Neuroscience Education Series - Endocannabinoid System

Wednesday, January 15, 2025, 1:00 PM - Saturday, January 15, 2028, 2:00 PM

ANCC Nursing Contact Hours (1.00 hours), General Attendance (1.00 hours)

This educational activity is intended to address the knowledge gaps surrounding the Endocannabinoid System and its role in managing disease processes.

Presenter

Austin Whittemore, MSN, RN, SCRN
Cannabis Nurse
Neurocritical Care Unit
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center

1. Recognize the historic influence on cannabinoid medicine.
2. Discuss the presence and function of the endocannabinoid system, including its endogenous components.
3. Identify the role and scope of practice surrounding cannabinoid medicine in healthcare.

In support of improving patient care, Dartmouth Health is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team. 

American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)
Dartmouth Health designates this Enduring Material for a maximum of 1.00 ANCC contact hours. 

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Bibliographic Sources

•  Cannabis Nursing: Scope and standards of Practice. (2024). . American Nurses Association. 

• Clark, C. 2021. Cannabis: A Handbook for Nurses

• McPartland, J. M., Guy, G. W., & Di Marzo, V. (2014). Care and feeding of the endocannabinoid system: a systematic review of potential clinical interventions that upregulate the endocannabinoid system. PloS one, 9(3), e89566. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0089566

• National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Health and Medicine Division, Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice, & Committee on the Health Effects of Marijuana: An Evidence Review and Research Agenda. (2017). The Health Effects of Cannabis and Cannabinoids: The Current State of Evidence and Recommendations for Research. National Academies Press (US).

• The NCSBN National Nursing Guidelines for Medical marijuana. (2018). Journal of Nursing Regulation, 9(2). https://doi.org/10.1016/s2155-8256(18)30082-6

• Russell L,  Condo K,  DeFlorville T.  Nutrition, endocannabinoids, and the use of cannabis: an overview for the nutrition clinician. Nutr Clin Pract.  2024; 39: 815-823. https://doi.org/10.1002/ncp.11148

• Slawek, D., Meenrajan, S. R., Alois, M. R., Comstock Barker, P., Estores, I. M., & Cook, R. (2019). Medical Cannabis for the Primary Care Physician. Journal of primary care & community health, 10, 2150132719884838. https://doi.org/10.1177/2150132719884838

• Sugiura, T et al. “Biosynthesis and degradation of anandamide and 2-arachidonoylglycerol and their possible physiological significance.” Prostaglandins, leukotrienes, and essential fatty acids vol. 66,2-3 (2002): 173-92. https://doi.org/10.1054/plef.2001.0356

• Zolotov, Y., Metri, S., Calabria, E., & Kogan, M. (2021). Medical Cannabis Education among healthcare trainees: A scoping review. Complementary Therapies in Medicine, 58, 102675. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ctim.2021.102675

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