Ohio APRNs lobby for wider prescribing authority
Credentialing Resource Center Connection , December 11, 2008
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Thirty-one states allow advanced practice nurses (APRN) to prescribe Schedule II drugs, and Ohio APRNs are hoping to make their state number 32, according to a December 8 Cleveland Plain Dealer article. The APRNs hope the state’s shortage of MDs and DOs helps bolster their expansion efforts.
The Ohio State Medical Association, one of the states powerful physician-focused lobbying groups is against this move to expand the scope of service for APRNs. The group successfully road-blocked efforts in the past, causing Ohio to become the last state to allow its APRNs to have any prescribing authority. (In 2000, the state allowed them to prescribe drugs to patients, excluding Schedule II, narcotic drugs.)
Click here to read more about the efforts by Ohio nurses to expand their scope.
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