Medical Marijuana Part I–Current Legislation, Scientific Literature Review & Implications for Nurses
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 I of the series begins the discussion on medical marijuana, current legislation, scientific literature review, and nursing implications.
Objectives:
- Understand dichotomy between federal and state legislation for the use of marijuana medicinally
- Locate the state Medical Marijuana Program (MMP) legislation and describe the general provisions of a MMP
- Identify the physical and psychological conditions that have moderate to high quality evidence for the use of cannabis
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
Kathleen Russell, JD, MN, RN
Senior Policy Advisor, Nursing Regulation
NCBSN
Kathleen Russell, a lawyer and a nurse, is a Senior Policy Advisor in the Division of Nursing Regulation for NCSBN. In this position, she is responsible for services provided to member boards related to discipline, alternative to discipline programs, substance use disorder, licensure fraud, and acts as a liaison/consultant for Nursing Regulation, Nursys®, as well as the National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB). Kathleen has a particular interest in education of investigators and attorneys. She is a contributing editor and frequent author for the Journal of Nursing Regulation.
Kathleen’s professional background includes almost 40 years of nursing, legal, and non-profit leadership experience. She has practiced as a pediatric clinical nurse specialist, nursing educator, and as a trial attorney.
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.