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 Department: hdelacruz1@providencehealth.bc.ca
What's New
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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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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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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The Transfusion Medicine Laboratory at St Paul’s Hospital is the recipient of the 2020-2021 BC Provincial Blood Coordinating Office Utilization Management Award…
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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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Leah Wolfe
Heart Centre - Cardiac Surgery
Michelle Bech
Hematology - Adult Bleeding Disorder Program of BC/Yukon
Anna Bojanczyk-Shibata
Urban Health - Crosstown Clinic
Serena Chee
Geriatric Medicine - ACE Unit
Joan Birdsall
Three Bridges Community
Sarah Cochrane
Urban Health - Inner City Youth - Foundry
Belinda-Ann Furlan
Heart Center – Rhythm Clinic
Tracy Gwozd
Heart Centre - Cardiac Surgery
Michaela Hanakova
Emergency Department - SPH
Kara Hoffman
Urban Health - Inner Bity Youth - Foundry
Thuy Le
Nephrology - Post Transplant
Jennifer Lehoux
Geriatric Medicine - ACE Unit
Natasha Lineham
Urban Health - Inner City Youth - Foundry
Karen Sims
Hematology - Adult Bleeding Disorder Program of BC/Yukon
Cindy Nordquist
Heart Centre - Heart Function Clinic
Leah Nurmi
Emergency Department - MSJ Hospital
Mark Pabustan
Emergency Department - MSJ Hospital
Megan Patapoff
Heart Centre - Cardiac Surgery
Farzana Rayani
Urban Health - Inner City Youth - Foundry
Marta Sadkowski
Urban Health - Inner City Youth - Foundry