Category: Research & Articles

Dear Pacific College of Health and Science Community, We are pleased to share that Pacific College of Health and Science (OPEID ID 030277-00) received $561,804.00 as part of the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act in support of students. Colleges and universities across the nation are receiving this funding from the U.S. …

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By: Pacific College Published: May 7, 2020 Due to the COVID19 crisis, the American Holistic Nurses Association 2020 conference was cancelled. We can look forward to the 2021 conference, June 8-13, in Orlando, Florida, with many of the same speakers presenting. You can expect to see many of your own Pacific College family will be …

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By: Pacific College Published: May 7, 2020 My name is Lisa McMillan and I am currently enrolled in the RN-BSN program at Pacific College of Health and Science. I was thrilled to find an RN-BSN program which focused on holistic nursing which is becoming so prevalent in healthcare today. After submitting my interest form online, …

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By: Pacific College Published: May 7, 2020 Caring is at the heart or core of holistic nursing. In every PCHS Nursing program newsletter we hope to provide you with the opportunity to expand your knowledge of caring in nursing, including the work of Jean Watson, Kathleen Sitzman, and other leaders in caring in nursing. For …

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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 include: The nurse shall have …

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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 nursing: A handbook for practice …

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By: Malcolm Youngren, COO, Campus Director – New York Published: May 7, 2020 As I write this, the United States is battling a pandemic which is stressing all aspects of the healthcare system. In New York and across the country, nurses are being asked to care for more patients with fewer resources and more stress. …

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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 will learn about current nursing …

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Join Eloise Theisen, AGPCNP-BC, faculty of Pacific College’s Medical Cannabis Certification Program and Timothy Byars from Radicle Health, as they discuss medical cannabis applications for COVID-19. They will: Discuss the viral pathogenesis of COVID-19 Review the applicable information in the medical literature about cannabis Speculate about possible uses of cannabis to treat coronavirus symptoms Discuss …

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Dear students (and faculty and staff being kept in the loop), I hope you are all well. Only a few new things are happening here, tho’ that hasn’t prevented this email from being quite long. Imagine if I drank coffee. To review previous emails as well as information from other administrators, covid-19-information. Unless superseded by …

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