about them while you go over your Instructor’s scenario.
Consider the scenario’s ethical and legal ramifications for all parties involved, including the prescriber, pharmacist, patient, and patient’s family.
Consider two ways you would use as an advanced practice nurse to guide your morally and legally responsible decision-making in this situation, including whether or not you would disclose any drug errors.Write a 2- to 3-page paper answering the following questions:
Explain the ethical and legal consequences of your chosen scenario for all stakeholders, including the prescriber, pharmacist, patient, and patient’s family.
Describe the options for dealing with disclosure and nondisclosure that you discovered in the case you chose. Make sure to look up legislation that are specific to your state.
Explain two strategies you would use as an advanced practice nurse to guide your decision-making in this scenario, including whether or not you would disclose your mistake. Make sure you have a good reason for your explanation.
Explain the steps involved in writing prescriptions, as well as measures for reducing pharmaceutical errors.Reminder: All papers submitted to the College of Nursing must have a title page, introduction, summary, and references. The Walden Writing Center’s College of Nursing Writing Template with Instructions (available at https://academicguides.waldenu.edu/writingcenter/templates/general#s-lg-box-20293632) provides an example of those needed parts. This formatting must be used in all articles submitted.
RUBRIC AND READINGS
Excellent Good Fair Poor Explain the ethical and legal implications of the scenario you selected on all stakeholders involved such as the prescriber, pharmacist, patient, and the patient’s family. 23 (23%) – 25 (25%) The response accurately and thoroughly explains in detail the ethical and legal implications of the scenario selected on all stakeholders involved.
The response includes accurate, clear, and detailed explanations as to how these implications affect the prescriber, pharmacist, patient, and the patient’s family.
20 (20%) – 22 (22%) The response explains the ethical and legal implications of the scenario selected on all stakeholders involved.
The response includes accurate explanations as to how these implications affect the prescriber, pharmacist, patient, and the patient’s family.
18 (18%) – 19 (19%) The response inaccurately or vaguely explains the ethical and legal implications of the scenario selected for all stakeholders involved.
The response includes vague explanations as to how these implications affect the prescriber, pharmacist, patient, and the patient’s family.
0 (0%) – 17 (17%) The response vaguely and inaccurately explains the ethical and legal implications of the scenario selected for all stakeholders involved, or the response is missing.
The response vaguely and inaccurately explains how these implications affect the prescriber, pharmacist, patient, and the patient’s family, or is missing.
Describe strategies to address disclosure and nondisclosure as identified in the scenario selected. Be sure to reference laws specific to your state. 18 (18%) – 20 (20%) An accurate, detailed, and clear description of strategies to address disclosure and nondisclosure as identified in the scenario selected is provided.
The response includes specific, detailed, and accurate reference to state laws related to the scenario.
16 (16%) – 17 (17%) An accurate description of strategies to address disclosure and nondisclosure as identified in the scenario selected is provided.
The response includes accurate reference to state laws related to the scenario.
14 (14%) – 15 (15%) A vague or inaccurate description of strategies to address disclosure and nondisclosure as identified in the scenario selected is provided.
The response includes inaccurate or vague reference to state laws related to the scenario.
0 (0%) – 13 (13%) A vague and inaccurate description of strategies to address disclosure and nondisclosure as identified in the scenario selected is provided, or is missing.
The response includes vague and inaccurate reference to state laws related to the scenario, or is missing.
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. 18 (18%) – 20 (20%) The response accurately and thoroughly explains in detail at least two strategies that an advanced practice nurse would use to guide decision making in the scenario.
The response accurately and completely explains whether they would disclose the error, including an accurate, detailed, and clear justification for the explanation provided.
16 (16%) – 17 (17%) The response accurately explains at least two strategies that an advanced practice nurse would use to guide decision making in the scenario.
The response accurately explains whether they would disclose the error, including an accurate justification for the explanation provided.
14 (14%) – 15 (15%) The response inaccurately or vaguely explains at least two strategies that an advanced practice nurse would use to guide decision making in the scenario, or only explains one strategy.
The response inaccurately or vaguely explains whether they would disclose the error, including a justification that is vague, inaccurate, or misaligned to the explanation provided.
0 (0%) – 13 (13%) The response inaccurately and vaguely explains only one strategy that an advanced practice nurse would use to guide decision making in the scenario, or is missing.
The response inaccurately and vaguely explains whether they would disclose the error, with no justification provided, or is missing.
Explain the process of writing prescriptions including strategies to minimize medication errors. 18 (18%) – 20 (20%) The response provides an accurate, detailed, and thorough explanation of the process of writing prescriptions, including detailed strategies to minimize medication errors.
16 (16%) – 17 (17%) The response provides an accurate explanation of the process of writing prescriptions, including some strategies to minimize medication errors.
14 (14%) – 15 (15%) The response provides an inaccurate or vague explanation of the process of writing prescriptions, including inaccurate or vague strategies to minimize medication errors.
0 (0%) – 13 (13%) The response provides an inaccurate and vague explanation of the process of writing prescriptions, including inaccurate and vague strategies to minimize medication errors, or is missing.
Written Expression and Formatting – Paragraph Development and Organization:
Paragraphs make clear points that support well developed ideas, flow logically, and demonstrate continuity of ideas. Sentences are carefully focused–neither long and rambling nor short and lacking substance.5 (5%) – 5 (5%) Paragraphs and sentences follow writing standards for flow, continuity, and clarity.
4 (4%) – 4 (4%) Paragraphs and sentences follow writing standards for flow, continuity, and clarity 80% of the time.
3.5 (3.5%) – 3.5 (3.5%) Paragraphs and sentences follow writing standards for flow, continuity, and clarity 60%–79% of the time.
0 (0%) – 3 (3%) Paragraphs and sentences follow writing standards for flow, continuity, and clarity less than 60% of the time.
Written Expression and Formatting – English writing standards:
Correct grammar, mechanics, and proper punctuation5 (5%) – 5 (5%) Uses correct grammar, spelling, and punctuation with no errors
4 (4%) – 4 (4%) Contains a few (1–2) grammar, spelling, and punctuation errors
3.5 (3.5%) – 3.5 (3.5%) Contains several (3–4) grammar, spelling, and punctuation errors
0 (0%) – 3 (3%) Contains many (≥ 5) grammar, spelling, and punctuation errors that interfere with the reader’s understanding
Written Expression and Formatting – The paper follows correct APA format for title page, headings, font, spacing, margins, indentations, page numbers, running head, parenthetical/in-text citations, and reference list. 5 (5%) – 5 (5%) Uses correct APA format with no errors
4 (4%) – 4 (4%) Contains a few (1–2) APA format errors
3.5 (3.5%) – 3.5 (3.5%) Contains several (3–4) APA format errors
0 (0%) – 3 (3%) Contains many (≥ 5) APA format errors
READINGS
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)
This website outlines the code of federal regulations for prescription drugs.
This website details key aspects of drug registration.
This resource introduces the code of ethics for nurses and highlights critical aspects for ethical guideline development, interpretation, and application in practice.
This article provides NPs with information regarding state-based laws for NP prescribing.
The authors of this article assess the impact of a pharmacist‐led educational intervention on family nurse practitioner (FNP) students’ prescribing skills, perception of preparedness to prescribe, and perception of pharmacist as collaborator.
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