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Stories from the Field is a brand new podcast featuring real stories, candid conversations, and snapshots of practicing nursing in Ontario.

Co-hosts Susan Blue and Maureen Cava, retired public health nurses, provide listeners with an entertaining and educating perspective on what exactly public health nurses do.

The COVID pandemic has been an unprecedented time for public health, and nurses stepped up with passion and commitment in a big way. In this podcast (Episode 3), Karly McGibbon, a public health nurse who has worked in the Sudbury area for 17 years, describes how nurses facilitated contact tracing, set up large scale vaccination clinics, and provided vaccines to people of all ages, in multiple settings. The stories you’ll hear offer a glimpse into what public health nurses in Ontario faced during COVID, and how they embraced the challenge.

To access this on-demand webinar click here.

About the Co-hosts:

Susan Blue, RN completed her BScN and MScN degrees at the University of Toronto and worked in the field of Public Health Nursing for 40 years.  Cornerstones of Susan’s career include interprofessional collaboration, community capacity building, program development, implementation and evaluation and mentorship of staff and students.

Maureen Cava has a BScN from Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, and a MScN from D’Youville College in Buffalo, New York. She has worked in public health for 30 years for both Niagara and Toronto Public Health. Her interests are in teaching, practice, research, ethics and professional practice. She is the past president of the Ontario Public Health Nursing Leaders Association, past Board member of the Registered Nurses of Ontario, and current Canadian Nurses Association Board of Director member.