The prescriptive role of Nurses & Nurse Practioners

This is the most important part of prescription writing that includes drug itself.

• Superscription

• subscription

• Inscription

• Signatura

Nurse prescribers are defined by regulatory body after considering these, EXCEPT

• Traing in particular field

• Experience of many years

• Demonstrated competencies.

• Immediately after graduation

Ethical theories that guide decision-making is deontology that refers to

• Compassio, honesty & Integrity

• Considering the consequences

• Guided by duties & obligation to do right

• Nursing care to improve patient well being,

Practioner vigilance to provide maximum patient safety include, EXCEPT

• Adequate knowledge about the drugs

• Therapeutic efficacy of the drug

• Knows potential drug interactions

• Identifies the side- effects of the drugs.

This is the field where nurse prescribing is considered by Indian Nursing Council and ministry of
     health.

• Midwifery

• Critical care

• Primary care health

• Emergency medicine

The role of regulators to prepare nurse practioners to prescribe, EXCEPT

• Set a standard of education

• Well oriented training and performance

• Persue nurses to do post-graduation

• Approve educational progams.

The function of Central Drugs Standard Control Organization (CDSCO) in India is, EXCEPT

• Control over import of drugs

• Accepting the abroad clinical trial results

• Approval of new drugs

• Central license to market the drugs.

Indian Nursing Council authorizing nurses to prescribe within their scope is indicated in

• Crtical care

• Primary care

• Midwifery

• Family medicine

How to avoid adverse drug reactions? EXCEPT

• Concurrent use of drugs

• Use the lowest effective dose

• Extreme of life/ages

• Knowing all prior drugs that patient is taking

Symbol Rx written on the left side of the prescription just above the medicines denotes

• Roman symbol means recipe

• A subscription part of prescription

• Invocation/Pray to Jupiter, Greek God of healing

• An Egyptian civilization to take medicine.