Medical Marijuana Part III - Guidelines for APRNs
Webinar Description
According to the National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN), 61% of responding prelicensure programs and 45% of responding graduate programs are teaching cannabis content in required courses, with most including less than 1 to 3 hours of content. Join NCSBN and AACN for a three-part series to discuss how to update curricular content on the use of medical marijuana in pre-licensure and graduate nursing programs, based on the Guidelines for Medical Marijuana released in the July 2018 Supplement to the Journal of Nursing Regulation (JNR).
Part III of the series takes the conversation regarding the NCSBN National Medical Marijuana Guidelines and focuses on the specific knowledge for APRNs Certifying a Medical Marijuana Qualifying Condition.
The additional webinars in this series include:
Medical Marijuana Part II: Guidelines for Patients
Objectives:
- Identify the essential knowledge and practice considerations for the APRN who will be certifying a qualifying condition
- Describe the objectives for medical marijuana education in APRN nursing programs
This is a three-part series, each will be recorded and available in our on-demand section of our website.
This series is cohosted by the National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN).
Speakers
Maureen Cahill, MSN, RN
Senior Policy Advisor
NCSBN
Maureen leads the Campaign for APRN Consensus project at NCSBN and participates as the NCSBN representative to LACE. She worked as an advanced practice nurse in adult and pediatric oncology for more than 35 years, and as a nursing serviceline leader. She also is an active participant in many nursing organizations as well as interprofessional societies.
Pricing and CE Credit
This webinar is free to deans, faculty, staff and students from AACN member schools of nursing. All non-member audiences will be required to pay a $59 webinar fee.
Continuing Education Credits
Eligible attendees may receive one continuing nursing education (CNE) contact hour for participating in this webinar. The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) is an accredited CNE-provider by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.