This past year has been absurdly amazing as I grow as a Cannabis Nurse leader in the industry of medicine. Who would of thought only six years ago that I would be the editor of a national magazine, Cannabis Nurses Magazine, after being introduced to Medical Cannabis for the first time ever in 2010. That’s right. The quest for truth brought me here today to assist in educating the people.
Where ever I go I cannot help but think about medical cannabis as it is part of my everyday life. It has transformed me into thinking outside the box of traditional western medicine, full of harmful pharmaceuticals and money-making procedures, to a more holistic approach to healing including but not limited to: nutrition, exercise, mental and spiritual health, and a more natural and holistic approach to healing as a whole. Not everyone is as passionate as I am when it comes to this simple plant but there is one thing for sure. It has made me feel whole and has saved my life in more ways than one. The information and education Cannabis Nurses Magazine brings you today in this issue reflects the lives of other Cannabis Nurses from across the world. We as a staff, were honored to have the privilege to visit and learn from these Cannabis Nurses over the past year who are leading the world by example.
Julie Monteiro RN, BSK “Ask Nurse Juhlzie” Editor@Cannabis Nurses Magazine
In the United States, we are provided the knowledge by, Eloise Theisen MSN, NR, AGPCN-BC, “Why Nurses are Vital to the Medical Cannabis Community” and from, Carey S. Clark, PhD, RN AHN-BC, RYT, who provides us with a Holistic Approach to the Opiate Crisis: Solving the Complex Puzzle of Addiction with Cannabis. These articles alone are pivotal keys in creating and molding Cannabis Nursing as a specialty of Nursing. Which brings us to “New Year’s Resolutions: Goals for Nurses in 2016” which can assist in providing a guiding light for all who wish to step out of the box from traditional medicine and include Medical Cannabis Nursing as a future focus and these goals can apply to anyone.
Across the globe we have, “Greetings from Australia”, from Mish Stanvic R.N., in the land down-under, who shares her experience of coming to Conference this last May 2015, to obtain her CEU’s of core training in: Basic Core Curriculum of Medical Cannabis Therapeutics from the American Cannabis Nurses Association (ACNA). It is here that I had the privilege of meeting this courageous Cannabis Nurse who traveled across the globe to fulfill the need for truth and knowledge and be around like-minded Nurses. She is a guiding light and example for Nurses to follow with the knowledge she has gained. I encourage all to pursue her vision and seek the truth of knowledge and learn the science behind the plant.
The featured cover nurse story in this International Issue is, Inbal Sikorian R.N., the Cannabis Nurse from Israel who assisted in creating the first Medical Cannabis Nursing Clinic in Israel. The founder of Tikun Olam, Tsachi Cohen, realized and decided that it was necessary to provide the knowledge about their medical cannabis studies – its treatment, dosage, strains and safe use – to be taught and educated by professional medical staff, and Nurses were the key in filling the gap between patients and dispensary staff. We as Nurses have protocols in our nursing practice that assist us in being the guiding light and, Tsachi Cohen, by including Nurses in this vision, created a legacy within the nursing profession worldwide. They are teaching by example and “Healing the World”.
Where ever I go I cannot help but think about medical cannabis as it is part of my everyday life. It has transformed me into thinking outside the box of traditional western medicine, full of harmful pharmaceuticals and money-making procedures, to a more holistic approach to healing including but not limited to: nutrition, exercise, mental and spiritual health, and a more natural and holistic approach to healing as a whole. Not everyone is as passionate as I am when it comes to this simple plant but there is one thing for sure. It has made me feel whole and has saved my life in more ways than one. The information and education Cannabis Nurses Magazine brings you today in this issue reflects the lives of other Cannabis Nurses from across the world. We as a staff, were honored to have the privilege to visit and learn from these Cannabis Nurses over the past year who are leading the world by example.
Julie Monteiro RN, BSK “Ask Nurse Juhlzie” Editor@Cannabis Nurses Magazine
In the United States, we are provided the knowledge by, Eloise Theisen MSN, NR, AGPCN-BC, “Why Nurses are Vital to the Medical Cannabis Community” and from, Carey S. Clark, PhD, RN AHN-BC, RYT, who provides us with a Holistic Approach to the Opiate Crisis: Solving the Complex Puzzle of Addiction with Cannabis. These articles alone are pivotal keys in creating and molding Cannabis Nursing as a specialty of Nursing. Which brings us to “New Year’s Resolutions: Goals for Nurses in 2016” which can assist in providing a guiding light for all who wish to step out of the box from traditional medicine and include Medical Cannabis Nursing as a future focus and these goals can apply to anyone.
Across the globe we have, “Greetings from Australia”, from Mish Stanvic R.N., in the land down-under, who shares her experience of coming to Conference this last May 2015, to obtain her CEU’s of core training in: Basic Core Curriculum of Medical Cannabis Therapeutics from the American Cannabis Nurses Association (ACNA). It is here that I had the privilege of meeting this courageous Cannabis Nurse who traveled across the globe to fulfill the need for truth and knowledge and be around like-minded Nurses. She is a guiding light and example for Nurses to follow with the knowledge she has gained. I encourage all to pursue her vision and seek the truth of knowledge and learn the science behind the plant.
The featured cover nurse story in this International Issue is, Inbal Sikorian R.N., the Cannabis Nurse from Israel who assisted in creating the first Medical Cannabis Nursing Clinic in Israel. The founder of Tikun Olam, Tsachi Cohen, realized and decided that it was necessary to provide the knowledge about their medical cannabis studies – its treatment, dosage, strains and safe use – to be taught and educated by professional medical staff, and Nurses were the key in filling the gap between patients and dispensary staff. We as Nurses have protocols in our nursing practice that assist us in being the guiding light and, Tsachi Cohen, by including Nurses in this vision, created a legacy within the nursing profession worldwide. They are teaching by example and “Healing the World”.
