About Our Team
Community Nursing Services started as a visiting nursing company in January 1984, in Huron County. For 25 years, CNS staff delivered exceptional nursing care throughout North Huron and Perth counties.
In 2007, a shift occurred in the home health care sector when LHINs (local health integration networks) were formed and the CCAC (Community Care Access Center) boundaries were changed. There was a need to consolidate CCAC contracts and CNS staff and visits rolled into the contracts of a bigger “sister agency.” The staff and management expressed a desire to keep CNS alive and allow the nurses to volunteer their time and expertise to provide clinics in third world countries in desperate need.
In 2007, a shift occurred in the home health care sector when LHINs (local health integration networks) were formed and the CCAC (Community Care Access Center) boundaries were changed. There was a need to consolidate CCAC contracts and CNS staff and visits rolled into the contracts of a bigger “sister agency.” The staff and management expressed a desire to keep CNS alive and allow the nurses to volunteer their time and expertise to provide clinics in third world countries in desperate need.
CNS is a registered charity and governed by a volunteer board of directors.
Mission
To provide medical team expertise, medications and supplies to areas of need both domestic and international.
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Vision
Driven by passion of care, we will provide service regardless of race, religion, creed, or political conviction and will remain neutral in the services we deliver.
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Values
- We will provide preferential care for the poor and the marginalized both within our own communities and abroad
- We will be responsible citizens, seeking to work cooperatively and responsibly with other providers of health care as well as with those levels of government with whom we interact
- We will be sensitive to the cultural values of all those whom we serve
- We will earn the trust of all that we offer our service: patients, residents, community and government
Our Services
We provide the following clinic services to countries in need of health care:
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Board Members
CNS is governed by a volunteer Board of Directors: Dr. Marie Gear, Susan Wright, Linda Deans, Karen Smith and Julie Deans.