Journal/Overview -The journal document should be 3-4 pages in length. No citations are required, and no specific formatting is needed. Utilize appropriate grammar and mechanics of writing.
Refer to the journal submission you completed in Unit 1 and reflect on the following:
Topic: The use of pharmacology in advanced practice.
- How has your knowledge of pharmacology changed?
- Do you find yourself thinking about medication use in your current employment differently? Why or why not?
- Explain how your appreciation of the advanced practice role changed or did not change?
How do you envision using the knowledge from this course in your future advanced practice role?
Im from Florida, I work in Psychiatric behavioral health;
im doing my family nurse practitioner
Requirements: 4 pages
Answer preview
My duty as an FNP requires me to provide high-quality, evidence-based care for patients. However, bridging the gap between theory and evidence-based understanding of pharmacological medicine has always been a challenge. Since I enrolled for the family nurse practitioner course, my application knowledge into pharmacology has greatly changed as I have learned that drugs interact differently in people and other medications. Since I started working in the psychiatric behavioral health clinic, I have gained different knowledge from my school learning. In my case, nurse practitioners gain knowledge from experiences during personal practices, referred to as know-how. Therefore, it has been difficult to transfer this knowledge as it is gained based on organizational culture. For nurses to be efficient in their work, they need to have a full pharmacology understanding of the drugs they administer in a specific health setting.
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