- Discuss how evidence-based guidelines shape APRN practice.
- Are physicians (MDs and Dos) and APRNs held to the same evidence-based standards?
- Are APRNs independent and autonomous providers just as physicians (MDs and Dos)?
- What are collaborative agreements between physicians and APRNs?
- Are NPs required to pay physicians so they can practice?
- How do APRNs incorporate consultation and collaboration with their supervising physicians?
Ethical and Legal Foundations of PMHNP Care
Ethical and Legal Foundations of PMHNP Care Advanced practice nursing in all specialties is guided by codes of ethics that put the care, rights, duty, health, and safety of the patient first and foremost. PMHNP practice is also guided by ethical codes specifically for psychiatry. These ethical codes are frameworks