Pacific College

Pacific College of Health and Science (PCHS) is a leading institution in holistic and integrative healthcare education, deeply rooted in Chinese medicine since 1986. As the largest school of Chinese medicine in the U.S., PCHS offers a wide range of innovative programs, including online and on-campus degrees in holistic nursing, massage therapy, and integrative medicine.

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Nursing Guidelines for Medical Cannabis

By: Pacific College Published: May 7, 2020 In the summer of 2018, the National Council of State Boards of Nursing published guidelines that stated that all nurses must be educated around six essential areas of knowledge and skill regarding medicinal cannabis use. Those six areas of essential medical cannabis care

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Holistic Nursing: Every Nurse's Specialty

Notes From Our Nursing Program Faculty

By: Pacific College Published: May 7, 2020 Dr. Carla Mariano, EDD, RN, AHN-BC, FAAIM Dr. Mariano had been hard at work with her research and writing efforts. Mariano, C. (In Press). Holistic nursing: Scope and standards of practice. In M. Helming, K. Avino, D. Shields, & W. Rosa, (Eds). Holistic

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Dr. Carey S. Clark, Holistic Nursing Program Director

A Message from the Nursing Program Director

Dear Nursing Students and Alumni, Welcome to our first Pacific College of Health and Science Newsletter! Our goal with these newsletters is to help current students and alumni stay connected to each other and the college, as well as continue to focus on the growth of holistic nursing. Here you

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COVID 19 Pacific College information

Important – Tech training for Spring online classes

Dear Students, I hope you are doing well with all that’s going on. I wanted to send a message about the technology training course that we’ve enrolled you in (TTS100). Completing this training course is absolutely critical in preparing you for our online learning environment. There are systems you have

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COVID 19 Pacific College information

April 19, 2020 College Updates

Good Sunday afternoon (or evening) Pacific students, faculty and staff, It’s weekly update time. Well, my hair is definitely getting longer, but hopefully my emails will be getting shorter. Let’s see how it goes. I think I’ll approach today’s email via the FAQ method. By far the most questions have

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Guptha, Leena S., DO, MBA

Message from Dean Guptha to Transitional Doctorate Students

Dear transitional doctorate Acupuncture students, I write to you regarding the S2020 Applications of inter-professional communication course in the transitional Doctorate of Acupuncture program. To adjust to the current global environment, we have created a special edition AIPC course that strongly meets the course learning objectives, maximizes our collective and

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John Chen teaching a webinar

Coronavirus and TCM, Part 3

Coronavirus and TCM, Part 3: Scientific Research and Clinical Evidence of Chinese Herbs featuring Dr. John Chen Co-sponsored by Pacific College and Lhasa OMS TCM has been used with great success to combat coronavirus (Covid-19) in China; however, its influence was barely palpable in the Western countries. Even as the Covid-19

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