UNA on legislative wins, losses and future advocacy Patrick Jones | Apr 27, 2021
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The Utah Nurses Association (UNA) works to support legislation that assures nurses have the right resources to work to their full extent and to protect the overall health of all Utahns. Liz Close, PhD, RN, executive director of UNA, recently spoke with State of Reform about her organization’s advocacy.
Close highlighted the importance of the passage of HB 287, which amends the Nurse Practice Act to allow nurse practitioners to prescribe medicine without consulting a doctor or experienced nurse, giving the nurse practitioner increased authority.
According to Close, this also increases access for those in rural communities where experienced nurses might not practice.
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A local family nurse practitioner, who resides in Nyssa, but is listed as someone who practices in Ontario, had her license put on probation for a year for conduct that was derogatory to the standards of nursing and prescribing drugs, during a Jan. 13 meeting of the Oregon State Board of Nursing.
This is because, Debra J. Alexander, according to a brief about the disciplinary action, was âfailing to properly assess and document client assessment when prescribing drugs, failing to take action to preserve client safety, and prescribing drugs in an unsafe manner according to acceptable and prevailing standards.â
According to the document, the board received information on or about Sept. 24, 2018, that Alexander âfailed to identify client abuse/misuse of prescribed medication.â
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