ETHICAL AND LEGAL IMPLICATIONS OF PRESCRIBING DRUGS

Assignment: Please use the following scenario to complete your assignment for this week.

As a nurse practitioner, you prescribe medications for your patients. You made an error when prescribing medication to a 5-year-old patient. Rather than dosing him appropriately, you prescribe a dose suitable for an adult.

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Write a 2- to 3-page paper that addresses the following:

Explain the ethical and legal implications of the scenario you selected for all stakeholders involved, such as the prescriber, pharmacist, patient, and patient family.

Describe strategies to address disclosure and nondisclosure as identified in the scenario you selected. Be sure to reference laws specific to your state (North Carolina, USA)) .

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.

ETHICAL AND LEGAL IMPLICATIONS OF PRESCRIBING DRUGS