Bonnie Nickel: A love for grandma led to a lifetime of caring for others – FNHA

May 13, 2025

It’s National Nursing Week (May 12-18) and this year’s theme is “The Power of Nurses to Transform Health”. Over the next week, the communications team will be sharing a series of stories from community health nurses across BC.

When Bonnie Nickel reflects on why she got into nursing, she says it probably began when her grandma developed Alzheimer’s.

“She couldn’t do the things that she would normally do for herself, so I was there to help her,” says Bonnie. “She’s the biggest reason why I am who I am today.”

A proud member of Squamish Nation, Bonnie grew up on Quadra Island and later moved to Agassiz, where she currently resides and works as a community health nurse. From a young age, she remembers carrying around a stethoscope, always looking for ways to help people.

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