Green Nurses ARE the bridge between alternative and traditional medicine and have helped transform and provide legitimacy and respect for cannabis as medicine and other alternative options as well! We are grateful for collaboration and support on this content arc from Sherri Tutkus of GreenNurse Group. For our first episode in this series, we've compiled a retrospective from past Green Nurse podcast guests giving a brief narrative on why they became a green nurse. This episode includes Marissa Fratoni of Holistic Nurse Mama, Janna Champagne of Integrated Holistic Care, Sherri Tutkus of Green Nurse Group, and Dedee Culley of 2 Leaf Nurses.

Marissa Fratoni: Nurse, blogger, freelance writer at Holistic Nurse Mama, and Registered Yoga Teacher at Central Mass Yoga And Wellness. She is a wealth of information and insight on cannabinoid therapeutics holistic medicine and integrative health.

Marissa Fratoni’s Background Story: 7:38

Visiting Nursing: 8:34

How She Got Into Cannabis: 9:16

Another Perception of the Plant, Seeing Miraculous Changes: 9:58

Cannabis helps Detox from Addiction: 10:50

Full Podcast Episode with Marissa Fratoni: https://tsctalks.com/tsc-talks-guest-marissa-fratoni/
https://holisticnursemama.blog/

Janna Champagne- Founder at Integrated Holistic Care. Janna’s introduction to the cannabis industry began as a cannabis patient when she suffered a health collapse in 2012. She credits cannabis for helping to reduce her reliance on harmful pharmaceuticals, and for supporting her ability to regain optimal health status. Janna is also known for her daughter’s cannabis/Autism success story, which published on the cover story in a nationwide industry magazine in 2017.

Cannabis Helped Her Daughter: 14:06

Cumulative Long-Term Impact of Pharmaceuticals: 14:53

The Mental Health Industry- Wild West: 16:53

Pharmaceuticals Side Effects: 18:29

Risk VS. Benefit: 19:45

Reversals of Dementia, Improved Behavior in Autism, Improved Function, and Quality of life: 20:06

Gut and Brain Connection: 20:42

Pharmaceutical Driven: 21:21

Full Podcast Episode with Janna Champagne: https://tsctalks.com/tsc-talks-guest-jenna-champagne/
https://jannachampagne.com/

Sherri Tuktus- Sherri Tutkus is the founder and CEO of GreenNurse Group, Nursing Director at Irie Bliss Wellness and host of GreenNurse on the Go Radio Show. Sherri is a cannabis nurse, patient and advocate. She earned her Bachelor's in Science and Nursing from Boston College. She is highly skilled Registered Nurse with 30 years’ practical experience in various departments within the hospital and home setting. She is utilizing her expert nursing skills as a medical center specialist, clinical nurse liaison and educator to bridge the gap between patients and the cannabis community. Sherri has been educating and implementing holistic integrative healing modalities within her practice for over 20 years. She educates on the endocannabinoid system and the safe utilization of cannabis at dispensaries, hospitals, clinics, patients' homes and she regularly does pop up events, seminars and expos. Sherri is an international speaker and she has contributed to the writing of the first cannabis nursing textbook with her cannabis nurse colleagues that will be available in nursing schools across the country. Sherri is a member of the American Cannabis Nurses Association and founding member of The Cannabis Nurses Network and was nominated as one of two nurses for “Health Professional of the Year” for the 2020 New England Cannabis Convention. Sherri brings passion and purpose to her work teaching bio-psycho-social-spiritual healing using cannabis as a tool.

Background History- Pseudomembranous Colitis: 21:55

From Being a Nurse to Being a Patient: 24:00

Polypharmacy Journey: 25:34

Medical and Pharmaceutical Trauma: 27:04

Drain of Despair: 29:02

Cannabinoid Therapeutics Comes to the Rescue: 29:49

Full Podcast Episode with Sherri Tuktus: https://tsctalks.com/sherri-tutkus-2/
https://greennursegroup.com/

Dedee Culley: Has over 20 years of nursing experience and is the co-owner of 2 Leaf Nurses, which provides alternative & holistic health services from Springfield, Missouri. Culley loves home health for its opportunity to connect with patients and their environment. She is incredibly blessed and she was able to gather up courage and strength to pursue her passion in nursing while stepping out of the ordinary medicinal ways of these modern days and encourage others to be safe and successful at taking care of their bodies from the inside out with natural approaches. She has a loving attitude and an open mind to seek and research various holistic methods to reach a significantly positive result. She has also dealt with personal health issues within her family and has seen significant changes when she chooses to ask questions and be in the loop of the available options and their side effects.

Background History: 30:22

First Time Questioning Medicine: 30:53

Don’t Apologize for Questioning: 34:27

Got Into Nursing: 35:06

Home Heath: 37:00

Full Podcast with Dedee Culley: https://tsctalks.com/podcast/show-notes/tsc-talks-guest-dedee-culley/
https://www.2leafnurses.com/