Essay: Your ethical and legal knowledge

You will also evaluate and analyze ethical and legal implications and practices related to prescribing drugs. As advanced practice nurses, almost every clinical decision you make will have ethical or legal implications. Your ethical and legal knowledge is fundamental to your ability to resolve the multitude of challenging issues encountered in practice. For the Week 1 Assignment, you will explore the ethical and legal implications of the following scenario, and consider how to appropriately respond:

You see another nurse practitioner writing a prescription for her husband, who is not a patient of the nurse practitioner. The prescription is for a narcotic. You can’t decide whether or not to report the incident.

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.

References to use

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

https://www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/21cfr/cfr/1300/1300_01.htm

Fowler, M.D. 2015 Guide to the Code of Ethics for nurses with interpretive statements: Development, Interpretation, Application. Silver Spring Maryland.American Nurses Association, 2015

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Your ethical and legal expertise, in an essay
Your ethical and legal expertise, in an essay

You’ll also assess and examine the ethical and legal consequences and practices of medication prescription. Almost every clinical decision you make as an advanced practice nurse will have ethical or legal ramifications. Your capacity to resolve the myriad of difficult situations that arise in practice is dependent on your ethical and legal knowledge. You will investigate the ethical and legal ramifications of the following scenario for the Week 1 Assignment, and consider how to respond appropriately:

Another nurse practitioner is shown writing a prescription for her spouse, who is not one of the nurse practitioner’s patients. A narcotic is on the prescription. You can’t decide whether or not to report the incident.

Write a