NRNP 6568 Week 1 Discussion; Certification and Licensure - Practice agreements in state of Texas
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Week 1 Discussion
Throughout this week’s discussion post I will discuss practice agreements in my particular state of Texas including whether my state requires physician collaboration or supervision for nurse practitioners, how to get certified and licensed in Texas, and the application process for certification. In addition, I will include the primary licensure office resource website for Texas, how Texas defines the scope of practice of a nurse practitioner, what is included in the states practice agreement, and how to get a DEA license in Texas. I will also discuss how Texas describes a nurse practitioner’s controlled-substance prescriptive authority and what nurse practitioner drug schedules are nurse practitioners authorized to prescribe, and what legislative and advocacy activities are my state nurse practitioner organization involved.
Currently, Texas requires nurse practitioner’s (NPs) to practice under the supervision of a physician within a 75-mile radius, physicians cannot supervise more than four nurse practitioners at a time and must review at least 10% of the NP's patient charts randomly each month, NPs can only prescribe under a physician's supervision and under firm guidelines, and all prescriptions written by the NP must include the supervising physician's name, address, DEA number, and phone number (Wofford, 2022). Due to the firm guidelines, Texas NP’s are fighting for full practice authority (FPA). To obtain licensure in Texas, first a graduate degree from an accredited program is required, then earn National Certification, and apply for APRN license............... Continue
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