Podcasts about american cannabis nurses association

Ellen Kamhi talks with Susan Marks, a board-certified Family Nurse Practitioner who specializes in cannabis medicine. She has clinical experience in adult Medical/Surgical; pediatric Oncology/Hematology; home care; case management; disease management; quality improvement; and, risk management. Nurse Susan has been a cannabis nurse and a member of the American Cannabis Nurses Association for close to a decade. She educates health professionals on how to use cannabis therapeutics in their practice, and she works with medical patients who want to include cannabis in their health management program.

Susan Marks, MSN, FNP-C, PHN, is a board-certified Family Nurse Practitioner who specializes in cannabis medicine. She is a native Californian, currently living in Nevada, and has clinical experience in adult Medical/Surgical; pediatric Oncology/Hematology; home care; case management; disease management; quality improvement; and, risk management.   Nurse Susan has been a cannabis nurse and a member of the American Cannabis Nurses Association for close to a decade. She educates health professionals on how to use cannabis therapeutics in their practice, and she works with medical patients who want to include cannabis in their health management program.   Topic: Cannabis as Medicine     Contacts: Susan Marks, MSN, FNP-C, PHN   LinkedIn: Susan Edith Marks   Cannabis Consulting for Healthcare Professionals: https://nursesusaneducation.thinkific.com/courses/cannabis-consulting-for-health-professionals   Website: www.dearnursesusan.com   Email: susan@dearnursesusan.com   Instagram:  CBDbyNurseSusan Facebook:  Dear Nurse Susan YouTube: CBDbyNurseSusan

Charlene talks with Dr. Tanya Scott Cannady. Tanya is the Clinical Services Director for Kaiser Permanente in Oakland and is also an executive board member and treasurer for the American Cannabis Nurses Association, advocating for the integration of cannabis therapeutics into patient care. Charlene and Tanya talk about the safety and regulatory issues involved in cannabis nursing, as well as the state of research and evidence-based practice in cannabis nursing. We're running a survey to better understand our listeners and what topics you'd like to hear about. It would really help us out if you took just a couple minutes to fill it out. Click here to take the survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/WSHVM8M Host: Charlene Platon, MS, RN, FNP-BC (@charleneplaton) Guest: Tanya Scott Cannady, DNP, MHR, RN, NEA-BC, CPHIMS (tanyascottcannady.com) About the show: ACNL in Action is a production of the Association of California Nurse Leaders, the professional organization for nurse leaders. New episodes come out on the first Friday of every month. Want to support ACNL? Consider making a donation: http://bit.ly/cog-podcast . Learn more about ACNL, including how to become a member, at acnl.org.  Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn at @acnlnurse.

People ask me all the time “How can I get medical cannabis for my loved one at a facility?” It depends, there are many variables.  What kind of facility? Medicare, medicaid, private pay? What State? Today we're having a conversation with MA Family Nurse Practitioner Rose Cain about how we might encourage our loved one's facility to implement a medical cannabis program, or even natural, full spectrum, hemp CBD. Rose Cain is an Army Veteran and has been a Family Nurse Practitioner for over 40 years. Nurse Rose has cared for patients in acute, primary and urgent care, geriatrics, home, hospice and nursing home settings.   Nurse Rose brings a unique perspective to the conversation because she also practiced Elder Law and Estate planning for 20 years, and she's been a Professional Geriatric Care Manager. She's a member of the Society of Cannabis Clinicians and American Cannabis Nurses Association. Since 2018, her practice, Creating Well Being has been providing access to medical cannabis certification for patients in Massachusetts and is expanding. Creating Well being can be found at budheals.com From www.budheals.com "Rose established CWB in 2018 to provide access to medical marijuana certification for patients in Massachusetts. She has been an Family Nurse Practitioner for over 40 years and has cared for patients in acute, primary and urgent care, geriatrics, home , hospice and nursing home settings. Rose is also an Army veteran and is committed to addressing the unique physical and mental health issues facing vets- including PTSD and chronic pain. Rose has served on the Board of Directors of non-profit organizations and was also a practicing attorney for 20 years." THANK YOU! Rose Cain, FNP https://budheals.com/ Original Music by Doug Goodwin (1929-2023) “Try Something That's New” ...and thank you Mom , my greatest teacher. In Solidarity, Chela & Dave ⁠⁠cannabishelpsdementia.com⁠⁠ ⁠coachchela.com⁠ ⁠Podcast ⁠ ⁠X ⁠⁠ ⁠Facebook ⁠ ⁠Instagram ⁠ Review us on ⁠iTunes --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cannabishelpsdementia/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cannabishelpsdementia/support

Katie Sullivan is the co-founder of Modern Compassionate Care, an integrative wellness clinic in Illinois. She is a board-certified Family Nurse and serves as Modern Compassionate Care's integrative primary care provider with specializations in medical cannabis and psychedelic treatment modalities.Nurse Katie is a committed patient advocate and an active member of the American Cannabis Nurses Association, the Society of Cannabis Clinicians, the, the International Association of Psychedelic Nurses, Chicago NORML, and the Illinois Cannabis Equity Coalition. She is honored to serve as an appointed member of the Illinois Medical Cannabis Advisory Board and a member of the Clinical Education Council for the Illinois Psychedelic Society.Nurse Katie believes that cannabis should be a first-line alternative, not a last resort - especially when many commonly prescribed drugs have potentially dangerous or deadly side effects. To date, she has worked with over 1000 medical cannabis patients and their families, assisting them to utilize this treatment safely and successfully. The Culture Corner:A new podcast investigating the history of the gun industry The Gun Machine : a podcast about the gun industry's grip on America. And their biggest partner, since the Revolutionary War: The government. Introducing The Gun Machine: How America was forged by the gun industry.Topics Discussed(1:11) Welcome(4:20) Stars of David: Am Israeli High(5:15) The Young Generation(5:51) Skokie – The Movie(6:25) Never Again Means Never Again(6:50) The Culture Corner(7:05) The Gun Machine(10:40) Nurse Katie Sullivan Introduction(12:02) Illinois Cannabis Status(13:10) Losing Her Husband(15:15) Katie's Nursing Why(18:50) Cannabis Consumer Council(21:22) Talking to Medical Professionals(25:50) Modern Compassionate Care(28:00) Audio Intro(29:00) American Nurse Association Recognition(35:00) Her Cannabis Love Story(38:58) Canna Mom Story(46:00) Connect with Katie Sullivan through website or Linked-InThe Canna Mom Show wants to thank:Josh Lamkin and Bella Jaffe for writing and performing TCMS theme music and Fortuna Design for creating TCMS website.    

Ep.66 Embracing Cannabis Treatment for Hospice Patients with Megan Mbengue BSN, RN, CHPN Have you ever considered cannabis as part of your loved one's treatment for their end of life? If not, this episode with Megan Mbengue has all the necessary information. Cannabis may have a role in hospice care for symptom management and improving the quality of life for some patients near the end of life. Products containing both THC and CBD have been used by some hospice patients to help manage pain, especially when other pain medications are not effective or cause undesirable side effects. However, Megan advises that this kind of treatment should be approached with caution, fully considering legal, medical, and ethical factors, and always under healthcare professionals' guidance.     Megan Mbengue, BSN, RN, CHPN, is the Founder & CEO of Trusted Canna Nurse. She started Trusted Canna Nurse when she realized there were very few medical professionals well-versed in cannabis and CBD, much less someone who knew how to navigate a dispensary. She has been a nurse for over ten years, specializing in oncology, Labor & delivery, and, most recently, hospice & palliative care. Megan has received national certifications in all three specialties and is currently working towards a Master of Science in Medical Cannabis Therapeutics. Megan has done various speaking engagements and received various awards (read about them here). Additionally, Megan is an active member of the following professional organizations: Society of Cannabis Clinicians, Cannabis Nurses Network, and American Cannabis Nurses Association.   Tune in!   Key Highlights from the Episode; [00:30] Episode intro and a quick bio of the guest, Megan Mbengue  [01:51] Meet and greet Megan Mbengue and know what she does in her space [02:47] Great resources to research cannabis treatment [03:42] Megan's history from hospital nursing to the cannabis space [06:40] How Megan helps patients [07:59] Her partners in running the program [09:14] Megan's top three health conditions she helps with [09:44] Cannabis benefits for hospice patients [11:55] How cannabis treatments help in combating end-of-life anxiety [15:23] Using cannabis and psychedelics for treatments [18:56] How micro-dosing could help hospice patients get a greater sense of peace  [20:26] Is cannabis treatment good for trauma-based patients? [24:22] Cannabis pet-related products [25:40] What patients should try first in cannabis treatment [27:47] Best ways to reach out and connect with Megan [28:22] Ending show and calls to action Notable Quotes  There's great information about cannabis. As of 2022, it was the most researched drug worldwide. [02:48] Generally, hospice patients can benefit greatly from cannabis treatments in managing the end of life symptoms. This may include managing pain, inflammation leading to the pain, pain perception, and bringing the pain down without sedating the patient as opioids do. [11:44]  Terminal agitation is one of the hardest to manage; of all the end-of-life symptoms. [11:56]  As somebody approaches their end of life, gaining peace with themselves, their belief system, and others is always golden. [14:10]  Resources Mentioned Project CBD The Cannigma Ryan's Law Let's Connect Megan Mbengue Website: https://www.trustedcannanurse.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/megan-mbengue/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/trustedcannanurse/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@trustedcannanurse   Marie's Contact: Marie@HospiceExplained.com www.hospiceexplained.com http://buymeacoffee.com/hospice Marie@HospiceEncounters.com Leave a Voicemail: 206-705-3080

Sherri Mack BSN- RN is a leading force in the burgeoning cannabis industry as a nurse, patient, advocate, and activist. Sherri is CNO & VP of Nursing at Holistic Caring and Founder of The Green Nurse. Sherri utilizes her 35+ years of extensive nursing skills from the conventional system as a medical center specialist, clinical nurse liaison, and educator to bridge the gap between patients, traditional medical systems, and the cannabis community. Sherri mentors and educates other nurses and health professionals on the ECS and the safe utilization of cannabis at dispensaries, hospitals, clinics, and cannabis events, seminars, and expos the world over. Sherri earned a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Boston College. She is founding member of the Cannabis Nurses Network, International Association of Psychedelic Nurses and on the editorial advisory board for Cannabis RX Magazine. She is on the Board of Directors for American Cannabis Nurses Association and is a contributing author in the first cannabis nursing textbook, Carey S. Clarks' Handbook for Nurses. Sherri has a four-time award-winning podcast – The Green Nurse Podcast sharing compelling stories of healing, decreasing stigma around using plants as medicine. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/healingispossible/support

Megan Mbengue is the CEO and Founder of Trusted Canna Nurse, which she founded when she realized there were very few medical professionals who were well versed in cannabis and CBD – an issue we discuss so often on The Canna Mom Show. Megan has been a nurse for over ten years, specializing in oncology, labor delivery and most recently hospice & palliative care. She has received national certifications in all three specialties and is currently working towards a Masters of Science in Medical Cannabis Therapeutics.Megan is an active member of the -Society of Cannabis Clinicians-Cannabis Nurses Network and -American Cannabis Nurses Association.Joyce and Megan talk about her work with seniors, her team at Trusted Canna Nurse, her own experience with psychedelics and why her wonderful videos on Instagram are banned on TikTok.Joyce also speaks with the Betty Crocker of cannabis brownies mixes made right here in Massachusetts! Sabrina Clebnick is the founder of Clebby's, she is a young entrepreneur and is now focusing her business passion and baking skills on building a very unique cannabis business.The Culture Corner:The new Julia Louis-Dreyfus movie – You Hurt My Feelings. A story of the way we speak to the people we care for and how we can still hurt each other even if intentions are otherwise. Topics Discussed(1:10) Welcome(1:40) Griffin Yas – UMass Ultimate Disc Competition(2:50) You Hurt My Feelings(4:20) The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel(5:30) Sabrina Clebnick(7:00) Megan Mbengue Introduction(10:05) Why Cannabis Works On Our Bodies(11:32) Biphasic(12:20) Trusted Canna Nurse Products(13:00) Trusted Canna Nurse Mission(13:51) Tolerance Breaks(14:32) The TCN Team(16:07) The Importance of Education(16:30) Getting Kicked of TikTok(17:16) Micro-dosing Journey(21:17) Growing Up In Wisconsin(21:40) Family Story – very supportive(22:45) Seniors and Cannabis(24:00) Influencing Assisted Living Policy(25:45) Audio Intro(26:30) Medical Professionals(27:00) Teaching Nurses(27:15) Codi Peterson(27:46) Sabrina Clebnick  - Clebby's(32:34) The Tincture Work Around(34:45) Getting Into Dispensaries(39:12) Finding Clebby's Near You(39:45) Megan's Family Story(43:35) Nurse Education(44:55) Connecting With Seniors(47:00) Connect with Megan on Website or InstagramThe Canna Mom Show wants to thank:Josh Lamkin and Bella Jaffe for writing and performing TCMS theme music and Fortuna Design for creating TCMS website.   

Sherri Mack BSN- RN is a leading force in the burgeoning cannabis industry as a nurse, patient, advocate, and activist. Sherri is CNO & VP of Nursing at Holistic Caring and Founder of The Green Nurse. Sherri utilizes her 35+ years of extensive nursing skills from the conventional system as a medical center specialist, clinical nurse liaison, and educator to bridge the gap between patients, traditional medical systems, and the cannabis community. Sherri mentors and educates other nurses and health professionals on the ECS and the safe utilization of cannabis at dispensaries, hospitals, clinics, and cannabis events, seminars, and expos the world over. Sherri earned a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Boston College. She is founding member of the Cannabis Nurses Network, International Association of Psychedelic Nurses and on the editorial advisory board for Cannabis RX Magazine. She is on the Board of Directors for American Cannabis Nurses Association and is a contributing author in the first cannabis nursing textbook, Carey S. Clarks' Handbook for Nurses. Sherri has a four-time award-winning podcast – The Green Nurse Podcast sharing compelling stories of healing, decreasing stigma around using plants as medicine. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/healingispossible/support

Today we're talking with Jessilyn Dolan, A Registered Nurse, Co-Founder of Nurse Grown, the first clean green certified Vermont Hemp and CBD Farm, and Mom! We're getting the low down on MSOs, talking about the best path for patients, and how to bring local communities to the front of the cannabis conversation.   Nurse Grown: https://nursegrown.com/ Bluegrass Cannabis: https://www.bluegrasscannabis.com Podcast Store : https://www.bluegrasscannabis.com/dispensary Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bluegrasspodcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/bluegrasscanna TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@bluegrasscannabis Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bluegrasshemp

Montel speaks with Sherri Tutkus, aka The Green Nurse, on this episode of Let's Be Blunt. Sherri earned a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Boston College. She is founding member of the Cannabis Nurses Network, International Association of Psychedelic Nurses and on the editorial advisory board for Cannabis RX Magazine. She is on the Board of Directors for American Cannabis Nurses Association and is a contributing author in the first cannabis nursing textbook, Carey S. Clarks' Handbook for Nurses. She has an award winning podcast – The Green Nurse Podcast sharing compelling stories of healing and decreasing the stigma around using plants as medicine

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Ellen Kamhi talks with Nicole Foss, who has a range of expertise including cannabis extraction, cannabis branding, and research. She is currently the Product and Brand Director of Kriva, an athletic recovery focused hemp line available in all fifty states. Nicole is also the President-Elect of the American Cannabis Nurses Association. www.kriva.co

Join us for an intriguing and informational conversation with medicinal cannabis expert and registered nurse, Matt Cascio. Matt is well known throughout Missouri for his knowledge of cannabis and is an educational resource at BesaMe Wellness, a large dispensary in Missouri.   In our conversation, we cover the basics of medicinal cannabis, stigmas and their origins, safety with the product, services BesaMe provides, and the upcoming vote to legalize cannabis for recreational use in November 2022. Connect with Matt Cascio Matt Cascio has been a registered nurse for 23 years. He has worked in various areas including the OR, Case Management, Critical Care and Oncology. Matt has been studying the research on cannabis as medicine since 2014 when he began his journey to learn about the ECS, terpenes and the effectiveness of cannabis.  He was the Nurse Educator for a chain of CBD stores before joining Cannabis Care Team. Matt is well known throughout Missouri for his knowledge of cannabis and is an educational resource for BesaMe Wellness, a large dispensary group in Missouri. Matt's goal is to help patients meet theirs. He is dedicated to providing education on dosing, methods of administration, potentially therapeutic strains, side effects, and drug interactions. Matt is a member of the American Cannabis Nurses Association, The Cannabis Nurses Network and Cannabis Certified by The Medical Cannabis Institute. Thank you to our episode sponsor! BesaMe Wellness Winner of the 2021 “Best Customer Service Award” by The Pitch Kansas City, BesaMe Wellness take pride in serving their patients with the same integrity no matter which location you visit. With their fast and secure online ordering and delivery service, you have access to your medicine and other cannabis-related accessories when you need them. Their inventory is live and up-to-date on our online store, so you can find the right product in stock for the right price. To learn more about how cannabis can benefit you, or for assistance applying for your Missouri Medical Marijuana Card, don't hesitate to call, click, or come on in. They are here to help! Connect with Megan and Sarah We would love to hear from you! Send us an e-mail or find us on Instagram or Facebook!  

Join us for an intriguing and informational conversation with medicinal cannabis expert and registered nurse, Matt Cascio. Matt is well known throughout Missouri for his knowledge of cannabis and is an educational resource at BesaMe Wellness, a large dispensary in Missouri.   In our conversation, we cover the basics of medicinal cannabis, stigmas and their origins, safety with the product, services BesaMe provides, and the upcoming vote to legalize cannabis for recreational use in November 2022. Connect with Matt Cascio Matt Cascio has been a registered nurse for 23 years. He has worked in various areas including the OR, Case Management, Critical Care and Oncology. Matt has been studying the research on cannabis as medicine since 2014 when he began his journey to learn about the ECS, terpenes and the effectiveness of cannabis.  He was the Nurse Educator for a chain of CBD stores before joining Cannabis Care Team. Matt is well known throughout Missouri for his knowledge of cannabis and is an educational resource for BesaMe Wellness, a large dispensary group in Missouri. Matt's goal is to help patients meet theirs. He is dedicated to providing education on dosing, methods of administration, potentially therapeutic strains, side effects, and drug interactions. Matt is a member of the American Cannabis Nurses Association, The Cannabis Nurses Network and Cannabis Certified by The Medical Cannabis Institute. Thank you to our episode sponsor! BesaMe Wellness Winner of the 2021 “Best Customer Service Award” by The Pitch Kansas City, BesaMe Wellness take pride in serving their patients with the same integrity no matter which location you visit. With their fast and secure online ordering and delivery service, you have access to your medicine and other cannabis-related accessories when you need them. Their inventory is live and up-to-date on our online store, so you can find the right product in stock for the right price. To learn more about how cannabis can benefit you, or for assistance applying for your Missouri Medical Marijuana Card, don't hesitate to call, click, or come on in. They are here to help! Connect with Megan and Sarah We would love to hear from you! Send us an e-mail or find us on Instagram or Facebook!  

Topic:  Cannabis Nursing- With Sherri Tutkus THE GREEN NURSE    Sherri Tutkus RN  earned her bachelor's in science and Nursing from Boston College. She is a member of the American Cannabis Nurses Association, founding member of the Cannabis Nurses Network, and on the editorial advisory board for Cannabis RX Magazine    Sherri Tutkus BSN- RN is a leading force in the burgeoning cannabis industry as a nurse, patient, advocate and activist. Sherri is the Founder of The Green Nurse and Chief Nursing officer at Holistic Caring- a global community of health professionals who provide services to support the utilization of plant medicine and other progressive therapies to nourish the endocannabinoid system.   The Green Nurse Socials  You Tube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCO9UhH3t0sDi5SmdeI1Exyw Linked In - https://www.linkedin.com/in/sherri-tutkus-rn-bsn-912b7776/ Facebook The Green Nurse - https://www.facebook.com/OGgreennurses Facebook Community - https://www.facebook.com/groups/357024432370167 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/thegreen_nurse/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/Green_Nurses

In today's episode, Nurse Practitioner and Functional Plant Medicine Expert, Melanie Cross introduces us to using cannabis as a tool to get people over the hump with their healing to improve sleep, energy, and digestive issues.Through her own health journey, Melanie experienced a seven year time when she didn't sleep well, was experiencing brain fog, and was told she was fine by the doctors she saw.  The typical story of "of course you're tired, you have children" and even offered her anti-depressants.Within a week of starting cannabis, she was sleeping through the night for the first time in years!She found the root cause of her sleep issues, which was gut health, and address that to heal.  Now she doesn't need or use cannabis for sleep anymore,Melanie now uses this approach with her clients, whether it is sleep, or pain, or anxiety...to bridge that gap and allow them to have the energy to heal.Sleep is not a luxury!It is essential, and we cannot heal without sleeping well.Functional Plant Medicine - Melanie's approach of combining functional medicine and cannabis for treatment.We aren't talking about getting high!How to find symptom relief without feeling high.No dosing with edibles for medicinal purposes.You won't know actual dosing and you don't want the sugars, etc.Customizing dosage and blends that serve you the best.Balancing your endocanebanoid system.Tinctures allow you to dial in dosage specifically.Method of extraction is important.Different turpines for the results you want.Patches can be very helpful for pain.TCH-a in pain patches... no psychoactive effects.Some areas of the country, there are health care providers connected with dispensaries.Melanie is a member of the American Cannabis Nurses Association.Dr. Sulak, healer.com is a great resource to diy it.Some people should definitely not try dosing on your own!Seizure disordersBlood thinnersIf you have had a previous bad experienceYour endocanebanoid system as a balancing act.  It's job is to create homeostasis.Stress ReductionMindfulnessVagus NerveJoyfulnessEmpowerment to heal the body....Immune resilience... If you have an endocannabanoid deficiency, using cannabis can help balance you and give your body more resources to begin healing.Start low and go slow!#1- Master showing up for ourselves!When we can create a win in healing and become empowered, it leads to more and more wins in health, and then life!Life gets more expansive again!Not settling for the story of illness.Jumpstart your healing!Melanie's 1 thing... Show up for yourself!Becoming 1% better - James Clear Atomic HabitsInstead of always raising the ceiling, why not raise the floor!Pick one thing, and make a 1% improvement there.No win is too small!Complete Show Notes: inspiredliving.show/47

Ellen Kamhi talks with Sherri Tutkus, RN, a member of the American Cannabis Nurses Association, founding member of the Cannabis Nurses Network, and on the editorial advisory board for Cannabis RX Magazine. Sherri is the Founder of The Green Nurse and Chief Nursing officer at Holistic Caring - a global community of health professionals who provide services to support the utilization of plant medicine and other progressive therapies to nourish the endocannabinoid system.

Book Besties Season 2, Episode 13- The Fault in Our Stars with Special Guest Nurse KatieOn today's episode, the besties talk about The Fault in our Stars by John Green. We are joined by a special guest, our friend Nurse Katie. Join us as we discuss good work-life balance, kids with cancer, books with unclear endings, book boyfriends, and debate how appropriate it is to kiss in the Anne Frank House.Things talked about in this episode:Awesome Socks Club: https://awesomesocks.club/Foundation to Decrease World Suck: https://www.projectforawesome.com/Esther Earl: https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2014/03/05/esther-earl-starJohn Green remembers Esther: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mj96HM9kDTQJohn Green reflects on TFIOS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XywnjKNyQAAerogramme Writers' Studio: https://www.aerogrammestudio.com/2018/10/09/how-to-apply-for-the-amsterdam-writers-residency/The Fault in Our Stars movie: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2582846/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0Grey's Scene: https://youtu.be/LNVKsqcDdtAPET scan: positron emission tomography scanNurse Katie bio: Katie Alexander graduated from North Central State College with an associate degree in Nursing in 2003. She began working as staff nursing the surgical/trauma ICU. She returned to complete her Bachelor of Nursing at The Ohio State University in 2012. After realizing she wanted a higher level of knowledge and more impact on the care delivery of patients, she completed a Master of Science in Nursing degree from Mount Carmel College of Nursing with a specialization in adult gerontology acute care nurse practitioner in 2014.Katie is a Board-certified nurse practitioner with active memberships in The Oncology Society of Nurses, The American Cannabis Nurses Association and The American Association of Nurse Practitioners. She is passionate about advocating for the healthcare and cancer needs of the LGBTQAI population. She currently practices with a team of 11 medical oncologists, 1 gynecology oncologist and 3 other APRN's at the Mark Zangmeister Cancer Center inColumbus, Ohio.In her spare time, Katie enjoys baking, gardening, reading and spending time with her husband, two daughters, two dogs, and 9 chickens. Her ultimate retirement goal is to own a donut truck.Meet Molly and April, they bonded over books and became Book Besties. So, what do you do when you find your book bestie? Start a podcast of course. Hang out with April and Molly as they talk about everything they love and hate about books

In this final episode, we'd like to talk to you about the future of cannabis and more specifically, the future of cannabis research, products, and medicine.     Policy Marijuana Policy Project   Research  Multidisciplinary Center for Cannabinoid Research (or MCCR) Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research Journal.  Dr. Ethan Russo CBG observational study     Genetics   CYP2cC9 rs1057910.  which preliminary research which upcoming research is suggesting it might affect THC metabolism if the enzyme works too slow. This could mean a buildup or the development of toxic end products if the corresponding enzyme is working too slowly. FAAH rs324420. A lot of work has already been done to understand FAAH, which we've talked about plays a role in metabolism and might be a predisposition for cannabis addiction; check out Episode 4    for more information. College Certificates and Degrees Colorado State University, Bachelor of Science in Cannabis Biology and Chemistry.   The University of Vermont is the first medical school in the nation to offer a professional certificate in cannabis and medicine for therapeutic use.  The American Cannabis Nurses Association also offers CEUs to nurses through its online cannabis curriculum.           CEUs for Providers Knox Docs Education-Five training modules on cannabis medicine provide important historical and contemporary context around cannabis use, before diving into the fundamental scientific study of the plant and physiology of the endocannabinoid system The Answer Page is a medical education resource that has been providing the highest quality accredited education to the healthcare community for over two decades. Awarded in the US and internationally, TheAnswerPage is now a recognized leader for providing comprehensive education on the endocannabinoid system and medical cannabis, pain medicine, and opioid prescribing practices. Content provides Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME – AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™), Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP), American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), American Psychological Association (APA), and American General Dentistry (AGD) credits. To listen to the season in its entirety and learn how to include cannabis as part of the Functional Medicine toolbox, visit Karawarecoaching.com

Susan Marks, RN, BSN, PHN, is a cannabis nurse and a member of the American Cannabis Nurses Association.She works with medical patients who want to include cannabis therapeutics in their health management program. We were intrigued to say the least to sit down with her! CBD & forms of THC have become widely available and utilized for medical treatment. In this episode, Susan shares her story with us on forgoing pharmaceuticals ( and their endless side effects) to use CBD/THC products to heal her lupus and trimmers and now helps others do the same. Susan answers so many of our questions like, what is delta8 and when is it helpful? We discuss effects on the endocannabinoid system, dispensary education, her influence from western medicine, THC/CBD benefits on mental health & benefits for anxiety & depression, the history of cannabis, its healing properties, what to know when purchasing products, and cannabis for weight management & weight gain.Enjoy!!!! Connect with us Instagram @talk2mesister_podcast or email us at talk2mesister@gmail.com. Check out our Amazon Store! www.amazon.com/shop/talk2mesister_podcast Talk to me Sister Sponsors: Seeking Health Vitamins/Supplements Affiliate Link: https://bit.ly/3crc0aF. Use Code TALK2MESISTER or SISTERS2 for 10% off your first order. Your Super Foods. www.yoursuper.com. Use code Sister15 for 15% off every order. Gut Garden, 15% off your order with code BABYANDME

Eloise Theisen is a board certified Adult Geriatric Nurse Practitioner and nurse for over twenty years, who since 2014 has been specialising in treating patients with medical cannabis. Eloise is current President of the American Cannabis Nurses Association, CEO of Radicle Health, which offers patient care focussing on cannabinoids, as well as cannabis education for clinicians and industry training and is also Chief Nursing Officer and Board President for Leaf 411, a nonprofit operating a  cannabis-trained nurse  guidance line.A fierce advocate for increasing the involvement of nurses in patient care with medical cannabis and improving health inequalities in cannabis and more generally, Eloise's expertise and passion makes this an episode not to miss.   Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/marybiles71)

This episode is Part 1 of our two-part conversation about the use of two drugs in a person's cancer journey which may be considered alternative to many people, cannabis and psilocybin. In this first episode we focus on cannabis by talking to Dr. Carey Clark, PhD, RN, and Chair of the Medical Cannabis Certificate Program at the Pacific College of Health and Science in San Diego. Dr. Clark is also the former president of the American Cannabis Nurses Association, and an expert on the many ways in which medical cannabis, synthetic THC, and CBD oil can be valuable medical tools.As Dr. Clark makes clear during our interview, the decision to use medical cannabis should only be made with the professional guidance of medical experts; this is not a DIY treatment method. If you want to learn more about this subject, here are two resources she recommends:Project CBDhttps://www.projectcbd.orgNational Cancer Institutehttps://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/treatment/cam/patient/cannabis-pdqAbout ClearityCancer Connections is produced by Clearity, which provides free support and services to people impacted by ovarian cancer. You can learn more about Clearity and the topics we've discussed today by visiting clearity.org. Or, feel free to email us your questions or comments at podcast@clearity.org. Thanks!

Today Joyce is talking with three canna-nurse practitioners based in Massachusetts, Julie Battel, Caitlin Bernhard and Marissa Fratoni. They are all health care providers who are using their skills, knowledge and networks to heal and to educate us at Azalla Wellness and Azalla Education. Julie, Caitlin and Marissa bring their decades of combined professional experience as practicing cannabis nurses and in the health and wellness industries to Azalla to provided unparalleled learning opportunities to Massachusetts Adult Use and Medical Use programs licensees. On today's show they share their experience and vision of a future working with cannabis industry and healthcare professionals, patients and the community-at-large to provide evidence-based educational experience centered on the Endocannabinoid System and cannabis.Thank you Dr. Bridgett Williams and the anthology she has put together, Courage in Cannabis, for supporting today's show. And Joyce gives a shout out to Massachusetts MCR Labs for putting together The Cannabis Review, a collection of scientific studies on cannabinoids and terpenes, arranged to help us identify and understand the unique potential of cannabis-based treatment. Topics Discussed(1:20) Trust(1:50) Ellen Rosenfeld and CommCan Dispensary(2:54) MCR Labs and the The Cannabis Review(3:50) Dr. Bridget Williams and Courage in Cannabis(4:20) Marissa Fratoni(5:35) Caitlin Bernhard(6:11) Julie Battel(6:31) American Cannabis Nurses Association(6:50) Green Networks Providers(10:05) Cannabinoids vs. Cannabis(12:50) Azalla Wellness and Education(13:41) Looking for Education(15:41) Nurses and Education(17:08) Canna Nurses(20:00) Aids and Cannabis, Home Baked (20:45) Cannabis Health Equity and Dr. Rachel Knox(21:30) ACHEM and Social Justice(23:50) Massachusetts and Social Equity(24:58) Responsible Vendor Training(26:30) Thank You Courage in Cannabis(27:55) Dr. Erik Brown Oklahoma Pharmacist(34:21) Illume Cannabis Wellness(34:37) Azalla Education(35:45) New York Cannabis(36:40) Application Process(38:31) Therapeutic Use(39:55) Connect with Caitlin Bernhard(40:20) Connect with Julie Battel(40:50) Connect with Marissa Fratoni and Holistic Nurse MamaThe Canna Mom Show wants to thank:Josh Lamkin and Bella Jaffe for writing and performing TCMS theme music

Susan Marks, aka Nurse Susan, is passionate about the therapeutic benefits of cannabis. She is a medical cannabis patient. She has a progressive neurological movement disorder, and cannabis (high CBD, low THC) has allowed her to stop anti-seizure medication and the intolerable side effects.She is also a highly qualified healthcare professional, holding a nursing degree and several nursing certificates. She works with medical patients who want to include cannabis therapeutics in their health management program.During this fascinating conversation, Susan gives a history of the hemp plant as a product and cannabis as a medicine. We hear how political and financial motivations forced this highly valuable plant to become labeled a dangerous drug and eventually become placed as a Schedule I narcotic.The three criteria for a drug to be included in the federal list of Schedule I narcotics are:1. No medical benefit2. Addictive3. Very unsafe and dangerousDoes it meet these criteria? Nurse Susan believes it does not, listen in to hear why she feels this way.What is the difference between THC and CBD? Nurse Susan explains that basically, CBD works from the neck down and THC works from the neck up. However, she feels strongly that using the complete plant and portions of all the cannabinoids is the optimal way to treat a medical condition therapeutically.Does this mean you're going to get high? Not necessarily as this can be completely modulated and controlled. But, you need both. Why? Because the CBD diminishes the psychoactivity of THC and the THC boosts the effectiveness of the CBD.Why do different people experience different responses to cannabis? Two reasons, the product and the individual. When it comes to product, Susan says, "There's a lot of crap out there" and you have to make sure it is lab tested. And individuals need to start with a low dose, pay attention to the response, and adjust their protocol based upon that response."Know the product, know it's safe, and know how you respond."PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT: Cartels are now spraying cannabis with Fentanyl to make it highly addictive, BEWARE!What inspired Susan to become an advocate for medical cannabis? And what's the most badass thing she's ever done? Listen in to find out!Background and LInksSusan Marks, RN, BSN, PHN, is a cannabis nurse and a member of the American Cannabis Nurses Association.Susan educates and consults with clients on:- The endocannabinoid system and how cannabis works in their body and is specific to their disease or issue- How to select safe and reliable products- The dosing process- The risks and benefits of cannabis- Identifying drug interactions and avoiding unwanted side effects- Understanding that cannabis is a treatment within a continuum of care which involves interacting components and being able to integrate cannabis with the client's current treatment choices and lifestyle.With this knowledge, her clients can make informed decisions about their cannabis regimen.Nurse Susan states, “I am very grateful for this plant, and I'm committed to working with other patients who can benefit from cannabis therapy.”Susan works with patients with several medical conditions, visit her site for more details.Susan has received certification in the following subspecialties:- Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality (CPHQ)- Public Health Nurse (PHN)- Legal Nurse Consultant (LNCC)- Catastrophic Case Management and Life Care Planning- Susan was inducted into Sigma Theta Tau, International Nursing Honor Society.For more info, visit http://dearnursesusan.com/More info - http://unpauseyourlife.comSponsored by:The Addictions Academy - The Nation's Leading Accredited Addiction Coaching & Intervention Training: https://theaddictionsacademy.com/The Functional Psychology Pro - Natural Solutions to Mental Health: http://drteralyn.com/Music courtesy of Crowfly - http://crowflyrocks.com/

This episode of the Plant Medicine Podcast features a conversation with Dr. Carey Clark, discussing delta-8 THC. Dr. Clark is a registered nurse and an expert in cannabis care nursing. She holds a PhD from the California Institute of Integral Studies and is the immediate past president of the American Cannabis Nurses Association. She is also the editor and author of the first nursing textbook on medical cannabis Cannabis: A Handbook for Nurses and has over thirty publications in academic journals. Currently Dr. Clark serves as a professor at Pacific College of Health and Science where she also developed the first college-level, academic certificate in medical cannabis. In this conversation Dr. Clark introduces delta-8 THC, discussing its chemistry, pharmacology, and legal status. She begins by sharing that delta-8 is a minor cannabinoid which exists naturally in small quantities within cannabis and hemp. Delta-8 THC is chemically very similar to delta-9 THC—the primary cannabinoid within cannabis which is known for its mind-altering and medicinal properties—and in fact, delta-9 naturally degrades into delta-8 under certain conditions. Due to the structural similarities, delta-8 produces similar effects to delta-9, and may have similar medical applications. Dr. Clark mentions that delta-8 may be synthesized from CBD, allowing for this compound to be readily produced from legal components. However, the delta-8 which results from these synthesis methods contains traces of unknown compounds, perhaps as a result of the particular solvents used in the reaction, so Dr. Clark cautions that consuming these products could have certain risks, though the delta-8 cannabinoid itself is thought to have a similar safety profile to delta-9 THC. Instead. Dr. Clark emphasizes that whole plant medicines are likely the ideal for patients seeking to treat medical conditions with cannabis, but since delta-8 may be more readily available in certain areas due to its murky legal status it may be the best option for some individuals.  While scientific research into delta-8 is currently lacking, Dr. Clark shares the results from a few studies which use animal models and one study looking at the effects of delta-8 in the context of pediatric oncology. In addition to these published studies, Dr. Clark also shares anecdotal reports from patients, saying that these experiences are crucial, preferring to think of these reports as qualitative data which has yet to be systematically studied.   In this episode: What delta-8 THC is and how it is made Potential safety concerns with delta-8 products The current research on delta-8 The legal grey-area of delta-8 THC and states which have banned the cannabinoid Differences in the doses and effects of delta-8 and delta-9 THC   Quotes: “My hope as well is that people who are able to access whole-plant medicine can really use whole-plant medicine safely and effectively and they have access to safe, effective medicines. That would be my recommendation—if somebody had a choice—over choosing a really synthesized medicine at this point because of the safety issues.” [15:30] “[T]there's still very little research and most of the patient experience we're hearing is really anecdotal.” [24:52]   Links: Dr. Clark's faculty page at Pacific College of Health and Science Psychedelic Medicine Association Porangui

In this episode, Greg and Carey discuss what got Carey interested in learning about and utilizing cannabis therapeutically in her own practice and creating an entire program around it. They talk about the human endocannabinoid system and its effects on our health, including ways of modulating the endocannabinoid system without using cannabis. They talk about Carey's presentation on Cannabis Care 101 at the upcoming Pacific Symposium this Fall. You will hear Carey's thoughts on the recreational use and what the literature say about safety, long term effects, and age-related issues, for example, teen use. Finally, we learn about the Pacific College medical cannabis certificate program. - For more information about Pacific College's Medical Cannabis Certification Program visit https://www.pacificcollege.edu/medicalcannabis - Dr Carey Clark will also be speaking at the 2021 Pacific Symposium. Information and registration https://www.pacificcollege.edu/symposium/ About Carey Clark Carey S. Clark, PhD, RN, AHN-BC, FAAN, serves as Director of Nursing, chair of the Medical Cannabis Certificate Program, and faculty in the Medical Cannabis and Holistic Nursing programs. She is the immediate Past President of the American Cannabis Nurses Association, and has been a nurse since 1994, with a wide practice background including experience within the acute care setting, pediatrics, hospice care, and parish nursing. Her previous position was at the University of Maine at Augusta, where she developed an award winning holistic-integral nursing program for RN-BSN students. Dr. Clark has over 30 publications in journals such as Advances in Nursing Science, International Journal for Human Caring, Holistic Nursing Practice, and Creative Nursing. Dr. Clark has presented at many national and local conferences, particularly with oncology and holistic nurses, where she focuses on bringing basic knowledge about the endocannabinoid system and medicinal use of cannabis. She remains committed to including the endocannabinoid system in every nursing curriculum in the world, as she is the editor of the forthcoming Wolters-Kuhlwer Cannabis Handbook for Nurses (2020). Dr. Clark looks forward to sharing her knowledge with other like-minded nurses as we create change in healthcare systems and support the holistic healing of those we serve.

There are over 160 different cannabinoids, multiple ways to consume CBD and various factors that contribute to the benefits, effectiveness, and experience of the Cannabis products you consume. That’s why Leaf411.org, a nurse-staffed, free cannabis hotline for anyone in America to reach out, gets me so excited. On this episode, with my guest, nurse and CEO of Leaf411.org, Katherine Golden, we discuss the de-stigmatization of Cannabis and how we can bridge the gap between medicine and Cannabis.[00:01 – 06:40] Announcements: The Texas 87th Legislative Session[06:41 – 24:11] Katherine Golden’s background and Leaf411.org[24:22 – 33:17] The Medical Conversation Is Influenced By Educated Consumers[32:18 – 46:33] How Leaf411.org Guides Their Callers Through The Nuances of Cannabis[46:34 – 56:16] Understanding Your Hemp and Cannabis COAs and Why It’s Important[56:17 – 61:45] Reach Out, Leaf411.org Wants To Help YouKatherine Golden, RN, has served the medical community for over 25 years and for the past 5 years has worked as a cannabis nurse educator. She’s the CEO, Executive Director & Co-Founder of Leaf411.org. Katherine has obtained several cannabis-nursing certificates through The Medical Cannabis Institute Global, Radicle Health Cannabis Therapeutics of Medical Professionals and is Healer Certified. She is a proud member of American Cannabis Nurses Association, Cannabis Nurse Network, Americans for Safe Access and a member of numerous other cannabis related patient and professional advocacy groups to ensure she is up to date on the latest science and the most current issues.Connect with Katherine on LinkedIn or email her at katherine@leaf411.org Visit Leaf411’s website at https://leaf411.org/ and check out their Instagram (@leaf411org), Twitter (@leaf411org), Facebook (@leaf411org), and LinkedIn (@leaf411org)   Shayda Torabi has been called one of the most influential Women in WordPress and now she’s one of the women leading the cannabis reformation conversation building one of Texas’ premier CBD brands. She's currently the CEO and Co-Founder of RESTART CBD, a female-run education first CBD wellness brand. And has formerly held marketing positions at WP Engine and WebDevStudios. Shayda is the host of a podcast for cannabis marketers called To Be Blunt, where she interviews top cannabis brands on their most successful marketing initiatives. When Shayda's not building her cannabiz in Texas, you can find her on the road exploring the best hikes and spots for vegan ice cream. Follow Shayda at @theshaydatorabi Tweetable Quotes:“[Leaf411.org is a] nurse run organization. We are all registered nurses. We give evidence based education to them. We’re really firm on that and we're gonna tell you what you sometimes don't want to hear.” - Katherine Golden“I think it all boils down to just educating our public on a very simple level.” - Katherine Golden  SPONSORSHIP is brought to you by Restart CBD. Check them out for your CBD needs!LEAVE A REVIEW + help someone who wants to join me for episodes featuring some serious cannabis industry by sharing this episode or click here to listen to our previous episodes. You can listen to my podcast on Spotify, Stitcher, BRESTART CBD RESTART CBD is an education first CBD wellness brand shipping nationwide. restartcbd.com

We heard Eloise speak about cannabis and seniors at CannMed2019 - a huge, very serious medical cannabis conference where we also met Dr. Raphael Mechoulam, the Godfather of Modern Cannabis Research. Every one who is anyone in the medical cannabis space was there! ELOISE THEISEN, is a board-certified Adult-Geriatric Nurse Practitioner who has cultivated a wealth of knowledge and data for using cannabis to treat a broad range of conditions and diseases, especially those that commonly affect seniors. Eloise is a co-founder and Chief Visionary Officer of Radicle Health, developing ongoing cannabis education for healthcare professionals and the community as well as patient care and industry training. An more recently Eloise has launched Leaf411, The first FREE cannabis nurse hotline. Prior to Radicle Health, Eloise also founded Green Health Consultants, a medical cannabis clinic that helped patients use cannabis to help treat chronic and age-related illness and was one of the first healthcare practitioners to bring a clinical dosing regimen to the cannabis space. She's treated more than 5,500 patients using cannabis. Eloise previously served on the board of the American Cannabis Nurses Association and is now the President. She helped in the development of A.C.N.A.'s first online core curriculum, providing over eight hours of educational content as well as continuing education credits for nurses. Her work has been featured in Newsweek and the SF Chronicle, among others. There are very few healthcare practitioners in the US with a comparable level of cannabis expertise and experience. Joining NP Theisen to talk about anxiety and depression include experts in elder care and specialists in cannabinoid medicine with first hand experience on the frontlines in California's North Bay Area. We appreciate that they're always sharing their knowledge at medical symposia, events and now Zoom meetings. Dr. Phillip Grob, Geriactric Psychiatrist with 28 years experience. He is a member of the Society of Cannabis Clinicians with an extensive practice in the Santa Rosa/Sacramento Area. AND Health & Wellness Director for The Lodge at Fountaingrove and The Terraces memory care, front liner in the trenches, Marissa Goldman, LVN. Full episode drops Friday May 14th. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/cannabishelpsdementia/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/cannabishelpsdementia/support

In our 2021 premier episode we have a great conversation with renowned integrative physician, Dr. Dustin Sulak about easing symptoms of dementia, addressing chronic pain, and sleep issues with the same medicinal plant. You may know Dr. Sulak from his educational site Healer.com or from the many articles he's written, lectures he's given or panels he's participated in to help educate people worldwide on cannabis therapeutics. He's also a board member of the Society of Cannabis Clinicians and Americans for Safe Access. In upcoming episodes we connect with a Harvard Medical School professor. Having grown up in a home where his father was a very well known, ground-breaking cannabis researcher, and seeing how his older brother, who passed at 15, got relief from leukemia related nausea, vomiting and pain, Dr. Peter Grinspoon is considered an authority on all aspects of this healing herb, including adult and medicinal uses, as well as the racist misinformation, rather than science, that was the foundation of prohibition. He also knows first hand how powerful cannabis can be in healing from opioid addiction. PLUS! Dr. Bonni Goldstein, has treated thousands of adults and children and seen their quality of life improve with cannabis medicine. We'll talk about her book, “Cannabis is Medicine” and how her senior patients are finding relief from symptoms of dementia, chronic pain and getting better sleep. Dr. Babak Baban, is researching CBD and cannabinoids at the Dental College of Georgia at Augusta University. Some of his recently released studies include: one on how CBD helps reduce cytokine storms in COVID-19, which is really interesting, but the big news to us is about a mouse study where two weeks of high dose CBD seems to reset how proteins are made in Alzheimer's impacted mouse brains. We have an excellent panel discussion on How Cannabis Eases Anxiety and Depression among seniors with three geriatric specialists including President of the American Cannabis Nurses Association, Geriatric NP Eloise Theisen, RN, Geriatric Psychiatrist Dr. Phillip Grob, and Health services director of a world class assisted living facility and memory care in Santa Rosa. Dr. Blake Pearson, is a practicing family physician in Ontario, Canada treating hundreds of PLWD in facilities and at home. He's seen huge quality of life improvements in patients living with dementia using medical cannabis. Dr. Genester Wilson-King is a women's health expert. We'll talk about the impact of hormonal imbalances and risk for dementia and how cannabis may help. We're also going to connect with Dr. Ethan Russo about his comprehensive 2018 review article in Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience, “Cannabis Therapeutics and the Future of Neurology” and do a deep dive into the Alzheimer's section as well as talk about other studies since then that question if cannabis helps dementia. Dr. Melanie Bone is the medical director of the cannabinoid initiative at an over-65 residential community in Florida with a teaching nursing home, memory care unit, hospice, and rehabilitation facility on site. We spoke with Dr. Bone in the 2020 season and look forward to connecting with her again and hearing how things are going! Dr. Patricia Frye, wrote one of the textbooks for the University of MD School of Pharmacy. We'll talk about the importance of healthcare provider education on cannabinoids and the endocannabinoid system and how cannabis may be helping seniors and people living with dementia. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/cannabishelpsdementia/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/cannabishelpsdementia/support

Opioids play a critical role in managing cancer-associated pain, but they're highly addictive, and they don't always provide sufficient pain relief for cancer patients. Many patients therefore turn to cannabis or cannabis-derived products to help manage their pain, using them either as standalone treatments or as an adjuvant therapy to opioids. But does research support cannabis use for this purpose? The evidence is mixed, and some studies suggest there may indeed be benefits for cancer pain—but there's also reason for caution. How Much Research Is There? There's a relatively strong body of research on cannabis for the treatment of chronic pain generally, according to Eloise Theisen, RN, MSN, president of the American Cannabis Nurses Association and co-founder of Radicle Health, a cannabis education and advocacy organization. However, much of this research has focused on neuropathic pain in multiple sclerosis and spinal cord injuries, and comparatively few studies have examined pain in the cancer context. Among the studies that exist for cancer, many have small sample sizes, and study design is also an issue. “We have animal studies and some clinical human studies,” says Theisen, but there's “a lack of randomized controlled trials, which are considered to be the gold standard.” A further complicating factor in the research on cannabis and cancer pain is that most of the existing studies on this topic have relied on products that do not match those cancer patients actually use in practice. According to Hance Clarke, MD, PhD, associate professor of anesthesia at the University of Toronto and author of a recent review article on cannabis and pain,1 the products that have been studied most extensively are pharmaceutical-grade cannabis isolates, such as nabiximols (an extract containing THC and CBD in a precise one-to-one ratio), nabilone (synthetic THC), and dronabinol (also synthetic THC). However, cancer patients outside of the research context are much more likely to use dispensary cannabis and non-pharmaceutical-grade plant-based extracts. “We're kind of stuck without enough evidence on the products that people are currently using,” says Clarke. This is important, because patients may react quite differently to a dispensary product than to a pharmaceutical product, according to Clarke. Guests:  Eloise Theisen, MSN, RN, is a board certified Adult Geriatric Nurse Practitioner who specializes in cannabis therapy. For over 20 years, Eloise has worked primarily with cancer, dementia and chronic pain patients. In the last several years, Eloise has focused her efforts on cannabinoid therapies. Eloise was one of the first healthcare professionals to bring a clinical dosing regimen to the cannabis space. In 2019, Eloise was elected President of the American Cannabis Nurses Association and will serve through 2022. In 2019, Eloise co-authored Pain Free with CBD: Everything You Need to Know and Effectively Use Cannabidiol with Alice O'Leary Randall.    Joe Jeffries, Pharm D is currently Director of Pharmacy at FarmaceuticalRx, a medical cannabis dispensary in East Liverpool Ohio. Joe is the former Director of Pharmacy at Barnesville Hospital and was named the Healthcare Worker of the Year, largely for his creation of a program to help those struggling with drug addiction. Joe was also President of the Ohio Pharmacists Association from 2000-2001.  Host:  Joseph Friedman  CannaRPh Consultants CRx Magazine Advisory Board, CRx Podcast  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Opioids play a critical role in managing cancer-associated pain, but they’re highly addictive, and they don’t always provide sufficient pain relief for cancer patients. Many patients therefore turn to cannabis or cannabis-derived products to help manage their pain, using them either as standalone treatments or as an adjuvant therapy to opioids. But does research support cannabis use for this purpose? The evidence is mixed, and some studies suggest there may indeed be benefits for cancer pain—but there’s also reason for caution. How Much Research Is There? There’s a relatively strong body of research on cannabis for the treatment of chronic pain generally, according to Eloise Theisen, RN, MSN, president of the American Cannabis Nurses Association and co-founder of Radicle Health, a cannabis education and advocacy organization. However, much of this research has focused on neuropathic pain in multiple sclerosis and spinal cord injuries, and comparatively few studies have examined pain in the cancer context. Among the studies that exist for cancer, many have small sample sizes, and study design is also an issue. “We have animal studies and some clinical human studies,” says Theisen, but there’s “a lack of randomized controlled trials, which are considered to be the gold standard.” A further complicating factor in the research on cannabis and cancer pain is that most of the existing studies on this topic have relied on products that do not match those cancer patients actually use in practice. According to Hance Clarke, MD, PhD, associate professor of anesthesia at the University of Toronto and author of a recent review article on cannabis and pain,1 the products that have been studied most extensively are pharmaceutical-grade cannabis isolates, such as nabiximols (an extract containing THC and CBD in a precise one-to-one ratio), nabilone (synthetic THC), and dronabinol (also synthetic THC). However, cancer patients outside of the research context are much more likely to use dispensary cannabis and non-pharmaceutical-grade plant-based extracts. “We’re kind of stuck without enough evidence on the products that people are currently using,” says Clarke. This is important, because patients may react quite differently to a dispensary product than to a pharmaceutical product, according to Clarke. Guests:  Eloise Theisen, MSN, RN, is a board certified Adult Geriatric Nurse Practitioner who specializes in cannabis therapy. For over 20 years, Eloise has worked primarily with cancer, dementia and chronic pain patients. In the last several years, Eloise has focused her efforts on cannabinoid therapies. Eloise was one of the first healthcare professionals to bring a clinical dosing regimen to the cannabis space. In 2019, Eloise was elected President of the American Cannabis Nurses Association and will serve through 2022. In 2019, Eloise co-authored Pain Free with CBD: Everything You Need to Know and Effectively Use Cannabidiol with Alice O’Leary Randall.    Joe Jeffries, Pharm D is currently Director of Pharmacy at FarmaceuticalRx, a medical cannabis dispensary in East Liverpool Ohio. Joe is the former Director of Pharmacy at Barnesville Hospital and was named the Healthcare Worker of the Year, largely for his creation of a program to help those struggling with drug addiction. Joe was also President of the Ohio Pharmacists Association from 2000-2001.  Host:  Joseph Friedman  CannaRPh Consultants CRx Magazine Advisory Board, CRx Podcast  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We discuss dosing medical cannabis with Dr. Dustin Sulak. Dustin is an osteopathic general practitioner who focuses on treating patients with refractory conditions using an individualized, health-centered approach. Dr. Sulak is a founder of Integr8 Health, a medical practice in Maine that follows over 8,000 patients using medical cannabis, and cofounder of Healer.com, a medical cannabis education resource. Dustin has also participated in every CannMed Event since our first event in 2016. He serves on our CannMed Advisory Board, evaluating abstracts and helping select presenters, and he is an instructor on our full-day CannMed Medical Practicum.  Topics discussed include:  Why dosing medical cannabis is different from other therapeutics The fact that cannabinoids can have biphasic and even triphasic effects How a patient's optimal dose can change over time, commonly going downHow patients commonly build a tolerance to the adverse effects of cannabis but not the benefits The benefits of working with a trained medical provider to determine one's optimal dose, but also strategies for how patients can find it on their ownHow can cannabis be used for health promotion and disease prevention How using a variety of cannabis cultivars and not sticking to just one strain can be beneficial for patients Thanks to our Sponsor: Cannabis Patient Care magazine Cannabis Patient Care magazine is an educational resource for patients, medical professionals, caregivers, and advocates on the latest research, benefits, and treatment options medical cannabis provides for a variety of illnesses. They are excited to announce that their March issue will be coming out next week with a focus on chronic pain. The issue features content from industry thought-leaders in medical cannabis, including Brendan McKernan, CEO of Medicinal Genomics, Eloise Theisen, board-certified Adult Geriatric Nurse Practitioner, president of the American Cannabis Nurses Association, and a medical leader of this year's CannMed Medical Practicum, and many others. Visit cannapatientcare.com to learn more.   Additional Resources Handbook of Cannabis Clinicians Society of Cannabis Clinicians Healer.com Dosage ProgramCannMed 2019 Presentation - The Role of Cannabis in Integrative Medicine, Health Promotion and Disease Prevention - Dustin Sulak, DO

Eloise Theisen is the CEO of Leaf411, CEO of Radicle Health, and currently serves as the President of the American Cannabis Nurses Association. We discuss her work with moving cannabis nurse certification forward with the ANA, entrepreneurial spirit, and various aspects of scheduled drugs in the United States. You can find her websites @: Free Cannabis Nurse Hotline - Leaf411 | 844-LEAF411 also @ Radicle Health Training (thinkific.com) and lastly @ Home (cannabisnurses.org) Support my show at NURSE GUY • A podcast on Anchor --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/guy-beck/support

Welcome to Golf Talk Live! Tune in LIVE Thursday 6:00 PM Central I'm excited to be feature Coaches Corner again this season. Joining me this week: Bill Abrams & Kate Tempesta. Later, I'm joined by: Bill Slapin, Founder BillsBotanicals.net & Susan Marks (Nurse), MSN, FNP-C, PHN. More on Bill & Susan: Bill Slapin founder of Bill’sBotanicals.net who perhaps like you, has been active and gone hard on his body all his life. Eventually, he found himself too achy and sore to do the things he loved. Rather than give up golf, exercise and simple chores that meant true quality of life, he found himself spending endless time and money trying to feel better. While searching for a solution that didn’t have the side effects of pills a friend recommended topical hemp extract or CBD. Susan Marks, received her Bachelors of Science in Nursing from Mount Saint Mary's College. She has clinical experience in adult Medical/Surgical; pediatric Oncology/Hematology; home care; case management; disease management; quality improvement; and, risk management. Currently, a member of the American Cannabis Nurses Association. Join me LIVE Thursdays from 6:00 - 8:00PM Central http://www.blogtalkradio.com/golftalklive Or listen on these social media platforms:  iTunes , Stitcher, Tunein, Castbox, TalkStreamLive & Spotify.

On In The Weeds with Jimmy Young, we are introduced to Jessilyn Dolan a leader in the Vermont Nursing community. She has survived 40 surgeries and has been a leader in the cannabis advocacy cause in Vermont. She sits on the Board of the American Cannabis Nurses Association, and is VP of the ANA chapter and chairs the Government Affairs Committee. In her spare time she is an educator, and consultant specializing in cannabis therapeutics, opioid use, mental health disorders and maternal child health, herbalist, massage therapist, energy worker, doula, yoga and childbirth educator. She is Vermont's Green Nurse.

On this episode we welcome Dr. Kevin Spelman from the National University of Natural Medicine. Kevin has a wealth of knowledge when it comes to medicinal plant, nutraceutical, and cannabinoid research and has authored 29 peer-reviewed publications on medicinal plants. Over the last 30 years, he has coordinated new product development, formulated product lines, advised on analytical and QC guidelines, research activity and educational curriculums for industry and universities. Dr. Spelman will share his knowledge and expertise as an instructor for our CannMed Medical Practicum, taking place Monday, April 12th. After that eight-hour course, attendees will walk away with practical information about clinical applications, dosing strategies, potential drug interactions, special considerations for geriatric and pediatric patients, and more.  Kevin also shared a lot of his knowledge with me in our conversation. Topics we hit on include:  How the entourage effect includes more than just cannabinoids and terpenesHow plant-based medicines differ from single-molecule pharmaceuticals How plants use terpenes to communicate with each other How high levels of terpenes can be toxic How a plant's responses to environmental stresses can change its medicinal effects How at home extraction techniques compare to commercial processes And much more Thanks to our sponsor, The American Cannabis Nurses Association. The ACNA is non-profit professional nursing organization that seeks to advance excellence in cannabis nursing practice through advocacy, collaboration, education, research, and policy development. The ACNA is comprised of a network of professional nurses across the country. They are rapidly growing and eagerly welcome more nurses who seek to learn about cannabis therapeutics and integrate it into their practice. The ACNA's annual Cannabis Care Conference is being held virtually December 6-8th, 2020. Also check out The Hemp Coffee Exchange and use the promo code "drinkhemp" to get 10% off your purchase. Additional Resources: The Spelman Report SIGN UP FOR PODCAST UPDATES AND ENTER TO WIN 2 VIP DINNER TICKETS!

In this episode, I sit down with Nurse Practitioner Eloise Theisen. We discuss the challenges and opportunities with cannabis in healthcare. It's an important conversation because an increasing number of patients are using cannabis and so it's imperative that healthcare professionals are educated in this natural medicine. Who is Eloise Theisen? Eloise Theisen is a board certified Adult Geriatric Nurse Practitioner who specializes in cannabis therapy. For over 20 years, she has worked primarily with cancer, dementia and chronic pain patients. In the last 6 years, she has focused her efforts on cannabinoid therapies. Eloise has worked with over 6000 patients to help them effectively treat age-related and chronic illness with cannabis. Eloise is a co-founder and the Chief Executive Officer of Radicle Health and Radicle Health Clinician Network. Eloise was one of the first healthcare professionals to bring a clinical dosing regimen to the cannabis space. In 2019, she was elected President of the American Cannabis Nurses Association and will serve through 2022. In 2019, Eloise co-authored Pain Free with CBD: Everything You Need to Know to Safely and Effectively Use Cannabidiol with Alice O'LearyRandall   Source: https://greennursegroup.com/cannabis_nurses/eloise-theisen/    About Spectrum Labs At Spectrum Labs, we source local hemp and extract high-quality Full Spectrum Hemp extracts that even our families can use.   Spectrum Labs can manufacture these full-spectrum hemp extracts: THCP products! [brand new!] Crude Distillate Tinctures CBD + CBG Gummies Lotions Custom formulations   To learn more about Spectrum Labs, visit www.TheSpectrumLabs.com or contact us at (828) 229-7952 Asheville, NC     ***If you enjoy the podcast, please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes. It takes less than a minute, and it really makes a difference in helping Apple recommend the show to new listeners. I also love reading the reviews!

Nurse Mark is an entrepreneur, leader, fitness guru, business/life coach, healthcare professional, and author of Absolutely F**king Amazing: Living a Life You Love, an Amazon #1 Best Seller. He is a Registered Nurse licensed in Massachusetts and New York. In 2017, he began his cannabis education – studying how to utilize it as a tool to create a happier, less stressed, pain-free life and completed in-depth training to become a Cannabis Nurse, which has allowed him to do work that he loves: Showing folks how to use this amazing plant. Nurse Mark has a personal experience with medical cannabis. He’s dealt with lifelong, medication-resistant depression and mood disorder. He’s been through the mental health system, explored all the pathways to health and happiness, and have successfully created a daily regimen designed to relieve his depression and allow for the creation of the greatest, joy-filled life ever. He states, “I truly believe that you can do anything you want to do. The power lies in choice – choosing what you want and then getting into action.” "The Green Nurse is a holistic practitioner who focuses on Bio-Psycho-Social-Spiritual aspects of healing using a total health care approach to empower both patients and other health care practitioners to make choices on various modalities that are appropriate to support a healthy endocannabinoid system. The Green Nurse platform is a global community of empowered health care practitioners that are trained in modalites that support the ECS. We are educating and providing information on Green Nurse Approved products and services to usher in hope and inspiration for growth and healing." Sherri is the Founder, CEO, and Executive Director at GreenNurse Group, Member of International Association of Psychedelic Nursing, Director of Nursing (DON) at Irie Bliss Wellness, Founding Member at Cannabis Nurses Network, and member at American Cannabis Nurses Association. Sherri is a cannabis nurse, patient, and advocate. She earned her Bachelors in Science and Nursing from Boston College. She is a highly skilled Registered Nurse with 30 years of practical experience in various departments within the hospital and home setting. She is utilizing her expert nursing skills as a medical center specialist, clinical nurse liaison and educator to bridge the gap between patients and the cannabis community. Sherri has been educating and implementing holistic integrative healing modalities within her practice for over 20 years. She educates on the endocannabinoid system and the safe utilization of cannabis at dispensaries, hospitals, clinics, patients' homes, and she regularly does pop up events and expos. Mark Worster-links Email- info@nursemark.co Website- https://nursemark.co/ https://nursemark.co/podcast/ https://www.facebook.com/nursemark/ https://twitter.com/markworster https://www.instagram.com/nursemarkw/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/markworster/ Sherri Tutkus-links Websites- https://iriebliss.com/ https://greennursegroup.com/ https://sherripics.smugmug.com/ Instagram- @the_greennurse/ https://www.facebook.com/GreenNurseSherri LinkedIn- https://www.linkedin.com/in/sherri-tutkus-rn-bsn-912b7776/ Email- info@greennursegroup.com https://twitter.com/Green_Nurses Instagram- /greennursegroup/

Nurse Mark is an entrepreneur, leader, fitness guru, business/life coach, healthcare professional, and author of Absolutely F**king Amazing: Living a Life You Love, an Amazon #1 Best Seller. He is a Registered Nurse licensed in Massachusetts and New York. In 2017, he began his cannabis education – studying how to utilize it as a tool to create a happier, less stressed, pain-free life and completed in-depth training to become a Cannabis Nurse, which has allowed him to do work that he loves: Showing folks how to use this amazing plant.Nurse Mark has a personal experience with medical cannabis. He’s dealt with lifelong, medication-resistant depression and mood disorder. He’s been through the mental health system, explored all the pathways to health and happiness, and have successfully created a daily regimen designed to relieve his depression and allow for the creation of the greatest, joy-filled life ever.He states, “I truly believe that you can do anything you want to do. The power lies in choice – choosing what you want and then getting into action.”"The Green Nurse is a holistic practitioner who focuses on Bio-Psycho-Social-Spiritual aspects of healing using a total health care approach to empower both patients and other health care practitioners to make choices on various modalities that are appropriate to support a healthy endocannabinoid system. The Green Nurse platform is a global community of empowered health care practitioners that are trained in modalites that support the ECS. We are educating and providing information on Green Nurse Approved products and services to usher in hope and inspiration for growth and healing."Sherri is the Founder, CEO, and Executive Director at GreenNurse Group, Member of International Association of Psychedelic Nursing, Director of Nursing (DON) at Irie Bliss Wellness, Founding Member at Cannabis Nurses Network, and member at American Cannabis Nurses Association. Sherri is a cannabis nurse, patient, and advocate. She earned her Bachelors in Science and Nursing from Boston College. She is a highly skilled Registered Nurse with 30 years of practical experience in various departments within the hospital and home setting.She is utilizing her expert nursing skills as a medical center specialist, clinical nurse liaison and educator to bridge the gap between patients and the cannabis community. Sherri has been educating and implementing holistic integrative healing modalities within her practice for over 20 years.She educates on the endocannabinoid system and the safe utilization of cannabis at dispensaries, hospitals, clinics, patients' homes, and she regularly does pop up events and expos.Mark Worster-linksEmail- info@nursemark.coWebsite- https://nursemark.co/ https://nursemark.co/podcast/https://www.facebook.com/nursemark/https://twitter.com/markworsterhttps://www.instagram.com/nursemarkw/https://www.linkedin.com/in/markworster/ Sherri Tutkus-linksWebsites-https://iriebliss.com/ https://greennursegroup.com/https://sherripics.smugmug.com/Instagram- @the_greennurse/ https://www.facebook.com/GreenNurseSherriLinkedIn- https://www.linkedin.com/in/sherri-tutkus-rn-bsn-912b7776/ Email- info@greennursegroup.comhttps://twitter.com/Green_NursesInstagram- /greennursegroup/

TSC Talks guests Sherri Tuktus and Mark Worster fill us in on how Green Nurses turn the tables on some of the aspects of the top-heavy traditional healthcare model and seek to empower the patient with education, empowering them to ask questions and engage with the curriculum instead of being handed a prescription and sent out the door.Sherri is the Founder, CEO, and Executive Director at GreenNurse Group, Member of International Association of Psychedelic Nursing, Director of Nursing (DON) at Irie Bliss Wellness, Founding Member at Cannabis Nurses Network, and member at American Cannabis Nurses Association. Sherri is a cannabis nurse, patient, and advocate. She earned her Bachelors in Science and Nursing from Boston College. She is a highly skilled Registered Nurse with 30 years of practical experience in various departments within the hospital and home setting.She is utilizing her expert nursing skills as a medical center specialist, clinical nurse liaison and educator to bridge the gap between patients and the cannabis community. Sherri has been educating and implementing holistic integrative healing modalities within her practice for over 20 years.She educates on the endocannabinoid system and the safe utilization of cannabis at dispensaries, hospitals, clinics, patients' homes, and she regularly does pop up events and expos.Nurse Mark is an entrepreneur, leader, fitness guru, business/life coach, healthcare professional, and author of Absolutely F**king Amazing: Living a Life You Love, an Amazon #1 Best Seller. He is a Registered Nurse licensed in Massachusetts and New York. In 2017, he began his cannabis education – studying how to utilize it as a tool to create a happier, less stressed, pain-free life and completed in-depth training to become a Cannabis Nurse, which has allowed him to do work that he loves: Showing folks how to use this amazing plant to create powerful lives.Nurse Mark has a personal experience with medical cannabis. He’s dealt with lifelong, medication-resistant depression and mood disorder. He’s been through the mental health system, explored all the pathways to health and happiness, and have successfully created a daily regimen designed to relieve his depression and allow for the creation of the greatest, joy-filled life ever.He states, “I truly believe that you can do anything you want to do. The power lies in choice – choosing what you want and then getting into action.”What is a Green Nurse- With Sherri Tutkus and Mark WorsterIntro to Sherri and Mark- 4:05Mark’s Background- 5:17Wanting to create a positive, meaningful impact- 5:40How he got into Cannabis- 6:20From a Cannabis Agnostic to a Green Nurse- 7:29Sherri’s Background- 9:18Founded the Green Nurse Group After Founding Out How Cannabis Worked for Her- 10:30Co-Founders of the Green Nurse Platform- 11:17Patient Empowerment- 14:18Qualifications and Certifications to Become a Green Nurse- 15:26What a Person Should do When Interested in Using Cannabinoid Medicine- 17:34An Experience that Stands Out- 20:47What Supports the Endocannabinoid System- 27:30The 12th System- 36:36Green Nurse Jody- 39:54Impact and Adaptation to COVID-19- 42:28Inspiration, Growth, and Healing- 44:32 Contact and Links:Sherri TutkusWebsites-IrieBliss.comMyGreenNurse.comTheGreenNurses.comGreenNurseRadioShow.comGreenNurseGroup.comSherripics.comInstagram- the_greennurse/Facebook- GreenNurseSherri/LinkedIn- /in/stutkusherriGreen Nurse GroupEmail- info@greennursegroup.comWebsites- https://greennursegroup.com/Facebook- GreenNurseGroup/Twitter- /Green_NursesInstagram- /greennursegroup/Mark WorsterEmail- info@nursemark.coWebsite- https://nursemark.co/Podcast- https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/nursemark/id1459301823Facebook- /nursemarkTwitter- @markworsterInstagram- /nursemarkw/LinkedIn- /in/markworster/

TSC Talks guests Sherri Tuktus and Mark Worster fill us in on how Green Nurses turn the tables on some of the aspects of the top-heavy traditional healthcare model and seek to empower the patient with education, empowering them to ask questions and engage with the curriculum instead of being handed a prescription and sent out the door. Sherri is the Founder, CEO, and Executive Director at GreenNurse Group, Member of International Association of Psychedelic Nursing, Director of Nursing (DON) at Irie Bliss Wellness, Founding Member at Cannabis Nurses Network, and member at American Cannabis Nurses Association. Sherri is a cannabis nurse, patient, and advocate. She earned her Bachelors in Science and Nursing from Boston College. She is a highly skilled Registered Nurse with 30 years of practical experience in various departments within the hospital and home setting. She is utilizing her expert nursing skills as a medical center specialist, clinical nurse liaison and educator to bridge the gap between patients and the cannabis community. Sherri has been educating and implementing holistic integrative healing modalities within her practice for over 20 years. She educates on the endocannabinoid system and the safe utilization of cannabis at dispensaries, hospitals, clinics, patients' homes, and she regularly does pop up events and expos. Nurse Mark is an entrepreneur, leader, fitness guru, business/life coach, healthcare professional, and author of Absolutely F**king Amazing: Living a Life You Love, an Amazon #1 Best Seller. He is a Registered Nurse licensed in Massachusetts and New York. In 2017, he began his cannabis education – studying how to utilize it as a tool to create a happier, less stressed, pain-free life and completed in-depth training to become a Cannabis Nurse, which has allowed him to do work that he loves: Showing folks how to use this amazing plant to create powerful lives. Nurse Mark has a personal experience with medical cannabis. He’s dealt with lifelong, medication-resistant depression and mood disorder. He’s been through the mental health system, explored all the pathways to health and happiness, and have successfully created a daily regimen designed to relieve his depression and allow for the creation of the greatest, joy-filled life ever. He states, “I truly believe that you can do anything you want to do. The power lies in choice – choosing what you want and then getting into action.” What is a Green Nurse- With Sherri Tutkus and Mark Worster Intro to Sherri and Mark- 4:05 Mark’s Background- 5:17 Wanting to create a positive, meaningful impact- 5:40 How he got into Cannabis- 6:20 From a Cannabis Agnostic to a Green Nurse- 7:29 Sherri’s Background- 9:18 Founded the Green Nurse Group After Founding Out How Cannabis Worked for Her- 10:30 Co-Founders of the Green Nurse Platform- 11:17 Patient Empowerment- 14:18 Qualifications and Certifications to Become a Green Nurse- 15:26 What a Person Should do When Interested in Using Cannabinoid Medicine- 17:34 An Experience that Stands Out- 20:47 What Supports the Endocannabinoid System- 27:30 The 12th System- 36:36 Green Nurse Jody- 39:54 Impact and Adaptation to COVID-19- 42:28 Inspiration, Growth, and Healing- 44:32 Contact and Links: Sherri Tutkus Websites- IrieBliss.com MyGreenNurse.com TheGreenNurses.com GreenNurseRadioShow.com GreenNurseGroup.com Sherripics.com Instagram- the_greennurse/ Facebook- GreenNurseSherri/ LinkedIn- /in/stutkusherri Green Nurse Group Email- info@greennursegroup.com Websites- https://greennursegroup.com/ Facebook- GreenNurseGroup/ Twitter- /Green_Nurses Instagram- /greennursegroup/ Mark Worster Email- info@nursemark.co Website- https://nursemark.co/ Podcast- https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/nursemark/id1459301823 Facebook- /nursemark Twitter- @markworster Instagram- /nursemarkw/ LinkedIn- /in/markworster/

Thanks for listening! It was a pleasure to interview "Nurse Bonnie". Bonnie Drake, BSN/CRT, Member of the American Cannabis Nurses Association, CBD/HEMP Advocate is a Green Nurse with an extensive history and medical past with a background in nursing herself. She was introduced to CBD when her service dog started suffering from arthritis and Cardiomyopathy. From the exceptional results, she wondered what else CBD could do and started to research for her own physical conditions. Which is when she ran into Mike Robinson and his compassion care program.CBD allowed Bonnie to become Opioid free within six months after ten years of “Prescribed Addiction,” allowed her to walk on fractured and dislocated great toe for three weeks without pain, and allowed her to endure a three-hour surgical procedure without anesthesia or nerve block. Overall, Bonnie says, “Gives me energy and helps me live my life helping others.” She is another Forest Bather enthusiast who has encountered the magnificent benefits with the improvement of quality of life that cannabis products provide.Topics Discussed:Intro to Bonnie- 00:49Congenital Scoliosis- 5:18Extensive Results on an MRI- 6:00A Motivational Therapy Puppy- 6:19Introduced to CBD for Dogs- 9:47Immediate Reaction from CBD- 12:04Research Time! 12:52Melted the Pain With the First Dose- 13:08A Heart Attack- 13:47Motivation for Doing Compassion Care- 16:02Patients' Testimonials- 17:47Interactions Between CBD and Medications- 22:38Being Active- 24:49From 68 to 40- 30:42Your Skin is the Largest Organ on your Body- 34:44“Dr. Slam the Door”- 35:29Awakening in her Soul- 41:42Links:https://cannabisevangelists.com/https://puresciencelab.news/https://www.hillsdale.net/news/20190220/local-woman-shares-benefits-of-productsTopics Discussed:Intro to Bonnie- 00:49Congenital Scoliosis- 5:18Extensive Results on an MRI- 6:00A Motivational Therapy Puppy- 6:19Introduced to CBD for Dogs- 9:47Immediate Reaction from CBD- 12:04Research Time! 12:52Melted the Pain With the First Dose- 13:08A Heart Attack- 13:47Motivation for Doing Compassion Care- 16:02Patients' Testimonials- 17:47Interactions Between CBD and Medications- 22:38Being Active- 24:49From 68 to 40- 30:42Your Skin is the Largest Organ on your Body- 34:44“Dr. Slam the Door”- 35:29Awakening in her Soul- 41:42Links:https://cannabisevangelists.com/https://puresciencelab.news/https://www.hillsdale.net/news/20190220/local-woman-shares-benefits-of-products

Thanks for listening! It was a pleasure to interview "Nurse Bonnie". Bonnie Drake, BSN/CRT, Member of the American Cannabis Nurses Association, CBD/HEMP Advocate is a Green Nurse with an extensive history and medical past with a background in nursing herself. She was introduced to CBD when her service dog started suffering from arthritis and Cardiomyopathy. From the exceptional results, she wondered what else CBD could do and started to research for her own physical conditions. Which is when she ran into Mike Robinson and his compassion care program. CBD allowed Bonnie to become Opioid free within six months after ten years of “Prescribed Addiction,” allowed her to walk on fractured and dislocated great toe for three weeks without pain, and allowed her to endure a three-hour surgical procedure without anesthesia or nerve block. Overall, Bonnie says, “Gives me energy and helps me live my life helping others.” She is another Forest Bather enthusiast who has encountered the magnificent benefits with the improvement of quality of life that cannabis products provide. Topics Discussed: Intro to Bonnie- 00:49 Congenital Scoliosis- 5:18 Extensive Results on an MRI- 6:00 A Motivational Therapy Puppy- 6:19 Introduced to CBD for Dogs- 9:47 Immediate Reaction from CBD- 12:04 Research Time! 12:52 Melted the Pain With the First Dose- 13:08 A Heart Attack- 13:47 Motivation for Doing Compassion Care- 16:02 Patients' Testimonials- 17:47 Interactions Between CBD and Medications- 22:38 Being Active- 24:49 From 68 to 40- 30:42 Your Skin is the Largest Organ on your Body- 34:44 “Dr. Slam the Door”- 35:29 Awakening in her Soul- 41:42 Links: https://cannabisevangelists.com/ https://puresciencelab.news/ https://www.hillsdale.net/news/20190220/local-woman-shares-benefits-of-products Topics Discussed: Intro to Bonnie- 00:49 Congenital Scoliosis- 5:18 Extensive Results on an MRI- 6:00 A Motivational Therapy Puppy- 6:19 Introduced to CBD for Dogs- 9:47 Immediate Reaction from CBD- 12:04 Research Time! 12:52 Melted the Pain With the First Dose- 13:08 A Heart Attack- 13:47 Motivation for Doing Compassion Care- 16:02 Patients' Testimonials- 17:47 Interactions Between CBD and Medications- 22:38 Being Active- 24:49 From 68 to 40- 30:42 Your Skin is the Largest Organ on your Body- 34:44 “Dr. Slam the Door”- 35:29 Awakening in her Soul- 41:42 Links: https://cannabisevangelists.com/ https://puresciencelab.news/ https://www.hillsdale.net/news/20190220/local-woman-shares-benefits-of-products

Green Nurses ARE the bridge between alternative and traditional medicine and have helped transform and provide legitimacy and respect for cannabis as medicine and other alternative options as well! We are grateful for collaboration and support on this content arc from Sherri Tutkus of GreenNurse Group. For our first episode in this series, we've compiled a retrospective from past Green Nurse podcast guests giving a brief narrative on why they became a green nurse. This episode includes Marissa Fratoni of Holistic Nurse Mama, Janna Champagne of Integrated Holistic Care, Sherri Tutkus of Green Nurse Group, and Dedee Culley of 2 Leaf Nurses. Marissa Fratoni: Nurse, blogger, freelance writer at Holistic Nurse Mama, and Registered Yoga Teacher at Central Mass Yoga And Wellness. She is a wealth of information and insight on cannabinoid therapeutics holistic medicine and integrative health. Marissa Fratoni’s Background Story: 7:38 Visiting Nursing: 8:34 How She Got Into Cannabis: 9:16 Another Perception of the Plant, Seeing Miraculous Changes: 9:58 Cannabis helps Detox from Addiction: 10:50 Full Podcast Episode with Marissa Fratoni: https://tsctalks.com/tsc-talks-guest-marissa-fratoni/ https://holisticnursemama.blog/ Janna Champagne- Founder at Integrated Holistic Care. Janna’s introduction to the cannabis industry began as a cannabis patient when she suffered a health collapse in 2012. She credits cannabis for helping to reduce her reliance on harmful pharmaceuticals, and for supporting her ability to regain optimal health status. Janna is also known for her daughter’s cannabis/Autism success story, which published on the cover story in a nationwide industry magazine in 2017. Cannabis Helped Her Daughter: 14:06 Cumulative Long-Term Impact of Pharmaceuticals: 14:53 The Mental Health Industry- Wild West: 16:53 Pharmaceuticals Side Effects: 18:29 Risk VS. Benefit: 19:45 Reversals of Dementia, Improved Behavior in Autism, Improved Function, and Quality of life: 20:06 Gut and Brain Connection: 20:42 Pharmaceutical Driven: 21:21 Full Podcast Episode with Janna Champagne: https://tsctalks.com/tsc-talks-guest-jenna-champagne/ https://jannachampagne.com/ Sherri Tuktus- Sherri Tutkus is the founder and CEO of GreenNurse Group, Nursing Director at Irie Bliss Wellness and host of GreenNurse on the Go Radio Show. Sherri is a cannabis nurse, patient and advocate. She earned her Bachelor's in Science and Nursing from Boston College. She is highly skilled Registered Nurse with 30 years’ practical experience in various departments within the hospital and home setting. She is utilizing her expert nursing skills as a medical center specialist, clinical nurse liaison and educator to bridge the gap between patients and the cannabis community. Sherri has been educating and implementing holistic integrative healing modalities within her practice for over 20 years. She educates on the endocannabinoid system and the safe utilization of cannabis at dispensaries, hospitals, clinics, patients' homes and she regularly does pop up events, seminars and expos. Sherri is an international speaker and she has contributed to the writing of the first cannabis nursing textbook with her cannabis nurse colleagues that will be available in nursing schools across the country. Sherri is a member of the American Cannabis Nurses Association and founding member of The Cannabis Nurses Network and was nominated as one of two nurses for “Health Professional of the Year” for the 2020 New England Cannabis Convention. Sherri brings passion and purpose to her work teaching bio-psycho-social-spiritual healing using cannabis as a tool. Background History- Pseudomembranous Colitis: 21:55 From Being a Nurse to Being a Patient: 24:00 Polypharmacy Journey: 25:34 Medical and Pharmaceutical Trauma: 27:04 Drain of Despair: 29:02 Cannabinoid Therapeutics Comes to the Rescue: 29:49 Full Podcast Episode with Sherri Tuktus: https://tsctalks.com/sherri-tutkus-2/ https://greennursegroup.com/ Dedee Culley: Has over 20 years of nursing experience and is the co-owner of 2 Leaf Nurses, which provides alternative & holistic health services from Springfield, Missouri. Culley loves home health for its opportunity to connect with patients and their environment. She is incredibly blessed and she was able to gather up courage and strength to pursue her passion in nursing while stepping out of the ordinary medicinal ways of these modern days and encourage others to be safe and successful at taking care of their bodies from the inside out with natural approaches. She has a loving attitude and an open mind to seek and research various holistic methods to reach a significantly positive result. She has also dealt with personal health issues within her family and has seen significant changes when she chooses to ask questions and be in the loop of the available options and their side effects. Background History: 30:22 First Time Questioning Medicine: 30:53 Don’t Apologize for Questioning: 34:27 Got Into Nursing: 35:06 Home Heath: 37:00 Full Podcast with Dedee Culley: https://tsctalks.com/podcast/show-notes/tsc-talks-guest-dedee-culley/ https://www.2leafnurses.com/

Green Nurses ARE the bridge between alternative and traditional medicine and have helped transform and provide legitimacy and respect for cannabis as medicine and other alternative options as well! We are grateful for collaboration and support on this content arc from Sherri Tutkus of GreenNurse Group. For our first episode in this series, we've compiled a retrospective from past Green Nurse podcast guests giving a brief narrative on why they became a green nurse. This episode includes Marissa Fratoni of Holistic Nurse Mama, Janna Champagne of Integrated Holistic Care, Sherri Tutkus of Green Nurse Group, and Dedee Culley of 2 Leaf Nurses.Marissa Fratoni: Nurse, blogger, freelance writer at Holistic Nurse Mama, and Registered Yoga Teacher at Central Mass Yoga And Wellness. She is a wealth of information and insight on cannabinoid therapeutics holistic medicine and integrative health.Marissa Fratoni’s Background Story: 7:38Visiting Nursing: 8:34How She Got Into Cannabis: 9:16Another Perception of the Plant, Seeing Miraculous Changes: 9:58Cannabis helps Detox from Addiction: 10:50Full Podcast Episode with Marissa Fratoni: https://tsctalks.com/tsc-talks-guest-marissa-fratoni/https://holisticnursemama.blog/Janna Champagne- Founder at Integrated Holistic Care. Janna’s introduction to the cannabis industry began as a cannabis patient when she suffered a health collapse in 2012. She credits cannabis for helping to reduce her reliance on harmful pharmaceuticals, and for supporting her ability to regain optimal health status. Janna is also known for her daughter’s cannabis/Autism success story, which published on the cover story in a nationwide industry magazine in 2017.Cannabis Helped Her Daughter: 14:06Cumulative Long-Term Impact of Pharmaceuticals: 14:53The Mental Health Industry- Wild West: 16:53Pharmaceuticals Side Effects: 18:29Risk VS. Benefit: 19:45Reversals of Dementia, Improved Behavior in Autism, Improved Function, and Quality of life: 20:06 Gut and Brain Connection: 20:42Pharmaceutical Driven: 21:21Full Podcast Episode with Janna Champagne: https://tsctalks.com/tsc-talks-guest-jenna-champagne/https://jannachampagne.com/ Sherri Tuktus- Sherri Tutkus is the founder and CEO of GreenNurse Group, Nursing Director at Irie Bliss Wellness and host of GreenNurse on the Go Radio Show. Sherri is a cannabis nurse, patient and advocate. She earned her Bachelor's in Science and Nursing from Boston College. She is highly skilled Registered Nurse with 30 years’ practical experience in various departments within the hospital and home setting. She is utilizing her expert nursing skills as a medical center specialist, clinical nurse liaison and educator to bridge the gap between patients and the cannabis community. Sherri has been educating and implementing holistic integrative healing modalities within her practice for over 20 years. She educates on the endocannabinoid system and the safe utilization of cannabis at dispensaries, hospitals, clinics, patients' homes and she regularly does pop up events, seminars and expos. Sherri is an international speaker and she has contributed to the writing of the first cannabis nursing textbook with her cannabis nurse colleagues that will be available in nursing schools across the country. Sherri is a member of the American Cannabis Nurses Association and founding member of The Cannabis Nurses Network and was nominated as one of two nurses for “Health Professional of the Year” for the 2020 New England Cannabis Convention. Sherri brings passion and purpose to her work teaching bio-psycho-social-spiritual healing using cannabis as a tool.Background History- Pseudomembranous Colitis: 21:55From Being a Nurse to Being a Patient: 24:00Polypharmacy Journey: 25:34Medical and Pharmaceutical Trauma: 27:04Drain of Despair: 29:02Cannabinoid Therapeutics Comes to the Rescue: 29:49Full Podcast Episode with Sherri Tuktus: https://tsctalks.com/sherri-tutkus-2/https://greennursegroup.com/Dedee Culley: Has over 20 years of nursing experience and is the co-owner of 2 Leaf Nurses, which provides alternative & holistic health services from Springfield, Missouri. Culley loves home health for its opportunity to connect with patients and their environment. She is incredibly blessed and she was able to gather up courage and strength to pursue her passion in nursing while stepping out of the ordinary medicinal ways of these modern days and encourage others to be safe and successful at taking care of their bodies from the inside out with natural approaches. She has a loving attitude and an open mind to seek and research various holistic methods to reach a significantly positive result. She has also dealt with personal health issues within her family and has seen significant changes when she chooses to ask questions and be in the loop of the available options and their side effects.Background History: 30:22First Time Questioning Medicine: 30:53Don’t Apologize for Questioning: 34:27Got Into Nursing: 35:06Home Heath: 37:00Full Podcast with Dedee Culley: https://tsctalks.com/podcast/show-notes/tsc-talks-guest-dedee-culley/https://www.2leafnurses.com/

Dr. Denise Foster is the owner of Hemp Haven and Empirical Cannabis in Chesapeake, Va.  She has acted as the Regional Director of the American Cannabis Nurses Association, where she served as Secretary and chaired the Education & Research Committee and Social Media & Communications Committee.  She received her PhD from Regent University and her MSN from Old Dominion University and has been a Professor of Nursing at several colleges and universities.  She also practiced nursing as a Home Health & Palliative Care RN for an area health agency. She has been practicing as a nurse in the Hampton Roads area of Virginia for 35 years. She has presented educational seminars on medicinal cannabis to local community groups, health care professionals, and national nursing conferences. Links Hemp Haven Empirical Cannabis American Cannabis Nurses Association American Alliance for Medical Cannabis Good Eye Podcast

Today we have Cathleen S. Graham RN, CHPN, the regional manager for one of the nation's largest hospice organizations and the CEO of CannabisNurse.com. Cathleen is also a partner with Leaf Medic, Michigan's first online vocational school to offer cannabis industry training. Cathleen suggests you look for unbiased scientific locations to learn more. Her suggestions include:Cannabis Nurse.com: https://cannabisnurse.com/American Cannabis Nurses Association: https://cannabisnurses.org/Cannabis Nurses Network: https://www.cannabisnursesnetwork.com/The Society of Cannabis Clinicians: https://www.cannabisclinicians.org/Dr. Sulak at https://healer.com/The debilitating medical conditions that qualify an individual for the medical use of marijuana include one or more of the following: CancerGlaucomaHIV PositiveAIDSHepatitis CAmyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)Crohn’s DiseaseAgitation of Alzheimer’s DiseaseNail PatellaPost - Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)ArthritisRheumatoid ArthritisSpinal Cord InjuryColitisInflammatory Bowel DiseaseUlcerative ColitisParkinson’s DiseaseTourette’s DiseaseAutismChronic PainCerebral PalsyA chronic or debilitating disease or medical condition or its treatment that produces 1 or more of the following:Cachexia or Wasting SyndromeSevere and Chronic PainSevere NauseaSeizures (Including but not limited to those characteristic of epilepsy)Severe and Persistent Muscle Spasms (Including but not limited to those characteristic of multiple sclerosis)For every pro there is a possible con. For example, cannabis is said to help manage anxiety or symptoms of PTSD. However, if one takes too much cannabis it can cause anxiety and panic. Also, if one with PTSD obtains a cannabis chemovar that is high in pinene it can cause the symptoms of PTSD to become worse. Cannabis is also known to increase heart rate up to 50%.A recent study published in Forensic Science International this month declared “After exclusion of other causes of death we assume that the young men experienced fatal cardiovascular complications evoked by smoking cannabis.”These reports indicate that the need for education is paramount for the safety of the consumer. CBD is a great vasorelaxant and can decrease blood pressure as well as stabilize blood sugar levels. CBD does not activate CB1 receptors in the brain, and is devoid of the psychotropic actions of THC (meaning it will not get you high). Indeed, CBD may antagonize the psychoses associated with THC (meaning CBD decreases the effects of THC). The difference between cannabis oil and hemp CBD oil is the amount of THC that is allowed. Hemp CBD oil is allowed to have 0.3% THC along with all the other cannabinoids found in that particular plant. Cannabis oil has a lot more THC and very little CBD. A research study suggests that 96% of cannabis has no CBD in it at all. CBD is found mostly in the Hemp plant. CBD isolate is just that- only the CBD. This isolate does not have any other cannabinoids. CBD is the cannabinoid that has the most medicinal benefit- CBD alone is great at decreasing pain, inflammation, nausea, insomnia, and muscle spasms as well as many other symptoms too.  Also, CBD does not show on a drug screen test as they usually only test for THC. When you use full spectrum cannabis or hemp products you are getting the most medicinal benefit as they all work well to balance each other and create an entourage effect. It is important to remember that if you use a full spectrum hemp oil that you can fail a drug test as these products do have 0.3% THC. There are both pros and cons to the different methods of administration. Smoking the byproducts can cause serious diseases in a person. Vaping or dabbing can reduce those harmful byproducts by not combusting the product. Inhaling is the fastest way to get cannabis into your body-- it is also the shortest lasting-- meaning you have to use this method a lot more often to feel the medicinal benefits. Note: We caution you that vaping has been determined to be dangerous. Edibles or Medibles take a lot longer to feel the effects although the effects may last up to 8 hours using this method. When you eat cannabis it is important to remember that the Delta 9 THC converts to 11 Hydroxy THC which is 3-4 times more potent and psycho active than Delta 9 THC. 11 Hydroxy THC passes through the blood brain barrier easier and that is good news for Parkinson’s patients. Sublingual is the easiest to micodose and is often used by the pediatric patients the most. Topical products are not psycho active and work at the site where it is applied.Medical marijuana may affect the effectiveness of medications taken to control GVHD (tacrolimus, cyclosporine, steroids) as well as anti-depressants and potentially antibiotics and antifungals: What we do know from our knowledge is that it does have some effect on post-transplant medications so there is some effect on mycophenolate, tacrolimus, cyclosporine or steroids so many of the medications a patient might receive post-transplant, these agents may inhibit them and cause increased levels of the drug which may result in toxicity. Also, it can inhibit our antidepressants which would again increase our level of toxicity with those drugs. We can see some potential drug-drug interactions with our antibiotics, as well as our antifungals which many transplant patients will receive. We do worry about these because things like Voriconazole, Posaconazole, any of our azoles. Many of our mycins, erythromycin, clarithromycin, antibiotics may be affected by these.There are concerns about infection in transplant patients who use marijuana: From an infection standpoint, we do have concerns. Especially with smoking marijuana in our patient population. We have concerns with fungal infections. There are some case reports looking at patients who are smoking marijuana or who have smoked marijuana or who are immunosuppressed post-transplant who have developed severe fungal infections and have died from those fungal infections. That could be a result of mold spores that may be contained in the buds that are smoked, as well it could be a result of increase in inflammation and causing infection risk in the lungs. Again, when we have patients who are immunosuppressed, who have too few white blood cells, we really do advise them NOT to use smoked products. We really advise them to use edibles or tinctures of some other nature.Microbe contamination of marijuana products is a concern: There's no standard manufacturing, so we worry about microbe contamination just like we would worry about smoking those natural products with mold spores.Micro contamination, we worry about pesticide contamination from how the crops were raised. With that, in our immunosuppressed patient population this is a real concern because patients can be more susceptible to these types of toxicities. Then there is just an unmonitored chain supply. Again, with FDA approved drugs as they go through quality control - we do monitor where the drugs are and what temperatures they are and when they have been where. In this situation, there really is an unmonitored chain supply so we do not know where there might be potential places for contamination to occur as the product is being prepared for patient use.Small studies suggest that marijuana may help in control of Graft Versus Host DiseasePlease remember: this is an overall, general education. Again, we want to stress that with laws differing so much state to state regarding the use of cannabis or CBD, it is very important you learn the laws for YOUR state. We also are working with what is legal at the time of this recording, in June 2020. Please consult your doctor should you have personal questions or concerns, applicable to your care plan.For more from the National Bone Marrow Transplant Link, visit us online at nbmtlink.org or call us at 800-546-5268.This season of Marrow Masters is sponsored by the nbmtLINK, Jazz Pharmaceuticals and The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.nbmtLINK website: https://www.nbmtlink.org/The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society: https://www.lls.org/

On this episode, we talk with CannMed 2020 presenter Eloise Theisen of Radicle Health. Eloise is a board-certified Adult Geriatric Nurse Practitioner with over 20 years experience in nursing. She started her own cannabis practice about 6 years ago and she has treated over 6000 patients using cannabis. There are very few healthcare providers nationally with the same level of expertise and experience. Eloise is the President of the American Cannabis Nurses Association and will serve as President through 2022. Eloise made her first CannMed appearance at our 2019 event in a presentation sharing her experience using Cannabis to treat geriatric patients. We talked about some of the unique challenges that come with working with seniors including the stigma older patients have towards cannabis, how the endocannabinoid system changes as we age, and navigating drug interactions.  We are excited to have Eloise as a presenter at CannMed 2020 this year, but that will not be her only contribution to the event. Eloise will also be an instructor at a full-day Medical Practicum along with Dr. Bonni Goldstein, Dr. Dustin Sulak, Dr. Kevin Spelman. This is a great opportunity for healthcare professionals to learn about the latest research into cannabinoid therapies and also tap into the deep clinical experience the instructors have to offer. When you consider that most medical schools don't teach the endocannabinoid system, courses like this are really the only way healthcare providers can learn how to properly administer cannabinoid therapies. Attendees will walk away with practical information about the different types of extractions and products that are on the market and optimal dosing.  Due to federal guidelines, CME credits for physicians are not available for the practicum, However, This course is approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing for 9.5 contact hours** Learn more at CannMedEvents.com/practicum.  Click the player below to listen, and thanks to our sponsor, Radicle Health SIGN UP FOR PODCAST UPDATES AND ENTER TO WIN 2 VIP DINNER TICKETS! Additional Resources: Radicle Health Website American Cannabis Nurses Association WebsiteUsing Cannabis to Treat Chronic Pain in the Geriatric Population (CannMed 2019 Presentation)

We heard Eloise Theisen speak about how cannabis helps seniors at CannMed2019 - a huge, very serious medical cannabis conference where we also met Dr. Raphael Mechoulam, the Godfather of Modern Cannabis Research. Every one who is anyone in the medical cannabis space attends this conference! Eloise Theisen, is a board-certified Geriatric Nurse Practitioner who has cultivated a wealth of knowledge and data for using cannabis to treat a broad range of conditions and diseases, especially those that commonly affect seniors. She has helped patients use cannabis to help treat chronic and age-related illness and was one of the first healthcare practitioners to bring a clinical dosing regimen to the cannabis space. She's treated more than 5,500 patients using cannabis. Eloise previously served on the board of the American Cannabis Nurses Association and is now the President. She helped in the development of ACNA's first online core curriculum, providing over eight hours of educational content as well as continuing education credits for nurses. Her work has been featured in Newsweek and the SF Chronicle, among others. There are very few healthcare practitioners in the US with a comparable level of cannabis expertise and experience. She is available via telemedicine to consult globally, and can be a patients' clinician if they live in California. Links to some referenced information in this episode: Clinical Endocannabinoid Deficiency (CECD) Some people have reported an increase in anxiety with low doses of CBD. A study from 04/2013 and a review of studies 07/2017 that synthetic cannabinoid dronabinol / low doses of THC / helpful at reducing their anxiety and improving their sleep. CannMed 2020 Despite cannabis medicine being legal in more than 2/3rds of U.S. States, in order for people living with dementia to get some relief today, we need to get cannabis de-scheduled, and open up the Schedule I of Drugs for research. Contact your Senators, Representatives and the President to let them know that you want to de-schedule cannabis and open up the Schedule I for research, at the very least. Do you want to tell your story of how Cannabis Helps Dementia? Leave a voice message at Anchor.FM/cannabishelpsdementia. Drop us a note or connect with us on the socials. @CannabisHelps on Twitter @CannabisHelpsDementia on Instagram @CHDPodcast on Facebook www.cannabishelpsdementia.com And, don't forget! Download, like and share what you learned. Cannabis Helps Dementia. We hope you find Nurse Practitioner Eloise Theisen educational and inspiring. Thank You, Eloise Theisen, Geriatric Nurse Practitioner Radicle Health --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/cannabishelpsdementia/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/cannabishelpsdementia/support

Sherri Tutkus is the founder and CEO of GreenNurse Group, Nursing Director at Irie Bliss Wellness and host of GreenNurse on the Go Radio Show. Sherri is a cannabis nurse, patient and advocate. She earned her Bachelors in Science and Nursing from Boston College. She is highly skilled Registered Nurse with 30 years’ practical experience in various departments within the hospital and home setting. She is utilizing her expert nursing skills as a medical center specialist, clinical nurse liaison and educator to bridge the gap between patients and the cannabis community. Sherri has been educating and implementing holistic integrative healing modalities within her practice for over 20 years. She educates on the endocannabinoid system and the safe utilization of cannabis at dispensaries, hospitals, clinics, patients homes and she regularly does pop up events, seminars and expos. Sherri is an international speaker and she has contributed to the writing of the first cannabis nursing textbook with her cannabis nurse colleagues that will be available in nursing schools across the country. Sherri is a member of the American Cannabis Nurses Association and founding member of The Cannabis Nurses Network and was nominated as one of two nurses for “Health Professional of the Year” for the 2020 New England Cannabis Convention. Sherri brings passion and purpose to her work teaching bio-psycho-social-spiritual healing using cannabis as a tool.In this episode, Sherri shares from the annals of intensely personal experience detailing how her entire life went from one of a busy full time nurse, working in hospitals in Boston, single mother of three to becoming completely bedridden, dependent on others for care. She states, "I'm going to be a little bit transparent today. I think it'll be really helpful to talk from my own personal perspective in working with cannabinoid therapeutics and mental health in regards to my own mental health. So before I got sick in 2012 I had a history of migraines and ADHD-attention deficit disorder. Both of those were managed very well with medications, working full time as a nurse in the big teaching hospitals in Boston, three kids. I was highly functioning. When I took a hit from eating a bacteria while I was working I ended up in the intensive care unit, with a mega colon, an infectious disease, and it was really bad. So I got sick in 2012, took a hit to my gut. I went from high functioning to not functioning at all"From here Sherri lays out the journey back and how a fellow nurse at a particularly low point after she'd been put on 16 pharmaceuticals and was "circling the drain of despair", encouraged her to try cannabis as medicine. "I was on the other side of the bed, like in a really big bad way, all of a sudden I'm the patient and having to advocate for myself. So not only was it the physical issues that I had, but I also had to deal with the system, the system that I worked in, how is that going to affect my mental health and how are they going to take care of me? The trauma that I experienced from this illness is so overwhelming high functioning to not functioning, home- bed bound in the hospital- couldn't take care of my kids -could barely eat. I'm just gonna say it like it is explosive diarrhea, and nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, pooping your pants in public. So you can see how literally I can talk about anything. From running around the block naked to talking about poop and stuff that comes out your bum. I was so mortified, horrified that I had this gastrointestinal illness that was debilitating, complete loss of control, it was horrible. And then the issues with eating and being able to take in food. So that spiraled into, mental health issues, the developing anxiety and the depression. And over time, I wasn't getting better. I had agoraphobia, I was afraid to leave."And I'm going to tell you too, and this is the part of trauma that I'm really trying to help patients with now, when I'm working with them because I've been there. You know, I've been there. I call it medical trauma. And Pharmaceutical trauma.It was cannabinoid therapeutics that came into my life that really made the significant impactful change, that allowed everything that wasn't working to start working again and actually allowed me to start processing information from a different place because I was pulled out of the story of the sickness, the story or the trajectory of sickness. an illness. You know, it was the cannabinoids that actually opened the door that allowed everything that wasn't working to start working again."I was utilizing all of the other tools that existed. The traditional system, the holistic system, the functional integrative system, acupuncture, chiropractor, essential oils, homeopathy, you name it, and none of it worked. Why? Because my endocannabinoid system was completely 100% deficient. I was not making enough of my own internal endogenous cannabinoids to keep my system regulated including my brain""And so what it took was it was one of my nursing colleagues who had just retired. She was one of my patients because I do energy healing work. I do Reiki and Reconnective Healing and she was one of my clients from energy healing. She had been trying to get in touch with me and she had just turned 70 and I kept blowing her off. So she came to my house with a big giant, big fat joint. And she walked into my bedroom and I looked at her and I go, are you kidding me? I mean, is this a joke? Seriously, you're bringing me weed? Like, how is this gonna help me?"There's much more within this episode as Sherri goes into a lot of detail on various aspects of cannabis as medicine and how it works to restore homeostasis, what this means for so many conceivably impossible to treat conditions, how this has profound implications, for ushering in a new paradigm of modern medicine, bridging the gaps between traditional and alternative medicine with results, research and centuries of "anecdotal experience" evidencing profound efficacy and facilitating personal autonomy and decreased dependence on a broken healthcare system. For Sherri, these brutal series of experiences were the launching pad for what is now her business, Green Nurse Group and has led to her work as Medical Director of Irie Bliss Wellness. She has the opportunity to help others on their journey with cannabis. She discusses the personal stigma she had to overcome as well as challenges within her own family who were not initially supportive of her foray into the cannabis industry among other potential roadblocks so many of us experience as we advocate for what we know to be true about cannabis. It is a life saving plant that has the power to transform one's entire state of being. Sherri and Green Nurse Group as well as many other Cannabis Nurses, Doctors who are slowly starting to embrace cannabis and other professionals with whom Sherri inspires sit at the crossroads of this exciting yet also frustrating time in traditional medicine as the systems we have depended on for so long to help keep us alive and having quality of life are not leading to overall improved quality of life for more than not. One final quote from Sherri and then be sure to check out her links: "I honestly see this (cannabis as medicine) being integrated into mainstream medicine, but it's going to happen in the community first. So in other words, as healthcare professionals, a lot of cannabis nurses, including myself, the traditional healthcare system has failed us in multiple ways. Not only were surgeries denied, medications were denied. I had to fight for my for surgical procedures, the mental health system-completely broken. Bottom line is that a lot of systems that we medical professionals, especially cannabis nurses have come from, we've come from broken systems, and so we want to make it better. And how do we make it better? We start in our communities by educating and then there's going to be a critical mass eventually. It's going to happen and I've already seen it ...now I'm getting phone calls from more doctors asking, "Hey, what's the green nurse?" "Sherri's Links:Green Nurse Group: https://www.greennursegroup.com/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GreenNurseSherriInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/sherri_tutkus/,https://www.instagram.com/greennursegroup/Twitter: https://twitter.com/Green_NursesLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sherri-tutkus-rn-bsn-912b7776/Recent Articel: https://www.bizjournals.com/boston/news/2019/10/10/the-system-is-a-big-fat-failure-access-to-cannabis.htmlRecent podcast appearance: http://www.theaddictionarypodcast.com/e/part-viii-of-cannachronicles-with-sherri-tutkus/

Sherri Tutkus is the founder and CEO of GreenNurse Group, Nursing Director at Irie Bliss Wellness and host of GreenNurse on the Go Radio Show. Sherri is a cannabis nurse, patient and advocate. She earned her Bachelors in Science and Nursing from Boston College. She is highly skilled Registered Nurse with 30 years’ practical experience in various departments within the hospital and home setting. She is utilizing her expert nursing skills as a medical center specialist, clinical nurse liaison and educator to bridge the gap between patients and the cannabis community. Sherri has been educating and implementing holistic integrative healing modalities within her practice for over 20 years. She educates on the endocannabinoid system and the safe utilization of cannabis at dispensaries, hospitals, clinics, patients homes and she regularly does pop up events, seminars and expos. Sherri is an international speaker and she has contributed to the writing of the first cannabis nursing textbook with her cannabis nurse colleagues that will be available in nursing schools across the country. Sherri is a member of the American Cannabis Nurses Association and founding member of The Cannabis Nurses Network and was nominated as one of two nurses for “Health Professional of the Year” for the 2020 New England Cannabis Convention. Sherri brings passion and purpose to her work teaching bio-psycho-social-spiritual healing using cannabis as a tool. In this episode, Sherri shares from the annals of intensely personal experience detailing how her entire life went from one of a busy full time nurse, working in hospitals in Boston, single mother of three to becoming completely bedridden, dependent on others for care. She states, "I'm going to be a little bit transparent today. I think it'll be really helpful to talk from my own personal perspective in working with cannabinoid therapeutics and mental health in regards to my own mental health. So before I got sick in 2012 I had a history of migraines and ADHD-attention deficit disorder. Both of those were managed very well with medications, working full time as a nurse in the big teaching hospitals in Boston, three kids. I was highly functioning. When I took a hit from eating a bacteria while I was working I ended up in the intensive care unit, with a mega colon, an infectious disease, and it was really bad. So I got sick in 2012, took a hit to my gut. I went from high functioning to not functioning at all" From here Sherri lays out the journey back and how a fellow nurse at a particularly low point after she'd been put on 16 pharmaceuticals and was "circling the drain of despair", encouraged her to try cannabis as medicine. "I was on the other side of the bed, like in a really big bad way, all of a sudden I'm the patient and having to advocate for myself. So not only was it the physical issues that I had, but I also had to deal with the system, the system that I worked in, how is that going to affect my mental health and how are they going to take care of me? The trauma that I experienced from this illness is so overwhelming high functioning to not functioning, home- bed bound in the hospital- couldn't take care of my kids -could barely eat. I'm just gonna say it like it is explosive diarrhea, and nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, pooping your pants in public. So you can see how literally I can talk about anything. From running around the block naked to talking about poop and stuff that comes out your bum. I was so mortified, horrified that I had this gastrointestinal illness that was debilitating, complete loss of control, it was horrible. And then the issues with eating and being able to take in food. So that spiraled into, mental health issues, the developing anxiety and the depression. And over time, I wasn't getting better. I had agoraphobia, I was afraid to leave." And I'm going to tell you too, and this is the part of trauma that I'm really trying to help patients with now, when I'm working with them because I've been there. You know, I've been there. I call it medical trauma. And Pharmaceutical trauma. It was cannabinoid therapeutics that came into my life that really made the significant impactful change, that allowed everything that wasn't working to start working again and actually allowed me to start processing information from a different place because I was pulled out of the story of the sickness, the story or the trajectory of sickness. an illness. You know, it was the cannabinoids that actually opened the door that allowed everything that wasn't working to start working again." I was utilizing all of the other tools that existed. The traditional system, the holistic system, the functional integrative system, acupuncture, chiropractor, essential oils, homeopathy, you name it, and none of it worked. Why? Because my endocannabinoid system was completely 100% deficient. I was not making enough of my own internal endogenous cannabinoids to keep my system regulated including my brain" "And so what it took was it was one of my nursing colleagues who had just retired. She was one of my patients because I do energy healing work. I do Reiki and Reconnective Healing and she was one of my clients from energy healing. She had been trying to get in touch with me and she had just turned 70 and I kept blowing her off. So she came to my house with a big giant, big fat joint. And she walked into my bedroom and I looked at her and I go, are you kidding me? I mean, is this a joke? Seriously, you're bringing me weed? Like, how is this gonna help me?" There's much more within this episode as Sherri goes into a lot of detail on various aspects of cannabis as medicine and how it works to restore homeostasis, what this means for so many conceivably impossible to treat conditions, how this has profound implications, for ushering in a new paradigm of modern medicine, bridging the gaps between traditional and alternative medicine with results, research and centuries of "anecdotal experience" evidencing profound efficacy and facilitating personal autonomy and decreased dependence on a broken healthcare system. For Sherri, these brutal series of experiences were the launching pad for what is now her business, Green Nurse Group and has led to her work as Medical Director of Irie Bliss Wellness. She has the opportunity to help others on their journey with cannabis. She discusses the personal stigma she had to overcome as well as challenges within her own family who were not initially supportive of her foray into the cannabis industry among other potential roadblocks so many of us experience as we advocate for what we know to be true about cannabis. It is a life saving plant that has the power to transform one's entire state of being. Sherri and Green Nurse Group as well as many other Cannabis Nurses, Doctors who are slowly starting to embrace cannabis and other professionals with whom Sherri inspires sit at the crossroads of this exciting yet also frustrating time in traditional medicine as the systems we have depended on for so long to help keep us alive and having quality of life are not leading to overall improved quality of life for more than not. One final quote from Sherri and then be sure to check out her links: "I honestly see this (cannabis as medicine) being integrated into mainstream medicine, but it's going to happen in the community first. So in other words, as healthcare professionals, a lot of cannabis nurses, including myself, the traditional healthcare system has failed us in multiple ways. Not only were surgeries denied, medications were denied. I had to fight for my for surgical procedures, the mental health system-completely broken. Bottom line is that a lot of systems that we medical professionals, especially cannabis nurses have come from, we've come from broken systems, and so we want to make it better. And how do we make it better? We start in our communities by educating and then there's going to be a critical mass eventually. It's going to happen and I've already seen it ...now I'm getting phone calls from more doctors asking, "Hey, what's the green nurse?" " Sherri's Links: Green Nurse Group: https://www.greennursegroup.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GreenNurseSherri Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sherri_tutkus/, https://www.instagram.com/greennursegroup/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Green_Nurses LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sherri-tutkus-rn-bsn-912b7776/ Recent Articel: https://www.bizjournals.com/boston/news/2019/10/10/the-system-is-a-big-fat-failure-access-to-cannabis.html Recent podcast appearance: http://www.theaddictionarypodcast.com/e/part-viii-of-cannachronicles-with-sherri-tutkus/

Episode 39. Today we talk to Jessie gill (or marijuana mommy) she’s from the American Cannabis Nurses Association and has started an absolutely fantastic education group. We get into that, but what I really enjoy about Jessie is her story about how she got involved with cannabis, all the way to now leading and teaching people who need help like she once did. Open your ear holes to this whallup of an episode and thank you for listening! Cannabisnurses.org or @cannabisnurses Cannabiseducationgroup.com Follow Jessie Gill @marijuanamommy Jessie Gill AKA the reputable Marijuana Mommy, is a cannabis nurse who teaches all about medical cannabis. She is the founder of marijuanamommy.com, an online resource for great content that gets syndicated to places like Forbes, High Times, Entrepreneur, Vice, Cosmopolitan, and more. Here with us today, to shed some light on current projects she’s diving head first into: Jessie Gill thank you for joining us! D - Tell us one fascinating thing about you not a lot of people know R - You’re also on the board of directors for the American Cannabis Nurses Association. 1) What does the ACNA do and 2) What exactly does that entail for you? D - So you recently rolled out a course for new patients, what is it called? And What does it do? R - As a nurse, I can imagine you’re caught between two worlds. Those who believe in the medicinal power of cannabis and those who are more “old school” learned, and don’t fully believe in its benefits, how do you navigate that? D - So to sum up everything we’ve talked about, what your call to action for everybody listening? How can we get involved and help? R - Where can people find you online for any questions? Outro: Thank you again Jessie for being a cannabinerd with us. People like Jessie inspire me. If you yourself feel inspired like me, follow and share cannabisnurses.org and spread the good work they are doing. If you are in need of an alternative medicine, the pharmaceuticals are not helping and are looking for a safe place to get help, please head on over to cannabiseducationgroup.com and there will be people like Jessie willing and able to help you. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/36e212a Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2L8rRfZ Overcast: https://bit.ly/2GKJNKW or wherever you listen Follow @cannabinerdspod on: Twitter.com/cannabinerdspod Facebook.com/cannabinerdspod Instagram.com/cannabinerdspod Contact us at: Cannabinerdspodcast.com Support Us: Patreon.com/CannabiNerds - here you can get, ad free, chapter supported, early release episodes, as well as sweet CannabiNerds gear. Brought to you by: The Hemp Jar: Get 10% off any phytocannabinoid product with code cannabinerds10 Only at TheHempJar.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

In this Special Edition 420 Compilation, we share some favorite audio clips from several of our past guests on the 20th of April, 2020! First up is Sherri Tutkus, RN, BSN~Founder and CEO of GreenNurse Group, Medical Director of Irie Bliss Wellness and host of GreenNurse on the Go Radio Show. 1. Sherri is a cannabis nurse, patient and advocate. Sherri earned her Bachelors in Science and Nursing from Boston College. She is highly skilled Registered Nurse with 30 years practical experience in various departments within the hospital and home setting. She is utilizing her expert nursing skills as a medical center specialist, clinical nurse liaison and educator to bridge the gap between patients and the cannabis community. Sherri has been educating and implementing holistic integrative healing modalities within her practice for over 20 years. She educates on the endocannabinoid system and the safe utilization of cannabis at dispensaries, hospitals, clinics, patients homes and she regularly does pop up events and expos. Sherri is a member of the American Cannabis Nurses Association and the Cannabis Nurses Network and she brings passion and purpose to her work teaching bio-psycho-social-spiritual healing using cannabis as a tool. https://greennursegroup.com Shari's episode on TSC Talks: https://tsctalks.com/sherri-tutkus/ 2. Keith Stroup, Mr. Keith Stroup is a Washington, DC public-interest attorney who founded NORML in 1970. Stroup obtained his undergraduate degree in political science from the University of Illinois in 1965, and in 1968 he graduated from Georgetown Law School in Washington, DC. Following two years as staff counsel for the National Commission on Product Safety, Mr. Stroup founded NORML and ran the organization through 1979, during which 11 states decriminalized minor marijuana offenses. Stroup has also practiced criminal law, lobbied on Capitol Hill for family farmers and artists, and for several years served as executive director of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL). https://norml.org Keith's episode on TSC Talks: https://tsctalks.com/tsc-talks-guest-keith-stroup/ 3. Nikki Lawley~Nikki Lawley, Cannabis Advocate and Educator Traumatic brain injury stole my joy, but cannabis returned it. Nikki, a NY state resident, has always been a proud and diligent worker. She’s served as an HVAC filtration salesperson, later starting her own company, then as a casino dealer, and most recently, as a pediatric nurse. She had suffered two traumatic brain injuries during her younger years, but it was the third TBI that suddenly changed everything. In a heartbeat, her life changed from one of optimism, vibrancy, enthusiasm, confidence, and extroversion, to one of constant pain, withdrawal, depression, and hopelessness. While trying to help administer a routine vaccine to a young boy, Nikki was thrown against the wall, suffering a significant TBI and cervical instability in the process. Nikki’s TBI has caused cognitive deficiencies, confusion, memory loss, anxiety, and pain. She found herself unable to work, unable to interact with others, and in a very dark place. None of the numerous traditional medications she’s tried helped, and if fact, their ghastly side effects left her even worse off. She had long since reached the end of her rope, when, on a whim, figuring she had nothing more to lose, she turned to cannabis. https://linktr.ee/Nikkilawley Nikki's episode on TSC Talks: https://tsctalks.com/tsc-talks-guest-nikki-lawley/ 4. Mike Robinson~Mike Robinson, the founder of the Global Cannabinoid Research Center in Santa Barbara California, is a multiple Cancer survivor that’s used cannabis oils and CBD extensively as well for Severe epilepsy, Chronic Lyme Disease, PTSD, and in pain management. Over the last 6 years Mike has shared his journey and analytics on cannabinoid medicine research globally while assisting patients and helping to teach clinicians globally. Mike is the former Director of Consumer Affairs and Communications at The American Academy of Cannabinoid Medicine. His post grad education, however is not in cannabis or cannabinoid medicine, rather it’s focus was International Relations and Diplomacy. Robinson has an extensive history of leading a large compassion program that provided countless disadvantaged cannabis patients with various alternative protocol treatments, is a published journalist and international cannabinoid research specialist, is a former registered Civil Rights lobbyist and non attorney that represented countless disabled children pro bono nationwide for over 2 decades. He’s a past board member of Big Brothers and Sisters, the founder of multiple non profits for disabled children, and is well known for adopting a severely disabled child, Genevieve, from the compassion program he once ran. Read Genevieve’s Journey in High Times: https://hightimes.com/culture/genevieves-journey-how-cannabis-helped-save-life-create-family/ https://mikesmedicines.com, https://globalcannabinoidrc.com, https://genevievesdream.com, https://carouselchallenge.com Thanks for listening! If you liked what you heard, please write us a review on any of the following platforms: https://www.facebook.com/pg/tsctalks/reviews/ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tsc-talks/id1438344290 Utilize medication and stay medicated :)

In this Special Edition 420 Compilation, we share some favorite audio clips from several of our past guests on the 20th of April, 2020! First up is Sherri Tutkus, RN, BSN~Founder and CEO of GreenNurse Group, Medical Director of Irie Bliss Wellness and host of GreenNurse on the Go Radio Show.1. Sherri is a cannabis nurse, patient and advocate. Sherri earned her Bachelors in Science and Nursing from Boston College. She is highly skilled Registered Nurse with 30 years practical experience in various departments within the hospital and home setting. She is utilizing her expert nursing skills as a medical center specialist, clinical nurse liaison and educator to bridge the gap between patients and the cannabis community. Sherri has been educating and implementing holistic integrative healing modalities within her practice for over 20 years. She educates on the endocannabinoid system and the safe utilization of cannabis at dispensaries, hospitals, clinics, patients homes and she regularly does pop up events and expos.Sherri is a member of the American Cannabis Nurses Association and the Cannabis Nurses Network and she brings passion and purpose to her work teaching bio-psycho-social-spiritual healing using cannabis as a tool. https://greennursegroup.comShari's episode on TSC Talks: https://tsctalks.com/sherri-tutkus/2. Keith Stroup, Mr. Keith Stroup is a Washington, DC public-interest attorney who founded NORML in 1970. Stroup obtained his undergraduate degree in political science from the University of Illinois in 1965, and in 1968 he graduated from Georgetown Law School in Washington, DC. Following two years as staff counsel for the National Commission on Product Safety, Mr. Stroup founded NORML and ran the organization through 1979, during which 11 states decriminalized minor marijuana offenses. Stroup has also practiced criminal law, lobbied on Capitol Hill for family farmers and artists, and for several years served as executive director of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL). https://norml.orgKeith's episode on TSC Talks: https://tsctalks.com/tsc-talks-guest-keith-stroup/3. Nikki Lawley~Nikki Lawley, Cannabis Advocate and EducatorTraumatic brain injury stole my joy, but cannabis returned it.Nikki, a NY state resident, has always been a proud and diligent worker. She’s served as an HVAC filtration salesperson, later starting her own company, then as a casino dealer, and most recently, as a pediatric nurse. She had suffered two traumatic brain injuries during her younger years, but it was the third TBI that suddenly changed everything. In a heartbeat, her life changed from one of optimism, vibrancy, enthusiasm, confidence, and extroversion, to one of constant pain, withdrawal, depression, and hopelessness.While trying to help administer a routine vaccine to a young boy, Nikki was thrown against the wall, suffering a significant TBI and cervical instability in the process. Nikki’s TBI has caused cognitive deficiencies, confusion, memory loss, anxiety, and pain. She found herself unable to work, unable to interact with others, and in a very dark place. None of the numerous traditional medications she’s tried helped, and if fact, their ghastly side effects left her even worse off.She had long since reached the end of her rope, when, on a whim, figuring she had nothing more to lose, she turned to cannabis. https://linktr.ee/NikkilawleyNikki's episode on TSC Talks: https://tsctalks.com/tsc-talks-guest-nikki-lawley/4. Mike Robinson~Mike Robinson, the founder of the Global Cannabinoid ResearchCenter in Santa Barbara California, is a multiple Cancer survivor that’s used cannabis oils and CBD extensively as well for Severe epilepsy, Chronic Lyme Disease, PTSD, and in pain management. Over the last 6 years Mike has shared his journey and analytics on cannabinoid medicine research globally while assisting patients and helping to teach clinicians globally. Mike is the former Director of Consumer Affairs and Communications at The American Academy of Cannabinoid Medicine. His post grad education, however is not in cannabis or cannabinoid medicine, rather it’s focus was International Relations and Diplomacy. Robinson has an extensive history of leading a large compassion program that provided countless disadvantaged cannabis patients with various alternative protocol treatments, is a published journalist and international cannabinoid research specialist, is a former registered Civil Rights lobbyist and non attorney that represented countless disabled children pro bono nationwide for over 2 decades. He’s a past board member of Big Brothers and Sisters, the founder of multiple non profits for disabled children, and is well known for adopting a severely disabled child, Genevieve, from the compassion program he once ran.Read Genevieve’s Journey in High Times: https://hightimes.com/culture/genevieves-journey-how-cannabis-helped-save-life-create-family/https://mikesmedicines.com, https://globalcannabinoidrc.com, https://genevievesdream.com, https://carouselchallenge.comThanks for listening! If you liked what you heard, please write us a review on any of the following platforms:https://www.facebook.com/pg/tsctalks/reviews/https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tsc-talks/id1438344290Utilize medication and stay medicated :)

I had the honor of speaking to three accomplished women about the current state of birth both locally and nationally. We discuss the increasing interest in home births, the advantages and disadvantages of home versus hospital births and how those expecting, or expecting to be expecting, can best prepare especially with the extra consideration of Covid19. Corrine Pellard is an Empath, Psychic Medium and Reiki Master. She is also a mom of two and tells us about her experience of both a hospital birth and an at-home birth. Corrine discusses the lack of control over the birthing experience that she experienced with her first child. She discusses being considered high risk because of her age and weight and how the entire birth experience was centered around preconceived notions based on the masses and not her individually. She was induced, unnecessarily in her view, was sick from the drug used to induce and delivered by cesarean section. She shares, “It was traumatic, and my healing my first two months of being a mother was physically painful and my anxiety post, I had postpartum anxiety to a very severe degree.” When Corrine became pregnant again, she knew she wanted a different birthing experience. She found Birth Matters and decided to try a natural, vaginal delivery at home. Jodi Churchill Chapin has been a Registered Nurse for 32 years, most of which she has spent in Labor and Delivery. Jodi discusses bridging the traditional birth and hospital procedures with less traditional therapies such as Reiki. Jodi states, “And we incorporated, you know, you're there, you’re exchanging energy. It's how the patient uses her energy and is able to focus on the birth process. And I think what’s important is that being able to balance, you know, following policy and procedure, but also carrying out the patient (and) the family's wishes of how they envisioned birth. I mean birth is, you know, one of those things, it's like, even planning a wedding, you look forward to this one day you plan you plan you plan, you think it's going to go one way and then plans change on a dime. And how it's handled can make it or break it.” Jessica Petrone is a Certified Professional Midwife (CPM), RN and BSN who has been in practice for 13 years. Her practice saw a record number of home births last year and Jessica believes that number will continue to grow. She relates, “But I think specifically in the last couple of years, there seems to be a shift in people just taking charge of their health care even in the medical setting. There's more conscious awareness, practices and practitioners breaking away from the traditional systems and framework but yeah, we love home birth. We do a lot of water birth we work with a lot of different practitioners to enhance really healthy pregnancies. We absolutely consult with medical providers when it's necessary.” Corrine shared about her experience with Jessica and Birth Matters, “So, I will say one of the biggest differences that I noticed on my very first appointment with a Birth Matters in the home birth midwives is they asked my consent, which nobody asked my consent. I mean, sure I signed forms but before touching me, nobody offered before examining me, nobody asked permission to touch my body.” The conversation continues to the state of birth currently with the threat of COVID19. Jodi discusses the difficulty of taking the necessary precautions in the time of a pandemic while trying to connect with an expectant mom during the labor and delivery process. “This Covid19 has put a huge damper on healthy women wanting to come in to have their normal birth. Especially right now, today. Anybody and everybody walking into the hospital or around the hospital has to wear a mask. You cannot take that mask off anytime you are on hospital property that includes in the labor room, that includes the patient that includes the patient's one person that's helping them with birth, there are no visitors allowed, no children, family, nobody else. The only person allowed in the room is the one that will be wearing that second baby bracelet that's given out when a baby's born. I mean, labor, you're breathing with women, you're teaching. I mean, it's all about the closeness. How do you socially distance yourself from somebody who needs your support, your encouragement, your empowerment?” Jessica discusses the fact that more women are considering home births currently. “The influx of inquiries is so unexpected, I can't keep up. I'm getting probably 10 emails a day, which it is impossible for us to entertain the idea of taking all these women on. And that's true of a lot of midwives across the state, really. Not everybody is a good candidate. I mean most people probably inquiring last minute. We had yesterday, a woman inquire and she's due March 30. That's like, less than a week from now. If people are making choices out of fear and panic it is not what's happening, and whenever we get an inquiry that somebody is so afraid of the hospital and so afraid of other providers and afraid of needles, I mean, we all encounter that in patient care, but they may not be a great candidate. But that's not what's happening right now. These are women that are realizing that their birth plan, what they thought they were going to experience in the hospital, is drastically different and there is obviously a great concern about becoming sick and being exposed but a lot of the women are making the choice based on the fact that their support person might not be able to be present with them.” Jessica recommends that women do their research before opting for a home birth. I am grateful to these remarkable women for sharing their wisdom. Corrine Pellard is an Empath and a Psychic Medium. Even as a small child, Corrine has had a special insight into other people’s emotions. Beginning in her early teenage years, her intuition would alert her when something important was about to occur, either for herself or a loved one. At age 14, Corrine began using the wisdom of Tarot Cards to enhance her psychic connection. As years went on, Corrine became more aware of her ability as her readings became more accurate and her predictions began to materialize. At the age of 30, she began having premonition dreams. After seeking the guidance of her Shaman, she came to accept that she is an Empath & an Intuitive. Corrine is a natural healer, using her Empathy, Intuition, and Reiki to heal others emotionally, spiritually, and physically. Corrine is also able to mediate communication between people who are no longer living to those who still are. She offers private readings and hearings and in-home parties. She is a wedding officiant offering custom designed ceremonies. Her true passion is teaching others to honor their own abilities and helping others heal themselves. Beyond the Gate 508-690-0444 gobeyondthegate@gmail.com https://www.gobeyondthegate.com/ https://www.buzzsprout.com/865777/2868628-sobriety-as-an-empath-corrine-s-story Jodi Churchill Chapin has been a Registered Nurse for 32 years. She has an extensive background in women’s health as a labor and delivery nurse and has also worked in oncology. She resides in Framingham with her husband of 25 years. Together, they have 3 children ranging from middle school age to college, 2 dogs, 2 cats and a bunny named Kiwi. Jodi firmly believes that vulnerability is to be met with compassion, respect, and active listening to ensure that her patients have the very best outcomes. She credits her extensive nursing career and healer background with these virtues and skills. Jodi is also a Usui Shiki Ryoho Reiki Level II Practitioner. Through this healing art, Jodi may be able to help people who are struggling with a wide range of health conditions such as headaches, insomnia, back pain, cancer, heart disease, chronic pain, depression, anxiety, and may even be used to help in the recovery from injuries and surgery. As an active member of the American Cannabis Nurses Association and a GNG team member, she helps advocate for people who choose to use cannabis as a complementary or alternative treatment, providing education, insight, guidance, and support in the process. https://www.greennursegroup.com/our-team https://www.emedevents.com/speaker-profile/jodi-churchill-chapin https://green-nurse-sandbox.iriebliss.com/green_nurse_staff/jodi-chapin/ Jessica Petrone, CPM, RN, BSN Jessica's experience in birth includes her work as a doula, her completion of a 3 year midwifery apprenticeship in a very busy home birth practice and being a mother of four, with the last being an unassisted home birth attended only by her husband and herself. Her own births led her to become a doula which led her to become an apprentice and, in turn, a midwife. But that’s the abbreviated version! Jessica has been attending home births since 2006. She is co-president of the Massachusetts Midwives Alliance, a member of ALACE (Association of Labor Assistants and Childbirth Educators), and a member of the Birth Year Network (a Southeastern Mass, Cape and Islands Birth Resource Network). She holds certifications in CPR and Neonatal Resuscitation. She completed her formal education remotely through the National College of Midwifery in Taos, New Mexico, where she earned a degree in the Science of Midwifery. Most recently, Jessica has completed a Bachelor of Science in Nursing, which included a 6-month preceptorship in a high volume/high risk maternity unit at Massachusetts General Hospital. https://homebirthmatters.com/about/jessica-petrone/ https://www.modernmamamidwifery.com/the-midwives http://bostonvoyager.com/interview/meet-jessica-petrone-sarafina-kennedy-birthmatters-llc-boson/ Supplemental Article: https://nypost.com/2020/03/23/pregnant-women-share-what-its-like-to-be-expecting-during-coronavirus-pandemic/

I had the honor of speaking to three accomplished women about the current state of birth both locally and nationally. We discuss the increasing interest in home births, the advantages and disadvantages of home versus hospital births and how those expecting, or expecting to be expecting, can best prepare especially with the extra consideration of Covid19. Corrine Pellard is an Empath, Psychic Medium and Reiki Master. She is also a mom of two and tells us about her experience of both a hospital birth and an at-home birth. Corrine discusses the lack of control over the birthing experience that she experienced with her first child. She discusses being considered high risk because of her age and weight and how the entire birth experience was centered around preconceived notions based on the masses and not her individually. She was induced, unnecessarily in her view, was sick from the drug used to induce and delivered by cesarean section. She shares, “It was traumatic, and my healing my first two months of being a mother was physically painful and my anxiety post, I had postpartum anxiety to a very severe degree.” When Corrine became pregnant again, she knew she wanted a different birthing experience. She found Birth Matters and decided to try a natural, vaginal delivery at home. Jodi Churchill Chapin has been a Registered Nurse for 32 years, most of which she has spent in Labor and Delivery. Jodi discusses bridging the traditional birth and hospital procedures with less traditional therapies such as Reiki. Jodi states, “And we incorporated, you know, you're there, you’re exchanging energy. It's how the patient uses her energy and is able to focus on the birth process. And I think what’s important is that being able to balance, you know, following policy and procedure, but also carrying out the patient (and) the family's wishes of how they envisioned birth. I mean birth is, you know, one of those things, it's like, even planning a wedding, you look forward to this one day you plan you plan you plan, you think it's going to go one way and then plans change on a dime. And how it's handled can make it or break it.”Jessica Petrone is a Certified Professional Midwife (CPM), RN and BSN who has been in practice for 13 years. Her practice saw a record number of home births last year and Jessica believes that number will continue to grow. She relates, “But I think specifically in the last couple of years, there seems to be a shift in people just taking charge of their health care even in the medical setting. There's more conscious awareness, practices and practitioners breaking away from the traditional systems and framework but yeah, we love home birth. We do a lot of water birth we work with a lot of different practitioners to enhance really healthy pregnancies. We absolutely consult with medical providers when it's necessary.” Corrine shared about her experience with Jessica and Birth Matters, “So, I will say one of the biggest differences that I noticed on my very first appointment with a Birth Matters in the home birth midwives is they asked my consent, which nobody asked my consent. I mean, sure I signed forms but before touching me, nobody offered before examining me, nobody asked permission to touch my body.”The conversation continues to the state of birth currently with the threat of COVID19. Jodi discusses the difficulty of taking the necessary precautions in the time of a pandemic while trying to connect with an expectant mom during the labor and delivery process. “This Covid19 has put a huge damper on healthy women wanting to come in to have their normal birth. Especially right now, today. Anybody and everybody walking into the hospital or around the hospital has to wear a mask. You cannot take that mask off anytime you are on hospital property that includes in the labor room, that includes the patient that includes the patient's one person that's helping them with birth, there are no visitors allowed, no children, family, nobody else. The only person allowed in the room is the one that will be wearing that second baby bracelet that's given out when a baby's born. I mean, labor, you're breathing with women, you're teaching. I mean, it's all about the closeness. How do you socially distance yourself from somebody who needs your support, your encouragement, your empowerment?” Jessica discusses the fact that more women are considering home births currently. “The influx of inquiries is so unexpected, I can't keep up. I'm getting probably 10 emails a day, which it is impossible for us to entertain the idea of taking all these women on. And that's true of a lot of midwives across the state, really. Not everybody is a good candidate. I mean most people probably inquiring last minute. We had yesterday, a woman inquire and she's due March 30. That's like, less than a week from now. If people are making choices out of fear and panic it is not what's happening, and whenever we get an inquiry that somebody is so afraid of the hospital and so afraid of other providers and afraid of needles, I mean, we all encounter that in patient care, but they may not be a great candidate. But that's not what's happening right now. These are women that are realizing that their birth plan, what they thought they were going to experience in the hospital, is drastically different and there is obviously a great concern about becoming sick and being exposed but a lot of the women are making the choice based on the fact that their support person might not be able to be present with them.” Jessica recommends that women do their research before opting for a home birth. I am grateful to these remarkable women for sharing their wisdom. Corrine Pellard is an Empath and a Psychic Medium. Even as a small child, Corrine has had a special insight into other people’s emotions. Beginning in her early teenage years, her intuition would alert her when something important was about to occur, either for herself or a loved one. At age 14, Corrine began using the wisdom of Tarot Cards to enhance her psychic connection. As years went on, Corrine became more aware of her ability as her readings became more accurate and her predictions began to materialize. At the age of 30, she began having premonition dreams. After seeking the guidance of her Shaman, she came to accept that she is an Empath & an Intuitive. Corrine is a natural healer, using her Empathy, Intuition, and Reiki to heal others emotionally, spiritually, and physically. Corrine is also able to mediate communication between people who are no longer living to those who still are. She offers private readings and hearings and in-home parties. She is a wedding officiant offering custom designed ceremonies. Her true passion is teaching others to honor their own abilities and helping others heal themselves.Beyond the Gate508-690-0444gobeyondthegate@gmail.comhttps://www.gobeyondthegate.com/https://www.buzzsprout.com/865777/2868628-sobriety-as-an-empath-corrine-s-story Jodi Churchill Chapin has been a Registered Nurse for 32 years. She has an extensive background in women’s health as a labor and delivery nurse and has also worked in oncology. She resides in Framingham with her husband of 25 years. Together, they have 3 children ranging from middle school age to college, 2 dogs, 2 cats and a bunny named Kiwi. Jodi firmly believes that vulnerability is to be met with compassion, respect, and active listening to ensure that her patients have the very best outcomes. She credits her extensive nursing career and healer background with these virtues and skills. Jodi is also a Usui Shiki Ryoho Reiki Level II Practitioner. Through this healing art, Jodi may be able to help people who are struggling with a wide range of health conditions such as headaches, insomnia, back pain, cancer, heart disease, chronic pain, depression, anxiety, and may even be used to help in the recovery from injuries and surgery. As an active member of the American Cannabis Nurses Association and a GNG team member, she helps advocate for people who choose to use cannabis as a complementary or alternative treatment, providing education, insight, guidance, and support in the process. https://www.greennursegroup.com/our-teamhttps://www.emedevents.com/speaker-profile/jodi-churchill-chapin https://green-nurse-sandbox.iriebliss.com/green_nurse_staff/jodi-chapin/ Jessica Petrone, CPM, RN, BSNJessica's experience in birth includes her work as a doula, her completion of a 3 year midwifery apprenticeship in a very busy home birth practice and being a mother of four, with the last being an unassisted home birth attended only by her husband and herself. Her own births led her to become a doula which led her to become an apprentice and, in turn, a midwife. But that’s the abbreviated version! Jessica has been attending home births since 2006. She is co-president of the Massachusetts Midwives Alliance, a member of ALACE (Association of Labor Assistants and Childbirth Educators), and a member of the Birth Year Network (a Southeastern Mass, Cape and Islands Birth Resource Network). She holds certifications in CPR and Neonatal Resuscitation. She completed her formal education remotely through the National College of Midwifery in Taos, New Mexico, where she earned a degree in the Science of Midwifery. Most recently, Jessica has completed a Bachelor of Science in Nursing, which included a 6-month preceptorship in a high volume/high risk maternity unit at Massachusetts General Hospital. https://homebirthmatters.com/about/jessica-petrone/https://www.modernmamamidwifery.com/the-midwives http://bostonvoyager.com/interview/meet-jessica-petrone-sarafina-kennedy-birthmatters-llc-boson/ Supplemental Article: https://nypost.com/2020/03/23/pregnant-women-share-what-its-like-to-be-expecting-during-coronavirus-pandemic/

In this episode, my guest Sherri Tutkus, RN, BSN, Founder & CEO of Green Nurse Group, came on the podcast to share a powerful and inspiring mother son story that follows the timeline from receiving a diagnosis at birth of her son Nicholas with Branchio-Oculo-Facial Syndrome through current day. Sherri gives one of the most powerful illustrations over the course of the episode, of a mother's love, courage, compassion, resilience and tenacity that I've ever heard, and is a fantastic example of holding onto presumption of competence as a guiding light, against all odds. Sherri Tutkus is the founder and CEO of GreenNurse Group, Nursing Director at Irie Bliss Wellness and host of GreenNurse on the Go Radio Show. Sherri is a cannabis nurse, patient and advocate. She earned her Bachelors in Science and Nursing from Boston College. She is highly skilled Registered Nurse with 30 years’ practical experience in various departments within the hospital and home setting. She is utilizing her expert nursing skills as a medical center specialist, clinical nurse liaison and educator to bridge the gap between patients and the cannabis community. Sherri has been educating and implementing holistic integrative healing modalities within her practice for over 20 years. She educates on the endocannabinoid system and the safe utilization of cannabis at dispensaries, hospitals, clinics, patients homes and she regularly does pop up events, seminars and expos. Sherri is an international speaker and she has contributed to the writing of the first cannabis nursing textbook with her cannabis nurse colleagues that will be available in nursing schools across the country. Sherri is a member of the American Cannabis Nurses Association and founding member of The Cannabis Nurses Network and was nominated as one of two nurses for “Health Professional of the Year” for the 2020 New England Cannabis Convention. Sherri brings passion and purpose to her work teaching bio-psycho-social-spiritual healing using cannabis as a tool. In the first part of this podcast, Sherri discusses her own background and connection to cannabinoid medicine. The tools she learned in her own journey enabled Sherri to cope with frequent and ongoing surgeries, procedures, treatments for her son Nicholas and advocate vociferously on his behalf. "When I'm presenting to people, I use myself as a case study. Because basically, prior to me getting ill, I had a history of migraine headaches, ADHD, and anxiety, that was managed with traditional medicine. I was functioning, I was healthy, single mother of three, child with a disability that we're going to talk about, but knowing that I had migraine headaches and at ADHD symptoms should have been a clear indicator that I had an Endocannabinoid deficiency. So everything that we do or don't do in our lives as far as health and wellness affects this neurotransmitter signaling system called the endocannabinoid system, and that the job of that system is to bring balance." She goes on to explain, "By the end before I discovered cannabis. I was on over 16 pharmaceuticals. So, as I've learned over time, if you're taking more than 10 pharmaceuticals, there's 100% chance of having an adverse drug reaction. Polypharmacy. I fit into that polypharmacy category. I am not anti pharma. However, what is really essential for people to understand when they are being prescribed pharmaceuticals is to ask those critical questions and to look at what side effects there are to look at the blackbox warning Okay, how many people have died? You know, what are the side effects, what are the adverse effects, you need to have knowledge knowledge is power. The other thing that people People don't realize is that a lot of pharmaceuticals have a drug nutrient depletion" She goes on to explain, " I have have a history of Polycystic Ovarian disease which is very interesting. And that yeah, that is considered to be a clinical Endocannabinoid deficiency diagnoses as well. So I had issues with fertility all along. ... And then my third pregnancy... it's interesting, you know I gained all kinds of weight and wasn't happy and I started changing my lifestyle when the babies came. And all of a sudden my reproductive system started to auto regulate. I was using specific supplements and nutrition. I changed my diet, I became vegan, I did a raw diet, and all of a sudden, I'm a fertile Myrtle. And before we know it, I'm pregnant with my third" From here, Sherri goes on to discuss the birth of Nicholas and the immediate realization that he had multiple issues of which she was not aware of up until the moment of his birth. She explained to me in writing prior to the recording of this episode, the following, "All of my births were traumatic experiences however this pregnancy was the best and the easiest. I had an uneventful healthy pregnancy. I broke my water 6 weeks early and when my first boy was born he was not breathing and they had to resuscitate him and over the course of my first postpartum days I learned that my son had a rare genetic disorder called Branchio-Oculo Facial Syndrome." BOFS is inherited in an autosomal dominant manner. Each child of an individual with BOFS has a 50% change of inheriting the variant. Nick’s dad carried the gene and at the time of diagnoses the gene had not been identified. She discusses the realization of impact, "you have these craniofacial anomalies that required over 15 surgeries, but the things that they said about mental retardation was not true. The surgical stuff they were able to do . I engaged upon a journey with him that I would do anything for him. It was kind of like, I just got to do this. And so he became my full time job. " I asked Sherri the question, "How did you do it? How did you handle this huge weight of reality repeatedly?" She explained, "I got back to really the basics of self care and being present and grounded. I had already have a lot of those spiritual tools. My son opened up the door to the unseen worlds for me, which is a whole other show. But literally, I kind of felt like and I know it sounds crazy, but I'm sure other mothers can agree or associate or identify.... that I just felt a really strong connection with him and being able to understand what his needs were even before he could communicate." She goes on to add, "it gets back to what I can and cannot control you know, even if I can't control my emotions, even if I'm out of control, like hysterical or anxiety-ridden or sad, I still can have the ability to control what I'm doing and not doing in my life. And so what I knew to be true was in order for me to be the best version of myself, I needed to do everything that I could to take care of myself. And that included my mental health." She goes on to say, "But he's a true miracle. I gave him every opportunity. And he basically showed me through his own actions and his kindness and compassion and his grit and his ability. The kid had so much resilience and he wanted to heal, you know, he's not mentally retarded, he got set up with the Deaf Services as we found out later, he doesn't have sensory neural hearing loss, he has a bone conduction hearing loss. And so he basically told me one day Mom, I want to smile with the rest of the kids. And I was like, oh, of course you do. How do I make that happen? And boy, that was a scary journey. We literally embarked upon the journey of having my boy get a smile." "The amazing craniofacial team at Boston Children's Hospital did an experimental surgery that is called facial reanimation. And basically they didn't know. They said it would evolve over time, would the nerve take and would it connect and would it work? So here we are... I don't know here we are going. Through 16 hours of surgery 10 days in the hospital, not knowing if this is going to work or not. That was another faith based thing. Honestly, you know, it's all you have, and then literally one morning when I was waking him up for school, all of a sudden he sits up in bed. He smiles. So he's really he's come a long way. He's 14 years old now. When he was in sixth grade, he said, I want to go to public school. Oh my god, how is he going to be able to go to public school? So I was like, Okay, let's try to make it happen. And we embarked on the journey of integrating him into the public system." Bringing us to current day, Sherri explains, "You know, he is thriving. He's finishing up the eighth grade this year. And his freshman year, next year in high school, he will be in the public school. He still has an IEP, he's going to be in all honors and advanced honors classes is number one subject Spanish. And one of the other thing is that, you know, oftentimes as parents, we may feel sorry for our kid and you may feel bad. He doesn't feel sorry for himself. He doesn't feel bad." A final quote, "So what can I control? I try to control other people. And we can't control anyone. We can't. And that's the part that was the biggest lesson that I learned. And he taught me that, he taught me where my power lies and where it doesn't lie and how to choose and pick my battles and what's important and what's not important. And in the grand scheme of life, when you can pull back from that and see, what am I doing to be the best version of myself, so I can help my child thrive?" Sherri's links: Green Nurse Group: https://www.greennursegroup.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GreenNurseSherri Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sherri_tutkus/, https://www.instagram.com/greennursegroup/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Green_Nurses LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sherri-tutkus-rn-bsn-912b7776/

In this episode, my guest Sherri Tutkus, RN, BSN, Founder & CEO of Green Nurse Group, came on the podcast to share a powerful and inspiring mother son story that follows the timeline from receiving a diagnosis at birth of her son Nicholas with Branchio-Oculo-Facial Syndrome through current day. Sherri gives one of the most powerful illustrations over the course of the episode, of a mother's love, courage, compassion, resilience and tenacity that I've ever heard, and is a fantastic example of holding onto presumption of competence as a guiding light, against all odds.Sherri Tutkus is the founder and CEO of GreenNurse Group, Nursing Director at Irie Bliss Wellness and host of GreenNurse on the Go Radio Show. Sherri is a cannabis nurse, patient and advocate. She earned her Bachelors in Science and Nursing from Boston College. She is highly skilled Registered Nurse with 30 years’ practical experience in various departments within the hospital and home setting. She is utilizing her expert nursing skills as a medical center specialist, clinical nurse liaison and educator to bridge the gap between patients and the cannabis community. Sherri has been educating and implementing holistic integrative healing modalities within her practice for over 20 years. She educates on the endocannabinoid system and the safe utilization of cannabis at dispensaries, hospitals, clinics, patients homes and she regularly does pop up events, seminars and expos. Sherri is an international speaker and she has contributed to the writing of the first cannabis nursing textbook with her cannabis nurse colleagues that will be available in nursing schools across the country. Sherri is a member of the American Cannabis Nurses Association and founding member of The Cannabis Nurses Network and was nominated as one of two nurses for “Health Professional of the Year” for the 2020 New England Cannabis Convention. Sherri brings passion and purpose to her work teaching bio-psycho-social-spiritual healing using cannabis as a tool. In the first part of this podcast, Sherri discusses her own background and connection to cannabinoid medicine. The tools she learned in her own journey enabled Sherri to cope with frequent and ongoing surgeries, procedures, treatments for her son Nicholas and advocate vociferously on his behalf. "When I'm presenting to people, I use myself as a case study. Because basically, prior to me getting ill, I had a history of migraine headaches, ADHD, and anxiety, that was managed with traditional medicine. I was functioning, I was healthy, single mother of three, child with a disability that we're going to talk about, but knowing that I had migraine headaches and at ADHD symptoms should have been a clear indicator that I had an Endocannabinoid deficiency. So everything that we do or don't do in our lives as far as health and wellness affects this neurotransmitter signaling system called the endocannabinoid system, and that the job of that system is to bring balance."She goes on to explain, "By the end before I discovered cannabis. I was on over 16 pharmaceuticals. So, as I've learned over time, if you're taking more than 10 pharmaceuticals, there's 100% chance of having an adverse drug reaction. Polypharmacy. I fit into that polypharmacy category. I am not anti pharma. However, what is really essential for people to understand when they are being prescribed pharmaceuticals is to ask those critical questions and to look at what side effects there are to look at the blackbox warning Okay, how many people have died? You know, what are the side effects, what are the adverse effects, you need to have knowledge knowledge is power. The other thing that people People don't realize is that a lot of pharmaceuticals have a drug nutrient depletion" She goes on to explain, " I have have a history of Polycystic Ovarian disease which is very interesting. And that yeah, that is considered to be a clinical Endocannabinoid deficiency diagnoses as well. So I had issues with fertility all along. ... And then my third pregnancy... it's interesting, you know I gained all kinds of weight and wasn't happy and I started changing my lifestyle when the babies came. And all of a sudden my reproductive system started to auto regulate. I was using specific supplements and nutrition. I changed my diet, I became vegan, I did a raw diet, and all of a sudden, I'm a fertile Myrtle. And before we know it, I'm pregnant with my third" From here, Sherri goes on to discuss the birth of Nicholas and the immediate realization that he had multiple issues of which she was not aware of up until the moment of his birth. She explained to me in writing prior to the recording of this episode, the following, "All of my births were traumatic experiences however this pregnancy was the best and the easiest. I had an uneventful healthy pregnancy. I broke my water 6 weeks early and when my first boy was born he was not breathing and they had to resuscitate him and over the course of my first postpartum days I learned that my son had a rare genetic disorder called Branchio-Oculo Facial Syndrome."BOFS is inherited in an autosomal dominant manner. Each child of an individual with BOFS has a 50% change of inheriting the variant. Nick’s dad carried the gene and at the time of diagnoses the gene had not been identified.She discusses the realization of impact, "you have these craniofacial anomalies that required over 15 surgeries, but the things that they said about mental retardation was not true. The surgical stuff they were able to do . I engaged upon a journey with him that I would do anything for him. It was kind of like, I just got to do this. And so he became my full time job. "I asked Sherri the question, "How did you do it? How did you handle this huge weight of reality repeatedly?" She explained, "I got back to really the basics of self care and being present and grounded. I had already have a lot of those spiritual tools. My son opened up the door to the unseen worlds for me, which is a whole other show. But literally, I kind of felt like and I know it sounds crazy, but I'm sure other mothers can agree or associate or identify.... that I just felt a really strong connection with him and being able to understand what his needs were even before he could communicate."She goes on to add, "it gets back to what I can and cannot control you know, even if I can't control my emotions, even if I'm out of control, like hysterical or anxiety-ridden or sad, I still can have the ability to control what I'm doing and not doing in my life. And so what I knew to be true was in order for me to be the best version of myself, I needed to do everything that I could to take care of myself. And that included my mental health."She goes on to say, "But he's a true miracle. I gave him every opportunity. And he basically showed me through his own actions and his kindness and compassion and his grit and his ability. The kid had so much resilience and he wanted to heal, you know, he's not mentally retarded, he got set up with the Deaf Services as we found out later, he doesn't have sensory neural hearing loss, he has a bone conduction hearing loss. And so he basically told me one day Mom, I want to smile with the rest of the kids. And I was like, oh, of course you do. How do I make that happen? And boy, that was a scary journey. We literally embarked upon the journey of having my boy get a smile." "The amazing craniofacial team at Boston Children's Hospital did an experimental surgery that is called facial reanimation. And basically they didn't know. They said it would evolve over time, would the nerve take and would it connect and would it work? So here we are... I don't know here we are going. Through 16 hours of surgery 10 days in the hospital, not knowing if this is going to work or not. That was another faith based thing. Honestly, you know, it's all you have, and then literally one morning when I was waking him up for school, all of a sudden he sits up in bed. He smiles. So he's really he's come a long way. He's 14 years old now. When he was in sixth grade, he said, I want to go to public school. Oh my god, how is he going to be able to go to public school? So I was like, Okay, let's try to make it happen. And we embarked on the journey of integrating him into the public system."Bringing us to current day, Sherri explains, "You know, he is thriving. He's finishing up the eighth grade this year. And his freshman year, next year in high school, he will be in the public school. He still has an IEP, he's going to be in all honors and advanced honors classes is number one subject Spanish. And one of the other thing is that, you know, oftentimes as parents, we may feel sorry for our kid and you may feel bad. He doesn't feel sorry for himself. He doesn't feel bad." A final quote, "So what can I control? I try to control other people. And we can't control anyone. We can't. And that's the part that was the biggest lesson that I learned. And he taught me that, he taught me where my power lies and where it doesn't lie and how to choose and pick my battles and what's important and what's not important. And in the grand scheme of life, when you can pull back from that and see, what am I doing to be the best version of myself, so I can help my child thrive?"Sherri's links: Green Nurse Group: https://www.greennursegroup.com/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GreenNurseSherriInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/sherri_tutkus/, https://www.instagram.com/greennursegroup/Twitter: https://twitter.com/Green_NursesLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sherri-tutkus-rn-bsn-912b7776/

Listen in to our fantastic conversation with Eloise Theisen, founder and CEO of Radicle Health based in Walnut Creek, California. Eloise is a board-certified Adult Geriatric Nurse Practitioner with over 20 years experience in nursing. Prior to cannabis Eloise worked for about 14 years in oncology at John Muir. She started her own cannabis practice about 6 years ago and she has treated over 6000 patients using cannabis. Eloise was possibly the first HCP to bring a clinical dosing regimen to the cannabis space and has assembled the knowledge and data to use cannabis to treat a broad range of conditions and disease, especially those that commonly afflict seniors—pain, insomnia, anxiety, and depression. There are very few HCPs nationally with the same level of expertise and experience. Eloise is the President-Elect of the American Cannabis Nurses Association for 2019, and will serve as President through 2022.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/freshemp)

GREENNURSE Hosted by: Sherri Tutkus RN, BSN & Jodi Chapin RN Sherri and Jodi speak with the President of the American Cannabis Nurses Association, Dr. Carey Clark on her forthcoming Wolters-Kuhlwer Cannabis Handbook for Nurses (2020), and the two big events coming in November and December that the GreenNurses will be participating in with Dr. Clark. November 14 th and 15 th 2019 Medical Cannabis Patient Therapies and Wellness Summit Promo Code “MedCanBos19” for 10% off ticket price ends soon, Oct 21st. www.CannabisHealthcareSummit.com December 4 th - 6 th 2019 Cannabis Care 2019, presented by the American Cannabis Nurses Association (ACNA), is the premier conference for nursing professionals to gain essential knowledge and access to cutting-edge cannabis nursing expertise. Network with other healthcare professionals while taking advantage of ACNA-approved continuing education credits designed specifically for RNs, APRNs, clinicians, nursing business owners and nursing researchers. Join us December 4-6, 2019, at the Astor Crowne Plaza in New Orleans, LA! To register please visit https://www.cannacareconference.com #LivingYourBestLife GreenNurse is a fun and educational live broadcast hosted by GreenNurse's Sherri Tutkus and Jodi Chapin. Tune in every week for news, information, and to become part of the GreenNurse family.

Eloise Thiesen is a board-certified Adult Geriatric Nurse Practitioner with over 20 years experience in nursing. Prior to cannabis Eloise worked for about 14 years in oncology at John Muir. She started her own cannabis practice about 6 years ago and she has treated over 6000 patients using cannabis. Eloise was possibly the first HCP to bring a clinical dosing regimen to the cannabis space and has assembled the knowledge and data to use cannabis to treat a broad range of conditions and disease, especially those that commonly afflict seniors—pain, insomnia, anxiety, and depression. There are very few HCPs nationally with the same level of expertise and experience. Eloise is the President of the American Cannabis Nurses Association for 2020, and will serve as President through 2022.For more information on Eloise and ehr work please visit the links below.https://www.radiclehealthcare.comhttps://cannabisnurses.orgTo learn more about plants & your health from Colleen at LabAroma check out this informative PDF: https://mailchi.mp/2fe0e426b244/osw1lg2dkhDisclaimer: The information presented in this podcast is for educational purposes only, and is not intented to replace professional medical advice. Please consult your doctor if you are in need of medical care, and before making any changes to your health routine.

ONS Congress speaker, Eloise Theisen, RN, MSN, AGPCNP-BC, president-elect of the American Cannabis Nurses Association, adult geriatric nurse practitioner, and cofounder of Radicle Health in Walnut Creek, CA, joins Chris Pirschel, ONS staff writer/producer, to discuss medical cannabis use in practice, common misconceptions associated with the drug, and ways nurses can discuss cannabis with their patients. Music Credit: "Fireflies and Stardust" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0   Episode Notes:  Check out these resources from today's episode: Complete this evaluation for free nursing continuing professional development. APRNs Must Stay Educated About Medical Cannabis in Cancer Care Nurses Must Help Patients Use Cannabis Safely Understanding Medical Cannabis in Cancer Care What the Research Says About Drug Interactions and Medical Cannabis Episode 61: Medical Cannabis in Cancer Care Episode 70: The Argument Against Medical Cannabis American Cannabis Nurses Association National Council of State Boards of Nursing Guidelines for Medical Marijuana

The Green Nurse, Sherri Tutkus, joins Amie and Joyce again, this time to share her best ideas on how to use CBD to help find balance and joy this holiday season.  Sherri Tutkus is the founder of Green Nurse Group, an amazing resource for Massachusetts residents looking for help navigating the ever expanding world of cannabis and CBD health and wellness products. She is a cannabis healer who wants to educate, empower and assist all her patients find balance in their lives.  The Canna Moms and Sherri talk about a range of products including CBD oils, salves, gummies and tinctures all curated by Irie Bliss  in Rockland, Massachusetts. Sherri explains the difference between broad and full spectrum CBD, and what she thinks are the best products for CBD and cannabis curious novices. Sherri shares her excitement for the upcoming American Cannabis Nurses Association in New Orleans right before Amie shares her favorite thing this week, the Paleolithic Pipe she picked up at the Harvest Cup. And, of course, Sherri reveals her favorite way to consume. What we talked about: 2:10: CBD Reduces Holiday Stress 2:40: Endocannabinoid System and the Colorful Umbrella 4:17: THC and Anandamide 5:00: Runners High and The Endocannabinoid System 5:36: Up Regulating 6:00: What is Cannabis Nursing? 6:45: Causes of Down Regulating 7:30: Water Soluble CBD 8:35: Cannabis is a Nutrient 11:15: Irie Bliss Wellness 11:55: A State of Harmony 12:12: A State of Spiritual Bliss 12:55: Creating Need Based Products 13:25: Products for "Newbies" 13:50: Goddess Oils  14:25: What is an isolate? 15:45: Gummies and other CBD Treats 17:55: Broad Spectrum vs. Full Spectrum 18:50: Tinctures 20:12: Broad no THC: Full nominal THC 20:40: Daytime and Nighttime CBD 22:04: How Stacking Works 23:57: Topicals 24:20: Cost Saving Tricks 25:30: Levels of Healing and Getting Off Meds 26:20: Past Holiday Stories 27:23: More Topicals 32:15: Pet Products 33:40: Dosing Pets 34:30: Homemade Doggie Biscuits 36:00: CBD Flower Uses 37:35: THC vs. CBD Impacts 38:47: Feeling Good 40:02: Ways to consume: Medically, Recreationally and Irresponsibly 40:35: Green Nurse Events! 43:35: Marissa Fratoni 47:00: American Cannabis Nurses 48:20: Holiday Food Plans 51:54: CBD Drinks for the Holidays 53:00: Terpines 53:24: CBD Components 54:14: Amie's Favorite Thing 55:20: Electric USB Lighters 56:51: Review of Products 1:00:40: Favorite Way to Consumer            

On this episode we will be discussing a personal cannabis story. As the resident nurse here at the Kush Nurse, Sandra Guynes shares her personal journey of anxiety, depression, pain and ultimately her journey to cannabis medicine. A mother, retired navy wife and entrepreneur, Sandra Guynes MSN, RN has been a nurse for 15 years. A long time advocate, educator and provider of holistic health to mothers and babies. Her range of practical-clinical experience ranges from public health nursing, maternity and neonatal populations and as case manager of the chronically ill and high risk mothers and infants.    Sandra has taught across all levels of nursing in the traditional, online, and hybrid classroom settings at Hampton University, Fortis College and Carolinas College of Health Sciences. Sandra is an active member of the American Cannabis Nurses Association. Through the Kush Nurse and Soul Canna Life brands; Sandra provides classes on the Endocannabinoid System, Patient Navigation and advocates for patients in her community through 1:1 consultations or lifestyle centered workshops. Her focus is family-centered care and helping parents navigate medical cannabis; specifically women in the postpartum period and beyond.  In this episode, we talk about postpartum depression and cannabis.   Connect With Sandra Guynes www.facebook.com www.instagram.com/thekushnurse Join The Conversation The Kush Nurse Facebook Page Listen to the show on all platforms Apple Podcasts Google Play Spotify

Cannabis is being used for many different ailments and new studies are constantly coming out! However, how Nurses and Family Doctors can recommend cannabis is a grey area as it’s still federally illegal. Our guest is Barbara Blaser, R.N. and Clinical Director at Magnolia Wellness. We discuss how those roles can talk about cannabis, a process for safely suggesting how a patient could use cannabis and what Budtenders can say when talking to medical patients. Resources from episode: American Cannabis Nurses Association and Cannabis Nurses Network

ONS member Carey Clark, PhD, RN, AHN-BC, associate professor of nursing at the University of Maine at Augusta and president of the American Cannabis Nurses Association, joins Chris Pirschel, ONS staff writer, to discuss medical cannabis's use in oncology, its potential benefits and side effects, and how oncology nurses can answer patient questions in practice. Music Credit: "Fireflies and Stardust" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Episode Notes: Check out these resources from today's episode: Complete this evaluation for free nursing continuing professional development. Understanding Medical Cannabis in Cancer Care Medical Cannabis: The Oncology Nurse's Role in Patient Education About the Effects of Marijuana on Cancer Palliation Practical Considerations in Medical Cannabis Administration and Dosing The Health Effects of Cannabis and Cannabinoids: The Current State of Evidence and Recommendations for Research Guidelines for Medical Marijuana American Cannabis Nurses Association

Host Ellen Kamhi, PhD, RN, The Natural Nurse, member of the American Cannabis Nurses Association, discusses CBD Oil vs Marijuana, and takes audience call in's. Topics include Hydrogen Peroxide IV drips, and healthy natural choices for herbs and foods.

Host Ellen Kamhi, PhD, RN, The Natural Nurse, member of the American Cannabis Nurses Association, discusses CBD Oil vs Marijuana, and takes audience call in's. Topics include Hydrogen Peroxide IV drips, and healthy natural choices for herbs and foods.

GreenNurses Speak with ACNA President Elect, Eloise Theisen For the past 17 years nurses were ranked as the most trusted profession and most Americans (82%) described nurses’ ethics as high or very high (no pun intended). Cannabis Nurses are being birthed everyday and it appears that the majority of the nurses who are really having a big impact on the community are also cannabis patients too. Meet President Elect of the American Cannabis Nurses Association, Eloise Theisen. Eloise is a Board Certified Nurse Practitioner and she shares her compelling personal story of healing with cannabis and how this propelled her to become the Chief Visionary Officer at Radicle Health and Founder of Radicle Health Clinician Network. #RadicleHealth #CannabisNurses #LivingYourBestLife #GreenNurses Radicle Health The Entourage Effect GreenNurse Group GreenNurse Disrupt : Boston

The increasing legalization of cannabis in countries around the globe has sparked renewed interest in the medicinal effects of this often misunderstood and stigmatized plant. Susan Marks, RN, BSN, PHN is a cannabis nurse and member of the American Cannabis Nurses Association and uses cannabis herself to manage her chronic condition. Nurse Susan explains how to read a label at the dispensary, what kinds of conditions cannabis can be used to treat and how patients can use cannabis as an essential tool in managing the side effects of traditional cancer treatment. Learn more about Nurse Susan and the how cannabis can help you at her web site: DearNurseSusan.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to a special edition of GreenNurse on the Go Living Your Best Life. Today we welcome our very own GreenNurse Marissa Fratoni to share her personal healing story and discuss the hot topic of cannabis use during pregnancy and breast feeding. Marissa is an RN known as Holistic Nurse Mamma in the Community specializing in Womens Health, Behavioral Health, Substance Abuse, Addiction and Cannabinioid Therapeutics. She is a member of American Cannabis Nurses Association and embodies what it means to be a GreenNurse. She is well-versed in the complementary and alternative healing modalities including primary care nursing, massage therapy, yoga and mindfulness practices, and integrative and functional nutrition. She is a professional writer for CannaHealth Magazine, 1000 Watts Magazine, Medium and The GreenNurse Blog. She advocates for the therapeutic use of cannabis as often as she can. We are thrilled to have her as one of our own Massachusetts GreenNurses AND are grateful that she has the time to do this interview with us before she shifts to GreenNurse on the GOing out on maternity leave. Welcome Marissa.

Host Windy Carson-Smith talks with Cathy Borris-Hale, Nurse Specialist for Discipline and Practice for the DC Board of Nursing. Ms. Borris-Hale talks about the National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN) where she is a Director-at-Large on the Board of Directors. The discussion touches on the NCSBN, state boards of nursing, medical marijuana, the Nurse Licensure Compact, international regulation, and what nurses should know about the NCSBN. Mentioned in this episode are the NCSBN website, the American Cannabis Nurses Association, and Nursys. Ms. Borris-Hale recieved a master's degree in Healthcare Administration from Bellevue University. She began her nursing career as a staff nurse at Provdence Hospital in Washington, DC in 1981. Since then she has served as Director for Nursing at MedStar Manor, Clinical Director for Sub-Acute Services, Director of Nursing for Medical Geriatrics, Stroke, and the Express Admissions Unit, as well as Vice President and CEO of a District of Columbia Hospital. In 2018-18 Ms. Borris-Hale was appointed to the first NCSBN Medical Marijuana Regulatory Guidelines Committee. The Let's Talk Podcast covers clinical, legal and regulatory topics of interest to both the employed and the entrepreneurial APNs. Let's Talk is a product of Carson Company, a nursing consulting firm. Please visit carsonco.net for more information, or visit our Facebook page.

Susan Marks, aka Nurse Susan, is passionate about the therapeutic benefits of cannabis. She is a medical cannabis patient. She has a progressive neurological movement disorder, and cannabis (high CBD, low THC) has allowed her to stop anti-seizure medication and the intolerable side effects.She is also a highly qualified healthcare professional, holding a nursing degree and several nursing certificates. She works with medical patients who want to include cannabis therapeutics in their health management program.During this fascinating conversation, Susan gives a history of the hemp plant as a product and cannabis as a medicine. We hear how political and financial motivations forced this highly valuable plant to become labeled a dangerous drug and eventually become placed as a Schedule I narcotic.The three criteria for a drug to be included in the federal list of Schedule I narcotics are:1. No medical benefit2. Addictive3. Very unsafe and dangerousDoes it meet these criteria? Nurse Susan believes it does not, listen in to hear why she feels this way.What is the difference between THC and CBD? Nurse Susan explains that basically, CBD works from the neck down and THC works from the neck up. However, she feels strongly that using the complete plant and portions of all the cannabinoids is the optimal way to treat a medical condition therapeutically.Does this mean you're going to get high? Not necessarily as this can be completely modulated and controlled. But, you need both. Why? Because the CBD diminishes the psychoactivity of THC and the THC boosts the effectiveness of the CBD.Why do different people experience different responses to cannabis? Two reasons, the product and the individual. When it comes to product, Susan says, "There's a lot of crap out there" and you have to make sure it is lab tested. And individuals need to start with a low dose, pay attention to the response, and adjust their protocol based upon that response."Know the product, know it's safe, and know how you respond."PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT: Cartels are now spraying cannabis with Fentanyl to make it highly addictive, BEWARE!What inspired Susan to become an advocate for medical cannabis? And what's the most badass thing she's ever done? Listen in to find out!Background and LInksSusan Marks, RN, BSN, PHN, is a cannabis nurse and a member of the American Cannabis Nurses Association.Susan educates and consults with clients on:- The endocannabinoid system and how cannabis works in their body and is specific to their disease or issue- How to select safe and reliable products- The dosing process- The risks and benefits of cannabis- Identifying drug interactions and avoiding unwanted side effects- Understanding that cannabis is a treatment within a continuum of care which involves interacting components and being able to integrate cannabis with the client’s current treatment choices and lifestyle.With this knowledge, her clients can make informed decisions about their cannabis regimen.Nurse Susan states, “I am very grateful for this plant, and I’m committed to working with other patients who can benefit from cannabis therapy.”Susan works with patients with several medical conditions, visit her site for more details.Susan has received certification in the following subspecialties:- Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality (CPHQ)- Public Health Nurse (PHN)- Legal Nurse Consultant (LNCC)- Catastrophic Case Management and Life Care Planning- Susan was inducted into Sigma Theta Tau, International Nursing Honor Society.For more info, visit http://dearnursesusan.com/More info - http://unpauseyourlife.comSponsored by:The Addictions Academy - The Nation’s Leading Accredited Addiction Coaching & Intervention Training: https://theaddictionsacademy.com/The Functional Psychology Pro - Natural Solutions to Mental Health: http://drteralyn.com/Music courtesy of Crowfly - http://crowflyrocks.com/Unpause Your Life with Dr. Cali Esteshttps://businessinnovatorsradio.com/unpause-your-life/

Susan Marks, aka Nurse Susan, is passionate about the therapeutic benefits of cannabis. She is a medical cannabis patient. She has a progressive neurological movement disorder, and cannabis (high CBD, low THC) has allowed her to stop anti-seizure medication and the intolerable side effects.She is also a highly qualified healthcare professional, holding a nursing degree and several nursing certificates. She works with medical patients who want to include cannabis therapeutics in their health management program.During this fascinating conversation, Susan gives a history of the hemp plant as a product and cannabis as a medicine. We hear how political and financial motivations forced this highly valuable plant to become labeled a dangerous drug and eventually become placed as a Schedule I narcotic.The three criteria for a drug to be included in the federal list of Schedule I narcotics are:1. No medical benefit2. Addictive3. Very unsafe and dangerousDoes it meet these criteria? Nurse Susan believes it does not, listen in to hear why she feels this way.What is the difference between THC and CBD? Nurse Susan explains that basically, CBD works from the neck down and THC works from the neck up. However, she feels strongly that using the complete plant and portions of all the cannabinoids is the optimal way to treat a medical condition therapeutically.Does this mean you're going to get high? Not necessarily as this can be completely modulated and controlled. But, you need both. Why? Because the CBD diminishes the psychoactivity of THC and the THC boosts the effectiveness of the CBD.Why do different people experience different responses to cannabis? Two reasons, the product and the individual. When it comes to product, Susan says, "There's a lot of crap out there" and you have to make sure it is lab tested. And individuals need to start with a low dose, pay attention to the response, and adjust their protocol based upon that response."Know the product, know it's safe, and know how you respond."PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT: Cartels are now spraying cannabis with Fentanyl to make it highly addictive, BEWARE!What inspired Susan to become an advocate for medical cannabis? And what's the most badass thing she's ever done? Listen in to find out!Background and LInksSusan Marks, RN, BSN, PHN, is a cannabis nurse and a member of the American Cannabis Nurses Association.Susan educates and consults with clients on:- The endocannabinoid system and how cannabis works in their body and is specific to their disease or issue- How to select safe and reliable products- The dosing process- The risks and benefits of cannabis- Identifying drug interactions and avoiding unwanted side effects- Understanding that cannabis is a treatment within a continuum of care which involves interacting components and being able to integrate cannabis with the client’s current treatment choices and lifestyle.With this knowledge, her clients can make informed decisions about their cannabis regimen.Nurse Susan states, “I am very grateful for this plant, and I’m committed to working with other patients who can benefit from cannabis therapy.”Susan works with patients with several medical conditions, visit her site for more details.Susan has received certification in the following subspecialties:- Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality (CPHQ)- Public Health Nurse (PHN)- Legal Nurse Consultant (LNCC)- Catastrophic Case Management and Life Care Planning- Susan was inducted into Sigma Theta Tau, International Nursing Honor Society.For more info, visit http://dearnursesusan.com/More info - http://unpauseyourlife.comSponsored by:The Addictions Academy - The Nation’s Leading Accredited Addiction Coaching & Intervention Training: https://theaddictionsacademy.com/The Functional Psychology Pro - Natural Solutions to Mental Health: http://drteralyn.com/Music courtesy of Crowfly - http://crowflyrocks.com/Unpause Your Life with Dr. Cali Esteshttps://businessinnovatorsradio.com/unpause-your-life/

This generation... rules the nation! Medicinal Cannabis is now legal in California and 30 other states! Cannabis still remains a mystery to healthcare providers. Many of them don't know enough about the drug in order to educate their patients. Even though the FDA will not approve it, patients are turning to Medicinal Marijuana, aka Cannabis aka THC aka CBD as an alternative treatment to opoids for pain relief, cancer side effects, seizures, and many other ailments. In this episode we explore "cannabinoids" which are one of a class of diverse chemical compounds that acts on cannabinoid receptors in cells that alter neurotransmitter release in the brain. Our guests Dr. Carey S. Clark, an Associate Professor of Nursing at the University of Maine at Augusta board certified advanced holistic nurse, reiki master, yoga teacher, and the current President of the American Cannabis Nurses Association. Her focus in cannabis nursing has been primarily on educating nurses around the endocannabinoid system and the role of the nurse in working with cannabis patients. https://cannabisnurses.org/ Mara Wiles is a stand-up comic and actress from Denver, Colorado who now lives in Brooklyn. Mara's comic style is intelligently goofy injected with energy and witty asides that makes every performance feel different from the one before. She shares her story of using medicinal cannabis during her lupus diagnosis and her kidney transplant. http://www.marawilescomic.com/ For CEU's go to https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/FVKW2HZ Throw us some bucks : https://www.gofundme.com/nurses-hypochondriacs-podcast

Are you a nurse that’s feeling stuck or unsure of your next shift in nursing? Then you will want to check out this episode as our guest points our opportunities for your nursing career. Through role-modeling self-care herself, this podcast episode is sure to inspire. Dr. Clark’s research interests are focused on caring and integral approaches in nursing education. She is an Associate Professor of Nursing at University of Maine at Augusta, where she developed a holistic- integral approach to curriculum development for RN-BSN students. Dr. Clark is President of the American Cannabis Nurses Association. A few take aways from our interview with Carey S. Clark, PhD, RN, AHN-BC, RYT include: How being a weight loss educator in a previous career can impact your nursing profession; What reflecting on ethical patient experiences can do for your professional path; And why being still and listening to inner guidance is the fastest way to success! Here is Carey S. Clark, PhD, RN, AHN-BC, RYT. Join the inspiring & upbeat community of supportive nurses: Your Next Shift! Read along and take notes with your very own copy of Your Next Shift.

Discussing cannabis as medicine and ending the stigma of cannabis with Dr. Carey Clark from the American Cannabis Nurses Association.

Today on the Grow Show Kyle Kushman is joined by CannabisRadio.com's own Cannabis Nurse Heather. Nurse Heather is a native New Mexican and Registered Nurse specializing in all aspects of medical cannabis care. She is a party of the Board of Directors for the American Cannabis Nurses Association and the Chairwoman of the ACNA Conference Committee. Nurse Heather has a certificate of completion in The Core Curriculum for Cannabis Nursing and is a Medical Advisor for Sacred Garden, a Licensed Non-Profit Producer in New Mexico. Nurse Heather also has a show on CannabisRadio.com called "Good News with Nurse Heather," where she is joined by the one and only CannaKenny to share all the good news out there about Cannabis!!

Today on Concierge for Better Living Doc Rob is joined by CannabisRadio.com's own Cannabis Nurse Heather. Nurse Heather is a native New Mexican and Registered Nurse specializing in all aspects of medical cannabis care. She is a party of the Board of Directors for the American Cannabis Nurses Association and the Chairwoman of the ACNA Conference Committee. Nurse Heather has a certificate of completion in The Core Curriculum for Cannabis Nursing and is a Medical Advisor for Sacred Garden, a Licensed Non-Profit Producer in New Mexico. Nurse Heather also has a show on CannabisRadio.com called "Good News with Nurse Heather," where she is joined by the one and only CannaKenny to share all the good news out there about Cannabis!!

Today on Concierge for Better Living Doc Rob is joined by CannabisRadio.com's own Cannabis Nurse Heather. Nurse Heather is a native New Mexican and Registered Nurse specializing in all aspects of medical cannabis care. She is a party of the Board of Directors for the American Cannabis Nurses Association and the Chairwoman of the ACNA Conference Committee. Nurse Heather has a certificate of completion in The Core Curriculum for Cannabis Nursing and is a Medical Advisor for Sacred Garden, a Licensed Non-Profit Producer in New Mexico. Nurse Heather also has a show on CannabisRadio.com called "Good News with Nurse Heather," where she is joined by the one and only CannaKenny to share all the good news out there about Cannabis!!

Cannabis Nurse Heather and CannaKenny welcome Alice O'Leary-Randall from the American Cannabis Nurses Association who is coined The 1st Lady of Medical Marijuana because her late husband was the first Medical Marijuana patient.

Nurse Heather believes in the power of cannabis to heal and teach us, and has fought hard to make sure veterans with PTSD and others in need of care get proper access to it. From her roots near the Native American reservations in the four corners, to testifying in front of state supreme courts, she's already helped thousands of patients throughout her life, and she's just getting started.

On episode 4 of The Hemp Connoisseur Radio join hosts Christie Lunsford and David Maddalena as they chat with Jaime Lewis of Mountain Medicine. In the second half the discussion continues with Heather Manus President at Genesis International Cannabis Solutions, President at Arizona Cannabis Nurses Association and Board of Directors and Conference Committee Chairwoman at American Cannabis Nurses Association.

Cannabis Nurse Heather and CannaKenny welcome Alice O'Leary-Randall from the American Cannabis Nurses Association who is coined The 1st Lady of Medical Marijuana because her late husband was the first Medical Marijuana patient.

Dawn-Marie Steenstra has always been a passionate patient advocate. She owned and operated her own assisted living in her home since the age of 20, caring for primarily deinstitutionalized psychiatric elderly women. In 1996, Dawn-Marie completed college as a practical nurse, and since 1998, has specialized in staff development, quality assurance, and infection control. Dawn-Marie learned about cannabis as a wellness option 10 months post breast cancer and thereafter jumped headlong into the industry. She has since worked with The American Cannabis Nurses Association, Patients Out of Time, Americans For Safe Access, United Patients Group, and most recently, was privileged to co-produce Season 2 of “The Sacred Plant” showcasing the alongside John Malanca in her role as National Ambassador for United Patients Group. Her goals in cannabis reform concentrate primarily on education and excellence in the practice of cannabinoid therapeutics, nursing, and business.

Elisabeth Mack RN, MBA founded Holistic Caring in 2016 as a concierge medical cannabis consultation service with clinical nurses helping educate, guide, and support patients with product choices, dosages, and timing. Holistic Caring bridges the gap between traditional and cannabis medicine. Her background includes a decade in hospitals where she specialized in psychiatry, diabetes, and medical units. Elisabeth spent the 20 years prior to Holistic Caring in operations, service, and sales management of several health insurance carriers and believes cannabinoid medicine offers our best chance at healing, comfort, and wholeness in a more holistic, economical, and empowering way. She earned an MBA in Healthcare Administration, a Bachelor of Science in Nursing, and a Bachelor of Arts in psychology. She is a member of the Society of Cannabis Clinicians, the American Cannabis Nurses Association, and the board of San Diego Women Grow.