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ordinator Crispina Cote provides a little
nore insight into the life of a nurse in Ter-—
‘ace Whether they work at, Mills Memorial

“Hospital, Terraceview. Lodge, the :Skeena

"Health Unit, or a local clinic, nurses in this

“area lead a busydife. | Bo

-o, 2° Besides their’ regular’ working’ hours, .
“most take care of families of their own,
“i= somehow find time to manage the household,
vo" "“and still find “volunteer. time - to. organize .
gommiunity and professional workshops. and _
-geminars, They conduct sessions that teach

‘s,° personal skills like breast self-examination,

vide ‘both education and-suppért for: family.
caretakers" who are learning: how to:cope.. ~

»/Tn'the Terrace area;-nurses are involved

months, and there: are:.dozeris. of. smaller

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IN TERRACE: THE ACTIVITIES.

Hospital Tour ~ Monday, May 11 at 10 a.m. Visit

a everything from thé intensive care.unit’ to. pediatrics, the:
. kitchen: to, administrative offices. By appointment only;
phone: Audry Green ‘at 635-3928... Pos oa

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: you're on a special ‘diet; suffer from. allergies or on an every

‘day regular diet, tour a local grocery outlet with a nurse

and find out what’s good and what’s not 80 good to eat. By

appointment only; phone Crispina Cote at 635-2211..

* Afternoon Tea and Social — Tuesday, May 12 at:10

am. in the Mills Memorial education room. For registered,
graduate and student nurses only, Guest of honour will be
RNABC president Inge Schamborzki. wo

_ Aboriginal Nurses Day — A day for young and old to
reflect on working graduates as well as. the need for more
nurses representing the Native culture...

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‘Breast Self-Examination Clinic _ Saturday, May

93, Five Terrace nurses qualified as instructors for breast
-gelf-examination clinics in Vancouver last January. The

first clinic on Feb. 15: was attended by 18 local women and

- others have been asking for a second clinic ever since.

Phone Nel Lieuwen at. 635-7857.if you wish to at tend...
Diabetes Spring Symposium — Saturday, May 30,

- at the Terrace Inn. A conference for families and individ-

uals: living with diabetes, as well. as health care pro-
fessionals. Phone Joan Marr at: Mills Memorial Hospital for
more information. . Po oo

~ Grocery Tour — Monday, May rh at 7 p.m. Whether |

Terrace Review — May 8, 1992 ~ -

“We're always updating ourselves and the —

Gommunity,” says Cote. "We're geared

towards the needs of the community... ..,,..

. Nursing. represents Canade’s., .latgest:
gioup of health care providers. ‘There are
more than 34,000 nurses in British Columbia

__.and nation-wide a nurse for every 119 Cana

dians, re
They're highly educated and professional
caretakers of the sick — working in a dozen:

or more areas of expertise in the hospital or-

elsewhere in the community. _ oe
Theyre friends. They're neighbours.

“They're husbands, wives, moms and dads.

oy offer support groups for néw-moms,.or pro Theyre students, continually learning new

skills. They're tireless community volunteers,

_willing to teach’ their hard earned skills to

others free of charge. Cy
..- National Nursing Week begins .Monday,

“May 11. Take a moment to think about

nursing and what that profession means to

you and your loved ones. Take a moment to

think of the nurses in our own com-

| munity, Think of what it is they, do,
_, and of the contribution they make. -
<1,» "Think about the nurses’ vision of'a

] +7 "renewed" health care system. A health
gare ‘system that. our children, |

grandchildren. and many. more gener-
“ations to come, will be able to rely on.
and trust in their time of need. -
_ And think about these. words from
Florence. Nightingale... In them you
might find there is much, much more

~ to think about: | 7

"Nursing is an art; and if it is to be
made an art, a
it requires as exclusive a devotion,
as hard a preparation, as any painter's
or sculptor’s. work;
_ for what is the having.to do with
dead canvas or cold marble, —
compared with having to do with
the living body — the temple of God’s
spirit? | an
It is one of the Fine Aris;
Thad almost said, the finest of Fine
Arts, | . So

Ted Strachan