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Climate Emergency: The Time to Act is Now

Climate Emergency: The Time to Act is Now Helen Boyd RN, MA & Raluca Radu RN, MSN November 2021 In the summer of 2021, British Columbia experienced extreme heat between June 25th and July 1st (longer in some areas) where recorded temperatures reached about 40 degrees. Records were set on June 28th in Squamish which reached a temperature of 43 degrees, Port Alberni at 42.7 degrees, Victoria at 39.8 degrees… Read More »Climate Emergency: The Time to Act is Now

Nursing During A Climate Emergency

Nursing During A Climate Emergency Sherri Kensall, RN, CNS, NNPBC Board Chair November 2021 Starting on November 14, 2021, British Columbia was hit by a rain event that broke many records. According to reports, total rain fall was estimated to be roughly 300 percent above normal for the month of November[i]Global News. B.C.'s record-breaking rainfall generates 'mind-boggling' data: Environment Canada. This rain fall event, coupled with fire scorched hillsides from… Read More »Nursing During A Climate Emergency

Hearing Our Voices - Nurse Advocacy In Action

"Hearing Our Voices - Nurse Advocacy In Action" Michelle Danda PhD(c) RN CPMHN(C), Claire Pitcher MSN RN (C), Jessica Key BSN RN September 2021 Recently, there has been an increased focus within North American media and society at large on racism in health care. As trusted and ethically-guided professional practitioners, nurses play an essential role in these conversations and thus it is imperative we understand the historical, social, economic and… Read More »Hearing Our Voices - Nurse Advocacy In Action

Collaboration Matters: Nursing and Oral Health

Collaboration Matters: Nursing and Oral Health Afifa Lahbabi Eidher, RDH April 2021 April is oral health month in B.C. and dental hygienists are exploring ways to help the public understand the importance of maintaining good oral hygiene and how it could even save their life! One of our goals is to engage more effectively with the nursing profession because no one knows patients better than nurses. Dental hygienists believe that… Read More »Collaboration Matters: Nursing and Oral Health

Nursing Bodies: Learning from Global Examples Part 2 of 2

Nursing Bodies: Learning from Global Examples (Part 2 of 2) Angela Wignall RN, BSN, BA, MA April 2021 In the first month of the second module of the Global Nursing Leadership Institute (GNLI) at the International Council of Nurses (ICN), we dove deep in to global nursing leadership and who gets to speak for nurses. With guest lectures from Annette Kennedy, President of the ICN; Elizabeth Iro, the World Health… Read More »Nursing Bodies: Learning from Global Examples Part 2 of 2

International Council of Nurses’ Global Nursing Leadership Institute (GNLI ) Part 1 of 2

International Council of Nurses' Global Nursing Leadership Institute (GNLI ) Part 1 of 2 Angela Wignall RN, BSN, BA, MA April 2021 Since September, 2020, I have had the honour of participating in the International Council of Nurses’ Global Nursing Leadership Institute (GNLI). This highly competitive strategic leadership programme brings together nurse leaders from around the world to drive policy to improve global health, health care, and nursing. As the… Read More »International Council of Nurses’ Global Nursing Leadership Institute (GNLI ) Part 1 of 2

Tackling Vaccine Hesitancy: A Nursing Approach

Tackling Vaccine Hesitancy: A Nursing Approach Lori Campbell, NNPBC Board Vice-Chair, RN Council Vice-President Sherri Kensall, NNPBC Board Chair, RN Council President Sally Thorne, RN Councilor at Large Angela Wignall, RN Island Councilor January 2021 Many will have seen the case of an Ontario nurse who was fired for speaking at a rally just prior to the insurrection at the US Capitol on January 6, 2021. This nurse was fired… Read More »Tackling Vaccine Hesitancy: A Nursing Approach

Nursing the Whole Person: Reconciling the Mind-Body Split in Times of Collective Crisis

Nursing the Whole Person: Reconciling the Mind-Body Split in Times of Collective Crisis By Michelle Danda, MN MPN RN CPMHN(C) We are living through two public health emergencies, the COVID-19 pandemic and the opiate poisoning crisis. Direct care nurses are feeling the pressure of a healthcare system strained by a sharp increase in critically ill patients, with no certainty about when these syndemic crises will end. As patients visit emergency… Read More »Nursing the Whole Person: Reconciling the Mind-Body Split in Times of Collective Crisis

“It’s Okay to Feel This”: Meditation and Mindfulness in Uncertain Times

"It's Okay to Feel This": Meditation and Mindfulness in Uncertain Times By Elisabeth Bailey, RN, DNP My path to mediation was a fairly well-worn one - I was suffering. My father had passed away and while grieving this loss, I was challenged by my work as a Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner at a clinic called The Trauma Center in Boston, MA, USA. As the name implies, this clinic serves people… Read More »“It’s Okay to Feel This”: Meditation and Mindfulness in Uncertain Times

I’m Bargaining for Courage: A Director of Care’s Thoughts on Leadership in Hospice

I'm Bargaining for Courage: A Director of Care’s Thoughts on Leadership in Hospice by Jane Slemon, RN Where am I these days of global pandemic, of a virus coming towards us that may kill off those I love? Where am I as a director of care, running a hospice whose 10 beds are filled with vulnerable people, people who desperately need their own people to be close at this time… Read More »I’m Bargaining for Courage: A Director of Care’s Thoughts on Leadership in Hospice

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