FNHA nurses in charge: more than just a job – FNHA

November 28, 2024

Nursing stations are the heart of health care for many rural and remote First Nations communities in BC. They often provide all-encompassing wrap around health care services. At the heart of the nursing stations are the people who work there, people like nurses. They bring valuable wholistc health care expertise to locations where adaptability is just as important as health care expertise.

The First Nation Health Authority’s (FNHA) Northern Region is a vast region that stretches from the north coast to the border with Alberta and from BC’s northern border with the Yukon and Northwest Territories to the geographic centre of the province in the Prince George area. Not surprisingly, the North Region also has the most nursing stations out of all of the FNHA’s regions.

Christine Morton and Catherine Lake are both nurses in charge of their respective community’s nursing stations. They both bring a wealth of experiences gained over decades of working in the health care profession. Christine’s experience includes stints in the ICU and emergency at hospitals in the US and also at Royal Columbian in New Westminster. She worked as an agency nurse for the FNHA, having the opportunity to travel to six different communities before falling in love with Gitga’at, where she has called home for the last three and a half years.

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