A Cardiovascular Christmas Tradition to Warm the Heart!
Every year at this time, our Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit (CVICU) at the Health Sciences Centre welcomes a very special visitor – a man who likes to remind us of […]
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Social Work : A Lifestyle of Connecting with Others
As the old saying goes – If it’s meant to be, it will be. And for Bill Haynes, becoming a social worker was just that. “For me, becoming a social […]
The Career that Chose Me: Nursing in Critical Care
I began my nursing career back in 1994 at the tender age of 20, soon after graduating from St. Clare’s Mercy Hospital School of Nursing in St. John’s. Jobs were […]
Building a Breastfeeding Relationship
“You must love your job,” is a statement I hear often in my position. As a Lactation Coordinator, I can truthfully answer that I absolutely do! Working as a professional […]
Nursing 911: Working the ‘Emerg’
Imagine coming to work every day – and not knowing what awaits you, other than that it will involve emergencies and a variety of urgent situations. Imagine coming to work […]
Money Well Spent: Major Donor Makes Multimillion Dollar Commitment to Surgical Care
“Every dollar makes a difference” – this is especially the case in health care and we are lucky to have so many donors at the Health Care Foundation (HCF) that […]
Grief – and the ‘Most Wonderful Time of the Year’
‘Jane’ is 64 years old – and she isn’t looking forward to Christmas this year. Last summer her husband died after battling cancer for several years. 23 year-old ‘Emma’ is […]
The Gift of an Ordinary Day
It was the winter of 2014. A young mother just had her world turned upside down by a cancer diagnosis followed by an intensive treatment plan at the Health Sciences […]
