Entourage Consulting Services was founded by Dawn Marie Steenstra LPN, SDC, IC, QA to bring natural health consulting services to patients and provide clinical director services for medical cannabis dispensaries in Maryland. We incorporate holistic practices and healthy lifestyle suggestions with education regarding cannabinoid therapeutics for patients wishing to integrate this into their health regimen. Dawn has served as an Maryland Cannabis Administration (MCA) approved Clinical Director and Entourage Consulting provides full cannabis Clinical Director services to Maryland dispensaries as defined by COMAR 10.62.31.
Dawn Marie has a multitude of cannabis professional trainings and is a national speaker for the Cannabis Nurses Network Speakers Bureau and the Cannabis Science Conference among other networks in the industry. She was a member of the organizational Board of Directors for the American Cannabis Nurses Association (ACNA), serving from 2012-2015 as the association was first forming. She is also a founding member of Cannabis Nurses Network. Dawn-Marie has taken a leading role in advocating for the very best educational resources for Maryland’s clinicians and patients alike.
Our full service Clinical Director Care Team includes chief Clinical Director Dr. Barbara Spencer who has over a decade of experience with medical cannabis as a Certified Registered Nurse Practitioner (CRNP) . She is a dynamic speaker and also has been an associate professor at Shephard University School of Nursing Education. Dr. Barbara Spencer is a registered nurse and board certified Adult Nurse Practitioner. She has been a nurse for 34 years and a nurse practitioner for 23 years. She received her Bachelor Science and Master of Science in Nursing at the University of Maryland. She is a 2015 graduate of Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions in Provo, Utah where she earned her Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) degree. From 2019 through 2023, Dr. Spencer was certified as a Medical Cannabis Recommender for the Maryland Cannabis Administration. Dr. Spencer founded Wellness Works, LLC with a missioon to help clients realize and achieve their health and fitness goals at any age. Starting with her own personal health and fitness journey 13 years ago, she has since competed in body building competitions, participated in numerous distance road races and completed her first half marathon in 2023.
Dr. Barb and Nurse Dawn-Marie have worked together in multiple clinical settings over the years and both worked to bring United Patients Group to Maryland during the formation of the Maryland Medical Cannabis Program bringing and speaking at a professional conference to teach cannabinoid therapeutics to physicians, nurses and the general public June of 2017. Dawn-Marie, Dr. Barb, Laura Barrett RN,MBA, Tilly Lawrence RN, Krissy Bernazani RPh, and Windy Irwin PharnD,CDCES were the core leadership of WECANN, one of the first professional public education campaigns for Maryland’s emerging medical cannabis market to ensure public safety. Education of medical professionals and the public has always been top priority in all of our work.
WHAT WE DO:
CONCEPT: We utilize a full service licensed team of integrative health care professionals providing patient consulting services to advise patients in reducing polypharmacy, improve quality of life, and reduce suffering utilizing a customized assessment process with a focus on cannabinoid therapeutics and holistic care alternatives.
MISSION: To promote wellness through natural integrative healthcare processes, to enhance quality of life and lessen suffering.
CORE PRINCIPLES: Balancing Mind, Body and Spirit.
WHO WE SERVE: Any consumer wishing to utilize cannabinoid therapeutics for health and wellness
OUR PROCESS:
- Step 1 – Consult Request
- Patient self assessment, history & data collection
- Medication reconciliation
- Psychological and Mental Health review
- Cannabis concerns , information, educational goals, experience, admin methods, dosage, ratio/proportions of products
- Risk/Addictions evaluation
- Step 2
- Private Appointment Discussion via Zoom
- Research results of the most recent science
- Hierarchy of needs determination
- Drug interactions and side effects
- Harm reduction/Risk Evaluation
- Cannabinoid Ratios and Terpene Blends, varietals and products in Maryland market
- Review of patient assessment and recommendations
- Recommend Holistic Plan
- Lifestyle & Wellness Evaluation if requested
- Private Appointment Discussion via Zoom
- Step 3
- Personalized Patient Plan
- Complicated Homebound Disabled Clients
- Specializes in Ventilator Care
- Geriatric Specialty Practice
- Opioid Dependence and Addictions Protocols
- Step 4 -Continued outreach to attending/recommending physician for continuity of care and concurrence
- Step 5- Patient journaling and review of efficacy
- Step 6 – Continuing loop feedback to agency and follow up visits with cannabis nurse
Let Entourage Consulting educate you and your loved ones about the amazing natural healing properties of the cannabis plant and how to integrate this ancient remedy into your health and wellness practice today!
Contact us today for more details or to schedule a consult.
OTHER SERVICES:
Clinical Director Services for Maryland Dispensaries:
We offer dispensary staff development, training, education and patient consulting.
Contact us for more information.
Monthly retainer fee plus hourly fee for educational time, mileage and reports.
Public Speaking/ Webinars:
Dawn-Marie is a Founding Member of The American Cannabis Nurses Association and The Cannabis Nurses Network. She is a first class graduate of the Cannabis Nurses Network Speakers Bureau and National Ambassador for United Patients Group.