Public Health has always been at the core of communities across Canada. However, for many years the perception of public health has flown under the radar – it does great work, but without the attention that acute care often receives. The pandemic has changed all of that, and Public Health and Public Health Nurses now take centre stage.

In this episode, you will meet Janice Loe and Jane Skinner, two late career Public Health Nurses helping to lead the vaccination charge at Manitoba’s Prairie Mountain Health Region in Brandon.

In this episode we hear from two early career community health nurses working with the homeless population at the COVID Assisted Self Isolation Site run by The Alex in Calgary, Alberta. Tegan Broadhurst and Alysha Samji have taken the initiative to learn and expand their knowledge in an area of nursing that they have grown to love.

Hear about what they do, the challenges they have faced, and how they equipped themselves with knowledge to become better nurses, and to help their clients in this challenging area.

In this episode, we chat with Chantel Antone and Chantalle Clarkin. We discuss the importance of story telling and the criticality of nurses telling their own stories rather than having their stories told by others. Plus, we discuss the role storytelling plays in nursing eduction and practice.

As well, we hear from Chantel and Chantalle on the importance of storytelling to build connections between nurses, nurses and other healthcare professionals, nurses and patients and nurses public. And finally, how storytelling can be used by nurses in these especially challenging times.

Nurses’ Voices is a unique new video and audio series that will amplify the voices of nurses to help them adapt and excel within these changing and uncertain times. Hosted by Gail Donner and Mary Wheeler, Nurses’ Voices will feature conversations with a diverse group of Canadian nurses from a variety of workplaces. Nurses’ Voices is generously supported by the Canadian Nurses Foundation and the Canadian Nurses Association.