HEALTH & WELLNESS
Nursing Department – Shauna Buchannan, Manon Tremblay, Jackie Jones (retired)
Mission Statement: To work with our health service partners to provide, co-ordinate and evaluate the provision of quality health programs for ALIB community members.
The Nursing department has been navigating the Pandemic since it was noted by the World Health Organization (WHO) as a pathogen of concern back in January 2020. Back in the early days, work revolved around detailed work of the Pandemic Plan, community awareness, preparedness and communication, and ordering large amounts of PPE. The Nursing department was able to order PPE before we saw a worldwide shortage hit the markets, thanks to the detailed work outlined in the Pandemic Plan created in 2017. The world saw the official declaration of the global Pandemic by the WHO in March 2020, which set the remainder of the Pandemic Plan into motion. Ensuing work has revolved around continued communication and community preparedness, positive case and contact management (which at times was high during the second wave of the Pandemic), working collaboratively with First Nations Health Authority and Interior Health, vaccine procurement and vaccine rollout, and post Pandemic recovery planning. This has been a challenging time for everyone, and the Nursing department would like to thank everyone for their hard work and commitment to keeping the community as safe as possible during these incredibly difficult times by following Public Measures. We know these times have been unprecedented on a global scale, and many health care services have looked differently during this time. People have been adaptable and flexible, which has led to many successes.
The Sexqeltqin Health Centre in IR4: The Sexqeltqin Health Centre is a fully accredited health centre with Accreditation Canada. Being an Accredited Health Centre improves the quality, safety and efficiency so we can provide the community with the best care and service possible. The Sexqeltqin Health Centre completed our first accreditation survey in 2014 and our second successful survey in October 2018. Nexe7yelst Pierre Moyese Health Administration Office in IR 6: The health and wellness team at the building are the Community Health Nurse, Social worker, Cultural worker, Youth worker and other team members can be available for appointments. An overview from the Health and Wellness Team:
Health Administration - Shirley Anderson and Rhonda Jules Due to Covid Protocols the way we operated in April 2020- March 2021 has been different and we learned to adapt. The health services changed or were put on hold. We did our best to be as inclusive as we could to accommodate the needs and services of on reserve members as well as off reserve members. We learned how to “Zoom” and sign documents electronically. The amount of meetings attended seemed to have increased because travel didn’t have to be factored in; so this meant as many as three zoom meetings could be attended in a day during pandemic and emergency updates as well as regular board and committee meetings. Time went by fast and the same amount of work was always required. In February 2021, we were finally able to deliver the first dose of Moderna vaccine to our on reserve adults and this served 240 members and community members. ALIB Annual Report 2020-2021
First Moderna Vaccine Clinic, Feb, 2021
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