Based in Quesnel, Petrina is the Regional Nursing Lead for Healthy Schools and Youth. Petrina started her nursing career with Northern Health in 1994 as a Critical Care Nurse in Prince George. Since then, she's worked in a number of program areas, including Internal Medicine, Medical, Surgical, Day Care Surgery, Obstetrics, and Public Health Nursing. When she's not working, Petrina enjoys spending time with family and friends, gardening, decorating, exploring the outdoors, or travelling to Mexico.
I’m excited to share the creative ways that School District 91 recently celebrated their graduates. Lakes District Secondary School (Burns Lake), Nechako Valley Secondary School (Vanderhoof), and Fr...
The first ever Spirit of Healthy Kids Regional Program challenge is complete! Six schools from across Northern BC competed in a health, wellness, and philanthropic challenge for the chance to win gran...
Vaping among youth is a real health concern. There's been an increase in young people experimenting with vaping and becoming addicted. Youth may want to try vaping to fit in with their peers, to try o...
Improving the health of our Northern students Last month, we announced the launch of the Spirit of Healthy Kids Regional Program – a partnership between the Prince George Cougars, the Spirit of t...
