T-H-E-Service
Today's Health Education Service
ABOUT
Pat King RN, BHS, MBA
Pat is a Registered Nurse with over 25 years of experience in Long Term Care before moving to Acute Care to manage post surgical units at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital.
Pat has a Bachelors in Health Administration and a Masters in Business Administration.
She is a graduate of BCPSQC "Quality Academy" and has a passion for Quality Improvement.
Pat has lead teams for Island Health , consisting of members from 17 sites, through three (3) successful Accreditation Surveys.
During her tenure as Manager of Program Practice and Education, for Island Health's 17 LTC sites, she presented Hand Hygiene at the 2012 Canadian Patient Safety Institute Virtual Forum which was viewed by over 4,286 participants from 1,687 Canadian and International sites.
Pat has been a participant in a number of Provincial Working Groups in British Columbia dealing with Best Practice Standards such as Medication Reconciliation, P.I.E.C.E.S., Food Safety in LTC sites. She has also worked on Advisory Panels for Accreditation Canada looking at Med Rec and LTC Standards.