Weakness of Pharmacology Knowledge of Nursing Students; Explaining the Challenges and Providing Solutions in the Perspective of Nursing Education in Iran; Review

Introduction: The problem of the weak knowledge of pharmacology among nursing students has not been well explained, and on the other hand, experiences and suggestions in the field of improving the knowledge of pharmacology of nursing students are not properly available in the nursing literature of the country, so this study aims to explain the challenge of the weak knowledge of pharmacology in nursing students of the country and to present Solutions to improve pharmacology knowledge were carried out. Method: This study was conducted as a review by searching the Web of Science, Scopus, PubMed, SID, and MagIran databases with the keywords of pharmaceutical knowledge and nursing students in the abstract and title of the articles, and the articles that examine the level of pharmaceutical knowledge Nursing students had studied in the country, and also the studies that were published in the field of providing solutions to improve the knowledge of pharmacology in nursing students were selected and analyzed in the present study. Results: Out of 52 reviewed articles, four internal articles investigated the status of nursing students' knowledge of pharmacology, and other internal and external studies provided improvement strategies in this field. The presented solutions were classified into two operational dimensions and teaching methods. Conclusion: Based on the research done, it seems that in terms of pharmacology teaching methods, the use of combined approaches will bring more concrete results due to more suitable consequences in terms of solving the upcoming challenge.