[NP-Clinical] 2 questions

[Lisa Meyer]

I am curious, does Virginia state law allow emergency dept. RN's to 
"dispense" meds?  For example, in rural areas when pharmacies are closed? 
Our RN's (and NP's and MD's) have to dispense when meds will be needed 
before our pharmacies open.

Lisa
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Cherie Wright" <wright_cherie at hotmail.com>
To: "'NP Clinical'" <np-clinical at nurse.net>
Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2007 9:23 AM
Subject: RE: [NP-Clinical] 2 questions


> You should also check with the state board. Here in Virginia, NPs cannot
> dispense medication.  In fact, the MDs only gained this privilege a few
> years ago. The definition of dispensing is actually filling an Rx, so we 
> can
> prescribe, give samples, administer meds, etc, but cannot "fill" an Rx.
>
> Cherie Wright, FNP
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: np-clinical-bounces at nurse.net [mailto:np-clinical-bounces at nurse.net]
> On Behalf Of Priscilla Merrill
> Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2007 8:27 AM
> To: 'NP Clinical'
> Subject: RE: [NP-Clinical] 2 questions
>
> I can take a stab at #1, but only as a guess.  Did the company give you
> details?  The only thing I can think of is having your own mini-pharmacy 
> on
> site where you may get a cut?
>  I work at a federally funded community health center and we have many
> stock drugs that we give the pt and it saves them lots of money.  I don't
> know about all the things we have but a few examples are prednisone tabs,
> ampicillin and rocephin injection. The rest is samples so that's all I can
> offer.  Please let us know what you find out.
>
> Priscilla Merrill FNP
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: np-clinical-bounces at nurse.net [mailto:np-clinical-bounces at nurse.net]
> On Behalf Of Lynda Woiblett
> Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2007 7:49 AM
> To: NPinfo at nurse.net; np-clinical at nurse.net
> Subject: [NP-Clinical] 2 questions
>
> Hi All,
>
> I have 2 questions, the first I asked earlier but got no respopnse, so 
> maybe
>
> everyone is as lacking in knowledge on it as I am!
>
> 1) Have ay of you seen/heard of Point of Care Pharmaceutical Dispensing? 
> I
> have been approached by a company re: this and would like to talk to 
> someone
>
> who has seen it or heard of it before I respond to them
>
> 2)  Does anyone know how to document/bill for the following codes:
>       95251    Continuous glucose monitoring
>       98960-98962     Pt education and training
>       99091    Collection and interpretation of physiologic data
>
> Thanks in advance for any help on this
>
> Lynn W
>
>
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