Island Health simulation team supports healthcare providers around the world during COVID crisis
Simulation is a technique used frequently in healthcare training, particularly during high risk situations like COVID-19 that clinicians don’t encounter often. It allows healthcare teams to practice how they can respond to a patient in different situations.
Island Health ambassadors protect patients, staff and physicians from COVID-19
Bev Groenewold is by nature a friendly person, but the pediatric nurse at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital typically doesn’t greet people at the front doors of the facility.
Nursing Week: Public Health Nursing in the time of COVID-19
As we celebrate Nursing Week in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, it is the ideal time to shine the spotlight on a small but integral piece of not only our nursing family but our pandemic response: our Public Health Nurses.
Island Health Rises to Nightingale Challenge
Island Health is heeding the recommendations of a recently formed council of new RNs – and fostering new relationships between new nurses and senior leaders.
Island Health is working to protect people who are experiencing homelessness or substance use dependency from COVID-19
The pandemic has had a tremendous impact on our community, especially when we’re talking about a double public health emergency – the contaminated drug supply combined with the pandemic.
Capable, willing and nimble: HPES responds to COVID-19
The impressive efforts of Health Protection and Environmental Services (HPES) are another example of how teams across Island Health have come together in inspiring ways to meet the challenges of COVID-19 in our communities.
Urgent care units at Cowichan-based health centres offer care close to home
Cowichan Valley residents who need same day medical treatment for urgent and chronic medical conditions are benefitting from urgent care units located at the Chemainus Health Care Centre and the Ladysmith Community Health Centre.
Let's get personal: Island Health’s Community Wellness Grants support projects focused on sexual health and gender
You’re never too old to learn something new about sex—just ask Penny Pitcher.
A doctor without borders: Dr. Wood shares his experience in South Sudan
Anesthesiologist Dr. Gordon Wood shares his experience working with Medecins Sans Frontieres as an anaesthesiologist in South Sudan last fall.