Aboriginal Liaison Nurses

Aboriginal Liaison Nurses (ALNs) can advocate on your behalf, helping you access referrals, benefit information and more with ease.

Aboriginal Liaison Nurses can help

• access non-insured health benefits as needed
• access to the All Nations' Healing Room in the Patient Care Centre
• discharge planning and communication with community contacts
• get a hardship parking pass for one family member 
• refer you to community services 
• refer you to Pastoral Care as requested
• support for you and your family during a hospital stay 
• understand health care issues 

As an Aboriginal patient, you have a right to

• ask questions about your health care
• be acknowledged as an individual
• be cared for in a respectful, dignified and culturally safe manner by health care professionals
• be consulted and actively participate in decisions about your health care
• freedom from verbal, physical and sexual abuse, or neglect
• get a second opinion from another doctor
• privacy and confidentiality of your health information
• request access to the information in your health record
• refuse to have students, residents and other training present during your appointment or examination
• refuse treatment, unless you have a serious communicable disease that could harm other people such as TB or Syphilis

Health Clinics

Many Island Health clinics serve people who wish to see an Aboriginal Health professional about their health concerns.

Aboriginal Resources and Information - South Island