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Goals and Learning Outcomes

This course meets the Florida Board of Nursing’s requirement for advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) on prescribing controlled substances. The Florida Board of Nursing requires a three-contact-hour educational course on controlled substance prescribing for advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) that needs to be fulfilled before each license renewal. This educational activity will address issues related to the regulation, medical management, misuse, use disorder, and diversion of controlled substances prescribed for pain, anxiety disorders, insomnia, and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder. In addition, other commonly prescribed controlled substances will be discussed, including weight-loss medications and testosterone replacement.

The goal of this course is to provide advanced practice registered nurses in Florida with information about best practices in prescribing controlled substances, including safe and effective prescribing, administration, and dispensing of controlled substances to patients with conditions that are treated with these types of medications.


After taking this course, you should be able to:

  • Recall the advanced practice registered nurse’s scope of practice and regulatory factors for prescribing controlled substances in accordance with the § 464.012 and 456.44 F.S.
  • Discuss the scheduled medication categories listed under the Controlled Substance Act and name at least three examples of each category.
  • Identify components of patient evaluation and education necessary when controlled substances are prescribed.
  • Define the indications of short- and long-term opioid therapy and other key elements for safe, effective management of acute and chronic pain.
  • Describe the pathology and appropriate prescribing of controlled substances for the management of various diagnoses.
  • Discuss substance use disorders as they relate to controlled substance use, including the prevalence, signs, and symptoms.
  • Discuss the rules surrounding Florida’s prescription drug monitoring program.

Course Termination Date: Not yet determined

Content Expiration Date: 12/31/26

Course Originally Released On: 04/01/23

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Accreditation Information

NURSES

In support of improving patient care, Relias LLC is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, CEP#13791

Disclaimer: Not all courses will provide California Board of Registered Nursing approval. Per California Assembly Bill No. 241, continuing education courses related to direct patient care shall address at least one or a combination of the following:(1) Examples of how implicit bias affects perceptions and treatment decisions of licensees, leading to disparities in health outcomes; or (2) Strategies to address how unintended biases in decision-making may contribute to health care disparities by shaping behavior and producing differences in medical treatment along lines of race, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, socioeconomic status, or other characteristics.

 

CEBroker

Relias LLC reports to CEBroker for the following boards (Provider # 50-1489): Arkansas State Board Of Nursing, District Of Columbia Board Of Nursing, Florida Board Of Nursing, Georgia Board Of Nursing, Kansas State Board of Nursing, Kentucky Board of Nursing, Michigan Board of Nursing, Mississippi Board of Nursing, New Hampshire Board of Nursing, New Mexico Board Of Nursing, North Dakota Board of Nursing, South Carolina Board Of Nursing and West Virginia Board Of Registered Nurses

 

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Disclosures

None of the planners/faculty, unless otherwise noted, for this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.