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Proper Prescribing Of Controlled Drugs: A Pilot Study Of A Web-Based Learning Modules’ Impact On Knowledge, Attitude, And Practice In New Graduate Nurse Practitioners, Shelly Duckett
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Controlled substance abuse is a global epidemic. Several factors that influence health care providers prescribing habits have been presented in recent literature. However, the existing evidence primarily reflects the prescribing habits of physicians, while relatively little is known about the prescribing habits of nurse practitioners. The purpose of this project is to evaluate the impact of a brief web-based continuing education module targeting appropriate prescribing of controlled substances for recent graduate nurse practitioners. The project served to assess the provider’s knowledge, attitude, and practice compared to current integrated curriculum on prescribing and assess change in knowledge. Two online educational modules …