During this team project, I learned much about major depressive disorder and some of the treatments that can help it. For some individuals with major depressive disorder, traditional methods like medications do not work to relieve their symptoms. For my team’s research project, we focused on the new treatment of psilocybin therapy. Psilocybin is a psychedelic that has shown effectiveness in the relief of symptoms of major depressive disorder for up to four weeks. I believe that being up to date with new treatments is very important as a nurse. This is so nurses can explain new therapies to patients to give them more options to choose from. Giving the patients options about their care can help them feel empowered in their decisions.
My team’s process to write this paper went very smoothly. We all communicated and delegated parts of the paper for each of us to write. As a team member, I discovered that I can be a good communicator and work well with others.
