Nursing Week 2023
St. Joe’s is celebrating Nursing Week from May 8 - 14, 2023
This year, the Canadian Nurses Association’s National Nursing Week theme is Our Nurses. Our Future. This theme is meaningful as we work towards a period of rebuilding in our healthcare system, together we will shape the future.
Hamilton Spectator Nursing Week Supplement
Click here to check out our spotlight ad and story in the Hamilton Spectator's annual Nursing Week supplement.
It’s Nursing Week! Let’s get to know some of St. Joe’s nursing staff.
Nursing highlight
Meet Melissa Bock, a St. Joe’s clinician who’s held multiple nursing roles, from Registered Practical Nurse to Nurse Practitioner
Melissa Bock is a Doctorate prepared Nurse Practitioner in the Inpatient Medical Services department at St. Joe’s West 5th campus who says she “could not picture working in any other profession.”
Melissa has gone through multiple stages in her career that have all shaped her professional practice into something she takes great pride in. “I would not be the clinician I am today if it was not for all of the experience I gathered along the way,” Melissa says.
Click here to read more about Melissa's journey.
New country, new home, and a different way of working: How St. Joe’s is supporting Internationally Educated Nurses
Imagine this: years into your career as a practicing nurse, you move to a new country on the other side of the world. You must re-apply for a license to practice your profession, a process that can take more than a year.
That’s exactly what Amandeep Kaur did. After eight years as a nurse in India, she came to Manitoba, and later Ontario, to start a new life in Canada and continues to grow her career here.
Click here to read the full story.
Nursing Heroes: St. Joe’s nurses honoured with awards
Three St. Joe’s nurses were recently recognized with Nursing Heroes Awards. The annual awards, presented by Hospital News, honour the best and brightest in nursing as part of National Nursing Week. Anne Bialachowski, Senior Manager of Infection Prevention and Control, Alisa Walzak, Registered Nurse in Palliative Care, and Pearl Lall, Registered Nurse with the Women’s Health Concerns Clinic received recognition for their dedication to providing exceptional compassionate care.
Click here to read more about Anne, Alisa and Pearl.