Name: Kristin Lockhart (she/her/hers) Job Title: Manager, Clinical Operations, Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital, Daly Pavilion, Harbour House and McKim Cottage Years of Service: 26 Community: Works in Trail and Nelson; lives in Castlegar Ancestral Territory: Syilx, Sinixt and Ktunaxa Nations…
Guest post by Lisa Pritchard, a UBC Dietetics student. With the cost of food still rising, throwing out uneaten food and unused ingredients is not only frustrating, but expensive. Since February 2022, year-over-year grocery prices have risen more than 11 per cent in B.C., with the price of fresh…
Guest post by Zoe Maika, a UBC Dietetics student As dietitians, we encourage everyone to eat vegetables and fruit year-round. Fresh fruit and vegetables have long been many consumers’ first choice. But with the price of fresh vegetables up 15.9 per cent since December 2021, you may want to head to…
Name: Joanne Standish (she/her/hers) Job Title: Occupational health nurse and safety advisor Years of Service: 5.5 Worksite: Commerce Court / IH-wide service area Community: Penticton Ancestral Territory: Syilx Okanagan Favourite Quote / Advice to live by: "Our goals can only be reached through the…
It has been two years since Interior Health registered nurses (RNs) and registered psychiatric nurses (RPNs) began prescribing opioid agonist therapy (OAT). In September 2020, a public health order (PHO) was issued by Dr. Bonnie Henry to enable nurse prescribing with the goal of increasing access…
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