A nursing student's grandmother relates a time in the 1920s when medications were selected based upon the recommendation of a nurse who lived in the neighborhood. How is this possible?
1. This student's grandmother must have lived on a military base or facility where nurses were granted this privilege
2. Medications have always been selected based upon physician prescription.
3. Prior to 1938, most medications were over-the-counter and nurses were instrumental in their choice.
4. Prescriptive authority was removed from nurse practice acts in the 1950s.
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Rationale: In 1938 the federal government took control of prescriptive authority when it passed the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. Until that time, most medications, except narcotics, were over-the-counter and both nurses and physicians helped direct patients toward appropriate medications.
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