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National Nursing Week: May 10-16, 2021


May 4, 2021

On behalf of the public we serve, we want to thank B.C.’s nurses for everything they do to care for British Columbians. Your contributions make a difference to the lives of your patients, clients, and their families.

Every day, B.C. nurses use critical thinking, purposeful inquiry, and clinical judgment—underpinned by compassion and empathy—to care for the physical and mental health of patients and clients.

Since the beginning of 2020, nurses have been called upon to deliver care to patients and clients under extraordinary and challenging circumstances. Many nurses are part of the frontline team supporting COVID-19 efforts or caring for individuals grappling with substance use disorder, as the overdose crisis has deepened. Others have stepped in to ensure British Columbians’ non-COVID-related care needs continued to be met. Nurses have been asked to provide care in familiar and unfamiliar settings.

Nurses are playing a vital role in the wellness of our communities while also dealing with the impact of the pandemic on their own lives. Whether you are practising as an LPN, an NP, an RN, or an RPN, thank you, nurses, for your dedication to patients and clients during this exceedingly challenging time. We are grateful for everything you do.

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We acknowledge the rights and title of the First Nations on whose collective unceded territories encompass the land base colonially known as British Columbia. We give specific thanks to the hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ speaking peoples the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) and sel̓íl̓witulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations and the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh-ulh Sníchim speaking Peoples the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish Nation), on whose unceded territories BCCNM’s office is located. We also give thanks for the medicines of these territories and recognize that laws, governance, and health systems tied to these lands and waters have existed here for over 9000 years.

We also acknowledge the unique and distinct rights, including rights to health and wellness, of First Nations, Métis, and Inuit peoples from elsewhere in Canada who now live in British Columbia. As leaders in the settler health system, we acknowledge our responsibilities to these rights under international, national, and provincial law.​