TOPIC: Establishing a standard for preparation for prescriptive authority for advanced practice psychiatric nurses. PURPOSE: To outline a best practice standard for the clinical and prescriptive authority preceptorship. SOURCES: NACNS and NONPF competencies and practice guidelines. CONCLUSIONS: The authors recommend a clinical preceptorship with planned faculty monitoring, clinical logs, case studies, and group supervision to prepare the psychiatric-mental health advanced practice nurse to serve within the expanded prescribing role.
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