ea ee Rane fact EE CTL TUR 2 . z me AREER BR AA crt ‘Mills Memorial Hospital nursing services, 7 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 ret fore’, clinics or training seasions hetween every one |. . ea Moonee een o: A : : . ‘e a) D4 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 me : 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... o ; ‘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