For most nurses, the journey to becoming a cannabis nurse begins with a passion, a curiosity, and asking “Why?”. Witnessing the transformative power of the sacred plant1 on the health of a patient or loved one, prompts a paradigm shift in our understanding and...
Having presented on the Endocannabinoid System (eCS) and the nurse’s role in cannabis medicine at many national and statewide nursing conferences, I am often asked how Registered Nurses can become “Cannabis Nurses.” Additionally, as President-Elect of the American...
With medical Cannabis approved in half the country plus [43] states for legalized adult (or recreational) use, the Cannabis industry is growing at an astounding rate in the US and around the globe. Cannabis has therapeutic application for various conditions such as...
Who are your Heroes? Growing up I had several heroes. However, they weren’t your typical superheroes. I never wanted to be Wonder Woman or She-Ra; they didn’t look like me, and the heroism they displayed didn’t seem relative to my life and experiences. My super...
A BRAVE YOUNG GIRL WITH A UNIQUE & INSPIRING PATH THROUGH CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA Mykayla has T-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia This is a very rare and aggressive form of childhood leukemia; it accounts for 15-18% of childhood leukemia cases. Leukemia is cancer of...
In the Autism Parent community, word spreads FAST. If you’ve been paying attention, you’ve surely heard the stories about seemingly miraculous results from a parent who discovered cannabis for their Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) child. I’m one of those parents, and...
Jack Splitt pioneered the way to allow children to take their medicine on school grounds in Colorado. Cirque 2016 Colorado’s medical cannabis program began with the passage of Amendment 20 in 20001. Cannabis was legalized to treat a specific list of medical...
American Holistic Nurses Association Vision (AHNA): Our vision is a world in which nursing nurtures wholeness and inspires peace and healing. Holistic Nursing can be defined as “all nursing practice that has healing the whole person as its goal” and takes a...
Holistic living is an art of living in harmony with nature and deals with a concern for the whole universe. The term holistic medicine is derived from the term “Holism” which means that a living being is not to be viewed as a composite of different organs but as an...
Cannabis is considered a healing herb. Healing on a multitude of levels: Body, Mind, and Spirit: it treats the person, holistically. When the psychological [mind] and spiritual [spirit] aspects of a being are incorporated into the healing-body protocol, healing is...
