Narcotic prescriptive authority in Florida

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I am a nurse practitoner student in Florida and would like opinions both pro and con regarding giving nurse practitioners in Florida narcotic prescriptive authority. The majority of states in the US have already addressed the issue. Thanks for any posts!

 

[hospitalistpac]

NPs should certainly get full prescripitve priviliedges in Fla. Is it up to vote soon or something? I had no idea there were still states that didn't have it. There are two state where PAs have no Rx rights at all, I know one of them is Indiana.
I think it is reasonable to get Class III-VI though. That is the way it is in PA for PAs but I believe NPs can rx class II for limited time periods. It has never come up where I wished I could prescribe percocet. After all you could rx Vicodin if you really want to rx a strong opiate for pain. But people abuse class III just as much as II then again.
As long as prescribers are accountable for it, there is no reason why it can't be safe for midlevles to judiciously prescribe certain contolled substances.
Good luck.

 

[guetzow]

FL bites (Sharks, baby...).

 

[deleted6669]

"It has never come up where I wished I could prescribe percocet..."

Working in em I write for sch 2's fairly frequently( I work in states with full pa prescriptive authority 2-5).large kidney stones, significant fractures, pain associated with malignancy, etc
the 2 states where pa's have no prescriptive authority are ohio and indiana by the way. both these problems hopefullly to be remedied within the next few yrs via current legislation.

 

[hospitalistpac]

"It has never come up where I wished I could prescribe percocet..."

Working in em I write for sch 2's fairly frequently( I work in states with full pa prescriptive authority 2-5).large kidney stones, significant fractures, pain associated with malignancy, etc
the 2 states where pa's have no prescriptive authority are ohio and indiana by the way. both these problems hopefullly to be remedied within the next few yrs via current legislation.

I guess it depends on the specialty. I order schedule IIs in house all of the time and that is covered uder the hospital dea. Hospital orders for narcs are not tracked in the same manner as prescriptions. I'm sure if I worked in ED or primary care I would want sched II. However, my state allows NPs to write (scripts) sched IIs but not PAs. Go figure.

 

[NPs Save Lives]

NPs should certainly get full prescripitve priviliedges in Fla. Is it up to vote soon or something? I had no idea there were still states that didn't have it. There are two state where PAs have no Rx rights at all, I know one of them is Indiana.
I think it is reasonable to get Class III-VI though. That is the way it is in PA for PAs but I believe NPs can rx class II for limited time periods. It has never come up where I wished I could prescribe percocet. After all you could rx Vicodin if you really want to rx a strong opiate for pain. But people abuse class III just as much as II then again.
As long as prescribers are accountable for it, there is no reason why it can't be safe for midlevles to judiciously prescribe certain contolled substances.
Good luck.

It still amazes me how far behind Florida still is on prescriptive authority. You never hear about the issue. I think that NPs must be more vocal to their representatives if they want to get it..