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A Day in the Life

The Nurse Practitioners’ Association of Ontario is pleased to bring you these stories. Each one gives you a bird’s eye view of a day in the life of one of Ontario’s 1,651 nurse practitioners.

	Come on a home visit with Nola Tremblay, NP-PHC For nurse practitioner Nola Tremblay, it’s all about giving her patients what they want the most: their independence. Nola works at the North East Community Care Access Centre inNorth Bay, and provides primary health care to a home-bound patient population. (Full Story)
	Meet NPSTAT program coordinator, Lori Brown, NP-PHC Lori is the coordinator and an NP of the NPSTAT (Nurse Practitioners – Supporting Teams and Averting Transfers) program. This program strives to reduce hospital transfers of the elderly in long-term care facilities. (Full Story)
	From the initial vision to present day reality for Sue Leddy, NP-PHC Sue is the Lead NP at the Maitland Valley Medical Centre, part of the Interprofessional Family Health Team in Goderich. (Full Story)
	In the Emergency Department, NPs thrive on making a difference! Tracy Creechan, Valerie Winberg, Corinne Pollard and Delynne Teetzel are all nurse practitioners working at the Emergency Department of the Chatham-Kent Health Alliance. (Full Story)
	Get on the van with Don Hutchinson, NP-PHC Don is a nurse practitioner at the NorWest Community Health Centre in Thunder Bay who provides outreach services to communities in the northwest and at the local youth detention centre. (Full story)
	Visit the high tech, high touch world of Julia Marchesan, NP-Paediatrics Julia specializes in the care of premature newborns in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at St. Joseph’s Health Care in London, Ontario. Julia believes that the best things come in the smallest packages. (Full story)
	Meet one of the NPs at Ontario’s first NP-Led Clinic, Jennifer Fournier, NP-PHC Jennifer is one of six nurse practitioners bringing primary health care services to patients who would otherwise not have access to care in Sudbury and Chapleau. (Full story)
	Better SAFE than sorry is the motto of Michelle Acorn, NP-Adult Michelle started the SAFE clinic two years ago. Today 350 vulnerable seniors maintain their independence as a result of the comprehensive geriatric assessments offered by the clinic’s interprofessional team. (Full story)