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To all you current pharmacy students and working pharmacists:
What are the prescribing privileges of NPs if they are not FNPs but specialized in pediatrics (PNP) or Women's (WHNP) for example. I know pediatricians can prescribe for adults if they wanted/needed to (something obviously not controlled), but can PNPs do the same or are they restricted to people under the age of 21 in their scope of practice? Can a WHNP prescribe for children and men or just women (say example a male friend needed help and needed a zpack or something)? How does their scope of practice affect their prescription capabilities? Do pharmacies have issues with NPs prescribing harmless antibiotics, BC, etc for themselves?
What are the prescribing privileges of NPs if they are not FNPs but specialized in pediatrics (PNP) or Women's (WHNP) for example. I know pediatricians can prescribe for adults if they wanted/needed to (something obviously not controlled), but can PNPs do the same or are they restricted to people under the age of 21 in their scope of practice? Can a WHNP prescribe for children and men or just women (say example a male friend needed help and needed a zpack or something)? How does their scope of practice affect their prescription capabilities? Do pharmacies have issues with NPs prescribing harmless antibiotics, BC, etc for themselves?