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Table 3 Barriers to including Medical Cannabis in Curricula (n = 10)

From: “Guarding their practice”: a descriptive study of Canadian nursing policies and education related to medical cannabis

Items

Frequency (%)a

Lack of expertise on faculty

5 (50.0)

Lack of evidence related to medical cannabis

4 (40.0)

Not part of nurses’/advanced practice nurses’ scope of practice

4 (40.0)

No space within the existing curriculum

2 (20.0)

Concerns about the safety of medical cannabis

3 (30.0)

Negative attitudes towards medical cannabis

1 (10.0)

Medical cannabis education available elsewhere for nurses

2 (20.0)

Other

2 (20.0)

  1. aRespondents could select more than one option