Knowledge about medication characteristics and effectiveness must be accompanied by an understanding of the context and process of prescribing the advanced practice registered nurse as a prescriber provides practicing aprns and students information necessary to make fully informed rational and ethical decisions as prescribers. The advanced practice registered nurse as a prescriber author s marie annette brown phd arnp fnp bc faan louise kaplan phd arnp fnp bc faanp first published 6 february 2012 print isbn 9780813805245 online isbn 9781118696965 doi 101002 9781118696965 copyright c 2012 by john wiley sons ltd. The advanced practice registered nurse as a prescriber marie annette brown phd arnp fnp bc faan professor university of washington seattle wa primary care nurse practitioner womens health care clinic university of washington medical center seattle wa louise kaplan phd arnp fnp bc faanp director of nursing st martins university lacey wa. As advanced practice nurses aprns strive to practice to the full scope of their abilities the role of prescriber is one that requires vigilance and preparation to achieve