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The purpose of this assignment is to provide the student with an opportunity to explore the most recent guidelines and recommendations in the student’s state of practice for pain management therapies and education; as well as to understand specific state regulations governing controlled substance prescriptions and medical devices.
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NR565 Week 2: State Specific Guidelines for Prescribing Controlled Substances & Medical Devices
Student Name: Type your name here
State of Planned NP Clinical Practice:
Type your state here
Complete the following table with information specific to the state where you plan to practice as a nurse practitioner.
Please refer to the rubric in the course to identify how much each prompt is worth. Most are worth 5 or 6 points with one
question being worth 10 points. The 10 point question is noted in the table.
•
•
Sources should be obtained directly from the state’s regulatory organization(s) and must be cited appropriately.
It is recommended that you keep a copy of this paper to provide to potential employers or your Board of Nursing in order to
demonstrate your knowledge of your state laws.
Guidelines and recommendations for your state:
In response to the opioid epidemic, individual states have developed and adopted voluntary guidelines or recommendations for the
treatment of acute and chronic non-cancer pain. Based on research done on the state where you will practice clinically, include the
following:
Provide the name of your practicing
Organization, group, or task force
Where you found this information
state’s organization, group or task force
name
(weblink):
that created guidelines or
Type your answer here
Paste the link here
recommendations for pain management
therapies and education.
Briefly describe an overview of its
Overview of your state’s guideline
Locate federal guidelines and provide
development and include a web address
development with web address.
a link to federal guidelines you could
where this information can be found. If
Type your answer here
use in practice as a NP
your state does not have guidelines,
Paste the link here
discuss a federal guideline. (Note: you
may need to contact your state’s board of
nursing, pharmacy, or medicine if you
cannot locate it on your own).
Some states have multiple organizations
Provide a brief overview of the group’s Provide a brief overview of the
or initiatives (ex: Ohio) in place to combat recommendations or initiatives
guidelines published by the American
the opioid epidemic and advocate for
(provide link to where you found
Pain Society OR Centers for Disease
safer opioid prescribing. Explore whether information).
Control and Prevention (provide link to
your state has other resources, groups or Type your answer here
where you found information).
organizations where prescribers can
Type your answer here
1
NR565 Week 2: State Specific Guidelines for Prescribing Controlled Substances & Medical Devices
reference best practices for pain
management treatment. If applicable,
provide a brief overview of the group’s
recommendations or initiatives. If your
state does not have another state-specific
resource, discuss the guidelines
published by the American Pain Society
OR Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
Discuss when the use of opioids is
Type your answer here
appropriate and for what duration should
they be prescribed? Provide a reference
for your response. (This question is worth
10 points. 4 points for when opioids are
appropriate, 4 points for a safe duration of
use, and 2 points for a current edition
APA formatted reference.)
State specific laws on controlled substance prescribing for the nurse practitioner:
Research your state laws on advanced practice nurses’ authority to prescribe controlled substances. Based on research done on
the state where you will practice clinically, include the following:
Identify the law, rule, code, or statute
that describes the advanced practice
nurse’s authority to prescribe
controlled substances in your state.
Link to where you found law, rule,
code, or statute for your state.
Paste the link here
What does the law, rule, code, or
statute say?
Type your answer here
Discuss the provisions of the law, rule,
code, or statute regarding the
following:
Conditions or limits on prescribing
schedule I-V controlled substances.
Type your answer here
Requirements (if any) in
documentation for treating acute and
chronic pain. If your state has no
requirements for this, confirm with a
link of where you found this
information.
Type your answer here
Are there specific requirements for
advanced practice nurses to reference
Yes or No
Type your answer here
If yes, what are they? If not, how would
they be helpful?
2
NR565 Week 2: State Specific Guidelines for Prescribing Controlled Substances & Medical Devices
the state’s prescription drug
Type your answer here
monitoring database before
prescribing a controlled substance?
State Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP): Research your state’s PDMP* and provide the following information:
Name of the state’s program.
Type your answer here
Website for the state PMDP.
Type your answer here
Discuss the registration requirements and Type your answer here
process.
Discuss the standards and procedures for Type your answer here
the access and review of database
information.
State specific laws on medical devices prescribing for the nurse practitioner:
Research your state laws on advanced practice nurses’ authority to prescribe medical devices. These are also called Durable
Medical Equipment (DME). Based on research done on the state where you will practice clinically, include the following:
Identify the law, rule, code, or statute
that describes the advanced practice
nurse’s authority to prescribe medical
devices or DME in your state.
Discuss the provisions of the law, rule,
code, or statute regarding the
following:
Link to where you found law, rule,
code, or statute for your state
regarding prescribing DME in your
state.
Paste the link here
Conditions or limits on prescribing
medical devices or DME.
Type your answer here
What does the law, rule, code, or
statute say regarding prescribing DME
in your state?
Type your answer here
Requirements (if any) in
documentation needed to support
order of medical devices or DME.
Type your answer here
3
NR565 Week 2: State Specific Guidelines for Prescribing Controlled Substances & Medical Devices
Student Name: Type your name here
State of Planned NP Clinical Practice:
Type your state here
Complete the following table with information specific to the state where you plan to practice as a nurse practitioner.
Please refer to the rubric in the course to identify how much each prompt is worth. Most are worth 5 or 6 points with one
question being worth 10 points. The 10 point question is noted in the table.
•
•
Sources should be obtained directly from the state’s regulatory organization(s) and must be cited appropriately.
It is recommended that you keep a copy of this paper to provide to potential employers or your Board of Nursing in order to
demonstrate your knowledge of your state laws.
Guidelines and recommendations for your state:
In response to the opioid epidemic, individual states have developed and adopted voluntary guidelines or recommendations for the
treatment of acute and chronic non-cancer pain. Based on research done on the state where you will practice clinically, include the
following:
Provide the name of your practicing
Organization, group, or task force
Where you found this information
state’s organization, group or task force
name
(weblink):
that created guidelines or
Type your answer here
Paste the link here
recommendations for pain management
therapies and education.
Briefly describe an overview of its
Overview of your state’s guideline
Locate federal guidelines and provide
development and include a web address
development with web address.
a link to federal guidelines you could
where this information can be found. If
Type your answer here
use in practice as a NP
your state does not have guidelines,
Paste the link here
discuss a federal guideline. (Note: you
may need to contact your state’s board of
nursing, pharmacy, or medicine if you
cannot locate it on your own).
Some states have multiple organizations
Provide a brief overview of the group’s Provide a brief overview of the
or initiatives (ex: Ohio) in place to combat recommendations or initiatives
guidelines published by the American
the opioid epidemic and advocate for
(provide link to where you found
Pain Society OR Centers for Disease
safer opioid prescribing. Explore whether information).
Control and Prevention (provide link to
your state has other resources, groups or Type your answer here
where you found information).
organizations where prescribers can
Type your answer here
1
NR565 Week 2: State Specific Guidelines for Prescribing Controlled Substances & Medical Devices
reference best practices for pain
management treatment. If applicable,
provide a brief overview of the group’s
recommendations or initiatives. If your
state does not have another state-specific
resource, discuss the guidelines
published by the American Pain Society
OR Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
Discuss when the use of opioids is
Type your answer here
appropriate and for what duration should
they be prescribed? Provide a reference
for your response. (This question is worth
10 points. 4 points for when opioids are
appropriate, 4 points for a safe duration of
use, and 2 points for a current edition
APA formatted reference.)
State specific laws on controlled substance prescribing for the nurse practitioner:
Research your state laws on advanced practice nurses’ authority to prescribe controlled substances. Based on research done on
the state where you will practice clinically, include the following:
Identify the law, rule, code, or statute
that describes the advanced practice
nurse’s authority to prescribe
controlled substances in your state.
Link to where you found law, rule,
code, or statute for your state.
Paste the link here
What does the law, rule, code, or
statute say?
Type your answer here
Discuss the provisions of the law, rule,
code, or statute regarding the
following:
Conditions or limits on prescribing
schedule I-V controlled substances.
Type your answer here
Requirements (if any) in
documentation for treating acute and
chronic pain. If your state has no
requirements for this, confirm with a
link of where you found this
information.
Type your answer here
Are there specific requirements for
advanced practice nurses to reference
Yes or No
Type your answer here
If yes, what are they? If not, how would
they be helpful?
2
NR565 Week 2: State Specific Guidelines for Prescribing Controlled Substances & Medical Devices
the state’s prescription drug
Type your answer here
monitoring database before
prescribing a controlled substance?
State Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP): Research your state’s PDMP* and provide the following information:
Name of the state’s program.
Type your answer here
Website for the state PMDP.
Type your answer here
Discuss the registration requirements and Type your answer here
process.
Discuss the standards and procedures for Type your answer here
the access and review of database
information.
State specific laws on medical devices prescribing for the nurse practitioner:
Research your state laws on advanced practice nurses’ authority to prescribe medical devices. These are also called Durable
Medical Equipment (DME). Based on research done on the state where you will practice clinically, include the following:
Identify the law, rule, code, or statute
that describes the advanced practice
nurse’s authority to prescribe medical
devices or DME in your state.
Discuss the provisions of the law, rule,
code, or statute regarding the
following:
Link to where you found law, rule,
code, or statute for your state
regarding prescribing DME in your
state.
Paste the link here
Conditions or limits on prescribing
medical devices or DME.
Type your answer here
What does the law, rule, code, or
statute say regarding prescribing DME
in your state?
Type your answer here
Requirements (if any) in
documentation needed to support
order of medical devices or DME.
Type your answer here
3
1. Guidelines and recommendations for your state:
In response to the opioid epidemic, individual states have developed and adopted
voluntary guidelines or recommendations for the treatment of acute and chronic
non-cancer pain. Based on research done on the state where you will practice
clinically, include the following:
1. Provide the name of your practicing state’s organization, group or task
force that created guidelines or recommendations for pain management
therapies and education.
2. Briefly describe an overview of its development and include a web
address where this information can be found. If your state does not have
guidelines, discuss a federal guideline. (Note: you may need to contact
your state’s board of nursing, pharmacy, or medicine if you cannot locate
it on your own).
3. Some states have multiple organizations or initiatives (ex: Ohio) in place
to combat the opioid epidemic and advocate for safer opioid prescribing.
Explore whether your state has other resources, groups or organizations
where prescribers can reference best practices for pain management
treatment. If applicable, provide a brief overview of the group’s
recommendations or initiatives. If your state does not have another statespecific resource, discuss the guidelines published by the American Pain
Society OR Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
4. Discuss when the use of opioids is appropriate and for what duration
should they be prescribed? Provide a reference for your response. (This
question is worth 13 points. 5 points for when opioids are appropriate, 5
points for a safe duration of use, and 3 points for a current edition APA
formatted reference.)
2. State specific laws on controlled substance prescribing for the nurse practitioner:
Research your state laws on advanced practice nurses’ authority to prescribe
controlled substances. Based on research done on the state where you will
practice clinically, include the following:
1. Identify the law, rule, code, or statute that describes the advanced
practice nurse’s authority to prescribe controlled substances in your
state.
2. Discuss the provisions of the law, rule, code, or statute with regard to the
following:
1. Conditions or limits on prescribing schedule I-V controlled
substances.
2. Requirements (if any) in documentation for treating acute and
chronic pain.
3. Are there specific requirements for advanced practice nurses to
reference the state’s prescription drug monitoring database
before prescribing a controlled substance? If so, what are they?
3. State Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP):
Research your state’s PDMP* and provide the following information:
1.
2.
3.
4.
Name of the state’s program.
Website for the state PMDP.
Discuss the registration requirements and process.
Discuss the standards and procedures for the access and review of
database information.
4. State specific laws on medical devices prescribing for the nurse practitioner:
Research your state laws on advanced practice nurses’ authority to prescribe
medical devices. These are also called Durable Medical Equipment (DME). Based
on research done on the state where you will practice clinically, include the
following:
1. Identify the law, rule, code, or statute that describes the advanced
practice nurse’s authority to prescribe medical devices or DME in your
state.
2. Discuss the provisions of the law, rule, code, or statute regarding the
following:
1. Conditions or limits on prescribing medical devices or DME.
2. Requirements (if any) in documentation needed to support order
of medical devices or DME.
Rubric
State specific guidelines and recommendations (35%):
Description
Points
Provide the name of your practicing state’s organization, group or task force that
created guidelines or recommendations for pain management therapies and
education.
5
Where you found this information (weblink):
5
Overview of your state’s guideline development with web address.
6
Description
Points
Locate federal guidelines and provide a link to federal guidelines you could use
in practice as a NP
6
Provide a brief overview of the group’s recommendations or initiatives (provide
link to where you found information).
6
Provide a brief overview of the guidelines published by the American Pain
Society OR Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (provide link to where
you found information).
6
Discuss when the use of opioids is appropriate and for what duration should they
be prescribed? Provide a reference for your response. (This question is worth 10
points. 4 points for when opioids are appropriate, 4 points for a safe duration of
use, and 2 points for a current edition APA formatted reference.)
10
Total
44
State specific laws on controlled substance prescribing for the nurse practitioner (28%):
Description
Points
Identify the law, rule, code, or statute that describes the advanced practice nurse’s
authority to prescribe controlled substances in your state. Link to where you
found law, rule, code, or statute for your state.
5
What does the law, rule, code, or statute say?
6
Conditions or limits on prescribing schedule I-V controlled substances.
6
Description
Points
Requirements (if any) in documentation for treating acute and chronic pain. If
your state has no requirements for this, confirm with a link of where you found
this information.
6
Are there specific requirements for advanced practice nurses to reference the
state’s prescription drug monitoring database before prescribing a controlled
substance? Yes or No
6
If yes, what are they? If not, how would they be helpful?
6
Total
35
State Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP) (19%):
Description
Points
Name of the state’s program.
6
Website for the state PMDP.
6
Discuss the registration requirements and process.
6
Discuss the standards and procedures for the access and review of database
information.
6
Total
24
State specific laws on medical devices prescribing for the nurse practitioner (18%):
Description
Points
Link to where you found law, rule, code, or statute for your state regarding
prescribing DME in your state.
5
What does the law, rule, code, or statute say regarding prescribing DME in your
state?
6
Conditions or limits on prescribing medical devices or DME.
6
Requirements (if any) in documentation needed to support order of medical
devices or DME.
5
Total
22
Rubric
Week 2: State Specific Guideline Rubric
Week 2: State Specific Guideline Rubric
Criteria
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeProvide the name of
your practicing state’s organization, group or task force that
created guidelines or recommendations for pain management
therapies and education.
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeWhere you found
this information (weblink):
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeOverview of your
state’s guideline development with web address.
Ratings
Pts
5 pts
Complete
0 pts
Incomplete
5 pts
5 pts
Complete
0 pts
Incomplete
5 pts
6 pts
Complete
0 pts
Incomplete
6 pts
Week 2: State Specific Guideline Rubric
Criteria
Ratings
Pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeLocate federal
guidelines and provide a link to federal guidelines you could use
in practice as a NP
6 pts
Complete
0 pts
Incomplete
6 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeProvide a brief
overview of the group’s recommendations or initiatives (provide
link to where you found information).
6 pts
Complete
0 pts
Incomplete
6 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeProvide a brief
overview of the guidelines published by the American Pain
Society OR Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (provide
link to where you found information).
6 pts
Complete
0 pts
Incomplete
6 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeDiscuss when the
use of opioids is appropriate and for what duration should they be
prescribed? Provide a reference for your response. (This question
is worth 10 points. 4 points for when opioids are appropriate, 4
points for a safe duration of use, and 2 points for a current edition
APA formatted reference.)
10 pts
Complete
0 pts
Incomplete
10 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeIdentify the law,
rule, code, or statute that describes the advanced practice nurse’s
authority to prescribe controlled substances in your state. Link to
where you found law, rule, code, or statute for your state.
5 pts
Complete
0 pts
Incomplete
5 pts
6 pts
Complete
0 pts
Incomplete
6 pts
6 pts
Complete
0 pts
Incomplete
6 pts
6 pts
Complete
0 pts
Incomplete
6 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeWhat does the law,
rule, code, or statute say?
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeConditions or limits
on prescribing schedule I-V controlled substances.
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeRequirements (if
any) in documentation for treating acute and chronic pain. If your
state has no requirements for this, confirm with a link of where
you found this information.
Week 2: State Specific Guideline Rubric
Criteria
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeAre there specific
requirements for advanced practice nurses to reference the state’s
prescription drug monitoring database before prescribing a
controlled substance? Yes or No
Ratings
Pts
6 pts
Complete
0 pts
Incomplete
6 pts
6 pts
Complete
0 pts
Incomplete
6 pts
6 pts
Complete
0 pts
Incomplete
6 pts
6 pts
Complete
0 pts
Incomplete
6 pts
6 pts
Complete
0 pts
Incomplete
6 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeDiscuss the
standards and procedures for the access and review of database
information.
6 pts
Complete
0 pts
Incomplete
6 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeLink to where you
found law, rule, code, or statute for your state regarding
prescribing DME in your state.
5 pts
Complete
0 pts
Incomplete
5 pts
6 pts
Complete
0 pts
Incomplete
6 pts
6 pts
Complete
0 pts
Incomplete
6 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeIf yes, what are
they? If not, how would they be helpful?
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeName of the state’s
program.
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeWebsite for the
state PMDP.
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeDiscuss the
registration requirements and process.
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeWhat does the law,
rule, code, or statute say regarding prescribing DME in your state?
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeConditions or limits
on prescribing medical devices or DME.
Week 2: State Specific Guideline Rubric
Criteria
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeRequirements (if
any) in documentation needed to support order of medical devices
or DME.
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeLate Penalty
Deductions
Students are expected to submit assignments by the time they are
due. Assignments submitted after the due date and time will
receive a deduction of 10% of the total points possible for that
assignment for each day the assignment is late up to 3 days.
Assignments will not be accepted after three days late, and a score
of zero will be recorded for the assignment. Quizzes and
discussions are not considered assignments and are not part of the
late assignment policy.
minus ______ points
Total Points: 125
Ratings
Pts
5 pts
Complete
0 pts
Incomplete
5 pts
0 pts
No points
deducted.
0 pts
Points
deducted.
0 pts
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