Juanita Little
Excellence in Leadership and Advocacy Award Recipient Profile: Juanita Little
Juanita Little is a registered nurse in BCNU’s Thompson North Okanagan region.
Little has 28 years of nursing experience and works as the community integration care coordinator for home and community care at Ashcroft and District General Hospital. She was nominated by several colleagues.
Among her supporters is co-worker Sonja Sullivan, RN. “I’ve grown to respect Juanita’s integrity, leadership, clinical expertise, critical thinking and knowledge,” says Sullivan. “She’s an outstanding advocate for rural residents who fights to ensure clients receive equitable health services, and our team receives equitable service-delivery support.”
Another of Little’s nominators, Interior Health manager of clinical operations for home health and home support Bethany Ryan, offers another example of why she believes Little deserves the award: “Juanita’s energetic petitioning for increased FTEs helped our team secure a new LPN position to help provide rural and remote home health services to Lytton as it rebuilds from 2021’s devastating fires.”
Congratulations Juanita!