is it legal to work in craniosacral therapy as rn?

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i have heard of a rn who has been in private practice in craniosacral therapy for many years. she lets the board know that she is working on patients' rehabilitation and they continue to issue her new license. is anyone else doing that and is this a dream job or what? i am wondering if the story is even true?

chmaya

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In the State of California, you can practice craniosacral therapy as an RN. Your RN license gives you the legal ok to put your hands of people. Many massage therapists and physical therapists practice it too. There are no direct licensing or credentialing ways for craniosacral therapy in particular. I have practiced craniosacral therapy as a private practitioner for 10 years, but not in my regular nursing job. It depends on your employer. Some do not consider it part of the nursing scope of practice. I can recommend two websites to learn more about it, milneinstitute.com and dynamicstillness.com. I offered a CE class for nurses in introductory cranial work, but only taught it 3 times. I could not get enough nurses to sign up for it. I think it is best to study it with one of the two schools I have mentioned above. I do plan on writing an online course on it just for nurses, it is still in the works. I do see a day in the future when cranial work will be a normal, necessary and enriching healing practice offered to every patient in the hospital. I see the "cranial wave" as the first vital sign.

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thanks for the info, this is quite helpful. i will see what i do with it.

chmaya

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