Nurse Practitioners

Consistent caring for patients

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Nurse Practitioners (NPs) provide comprehensive clinical care including diagnosis and medical management of acute and chronic illness for patients across the lifespan. NPs practice with a lens of disease prevention, care coordination, relationship building, and community development.

Practice settings are diverse and include acute care, primary care, long term care, and rural and remote settings.

NPs hold Masters or Doctorate degree with educational preparation that in addition to clinical care, includes leadership, change management, health policy and program development.

Contact our Departmenthdelacruz1@providencehealth.bc.ca

What's New

Head, Department of Nurse Practitioners

We are very pleased to announce Belinda-Ann Furlan as the successful applicant as Head, Department of Nurse Practitioners, PHC. Belinda-Ann will assume the role immediately. Department Head appointments are finalized upon approval of the Board of Directors. The Medical Advisory Committee has made the recommendation for her appointment to the Board of Directors, who meet January 25th. Belinda-Ann started her nursing career at Providence Health Care, St. Paul’s Hospital as Read More »

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NP Meet and Greet

Get to know Jennifer Lehoux (she/her), Nurse Practitioner. Job Title: Nurse Practitioner Department/Location: Acute Care for Older Adults 9C/D How long have you worked at PHC? Four years and counting! Describe your job in one sentence: I work with a creative and dynamic interdisciplinary team to provide acute care for complex and comorbid older adults, and support their transition back to community in a safe and supportive manner by utilizing a large variety of Read More »

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Terina Werry Award for Excellence in Clinical Practice

Dear Selection Committee,   We are pleased to nominate Karen Sims for the Terina Werry Award for Excellence in Clinical Practice (APN).  Karen is an exceptional Nurse Practitioner with expertise in many areas including acute, primary, and specialized care in inherited bleeding disorders and is well known and respected across the NP community in PHC and BC.   She demonstrates excellence in nursing on a daily basis through her knowledge Read More »

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DEPARTMENT COMMITTEES

The Continuing Education Committee (CEC) organizes and coordinates continuing education activities within Providence Health Care. The CEC works to ensure the delivery of high quality, low barrier education. More...


The Quality Committee evaluates, controls, and reports on Nurse Practitioner practice in order to continually maintain and improve safety, and the quality of patient care at PHC. More...

MEET OUR TEAM

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