APRN program

Depending on the board of nursing in your state, there may be additional requirements to become a prescriber after you complete your APRN program. For
example, those who are being licensed/practicing in California are required to take an additional 3-hour pharmacology course for prescribing privileges.
Describe the necessary steps required, for your state, in order to become a prescriber. Hypothetically, after you have completed these steps, you decide to
celebrate on a family vacation in a different state. Your sister asks you to refill her levothyroxine because she forgot to pack her medication. What are the
legal and ethical implications in your state as a new prescriber?
In order to be granted prescriiptive authority in New Mexico, APRNs must meet one of the following criteria:
· Within the last 2 years from date of application, completed a minimum of 400 hours of work experience in which prescribing medications occurred; OR
· Completion of APRN education within 2 years from the date of application. The educational program may submit a verification of education to the Board as
proof of meeting the required 400 hours of prescribing; OR…