Objective:

Identify the academic interest related to the Therapeutic Use of Cannabis (TUC) in nursing students from a private university in chile.

Methods:

A descriptive, exploratory study was carried out with a qualitative approach from gadamer's hermeneutic paradigm. The non-probabilistic sample of cases by criteria comprised 20 key informants of the 3rd and 4th year of the nursing career, including enrolled students in the school year. Data collection was through the formation of two focus groups in 2018. Data reduction was manual, transcription was performed using the jefferson formula, and rigorous and ethical criteria were met.

Results:

3 categories emerged: academic node, disciplinary roles, and ethical-legal considerations. The students acknowledge linking the Therapeutic Use of Cannabis to their curriculum, displaying relationships between it and its environment in the disciplinary functions related to the assistance role in care management and the educational role; they visualize it towards the community and consider the lack of research in the area, bioethics and legal aspects are mentioned for the third category.

Conclusions:

There is academic interest in incorporating the TUC within university education, acknowledging assistance action, the educational role, and the relationship with strategies and interventions towards the population; is also observed lack of research development administrative management is not mentioned. In addition, bioethics and legal aspects need to be involved in training regarding TUC.

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