The Nurse Herbalist
®
a 3-class course
COURSE DESCRIPTION
Registered Nurses often believe that they are required to be advanced practice nurses to provide Nurse Herbalist® services to their clients. This is because they have not studied their professional roots in herbalism.
For generations, nurses have partnered with plants and used plant remedies for the care and comfort of their patients, families, and communities.
This course teaches:
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History of herbalism in nursing,
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Assessment tools to guide you toward nurse herbalism, and
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Herbal interventions with nursing diagnosis examples to create your own nursing care plan with herbal interventions.
This course demonstrates nurse herbalism safely within the nursing practice aligned with individual state statutes, and the holistic nursing scope and standards 3rd edition, all within the confines of the nursing process.
This course narrows the educational gap between what nurses may know about herbs and the actual integration and application of herbalism following nursing’s scientific processes.
The course includes 3 one-hour, asynchronous classes for 3 CNE credits with colorful slides and narration for students to learn at their own pace.
CNH®is dedicated to the education of herbalism within nursing.
CNH®
a 3-Class Course
Class 1 - History
The Practice
of Nurse Herbalism
Introduction to the forgotten history of the nurse herbalist.
Class 2 - Review
The Nurse Herbalist
Assessment
Introduction to Nurse Herbalism and the Nursing Process with an emphasis on the Nurse Herbalist assessment for registered nurses.
Class 3 - Application
Interventions for the
Nurse Herbalist
Demonstrates the Nurse Herbalist Plan of Care using the nursing process with oral, topical, and environmental remedies as discussed.
DID YOU KNOW?
Prescription Drug Use in the U.S.
Nearly 50% of Americans used at least one prescription medication in the past 30 days, and about 25% were taking three or more, according to the CDC’s National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES, data through March 2020)
Lifelong Prescription Medication Consumption
According to Penn State University, an American boy born in 2019 is projected to spend approximately 37 years, nearly 48% of his lifetime, on prescription drugs. For girls born in 2019, that figure rises to an estimated 47.5 years (60% of their lives).
Why This Matters for Nurses
Nurses need to reconnect with their holistic roots to support patients with herbal options that are often lower in cost and have fewer side effects than pharmaceuticals. Herbal education empowers nurses to offer safe, effective, integrative care choices.
NURSE HERBALISTS: ADVOCATES FOR NATURAL COMFORT
Have you ever encouraged a patient with nausea to sip ginger ale or peppermint tea? Or recommended chamomile tea for sleep? As a labor and delivery nurse, maybe you’ve suggested a chilled witch-hazel compress for postpartum swelling. These are real examples of holistic nursing in action. When you do this, you’re not just offering comfort, you’re partnering with nature to help patients heal. Nurses have long embraced medicinal plants as part of healing rituals and care, every day, whether they realize it or not.
TRUSTED CAREGIVERS, NATURAL PARTNERS
For the 23rd year in a row, nurses have been ranked the most honest and ethical profession in the U.S., with 76% of Americans giving them high ethical ratings in Gallup’s 2025 annual poll.
That trust positions nurses uniquely to guide patients safely in integrating natural remedies into their healthcare.
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