National Nursing Week

WINNIPEG FREE PRESS - SATURDAY, MAY 7, 2022 5 NATIONAL NURSING WEEK MAY 9-15, 2022 #WeAnsWerTheCAll services with Southeast Resource Development Council Corp. (SERDC), an organization serving First Nations communities of Brokenhead Ojibway Nation, Black River, Hollow Water, Bloodvein, Little Grand Rapids, Pauingassi, Poplar River and Berens River. SERDC works to enhance the self-sufficiency and wellness of its member communities for current and future generations. "Partners in the mobile response teams saw how First Nations prepare, support and protect community members," Linklater says. "They had the opportunity to see communities from our clients' perspectives." Connie Nixon, the clinical team manager of primary health for Interlake- Eastern RHA and also a registered nurse, sees the time working closely with First Nations partners in communities as enlightening. "That time together has strengthened our working relationships. Everyone was motivated purely by the need to help and prevent transmission of illness," Nixon says. The experience and exposure is generating new opportunities for collaboration, including opportunities for a number of independent First Nations communities including Berens River, Sagkeeng, Lake St. Martin and Fisher River to begin working with IRTC, SERDC and Interlake- Eastern RHA in a new project focused on the health of First Nations communities. The project, funded by Canadian Partnership Against Cancer, intends to leverage these established relationships in an effort to increase cancer screening rates in First Nations communities. Local ceremony-based events will raise awareness of this important health measure, while the partnerships strengthened through COVID-19 will be used as a foundation from which health supports for First Nations communities can grow. "Having already experienced working together, we've solidified our common goals to support our communities. We can work together more quickly — and more collaboratively — now because we know we can rely on each other," Linklater says. "We work really well together so let's continue it." Lauralou Cicierski is a communications lead with Interlake-Eastern Regional Health Authority. Connie Nixon clinical team manager of primary health for Interlake-Eastern RHA and also a registered nurse CINDY GARSON, A HEALTH DIRECTOR WITH A NURSING BACKGROUND FOR INTERLAKE RESERVES TRIBAL COUNCIL (IRTC) This experience seemed to spark a sense of solidarity amongst health-care professionals from different organizations. I believe how well — and how quickly — the teams worked together has developed better working relationships across the jurisdictions and organizations." " The College of Nursing is proud to celebrate National Nursing Week, May 9 – 15, 2022. THANK YOU! RFHS / College of Nursing We applaud our learners, faculty members, nurses and midwives across the province for answering the call to deliver high-quality health care over the last year. We thank you for your dedication and extraordinary work during the COVID-19 pandemic. #WeAnswerTheCall umanitoba.ca/nursing Thank you nurses for leading the way. The past two years have reinforced the fact that health care services are precious — as are the people who provide them. We thank our nurses for all they've done to support our clients, patients and residents during these challenging times. We salute them for their continued dedication and leadership not only within their own field of practice, but as valued members of the extended teams of health care professionals of which they are such a vital part. #WeAnswerTheCall

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