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Test Bank for Edmunds Pharmacology for the Primary Care Provider 5th
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Chapter 01: Prescriptive Authority and Role Implementation: Tradition vs. Change
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Which of the following has influenced an emphasis on primary care education in medical
schools?
a. Changes in Medicare reimbursement methods recommended in 1992
b. Competition from non-physicians desiring to meet primary care shortages
c. The need for monopolistic control in the marketplace of primary outpatient care
d. The recognition that non physicians have variable success providing primary care
CORRECT ANSWER: A
The Physician Payment Review Commission in 1992 directly increased financial reimbursement to
clinicians who provide primary care. Coupled with a shortage of primary care providers, this
incentive led medical schools to place greater emphasis on preparing primary care physicians.
Competition from non-physicians increased coincidentally as professionals from other disciplines
stepped up to meet the needs.
Non-physicians have had increasing success at providing primary care and have been shown to be
safe and effective.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering (Knowledge) REF: 2
2. Which of the following statements is true about the prescribing practices of physicians?
a. Older physicians tend to prescribe more appropriate medications than
younger physicians.
b. Antibiotic medications remain in the top five classifications of medications prescribed.
c. Most physicians rely on a “therapeutic armamentarium” that consists of less than
100 drug preparations per physician.
d. The dominant form of drug information used by primary care physicians continues to be
that provided by pharmaceutical companies.
CORRECT ANSWER: D
Even though most physicians claim to place little weight on drug advertisements, pharmaceutical
representatives, and patient preference and state that they rely on academic sources for drug
information, a study showed that commercial rather than scientific sources of drug information
dominated their drug information materials. Younger physicians tend to prescribe fewer and more
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appropriate drugs. Antibiotics have dropped out of the top five classifications of drugs prescribed.
Most physicians have a therapeutic armamentarium of about 144 drugs.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering (Knowledge) REF: 3
3. As primary care nurse practitioners (NPs) continue to develop their role as prescribers of
medications, it will be important to:
a. attain the same level of expertise as physicians who currently prescribe medications.
b. learn from the experiences of physicians and develop expertise based on evidence-based
practice.
c. maintain collaborative and supervisorial relationships with physicians who will oversee
prescribing practices.
d. develop relationships with pharmaceutical representatives to learn about new medications
as they are developed.
CORRECT ANSWER: B
As non-physicians develop the roles associated with prescriptive authority, it will be important to
learn from the past experiences of physicians and to develop prescribing practices based on
evidence-based medicine. It is hoped that all prescribers, including physicians and nurse
practitioners, will strive to do better than in the past. NPs should work toward prescriptive
authority and for practice that is not supervised by another professional. Pharmaceutical
representatives provide information that carries some bias. Academic sources are better.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Applying (Application) REF: 4
Chapter 02: Historical Review of Prescriptive Authority: The Role of Nurses (NPs, CNMs,
CRNAs, and CNSs) and Physician Assistants
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. A primary care NP will begin practicing in a state in which the governor has opted out of the
federal facility reimbursement requirement. The NP should be aware that this defineshow NPs may
write prescriptions:
a. without physician supervision in privatepractice.
b. as CRNAs without physician supervisionin a hospital setting.
c. in any situation but will not be reimbursedfor this by government insurers.
d. only with physician supervision in bothprivate practice and a hospital setting.
CORRECT ANSWER: B
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In 2001, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services changed the federal physician supervision
rule for CRNAs to allow state governors to opt out, allowing CRNAs to writeprescriptions and
dispense drugs without physician supervision.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding (Comprehension) REF: 9
2. CRNAs in most states:
a. must have a Drug Enforcement
Administration (DEA) number to practice.
b. must have prescriptive authority to practice.
c. order and administer controlled substances but do not have full prescriptive authority.
d. administer medications, including controlled substances, under direct physician
supervision.
CORRECT ANSWER: C
Only five states grant independent prescriptive authority to CRNAs. CRNAs do not require
prescriptive authority because they dispense a drug immediately to a patient and do not prescribe.
Without prescriptive authority, they do not need a DEA number.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding (Comprehension) REF: 9
3. A CNM:
a. may treat only women.
b. has prescriptive authority in all 50 states.
c. may administer only drugs used during labor and delivery.
d. may practice only in birthing centers and home birth settings.
CORRECT ANSWER: B
CNMs have prescriptive authority in all 50 states. They may treat partners of women for sexually
transmitted diseases. They have full prescriptive authority and are not limited to drugs used during
childbirth. They practice in many other types of settings.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering (Knowledge) REF: 9
4. In every state, prescriptive authority for NPs includes the ability to write prescriptions:
a. for controlled substances.
b. for specified classifications of medications.
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Test Bank for Edmunds Pharmacology for the Primary Care Provider 5th
Edition (LATEST) by Constance G Visovsky |All Chapters| Expert Verified
Answers| Grade A+
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Chapter 01: Prescriptive Authority and Role Implementation: Tradition vs. Change
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Which of the following has influenced an emphasis on primary care education in medical
schools?
a. Changes in Medicare reimbursement methods recommended in 1992
b. Competition from non-physicians desiring to meet primary care shortages
c. The need for monopolistic control in the marketplace of primary outpatient care
d. The recognition that non physicians have variable success providing primary care
CORRECT ANSWER: A
The Physician Payment Review Commission in 1992 directly increased financial reimbursement to
clinicians who provide primary care. Coupled with a shortage of primary care providers, this
incentive led medical schools to place greater emphasis on preparing primary care physicians.
Competition from non-physicians increased coincidentally as professionals from other disciplines
stepped up to meet the needs.
Non-physicians have had increasing success at providing primary care and have been shown to be
safe and effective.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering (Knowledge) REF: 2
2. Which of the following statements is true about the prescribing practices of physicians?
a. Older physicians tend to prescribe more appropriate medications than
younger physicians.
b. Antibiotic medications remain in the top five classifications of medications prescribed.
c. Most physicians rely on a “therapeutic armamentarium” that consists of less than
100 drug preparations per physician.
d. The dominant form of drug information used by primary care physicians continues to be
that provided by pharmaceutical companies.
CORRECT ANSWER: D
Even though most physicians claim to place little weight on drug advertisements, pharmaceutical
representatives, and patient preference and state that they rely on academic sources for drug
information, a study showed that commercial rather than scientific sources of drug information
dominated their drug information materials. Younger physicians tend to prescribe fewer and more
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appropriate drugs. Antibiotics have dropped out of the top five classifications of drugs prescribed.
Most physicians have a therapeutic armamentarium of about 144 drugs.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering (Knowledge) REF: 3
3. As primary care nurse practitioners (NPs) continue to develop their role as prescribers of
medications, it will be important to:
a. attain the same level of expertise as physicians who currently prescribe medications.
b. learn from the experiences of physicians and develop expertise based on evidence-based
practice.
c. maintain collaborative and supervisorial relationships with physicians who will oversee
prescribing practices.
d. develop relationships with pharmaceutical representatives to learn about new medications
as they are developed.
CORRECT ANSWER: B
As non-physicians develop the roles associated with prescriptive authority, it will be important to
learn from the past experiences of physicians and to develop prescribing practices based on
evidence-based medicine. It is hoped that all prescribers, including physicians and nurse
practitioners, will strive to do better than in the past. NPs should work toward prescriptive
authority and for practice that is not supervised by another professional. Pharmaceutical
representatives provide information that carries some bias. Academic sources are better.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Applying (Application) REF: 4
Chapter 02: Historical Review of Prescriptive Authority: The Role of Nurses (NPs, CNMs,
CRNAs, and CNSs) and Physician Assistants
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. A primary care NP will begin practicing in a state in which the governor has opted out of the
federal facility reimbursement requirement. The NP should be aware that this defineshow NPs may
write prescriptions:
a. without physician supervision in privatepractice.
b. as CRNAs without physician supervisionin a hospital setting.
c. in any situation but will not be reimbursedfor this by government insurers.
d. only with physician supervision in bothprivate practice and a hospital setting.
CORRECT ANSWER: B
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In 2001, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services changed the federal physician supervision
rule for CRNAs to allow state governors to opt out, allowing CRNAs to writeprescriptions and
dispense drugs without physician supervision.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding (Comprehension) REF: 9
2. CRNAs in most states:
a. must have a Drug Enforcement
Administration (DEA) number to practice.
b. must have prescriptive authority to practice.
c. order and administer controlled substances but do not have full prescriptive authority.
d. administer medications, including controlled substances, under direct physician
supervision.
CORRECT ANSWER: C
Only five states grant independent prescriptive authority to CRNAs. CRNAs do not require
prescriptive authority because they dispense a drug immediately to a patient and do not prescribe.
Without prescriptive authority, they do not need a DEA number.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding (Comprehension) REF: 9
3. A CNM:
a. may treat only women.
b. has prescriptive authority in all 50 states.
c. may administer only drugs used during labor and delivery.
d. may practice only in birthing centers and home birth settings.
CORRECT ANSWER: B
CNMs have prescriptive authority in all 50 states. They may treat partners of women for sexually
transmitted diseases. They have full prescriptive authority and are not limited to drugs used during
childbirth. They practice in many other types of settings.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering (Knowledge) REF: 9
4. In every state, prescriptive authority for NPs includes the ability to write prescriptions:
a. for controlled substances.
b. for specified classifications of medications.
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