Faculty, Pacific College of Health and Science

Ph.D. Student, Nurse Education, Walden University

Rachel A. Parmelee, MSN, RN, CNE, AHN-BC, began her nursing career in 2008 at the Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan of the Detroit Medical Center in Detroit, Michigan. Much of her bedside experience was with patients suffering from neurological conditions, primarily spinal cord injury. In 2015, Rachel became interested in educating nurses about cannabinoid therapeutics after a veteran family member ran out of traditional medical options at the end of life. Rachel is now faculty at Pacific College of Health and Science, where she developed courses and guided curriculum mapping for the MS in Medical Cannabis Therapeutics.

Rachel has a Master of Science in Nursing and Nursing Education and has begun her dissertation work for her Ph.D. in Nursing Education. Rachel is a Certified Nurse Educator and an Advanced Holistic Nurse-Board Certified. Her mixed-methods research with Dr. Carey Clark included 1,346 nursing students to explore knowledge, skills, and attitudes regarding medicinal cannabis care was published in the Journal of Nursing Regulation in October 2022. She has also co-authored two chapters, Pharmacology and Research Trends, for Wolter’s Kluwer publication Clark’s Cannabis: A Handbook for Nurses.

Rachel has presented at local and national conferences and is committed to educating nurses about cannabis care and supporting specialty practice for cannabis nurses. 

Learn more and connect with Rachel: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rparmelee