Former NIC student Monique Pat was featured in an Island Health news release celebrating BC Indigenous Nurses Day on April 10.
She began her career in 1997 as a Home Support Worker, working closely with the Namgis First Nation Elders in Alert Bay.
Monique’s Home Support Worker instructor at NIC was a nurse with First Nations ancestry who encouraged Monique to think about becoming a nurse.
Check out the full story on the Island Health website.