Hospital News salutes Nursing Hero Nominee Carol Aird

Carol Aird. Carol Aird RN – Peterborough Regional Health Centre Carol graduated from the McMaster School of Nursing in 1977. Her first job was outpost nursing, providing primary healthcare to isolated communities in northern Manitoba and the Northwest Territories. In 1980, she returned to Ontario and worked as a Staff Nurse with the Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) in Toronto. Carol became a Public Health Nurse with the Haliburton Kawartha Pine Ridge (HKPR) District Health Unit in 1983. From 1985 to1989 she was a Nursing Supervisor with the HKPR Health Unit and then with the Lindsay VON. These early experiences provided Carol with the opportunity to become an advocate for the health and wellness of women and their children. Carol believed that with information and support, women could make the best

Hospital News salutes Nursing Hero Nominee Shelley Wettlaufer

Shelley Wettlaufer. Shelley Wettlaufer – Mississauga Halton Community Care Access Centre I would like to nominate my nurse, and my colleague Shelley Wettlaufer whom I known for the last few months only. It is with great pleasure to nominate Shelley as an outstanding and dedicated person, who places the interests of our patients first and foremost. A registered nurse by trade, with current registration with CNO since 1995, Shelley is the team lead for West Community team with Mississauga Halton Community Care Access Centre (MHCCAC). She is also a care coordinator and the subject matter expert who provides a variety of support, advice, peer support and mentorship to her patients, team, other health care professionals involved in tertiary nursing care and also across MH CCAC. MORE: HOSPITAL NEWS