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Assignment: Pharmacology Content

Assignment: Pharmacology Content
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Focus of practice beyond role and population focus linked

to healthcare needs; examples include, but are not limited to,

oncology, older adults, orthopedics, nephrology,

and palliative care.

Family/individual

across lifespan

Adult

gerontology Neonatal Pediatrics

Women’s health

gender related

Psychiatric

mental health

Nurse

anesthetist

Nurse

midwife

Clinical nurse

specialist

Nurse

practitioner

APRN ROLES

Licensure occurs at levels of role and population foci. POPULATION FOCI
520 CLINICAL JOURNAL OF ONCOLOGY NURSING OCTOBER 2018, VOL. 22 NO. 5 CJON.ONS.ORG

ONCOLOGY NURSE PRACTITIONER ROLE

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content in ONS journals, specifically offerings that include phar- macology content, and at conferences.

Each state regulates and mandates the number and timing of CE requirements for its NPs. Most, but not all, require NPs to complete a minimum number of CE hours. Many certifications also require a minimum number of contact hours, with some requiring specific contact hours in defined practice populations and topics, such as pharmacology or individual learning needs assessment (ILNA) subject areas (American Academy of Nurse Practitioners [AANP] Certification Board, 2018; American Nurses Credentialing Center [ANCC], 2016; ONCC, 2018).

ONS provides CE specifically for NPs through a variety of means discussed in more depth later in this article. The Advanced Practitioner Society for Hematology and Oncology offers edu- cation through regional lectures, national conferences, and its journal (Journal of the Advanced Practitioner in Oncology). The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) offers courses through the ASCO University Advanced Practitioner Certificate Program. This program offers CE credits through a series of three

oncology programs, covering topics related to symptom man- agement, treatment, and supportive care: Oncology Basics 101, Oncology Basics 102, and Advanced 201.

Certain barriers hinder ONPs from staying current with CE. These include work/life demands, cost, and access. In addition, provider schedules can vary and be hectic, limiting time for ONPs to access CE. Some CE is free, whereas others are accessible for a fee that may be reimbursable by employers. Time and cost may limit travel to conferences for CE, with many institutions reducing the amount of financial support provided for educa- tional activities.

ONS Resources ONS has been a supportive source for the practice and profes- sional development of APRNs, including ONPs.

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You must proofread your paper. But do not strictly rely on your computer’s spell-checker and grammar-checker; failure to do so indicates a lack of effort on your part and you can expect your grade to suffer accordingly. Papers with numerous misspelled words and grammatical mistakes will be penalized. Read over your paper – in silence and then aloud – before handing it in and make corrections as necessary. Often it is advantageous to have a friend proofread your paper for obvious errors. Handwritten corrections are preferable to uncorrected mistakes.

Use a standard 10 to 12 point (10 to 12 characters per inch) typeface. Smaller or compressed type and papers with small margins or single-spacing are hard to read. It is better to let your essay run over the recommended number of pages than to try to compress it into fewer pages.

Likewise, large type, large margins, large indentations, triple-spacing, increased leading (space between lines), increased kerning (space between letters), and any other such attempts at “padding” to increase the length of a paper are unacceptable, wasteful of trees, and will not fool your professor.

The paper must be neatly formatted, double-spaced with a one-inch margin on the top, bottom, and sides of each page. When submitting hard copy, be sure to use white paper and print out using dark ink. If it is hard to read your essay, it will also be hard to follow your argument.