According to CNA's Nurse Practitioner Claims Study (1998-2008), 17.7% of malpractice claims against nurse practitioners (NPs) involved medication. Among the most common errors were prescribing the wrong medication, prescribing the wrong dose, failing to properly discontinue a medication, and prescribing an incompatible, contraindicated, or interactive medication. Several NPs have been investigated and disciplined by boards of nursing for their prescribing practices. Usually, these cases involve prescribing opioids for non-cancer pain.
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