In your initial post to the discussion forum, answer the following questions:
- Briefly discuss your state nursing board’s regulation on prescriptive authority and how it aligns with the four IOM recommendations of 2011.
- Identify and describe the barriers in your particular state that impede the APRN’s full scope of practice, and why.
- As a future APRN, what recommendations would you have for improving healthcare access in your state’s rural community with regards to prescriptive authority restrictions?
- Finally, discuss the following: “Do all APRNs need hospital privileges? Why or why not?
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