What do APRN prescribers need to understand? / Marie Annette Brown and Louise Kaplan -- Embracing the prescriber role as an advanced practice registered nurse / Nancy Crigger ... [et al.] -- Creating a practice environment for fully autonomous prescriptive authority / Marie Annette Brown and Louise Kaplan -- Strategies for assessing, monitoring, and addressing special considerations with controlled substances / Pam Stitzlein Davies -- Managing difficult patient situations / Donna Poole, Marie Annette Brown, and Louise Kaplan -- The influences of pharmaceutical marketing on APRN prescribing / Elissa Ladd -- Regulation of prescriptive authority / Tracy Klein -- Legal aspects of prescribing / Carolyn Buppert -- The role of cultural competence in prescribing medications / Mary Sobralske, Louise Kaplan, and Marie Annette Brown.