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There is much debate that Nurse Practitioners don't receive an adequate amount of education in pharmacology. I'm not saying that I agree with this at all, but I am curious to hear how NPs feel about this... Do you feel that you are confident when prescribing controlled substances to your patients? Are you worried about committing an error, or even being investigated for your prescribing?

Thanks for your replies :) Do you think that there are other potential uses for PDMP other than just identifying drug seeking patients?

Hi everyone, I am working for the Bureau of Education Services and Applied Research at UND, we are sending out a survey to NPs in a convention/conference later this month (you might even be there!) Before we send out the surveys, we'd like to get more information on your scope of practice. Any information you can provide is greatly appreciated! :) Are you required to practice with a collaborative agreement? If so, how often do you consult with a physician? What circumstances require consultation? What is your scope of practice, and does this involve frustrating limitations? Does an NP in rural areas play a different role than an NP in urban areas? Do you ever feel unsure or cautious while prescribing to a patient? Do you feel your education has provided you with ample knowledge on prescription drugs? Do you prescribe controlled substances often? How does knowledge of a patient's prescription drug history (controlled substances prescribed, number of physicians s/he sees or has seen, number of pharmacists dispensing, etc) help inform patient care? Do you often see patients with pain? Do you use the Prescription Drug Monitoring Service? If so, for what purpose? how does the information contained in a patient report help improve patient care? Do you think this service may be more helpful to NPs due to limited prescription zones? Are you concerned of possible legal sanctions or being investigated for your prescribing habits? Has your knowledge of the Prescription Drug Monitoring program affected the medications you prescribe to your patients? What are considerable aspects of patient care that the NP is more likely to focus on than a physician or any other person in the medical field? Thank you for your time!

Hi everyone, I work for the Bureau of Education Services and Applied Research at the University of North Dakota. We will be sending out a survey to Nurse Practitioners in an upcoming convention, and would like to hear some information beforehand. Any info your willing to share is greatly appreciated :) Does anyone practice in a state with a prescription monitoring program? If so, do you access it frequently, and for what purposes? Do you use the PMP service to investigate a new patient? monitor an existing patient? Do you consider the information obtained in a patient report to be of value in your day-to-day practice? What could be done to make the program a more useful clinical tool? Do you discuss information contained in a patient report with your patients in the normal course of treatment? How does the information contained in a patient report improve patient care? Do you think being able to see a patient's history of how many prescribers, pharmacists, etc. they have/are using as well as the medications they have been prescribed is important in the treatment of a patient? What are other ways that seeing a patients report could be useful in their care besides identifying drug-seeking patients, or abusers? Do you consider drug seeking and/or diversion to be a problem? Do you often encounter drug-seeking patients? Is it difficult to identify these individuals, and does information from a patient's report help in this process? Is it likely that you would confront an individual you suspected of drug-seeking and/or drug diversion? Would you rather participate in accidentally prescribing medication to a drug seeker than deny a patient of drugs who truly needs them? Have you ever denied a patient care due to information contained in their report? Is it likely that you would confront an individual about information contained in their report? Does your knowledge of a PDMP impact your prescribing practices? Are you more likely to prescribe a safer alternative to a controlled substance? Do you worry about being investigated for your prescribing habits, or other possible sanctions, due to the PDMP? Do you think this program is an invasion of privacy to you or your patients? Do you think a nurse practitioners could potentially abuse the system? If you do not access information from the PMP, why not? What are the inefficiences of the program that should be addressed? If your state does not have an operating PMP, do you wish it did? would you use it? p.s. Also, if you would like more information on the research we are doing I'd be glad to share that as well! :) Thank you for your time! :)