Nurse Practitioners to Lobby for Prescription Power
Monday January 11, 2010
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“The argument that advanced nurse practitioners do not have adequate training has been proved false in 48 other states in the nation where nurses are allowed to prescribe certain controlled substances,” Susan Lynch, RN, ANP, a Sanford advanced nurse practitioner and vice president of legislative affairs for the Florida Nurse Practitioner Network, said in the article. Lynch and other nurses say giving them greater authority to prescribe drugs would increase access to needed healthcare services.
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