This 12-week cannabis nursing program is comprehensive enough to teach you what you need to know to start your career as a cannabis nurse in just 5-7 hours per week. Complete your annual CEU requirements and learn all you need to know to help your patients navigate the therapeutic world of cannabis.
Open to LPNs/LVNs, RNs, and NPs!
Original price was: $2,499.00.$2,299.00Current price is: $2,299.00.
The CannyNurse® Training is an evidence-based, esoteric, and experiential journey into the realm of the Endocannabinoid System (ECS). There are 12 modules, each is to be completed over the course of one week, and should take 5-7 hours of study per week. Students are allotted 2 hours for the final exam (open-book), making the program total 72 hours of contact hours*.
Approved for 72 contact hours.
Integrative Nurse Coach Academy is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number 17700
Cannabis nursing may seem like a new specialty, but the National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN) wrote national nursing guidelines for care of patients using medical cannabis in 2018.
RN, MSc
CannyNurse® Certificate Program Course Creator and Lead Faculty
Author, activist, international speaker, multi-preneur, mentor, wife, and mom, Ariana Ayu is a Transformational Mystic and a Catalyst for Constructive Change. An ordained priestess, holistic healer, and lifelong student of ancient/ modern wisdom, Ariana’s nursing background includes pediatrics, labor & delivery, nurse education, and Holistic Health/ Integrative Nurse Coaching. She earned her MSc in Advancing Nursing Practice from the University of Edinburgh in Scotland (UK), and her Cannabis Nursing training from Pacific College of Health and Science.
She is passionate about racial justice, social equity, environmental preservation and conservation, and empowered health, wellness, and joy for all. Her practice is governed by the ethical principles of integrity, nonjudgment, empowerment, and respect for her clients’ autonomy.
MSN, APRN, WHNP-BC, CNM, NC-BC
CannyNurse® Certificate Program Co-Instructor
My nursing career began in 2006. I had been a Certified Doula when I encountered the profession of Nurse Midwifery. That sparked my journey to become a Nurse Midwife. I obtained an AS in both Pre-Nursing and Behavioral Science from Georgia Military College, BSN from Medical College of Georgia, MSN and Post Master’s Certificate from Frontier Nursing University. I have a deep love for assisting anyone towards becoming higher versions of themselves, but an even deeper passion for assisting women in that endeavor. I have experience in 1st surgical assist, the pain management setting, as well as providing both pre & postoperative care in urological outpatient procedures.
I am a Board Certified Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner and Certified Nurse Midwife. I retired from the US Air Force 2yrs ago (as a CNM) and have been working diligently since then to restore my own health. I’m an adjunct clinical instructor at a local college for RN students. I have an incessant thirst/hunger for continued knowledge and more ways to assist my clients/patients.
Medical Cannabis is not an FDA-approved drug, so it does not get prescribed. If you are an Advance Practice Nurse with current prescriptive authority, you may be able to recommend medical cannabis (or certify patients to use medical cannabis) depending on your practice jurisdiction.
Please verify this with your state board of nursing or other certifying body before registering for this course.
It has been estimated that 52% of American adults have tried cannabis at least once in their lives and 8,300 new people try cannabis daily. Those number is growing as more states move toward decriminalization/ legalization.
The main goal of this course is to prepare you for clinical practice (in any setting) with medical cannabis patients. You will gain a working understanding of the Endocannabinoid System (ECS), evidence-based practice with medical cannabis (including terpenes, cannabinoids including CBD/ THC and more, the evidence for specific conditions, current cannabis research, adverse reactions and contraindications, etc.), social issues relating to cannabis, and holistic and lifestyle medicine interventions to balance the ECS with or without cannabis.
Upon successful completion, you may choose to call yourself a cannabis nurse and work in the practice setting of your choice. For some, this will be as a nurse coach/ consultant/ entrepreneur, for others this may be part of their bedside nursing or other clinical practice.
Others may go forward in the fields of advocacy, education, or legislation. Cannabis nursing is not an either/or with regards to other specialty areas; all nurses should have a working knowledge of the ECS and cannabis. For nurses with a coaching, consulting, or other entrepreneurial practice, upon successful completion of the program, you may choose to become a CannyNurse® registered practitioner for an annual licensing fee.
This program will give you a working understanding of the endocannabinoid system — the master regulating system of all the other systems in the body.1
It is built upon the scope and standards of practice for all nurses, set out by the National Council of State Boards of Nursing2 in 2018. Cannabis nurses are needed in all specialities since patients of all types are currently using cannabis (medicinally or otherwise).
Not yet. The American Cannabis Nurses Association is working towards this. Once a cannabis nursing specialty certification is established, we will ensure our program fits the criteria to take the specialty certification exam.
Yes. There is one required textbook which can be purchased as an ebook or paperback for $50-60.
Additionally, if, at the end of the program, you choose to become a registered CannyNurse®, there will be an annual fee to license the CannyNurse® brand and use the done-for-you educational, marketing, and client materials. This is optional; more information on this will be shared during the course.
If you choose not be become a registered practitioner, you will receive the same education, but you will not be able to call yourself a CannyNurse®, use the CannyNurse® brand, be listed in the CannyNurse® practitioner directory, or use our proprietary forms and materials.
Yes, 72 Contact hours!
Integrative Nurse Coach Academy is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number 17700
This program is 72 contact hours divided over the course of 12 weeks. This course was designed with working nurses in mind, so you should expect to spend around 5-7 hours per week on your coursework. Due dates for assignments will be clearly explained in each module, but you will not be required to attend any class at a specific time.
Beyond assignment due dates, your timed open book final exam will be open over a specific period of time during which you may retake the test if you do not pass it the first time.
Yes, both!
Classes will be conducted via pre-recorded training modules, reading assignments, reflective journaling, case studies, quizzes, and a final exam (timed, open book). This allows you the greatest flexibility in learning the materials on your own schedule. Your instructor (Ariana Ayu, RN, MSc) will be available via email and office hours (video conferencing) to answer questions and otherwise assist you in mastering the evidence-based materials presented.
A valid nursing license (LPN/ LVN, RN, APRN) or graduation from an accredited nursing program.
In recognition of the additional challenges Black, Indigenous, and People of Color face in society, and particularly with regard to cannabis, we are offering THREE $500 scholarships for nurses of color per cohort of the CannyNurse® Certificate Program.
While we recognize this does not come close to fixing the overall problems of systemic racism and need for equity within all industries, we hope this will decrease the barriers for nurses of color who desire to enter the field of cannabis nursing.
We are pleased to offer a $50 discount* to members of the following organizations:
*Only one discount may be applied for a maximum of $50.
To claim your discount, contact your membership organization for your coupon code.
This program will be offered multiple times per year. Select the cohort you are registering for.
Original price was: $2,499.00.$2,299.00Current price is: $2,299.00.
