Academic interest in the therapeutic use of cannabis in nursing students from a private university in Chile: Interés académico sobre uso terapéutico de cannabis en estudiantes de enfermería de una universidad privada de Chile

• Autor: Hernández Diaz, Alejandro Antonio
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2023
• Institución: Universidad Ricardo Palma
• Repositorio: Revistas - Universidad Ricardo Palma
• Lenguaje: español; inglés
• OAI Identifier: oai:oai.revistas.urp.edu.pe:article/4379
• Enlace del recurso: http://revistas.urp.edu.pe/index.php/RFMH/article/view/4379
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto

Introduction: Cannabis therapeutic use is increasingly prominent.Objective: To identify the academi interested related to the therapeutic use of cannabis in nursing students. Methods: It is an investigation from Gadamer's hermeneutical paradigm. The non-probabilistic sample of cases by criteria was made up of 20 key informants from the 3rd and 4th years of the Nursing Career; inclusion criteria: be a student enrolled in the school year and be up to date on the degree. Data collection was through the formation of two focus groups in 2018. Data reduction was manual, data transcription was performed using the Jefferson formula, rigorous and ethical criteria were met. Results: 3 categories emerged: Academic node, Disciplinary roles and Ethical-legal considerations. Students acknowledge linking the therapeutic use of cannabis to their curriculum, displaying relationships between it and its environment in the disciplinary functions related to the care role in care management, they view the educational role towards the community and consider a lack of research in the area, bioethics and legal aspects are mentioned for the third category. Conclusions: There is academic interest in incorporating the therapeutic use of cannabis into university education, the care action is strongly recognized, the educational role is identified and is related to strategies and interventions towards the population; lack of thematic research development, administrative management is not mentioned. It is mentioned to involve bioethics and legal aspects in training specifically in the therapeutic use of cannabis.