Herbal Diplomat®
Foundations for Nurses
ELEMENTS OF CARE®
Energetics First • Remembrance Medicine • Self-Care with Plants as Partners
Herbal Diplomat® Foundations for Nurses is a live, two-day experiential virtual course grounded in The Elements of Care® and an Energetics First approach to healing rooted in traditional medicine.
Energetics First emphasizes observation and pattern recognition before intervention, restoring the nurse’s capacity to listen, discern, and respond wisely.
This course is further informed by Remembrance Medicine— the understanding that healing often begins by remembering what the body, the home, and lived experience already know.
In this way, the medicine is often already present in the story.
HERBAL DIPLOMAT NURSE-HERBALIST FOUNDATIONS: (MODULE ONE)
Herbal Diplomat® Foundations for Nurses is a live, two-day experiential virtual course grounded in The Elements of Care® - and an Energetics First approach to healing rooted in traditional medicine.
Energetics First emphasizes observation and pattern recognition before intervention, restoring the nurse’s capacity to listen, discern, and respond wisely.
This course is further informed by Remembrance Medicine — the understanding that healing often begins by remembering what the body, the home, and lived experience already know.
In this way, the medicine is often already present in the story.
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The training live online with Dr. Martha Libster.
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Instruction: 2 day retreat - 14 hours
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Online, virtual from your kitchen and garden
Promotional Discount for 2024
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ONLY $349.
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Does not Include Textbooks
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Corporate Rate Available - Additional Savings
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10 or more registering for all 3 NH Modules
WHAT THIS COURSE OFFERS
Through gentle teaching, experiential learning, cultural history, and shared inquiry, participants are invited to slow down and notice the resources already within reach:
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The body
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The home and kitchen
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Sensory awareness and daily rhythms
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Relationship and lived experience
The course emphasizes Self-Care with plants as partners, approaching herbal medicine as relational, ethical, and practical rather than product-driven.
TEXT FOR FOUNDATIONS COURSE
Dr. Martha's textbook for this module is:
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Precision Self-care for Nurses: The Elements of Care Program for Beating Burnout
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
During this 14-hour live virtual course, participants explore:
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The Elements of Care® as an Energetics-First framework
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Observation and pattern recognition prior to action
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The Eight Principle patterns from traditional medicine as orienting guides
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Gentle, topical herbal applications for everyday Self-Care
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Self-regulation as both a personal and professional clinical resource
WHAT THIS COURSE IS — AND IS NOT
This course is:
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Experiential and kitchen-based
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Grounded in nursing values and professional discernment
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Educational, relational, and non-prescriptive
This course is not:
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About diagnosing condition
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A replacement for biomedical or integrative medical care
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A requirement to continue beyond Foundations
Most people begin here — and decide later.
PARTICIPANTS COMMONLY NOTICE
Participants often report:
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A renewed sense of agency, empowerment, calm, and peace of mind
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An Energetics-First way of understanding balance in body
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Practical Self-Care approaches
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Language for forms of care they already practice but were never taught to name
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Feeling less overwhelmed and more at home in their own bodies
FORMAT & DETAILS
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Live virtual course (two full days)
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14 contact hours
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Join from your home kitchen
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Taught by Martha Libster, PhD, APRN
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Open to All
CONNECTION TO THE FULL PATHWAY
Herbal Diplomat® Foundations for Nurses serves as the entry point to the Herbal Diplomat® Nurse-Herbalist Certification Program.
Continuation into Guided Self-Study, embodied in-person learning, and certification is optional.
This course is educational and relational rather than prescriptive, honoring the legal and professional scope of licensed nurses and supporting thoughtful engagement with botanical Self-care.
