2013 Vancouver Community Nursing Week Event- A great Success!

May 6-12, 2013 was celebrated as National Nursing Week with the theme of “Nursing – a Leading Force for Change.” Vancouver Community celebrated the ongoing hard work and dedication of our nurses by holding an afternoon tea at Van Dusen Botanical Garden.

With a warm welcome from Prab Gill, acting Director of Vancouver Professional Practice, speakers from many diverse practice areas in Vancouver Community shared how they and their programs are leading change daily. Lesa Dumsha, Mingquan Yang, Lori Campbell, Alida Fernhout, Derek Roelofsen, George Scotton, Rhonda Tuyp, and Elizabeth Leonardis shared their poignant, funny, touching, provocative and encouraging stories of how Vancouver Community nurses are promoting our profession.

We would like to thank all of the dedicated volunteers, speakers, exhibitors, and most of all – attendees and their supporting managers for a successful afternoon.

Photos of the event can be viewed on the VCH Flickr page here.