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Background

Carey Cadieux is an associate professor in the Division of Nursing at Decker College of Nursing and Health Sciences. She joined ÂÌñÉç in September 2025.

Cadieux has been a nurse since 1994. She has extensive clinical experience, including medical-surgical, pediatrics, community health, hospice, parish nursing and camp nursing. She has taught across the academic spectrum in nursing education. 

Recognized as a subject matter expert in medical cannabis, Cadieux has educated thousands of nurses on this topic at conferences, via podcasts and through her award-winning textbook, Cannabis: A handbook for nurses. 

Her research interests include medical cannabis education, adverse childhood events and outcomes from caring curricular approaches in nursing education. 

Cadieux is a past president of the American Cannabis Nurses Association, and she remains actively involved with social justice and policy issues related to cannabis.

Education

• PhD, humanities, California Institute of Integral Studies
• MSN, nursing education, California State University, Dominguez Hills 
• BSN, Excelsior College
• BA, foods and nutrition, Whittier College

Research Interests

• Medical cannabis education
• Adverse childhood events of nursing students, nurses and faculty
• Caring curriculum outcomes
• Psychoneuroimmunology and stress resilience
• Jean Watson's Human Caring Theory

Clinical Interests

• Medical cannabis
• Hospice

Teaching Interests

• Nursing theory
• Policy and politics
• Qualitative research

More Info

• Past president, American Cannabis Nurses Association
• Fellow, American Academy of Nursing
• Fellow, American Nurses Association Advocacy Institute