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A nursing student at a state university uses medical marijuana to ease the discomfort of a chronic illness. Concerned about her ability to complete clinical placements, she discloses her marijuana use to the school of nursing. Discussions with both nursing school and university leadership results in referral of the case to the campus Office of Disability Services (ODS). ODS determines that the student could be sent to clinical placement sites that do not require marijuana testing. Use of marijuana would not be mentioned unless the school of nursing has a policy stipulating that all medications that all students use be disclosed to clinical sites in which students are placed. Any unsafe behavior observed in a clinical setting would be subject to the school’s policy regarding unsafe practice by any nursing student in a clinical setting.
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Neal-Boylan, L., O’Connor, C.H. (2021). The Student Using Medical Marijuana. In: Neal-Boylan, L., Meeks, L.M. (eds) Disability as Diversity. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-55886-4_13
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