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Patient
Services:
Mark
Therrien, MSW is a social worker with years
of experience working in the field of grief and loss issues
with both children and adults. After studying with Elisabeth
Kubler-Ross in the 70's and 80's, he had a private practice
in Honolulu, served as a school social worker, was a member
of a suicide and crisis team, and raised three children..
After launching their offspring, Mark and his wife have returned
to Hawaii, and now live here on the Big Island.
Brooke
Winvick, RN, CHPN has been a Registered Nurse
since 1986, fourteen of those years as a home health nurse.
After joining North Hawaii Hospice in 2000, she worked as
the night and weekend on-call nurse, and since 2004 she has
become a case manager and works part-time during the week
as well. In 2005, she received her certification as a Hospice
and Palliative Care nurse. Originally from southern California
, Brooke has lived on the Big Island since 1999.
Christine
M. Richardson, RN
is now a Patient Care Coordinator covering NHH patients in
North Kohala after working as our weekend on-call nurse for
many years. She has lived and worked as a nurse on the
Big Island for 14 years and was one of two nurses sponsored
by NHH to go to Zimbabwe to work with a "sister hospice."
Nina
Millar, RN
is a 23 year resident of the Big Island. She became a Registered
Nurse in 1990, after attending the University of Hawaii at
Hilo. She is also a midwife, graduating from the Midwifery
Program at the Maternity Center in Texas in 1983. Armed with
this unusual combination of practices, which includes several
years as a home health care nurse, Nina feels lucky to be
present at both the beginning and the end of lives here in
North Hawaii.
Debbie
Washburn, RN
serves NHH in a dual capacity. She is our volunteer coordinator,
and works to train and then match volunteers to their tasks,
whether it be patient care or office assistance. She can also
be found as an on-call nurse, visiting patients and advising
caregivers. After working for several years as an intensive
care nurse at North Hawaii Community Hospital, she finds that
she appreciates the less frantic pace of NHH.
Lisa
Lawrence , RN, CHPN worked
as a full-time hospice nurse at North Hawaii Hospice for many
years. Now, although she has scaled back her commitment, she
can't quite stay away, and serves NHH and our patients as
an evening and weeked on-call nurse.
Colleen
O’Sullivan, RN began her nursing career in
1977 as an adolescent and adult psychiatric nurse and then
worked with that same population in a residential substance
abuse program. Colleen has served North Hawaii Hospice since
1993 as a night and weekend on-call nurse. A Hawaii resident
since 1989, with years of experience in both clinical and
home health care, she is now the Clinical Administrator for
North Hawaii Hospice.
Lauren
Butcher, APRN relocated
to Waimea to accept an advanced practice nursing position
at the local hospital and joined the North Hawaii Hospice
team as an on-call nurse in February 2008. She has a
strong background in hospice and palliative care to support
the rest of the clinical team.
Administration:
Colleen
Norris, MBA
joined NHH in June of 2007 as our Finance Manager. The mother
of four is a familiar face to many in North Hawaii, where
she worked most recently in the finance office of Parker School.
She recently received her MBA, and brings to us a knowledge
and skill set that will serve us well as we continue to grow.
Gayle
Hubbard joined NHH in
February 2008 as our Administrative
Assistant after being a NHH volunteer since August 2007. She
was born and raised in Hilo, is a graduate of the University
of Hawaii at Manoa, and has experience in a variety of office
settings.
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