University of Michigan Department of Anesthesiology, Advisory Board Member. Will be giving input on University cannabinoids studies.

As spiritual leaders, post chaplains see that the Legion's “Service to God and Country” program is carried out at the post level. This includes encouraging regular public worship, daily family prayer and the religious education of children, all in an effort to bring Americans closer to the Creator.Also the legion liaison to to the Paw Paw Village Council and chamber of commerce. Working on the Legions Van Buren county Jail outreach program. https://www.legion.org/sites/legion.org/files/legion/publications/Chaplains-Handbook-WEB_0.pdf

I am the chief executive officer for Indiana NORML. Indiana NORML is a 501c3. Our board members and members do not get paid for their cannabis advocacy volunteerism. Indiana NORML Mission StatementWe believe that doctors should have the right to prescribe or recommend products of the plant for medicinal purposes. We further believe that Cannabis provides a superior source of products for fuels, oils, paper, plastics, building materials, fiber and food. We encourage the use of Cannabis/Hemp for those purposes. Indiana (NORML) is a 501 (c) 4 non-profit organization whose goal is to reform laws in Indiana regarding the growing, possession and use of Cannabis. This includes the medical, industrial and personal uses of the plant. Indiana NORML does not encourage violation of the law or use by persons under 18 years of age.It is our express mission to re-legalize Cannabis by educating the public and elected officials about the benefits of Cannabis and the negative effects of prohibition.2022 Indiana Cannabis Awards Indiana NORML brought home the “Leadership & Bravery Organizational Award for cannabis reform”

One of Indiana NORML State Board members, selected for my nursing and veteran experience. Worked on the Facebook platform, research for board and presentations.

Indiana NORML is a 501c3. Our board members and members do not get pain for their cannabis advocacy volunteerism. Indiana NORML Mission StatementWe believe that doctors should have the right to prescribe or recommend products of the plant for medicinal purposes. We further believe that Cannabis provides a superior source of products for fuels, oils, paper, plastics, building materials, fiber and food. We encourage the use of Cannabis/Hemp for those purposes. Indiana (NORML) is a 501 (c) 4 non-profit organization whose goal is to reform laws in Indiana regarding the growing, possession and use of Cannabis. This includes the medical, industrial and personal uses of the plant. Indiana NORML does not encourage violation of the law or use by persons under 18 years of age.It is our express mission to re-legalize Cannabis by educating the public and elected officials about the benefits of Cannabis and the negative effects of prohibition.

As Vice chair I stepped up to fill the role of chair when the need presented itself.

Advocate for compassionate cannabis use. Started the Indiana grassroots movement within the first 6 weeks over 5k advocates stepped up in more than 70 counties. Organized the first ever congressional cannabis debate in the country in Kokomo. Speaking at local and state events such as the state Libertarian cannabis forum. Presented the first Indiana State Nurses Association Cannabis Policy to be considered for adoption by the ISNA. Invited to train the medical staff at Eskenazi Hospital & the graduate nurse practitioners at IU. Along with much more behind the scenes support & research on cannabis for INORML, HVMC, And other groups.

One of the original founders of Indiana Cannabis Chamber of Commerce (ICCOC). Will be providing advice and mentorship to this new organization.

I won 48,810 votes (36%) which was more votes than was cast in all the primary race (43,021) in May 2018. Compared to the Republican who had 61% of the Vote and the Libertarian who had 3% of the Vote, in a Republican strong hold I feel I did good for what I was up against. https://secure2.hamiltoncounty.in.gov/ElectionResults/# Team Straw had with a major time handicap of only 4 months (28 Jun to 6 Nov), an extremely limited budget and a much smaller volunteer group than my opponent, given these limitations I feel blessed with the outcomes. TOP PRIORITIES:1. Women’s Rights – 2. School Safety –3. Opioid Crisis – 4. Government Transparency –5. Decriminalize Marijuana/Cannabis – 6. Jail Reform –7. Only Taking Base Pay –– 8. Working With Non-Profits & Churches ––Jason Straw is married to his wife, Wendy. They have three children and two of them are currently enrolled in the Westfield school system. Hamilton County Sheriff Candidate joined the Army 82nd Airborne in October 1994 as a medic where he served for over four years. He has held his nursing license since 2004, retired from US Air Force critical care nurse in September 2014 with two combat tours to Afghanistan. The first deployment in 2009 as a charge nurse of the Bagram AFB Hospital ICU. The second deployment in 2011 as a critical care air transport (CCAT) nurse stationed at Kandahar.

As needed home health nurse, working with pediatric patients throughout central Indiana. My patient population range from basic in-home care to preterm baby that is vented, trached who need close monitoring in the home. I am also a sitting member of Maxim's Advisory Patient Board (Patient safety) at the Indianapolis Indiana office from February 2015 to 13 June 2016.

Full time Advance Heart Care Unit Travel Nurse (13 week contract). Working with pre/post heart catheterization procedure, congested heart failure, renal failure, pneumonia, pulmonary hypertension and cancer patients.

Worked for the USA Air Force at Wright Patterson Air Force Base (WPAFB) ICU.Charge nurses supervise and support a nursing staff while also treating upto 2 patients. Charge nurses are responsible for maintaining a high level of patient care, evaluating other nurses and acting as an educational resource for nurses. Manages, operates and precepts staff on $1.5 million of specialized technical equipment. Rated #1 out of 11 critical care nurse in ICU. Rated 4/57 hospital in-patient nursing leaders at WPAFB hospital.TEAM-STEPPS facilitator ensured 100% communication training, for 99 Hospital personnel, My specialized area was mutual respect.Managed emergency response program with 28 crash carts ensuring crash carts where ready for emergencies and Hospital personnel were kept current on emergency training. Trained 20 Doctors/Nurses and Technicians in Advance Cardiac Life Support 100% certified. In-patient hospital staff Zoll defibrillator preceptor.Unit crash cart supervisor managed 2 crash cart to ensure the crash cart was ready for emergencies.Rapid response nurse, acts as clinical experts at the bedside to assess a patient’s deteriorating condition, giving junior medical doctors and nurses advice on patients plan of care.Critical care code nurse treats all victims of cardiac arrest or other cardiopulmonary emergencies inside the hospital. Rushing to give support/guidance to other health care professionals.Telemetry nurse, assist in monitoring the telemetry patients by investigating changes of rhythms to see if there are any obvious treatable condition that can be brought to the attention of the staff nurses and Internal Medical Doctors. Helping to prevent life threatening conditions from occuring. Staff development manager, is responsible for bringing employees opportunities for continuing education. Develops and teaches programs designed to enhance the skills of medical staff. Identify the needs of staff and find a training program to their needs.

During the week of the 22nd to 30th of October 2011 I was handpicked by Captain House to escort The Australian Wing Commander for MCAT and AE school house around the Wright-Patterson AFB area Critical Care Air Transport Training Center and facilitate a joint training instructor program between our two countries for Lieutenant General Green the Surgeon General of the AF. The goal according to General Green was to build a shared instructor program with the Australians. Being able to connect the Australians to Col. Reed and Bryan Emerson in the USAF Air Evacuation Training Department was key in being able to facilitate instructor exchange information for further progression of the progress of the joint program. The Australians informed me that because of my effort, the instructor exchange will probably happen this next year 2012. Before they thought it might take several years to coordinate if it happened at all. Introducing the Australian Wing Commander to the head of CCAT basic medical program, Dr. Kennabeck also helped to build a key relationship in the program that also helped to add another link to facilitate the shared instructor program between the USA and Australia. The Australians were able to have instructors come over next June 2012 because of this successful business travel meeting.

After my second deployment to Afghanistan, first critical care air transport (CCAT) deployment, I was asked if I wanted to develop a class in CCAT deployment survival. I took up the challenge. I developed the class. Taught the one hour class to the medical personal, (respiratory therapist, critical care nurses, critical care doctors). I enjoyed teaching the course and was asked to come back but was unable to because of manning issues at my primary duty post. I have discovered I have a love of teaching in multiple settings from class rooms to bedside in the midst of patient care and would be willing to do more of it if the opportunity arose to do it again. At 2:29 you can see me doing my job as a CCAT Nurse: http://www.military.com/video/operations-and-strategy/afghanistan-conflict/militarydotcom-embed-with-evacuation-flight/1101453692001

To provide critical care medical management in the aeromedical evacuation (AE) environment for critically injured, ill, and/or burn patients requiring advanced continued trauma and post-operative care from the originating medical care facility to the destination.Provides medical attendant support for emergent/urgent Intra and Inter-theater 28 AE patient movement missions, 23 intubated. Total flying time of 86.3 hours, with 100% survival to destination for 28 combat injured patients.Handpicked by CCATT director to brief/demonstrate to AE/CCATT teams in-flight PCA, 80 health care providers 100% certifiedHandpicked by USAFSAM to coordinate itineraries/briefs for 2 Australian MCAT medical & nursing directors to update on CCATT CONOPSHandpicked to instruct a class in deployment survival at the CCATT basic courseHandpicked to brief 15 managers on mission essential CCAT equipment.Aerial Achievement Medal 15 Sep 2011Flying 10 combat missions, totaling 45 combat flight hours and transporting 17 of the most severely wounded warriors. Flying under constant threat of small-arms fire, demonstrated advance critical care skills by providing exceptional care to patients with myocardial infarcts, multisystem trauma, traumatic amputations, ballistic wounds, burns and challenging pneumonias Aerial Achievement Medal 19 Jan 201230 mishap free flight hours on 10 combat missions and successful evacuation of 15 critically ill patients. Provided direction, oversight and exceptional medical care to patients with variety of injuries, including multi-system trauma, neurological, pulmonary and orthopedic injuries ultimately saving the lives of American and coalition personnel.

Charge Nurse for an 14 bed Intensive Care Unit with a staff of 6 nurses and 6 medical technicians, monitors 23 telemetry patients throughout the hospital, implementing nursing process for critical medical and surgical patients. Planning and managing nursing care and preparing comprehensive nursing reports and collaborates with ancillary services as necessary. Executes or delegates all medical and nursing orders, performing life-saving measures in accordance with established protocols. Also, operates specialized equipment such as ventilators, various intravenous infusion pumps, continuous cardiac output machines, and defibrillators. - Responsible for monitoring hemodynamics and titrating vasoactive drips - Administered conscious sedation for a variety of invasive procedures - Assists in rapid intubation and manages mechanical ventilators - Provides care for post op lobectomy, carotid endarterectomy, and thoracotomy. Took care of 62 critical /17 ventilated patients. Trained 45 Doctors/Nurses and Technicians in Advance Cardiac Life Support 100% certified. Preceptor for 7 ICU/IMCU nurse . Supplemental hyperbaric diver and wound care nurse.Air Force Commendation Medal 4May2005 to 09 Dec 2009:1 of 2 people out of 410 staff in the Hospital Recognized by the Hospital Commander/CEO, The Commanders Certificate of Recognition for process improvement Preceptor Program 11 Feb 2008. Provided care for 156 critically and seriously ill patients. Recognized as expert clinician and instructor. Distinguished nurse mentor- chosen to precept higher level nurse officers on unit Developed upgrade training programs that increased the skill level and staffing ability of over 60 ICU and over 75 medical-surgical nurses, greatly augmenting the staff resources of the critical care unit.

As a supplemental hyperbaric medical attendant diver I was responsible for the safety of all my patients in the hyperbaric chamber. I also would go into the chamber with the patients during therapy and monitor their condition and progress. During my entire 2 years, 11 months (54 dives) I performed as an attendant I had a 0% incident rate for my patients. During the last year of my job I was the second most dived diver of the team. I was precepting the new divers on the protocols and training all the staff on the eagle impact ventilator, intravenous pumps, suction equipment and emergency procedure in the chamber if something should happen.

As Charge nurse of a 13 bed ICU directed and rendered care to 628 medical and multi-system trauma patient ensuring a 96% trauma survival rate. Coordinating efforts of 8 ICU nurses, 8 ICU technicians and 1 respiratory technician. Recorded 286 ventilator-days with only a 2.79% infection rate, a rate significantly below the national standard of 4% while in an austere environment while deployed to Afghanistan. Participated in the Medical Mentor-ship Program by instructing Afghan providers on vital sign monitors and ventilators.Identified white phosphorous in a patients wound, alerted the nurse anesthetist of the situation. Later they found the white phosphorous and thanked me for the heads up. We were able to build on this experience and wonderful relationship of trust and cooperation between the ICU and the OR the rest of the deployment. For example the OR started changing the sheets on the beds in between surgery. A patient came back from OR and I noticed a large pool of blood. I asked the OR staff about the blood spot? They told me it should be clean, they just changed the sheets before the patient came over. We discovered the radial artery was bleeding and the patient had bleed out and was in crisis and would have probably died if we had not built this crucial evaluation system earlier on in the deployment. We quickly acted and the soldiers life was saved with the help of the OR team at the bedside. A moment or two later the OR team would have been gone and we would have been in dire straits. Volunteered to be a medical attendant for a patient traveling from Bagram, Afghanistan to Landstuhl Germany, assuring their swift process through the transition station and making it on through to their transport back to the USA in time. Army Commendation Medal 06 Jan 2009 to 06 July 2009Augmented emergency (ED)/post anesthesia care unit (PACU) during increased patient census/acuity; cared for 40 post-operative cases/55 traumas.

I filled in for 2 weeks full time as the nurse expert in wound care. Worked closely with the wound care doctors to bring their attention to any changes of a wound that might need immediate oversight and attention I could not provide as the nurse. After that I volunteered one day a month for 2 hours a day for 2 years and 3 months doing wound care, compressing dressing and wound care dressing changes.

Delivers surgical , obstetrical and gynecological health services, as well as physical and occupational therapy, for 88,000 beneficiaries. As a charge nurse of a 30 bed surgical unit supervised 10 other staff members. Coordinates and conducts pre and post operative instructions for patient and families focused on restoration and maintenance of health. Assists with orientation of unit's 20 nurses and 22 technicians. Participates in infection control, process improvement, medical readiness activities and unit crash cart manager. Briefed/trained 20 staff on crash cart policies and procedures. Team Chief organized 1 year of training and trained 10 member of patient movement deployment team.Letter of appreciation from post anesthesia care unit (PACU) nurse for instructing/educating them on set up of a patient controlled analgesic ( PCA ) pump 16 Oct 2006Letter of appreciation from Nurse Transition Program (NTP) 14 Dec 2006

My role as a bone marrow transplant nurse (BMT RN) was to manage patients either preparing for or recovering from a bone marrow transplant. BMT nurses work in the bone marrow transplant (BMT) unit, a specialized oncology unit that manages patients who are highly immunosuppressed and very susceptible to infection, and requiring specialized medications. Assisted with JACHO process which landed me an offer from the vice president for a position as the director of JACHO and Magnet program but was not able to meet requirements when they told me I needed a nursing degree.

Test cooked food by tasting and smelling it in order to ensure palatability and flavor conformity. Investigate and resolve complaints regarding food quality, service, or accommodations. Monitor food preparation methods, portion sizes, and garnishing and presentation of food in order to ensure that food is prepared and presented in an acceptable manner. Assign duties. Monitor compliance with health and fire regulations regarding food preparation and serving, and building maintenance in lodging and dining facilities. Coordinate assignments of cooking personnel in order to ensure economical use of food and timely preparation. Keep records required by government agencies regarding sanitation, and food subsidies when appropriate. Establish standards for personnel performance and customer service. Review work procedures and operational problems in order to determine ways to improve service, performance, and/or safety. Perform some food preparation or service tasks such as cooking, clearing tables, and serving food and drinks when necessary. Organize and direct worker training programs, resolve personnel problems, hire new staff, and evaluate employee performance in dining and lodging facilities. Record the number, type, and cost of items sold in order to determine which items may be unpopular.

Health Care Specialist is primarily responsible for providing emergency medical treatment, limited primary care and health protection and evacuation from a point of injury or illness. Health Care Specialists are often called "combat medics" in the Army, because some Soldiers in this MOS are assigned to deploy with Army combat units, and provide emergency medical treatment directly on the battlefield. Other Heath Care Specialists are assigned to military hospitals and clinics to assist doctors and nurses with the health care needs of patients.front line sanitation supervisor, front line dining facility supervisor and ambulance driver.

Develop, maintain and coordinate the water quality monitoring programs including implementing special studies related to water quality as assigned. Carry out water quality analysis and train local staff in water quality monitoring. This includes developing regular water quality monitoring schedules and keep records of water quality surveillance of all water points in the target locations to include (Portable Water Tanks and Canvas Bags).

Participate in, and receive, daily nursing report. Assist residents with daily personal hygiene activities (bathing, mouth care, dressing/undressing, hair and nail care, etc.). Assist with turning, lifting, positioning and transporting residents into and out of beds, chairs, bathtubs, wheelchairs, lifts, etc. Answer residents' calls promptly. Observe and report changes in residents' condition. Daily documentation

I work as a 82nd Airborne paratrooper medic, that could independently: assess, treat and stabilize combat patients from a remote combat zone. I was trained to work with limited supplies and to be creative and resourceful. If we did not have something I would try to make or substitute something else for the item. for example: a tourniquet (we could use a belt instead) or bandages (we could use our uniform). I was also trained to administrative work, education & training, supply, nuclear/biological/chemical equipment, sanitation inspector, EMT-B, First aid, communications, building maintenance, vehicle maintenance, driving a bus/80-pack truck/ ambulance/ 5-ton/ 2.5 ton/ HUMMV/ FMTV and running generators. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-a8rAOdsEGs