Step one

Step one. "Admitted we powerless over alcohol and our lives had become unmanageable". These words occur to me today; not about alcohol, but about the many curve balls life has hurled my way since I last blogged. Like many Americans, I honestly believed the dream of prosperity would never end. Read More...

Free Course in Professional Ethics for the Addictions Professional

We are now offering FREE enrollment in the course "Professional Ethics and Issues for the Addictions Professional" for ALL registered users on our training site. We hope that you will take advantage of this opportunity to get to know our courses and our academy a little better. This course is a Read More...

PAHA Director Elizabeth Bush Awarded Certified Co-Occurring Disorders Professional-Diplomate

Pacific Academy of the Healing Arts is pleased to announce that its founder and director, Elizabeth Bush, APRN-Rx, CARN, AP, CSAC has been awarded the internationally recognized title Certified Co-Occurring Disorders Professional-Diplomate (CCDP-D) by the Hawaii Dept. of Health, Alcohol and Drug Read More...

2010 Excellence in Advanced Practice Nursing Hillman Award

The Pacific Academy of the Healing Arts is proud to announce that our founder and director Elizabeth Bush, MSN, APRN, CARN-AP, CSAC, received the 2010 Excellence in Advanced Practice Nursing Hillman Award. The recipient of this award is an individual who embodies the role of the advanced practice Read More...

Nursing and the Standard of Unconditional Love

Tweet Below is Ms. Bush's acceptance speech for the 2010 Excellence in Advanced Practice Nursing Hillman Award, entitled, "Unconditional Love": "Throughout my life I have made a practice of exploring the great religions of the world.  This quest has led me to the foothills of the Himalayas, Read More...