Review practice agreements in your state.
Identify whether your state requires physician collaboration or supervision for nurse practitioners, and if so, what those requirements are.
Research the following:
o How do you get certified and licensed as an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) in your state?
o What is the application process for certification in your state?
o What is your states board of nursing website?
o How does your state define the scope of practice of a nurse practitioner?
o What is included in your state practice agreement?
o How do you get a DEA license?
o Does your state have a prescription monitoring program (PMP)?
o How does your state describe a nurse practitioners controlled-substance
prescriptive authority, and what nurse practitioner drug schedules are nurse
practitioners authorized to prescribe?
Post a summary of your findings on your state based on the questions listed
above. Explain the types of regulations that exist and the barriers that may impact
nurse practitioner independent practice in your state. Be specific. Also, describe
what surprised you from your research.(My State is Maryland)
